The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-07

down Nicollet avenue with q colossal pics-
ure of Harrison at their head. Some one
on the sidewalk spied o horseshoe on the
street, ran out. picked it up and
hurried to the 'front.' placing the
lucky emblem on the point of the
staff, which the bearer. amid great cheering
lowered to receive it. Shortly afterwards
the Blaine Club from Fort Wayne came in.
bearing plumes bedraggled with the
rain and at the tail end of II was the party
from Indianapolis, some twenty n number.
with Royal Hammer conspicuously waving
his hat
Some were silly enough to shout lone
dollar q day and found" when the lines
filed through the corridors, but, on
the whole. the party was well re-
ceived and marched upstairs by the
Indiana headquarters with their banners
and then out of sight. Tonight the racket
in the rotunda is deafening. remind
ing one of four years ago at
Chicago. hut tbroats are wearing out
and the preliminary bowling will soon be
over. so we hope. who have 10
hear it for days There ie the
best of gooG humor in the crowd
and every procession has q fair show.
Among the prominent Indianians the
greatest confidence is expressed that Harri-
son will be the winner.
You may say for me-" said Gen. Low
Wallace. that i am very sure of success"
Here Murat Halstead wanted to intro
duce the General to some one and the inter-
view closed. A moment later l met G.
VI A.
to-day's work, the Harrison forces have
held every point; have not been stsmpeded
and show that they are much better or
ganized than the opposition. have
yet to hear of any delegation
where the men who vote have
left Harrison for Blaine. though I think
the surface sentiment. this frothy hotel
talk. has increased for Blaine. How
ever. that does not necessarily imply
that 1t will crystalline into Blame
votes think the purpose of the opposi-
tion is to put Alger and possibly Allison In
nomination so as to draw away strength
from Harrison. and prevent the matter
from being settled on the first ballot
This gather from visiting various delega-
tlons."
John B. Elan was asked how he looked
at the fight. and he said:
II have spent most of the day with the
delegates of Pennsylvania. where we will
get sixteen votes, Ohio, where there are
thirty in sight. and Kentucky. W here twenty
two will be for Harrison. These figures show
more than the estimates and are very en-
couraging. IL looks we'll tonight"
Dan Ransdell said: I'VE are In excellent
shape and firmly believe the President
will be nominated on the first ballot The
opposition has the noise here tonight. but
we have the votes"
There are many similar expressions
from numbers of others. show
ing the utmost cofdence in the
utcome of this weeks work. and it is just
such enthusiasm that makes the Indi-
ana Republicans famous as convention
workers.
The pick-poc kets have been trying their
hands on some of our best-known repre-
sentatives. r. o. Hawkins and John
Presley had their pocket-booBs taken,
the latter losing about $50 and the
former his railroad ticket and draft for
$3.50. The draft being useless to the thief,
was thrown away and was found by some
one who knew Hawkins and returned
it to him. Hon. Charles Griffin, while
in the same way of several hundred dol
lars and ]. p. Watts had his pocket book
taken also. G. c. III.