The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-01

list. Old Virginia is in q good condi-
ton. North Carolina is rapidly
taking on Republican color. have
been in Tennessee and find the condi tion
fiattering 60 the grand old party. There is
nothing In tho present political status that
is discOuragiDg to Republican,
What is the general feeling toward the
administration among the cOlored people
OF the SOuthp
Harrison is to-day the most popular man
in the United States among the colOred
Americans, North and South. as the una
nimity of their vote at the Minneapolis
convention testified This fact is not
based upon sentiment. but upon practical
work done and the Presidents regard
shown them on all occasions. The position
taken by the President favorable 20 popu-
lar education as q governmental duty to
ex-slaves and the appropriation of the gen.
done much tO.cause this popularity. Then
he has insisted always on free ballot
and a fair count. North and South;
any kind of discrimination among Ameri-
can citizens. He has appointed q larger
number of colored men to federal offices
and better offices than any of HE predeces-
sors. Colored men are found in every di-
vision of public service. He not only ap-
pointed cOlored men to these places. but
has insisted that they should be treated
like government officials. One of the
weapons used against the President in the
could hope to approach him or be profited
by his election, but the truth is no Presi-
dent ever occupied the chair who has been
more easily reached by those who had
something to say and whose business was
legitimate"
How is the Peoples party regarded by
the colored people of the Sonthf'
They consider it the fifth wheel to the
wagon, and will throw away no votes on
it, and are firm for the only party that ever
interested itself in their behalf; and those
few who supported Cleveland before will
vote the Republican ticket this time"
Where will your work be done in the
coming campaign
Il have been assigned by the national
committee to the Middle and Western
States"
Mr.. Bruce returns to Washington TODAY.
Talks with Republicans
1--WE gave Harrison 1850 majority in 1888
in Delaware county," said an active but
cautious Republican few days since. land
l am confident that Harrison's lead in this
county this year will be $500. We have
made a large gain in population and q de-
cided prepOnderance of it is Republican"
A mem Der of the Republican committee
of st. Joseph county said to Journal re-
porter: 1--WE have made our canvass, and 1t
has been carefully made. Upon its
face it shows that we shall be able
to take another slice from the Demo-
cratic majority, bringing Cleveland in 1892
much nearer to Harrison than in 1885, The
poll-boOks show q considerable number of
men in the list of Democrats agai nst " hose
names are remarks indicating that they
have told the canvassers that they intended
to vote for HARRISON. 1t is due to tho gen.
eral prosperity. The Germans and the
Poles, who have been voting the Demo-
cratic ticket. are greatly exasperated over
the increased taxation. A quite active
business man in South Bend, who found
his taxes doubled, remarked, when asked
If there was no remedy, that a Republican
Legislature is the only one.' The Peoples
party will cut no figure in st. Joseph. We
are going to elect a Republican Representa-
tive to Congress"
I'VE shall hold our own, and O little bet
ter. if the young men of Democratic fami-
lies who have joined the Republican club
in Warsaw hold out" said a Republican
from Kosciusko county. There is no Peo-
ples party organization yet. and no talk in
that direction" I'VE shall increase Har-
rison's majority in Kosciusko between two
hundred and three hundred votes" sald
young and energetic Republican from War
saw.