The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-04
THE SWIRL OF POLITICS
Candidates for County Offices Not Hav-
ing the Best Kind of Shedding.
Coroner Marker in q Predicsment - Mud
Singing Canvass - Holt Hemmed In -
Shrievalty Observation-Disclosures Scheme.

moslties and q great amount of PERSONAL
tiles. and especially is this so among the
candidates for coroner. For this office
there are three candidates in the field-Dr.
Marker, the present incumbent, Dr.. E. c.
Reyer and DR.. W.. S. Beck. Between
Marker and Beck o bitter fight has been
raging, and each vies with the other in his
efforts to do up" his opponent.
Marker. at least. has been making an
after-night-saloon canvass for several
weeks. blowing money against 1.-THE boys"
with q lavish hand. He evidently has O
sufficient su~perabundance of nerve to think
he will receive the nomination. DR.. Reyer.
il is understood. Is not sticking his oar in
the foam now being dashed into madness
by Marker and Beck. He is posing as q
'better-element" candidate.
ADrop0s of the fight going on as indicated
above. 1t has come to light that there is u
lively "scrap" on hand among the candi-
dates for the various county offices.
ker received an anonymous letter.
which purported TO come from o
Democrat. vigorously hauling HIM
successor of that other distinguished gen.
tleman, Mr.. Isaac Dunn. to work in the in
terest of Henry Langenberg for the
shrievalty nomination. to the detriment
Coroner Marker had perused this epistle
his rage grew apace and he called his
deputy up ION the carpet" The result of
that interview is best told in Mr.. Foley's
Il told Marker / didn't care a d-n for
the d~eputyshlp.r said he. but that it was
all a lie. This is how it was: / met Lam
genberg in Fred Brant's saloon one night,
and L had two friends with me. Out
of courtesy 1 introduced them to
whole story. 1t was one of those fellows
who wrote that letter to Marker. Why.
what do you suppose | would want
monkeyln' around with LangenberG fort
I've got enough to do TO take care of
Marker. Sect He must be renominated."
Mr.. Foley in his peroration. struck the
keynote. He was appointed by Marker
when the able Mr.. Dunn resigned be-
cause the former thought he would be able
to help him ON the South Side. Mr.. Foley
ever he says goes down In his bailiwlck, and
he and his friends doubtless impressed this
on Coroner Markers mind. inst what he
will be able to accomplish In the conven-
ton remains to be seen.
Avery pretty little rumpus is also going
On among the candidates for county treas
urer, and Democratic lights who are not In
the race are taking o hand. The cand!-
dates for this Off 90 are Sterling r. Holt.
John Landers and Hunter McCaslin. Mr..
Holt was the first to come ont and avow
himself as q candidate. and for q time it
was thought he had q clear walk-away to
the nomination, but since then events
have transpircd that ~jeopardiZe In no small
semi-unanimous selection. In some man
ner this able politician has incurred tho
displeasure of Democrats of more
or less prominence and influence
On. and other ~pharaphernalia in position.
seeking his scalp" Mr.. Holt is known to
always be armed with n modern tomahawk,
but this fact does not seem to dismay his
pursuers. and they. claim that they
will run him to cover before next Satur-
day. Among the candidates he Is arrayed
against the other two, and as q last resort
it may be decided to withdraw one. n
throw his strength. not to Mr.. Holt. but to
the other. Mr.. "Hatchet" realizes that he
is dangling in q rather precarious political
position, and is working like q beaver IN
order to Guido his nemie Whether he
will succeed or not is purely q matter of
speculation. but certain it 10 that if he fails
siderable rejoicing In certain Democratic
quarters. and one or two kegs OF nails will
be opened.
There are more persons a%splrlngbto the
s~hrievalty nomination this year than for
any other office, and at this date it Is q
toss-up as to who will get it. Robert f.
Emmett was one of the first to announce
himself. and, in fact, it was the announce
ment Of his candidacy that lost him his
position as night turnkey at the county
Jail. Henry Langenberg, the present in
cumbent. is, Of course. q candidate for re-
nomination. He has enlisted Simeon Coy
in his cause. and the latter Is leaving no
stone unturned to compass his nomination.
Mr.. Langenberg also has two other lieu
tenants whom he expects to accomplish
wonders for him. One is ex-City Clerk Bud
Swift. who fell heir TO Samuel Cor
baley's place as chief clerk in the
office: and the other is swifSs
Langenberg but recently appointed niGht
turnkey OF the Jail. Bushong is supposed
to control q certain number Of votes in the
northwestern portion of the city. Other
euished member Of the last General Assem-
bly,, and ROBERT E. Cory. On the day of
the convention it is confidently expected
that two or three attendants will be re-
quired to stand ready to throw raw meat
into the arena when the balloting for
sheriff begins.
There are several candidates for the two
vacancies that occur lin the Board of
County Commissioners. Joseph l.. Hun
tcE, lilo pTcooue CouiiulsoiOhol AIOm VIC
first district. is q candidate for renomina-
ton. and has for an opponent Richard
Senour, of Warren township. In the Sec
ond district Mike Farrell Is also q caDdl-
date for denomination. The other cendi-
dates are ex-Alderman Julius Reinecke and
Daniel A. Sweeney. 1t is seldom hat Far
rell gets real jubilant over anything. but
when he understood that he was on the
slate Of which editor Shanklin is the
standard bearer his face was convulsed
with grins of e%cstatic pleasure for a period
declare that they will be renominated. but
IL they really hope for such a result they
should be given credit for n measure of
sanRuineness not warranted by the facts.
They a. o stony road to travel. n Ii
will only be by some unusual or corrupt
combination that either will receive the
nomination.
There are very few candidates for the
Office of county assessor. For a time Joe
A. Baker. an attache of the auditors office.
was the only avowed candidate. but now
il is understood that Rudolph Frauer. of
this city, is also q candidate.
There are two offices for which there
seems TO be but one candidate in each case.
For county prosecutor John w. Hoffman,
the present incumbent. has no apparent
opposition. while for county survey or
Paul julian seems to have O w~alk-away.
The announcement of the candidacy of
Judge A. L. Paige. of Frankfort. for Judge
of the Third Appellate district still re-
affection will take him out of the race.
Next Friday evening the Democrats of
this comfy will hold primaries 10 elect