The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-01
AT THE BANQUET TABLE.
Spread at the Club With
Good brief Speeches.

spread at the Columbia Club win
Good Brief Speeches.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Suffers address,
the delegates were formed into line and
marched to the Columbia Club rooms.
where lunch was served and toasts repsond-
ed to in two-minute speeches by delegates
selected by the various clubs.
County organizer Ripley, on behalf of the
League. extended thanks to the Columbia
Club for the repast which was served, and
r. o. Hawkins, president of the club, 70
sponded on behalf of the club. He spoke of
the active work of the League in all cam
paigns since it's organization, and compli-
mented it upon it's achievements. He al
luded to the recent events in the Hawaiian
tangle, and with bitter irony scored Blount
and Gresham for their un-American ac-
tons. He lauded the purpose of last
nights meeting, the perfection of a compact
organization throughout the county, and
admonished the delegates to for
get personalities and individuals in
the greater good for the whole. He al
luded to the provision of the bylaws of
the newly-born organization prohibiting it
from taking active steps to secure the NOM
ination or appointment of any person and
said that it was the first duty of the or
ganization to TAX an active, earnest part
IN the primaries, ana see tnaC the person.
mel of the nominating conventions was such
that it could be trusted to nominate Moth
ing but clean. honest men and men whose
word was as good after the election as be-
fore. At this point the speaker was in
terruptad with loud applause which was
kept up for several minutes 1T is easy
he said. Ito carry TO victory a good ticket,
but a bad one is a terrible load" In con-
Gliding Mr. wilkins said. sI will saw for
| the Columbia Club that 1t stands ready
and willing to lend all active aid to the
| organization you have effected tonight and
assist you in any way it can.
When Merrill Moores was called upon to
| say something as the chairman of the coun-
ty committee during the last county CAM
paign and arose from his seat he was
greeted with a tremendous applause. He
said: II will speak tonight of the men
who went down with the guns; men who
know what it is to be whipped without
Men who for ten years stood by the guns,
and when they went down in defeat came
up for a renewal of the attack stronger
and .fresher than at the first repulse. / be-
lieve the organization which was effected
ten years ago has developed and will in
the coming elections prove triumphant. All
the organizations have their special fields;
we go to the Marion Club for work, to the
| Commercial Travellers Club for zeal, to
the Columbia Club for money and to the
other clubs for other requisites. 1t is all
Republican clubs that are represented here
have no use for a mongrel nor a mongrel
So 9u1tVDt ticket : defeated next fan al unless
all of it is elected, for want
no mongrel government in the court
| house. If we don't want the
| Sandwich Islands let us permit England to
have them and not keep mongrel pups on
the throne The Republican party is great
cr than an one man, clique or number of
scented here and let us not permit the fact
that some man has done something which
we do not approve lessen our zeal for our
party and its principles We want to carry
the county, State and Nation regardless Of
what individuals have done, no matter
whether that individual be the President Of
the United States or the Mayor of Indian
apolis. Great applause.) 1t is but a shah
by Republican that will let either the
Mayor or the President drive him out of
the party"
Following Mr.. Moores several toasts were
briefly responded to upon the question OF
Mugwumps were handled In two minute
responses and party fealty" was ably re-
sponded to by ]. H. Broyles, of the Fourth
Ward Republican Club. o. II. Hasselman
also responded TO a toast and gave some
v1 pr M TIPS IF % Sn Bollsing Smoke as a member
Of the Tippecanoe Club, and his speech was
so well pointed that ii was enthusiastically
when he had finished. He said he stood
as a link between the past and the present,
rs a member of the club that had sup
ported General Harrison, the hero of Tip
pecanoe. He was OF a generation that
would be proud of the generation it has
given birth to. That generation had laid
pies of the Republican party-American
protection, found national currency. and
None of the Wing party went out of office
in dishonor. Webster, Adams and the
great Henry Clay were of that
marty, to which the speaker belonged In
the years long ago. 81 am proud in my
old days" said he, ito see the principles
Of those days Endorsed and fought for by
the legitimate offspring of that party; the
future of the country rests upon Ameri-
Woe to the party that tries to bring the
American w~orkingman on a level with the
serfs Of Europe" After being recalled DIR.
Wishard spoke of the fact that only one
of the eloquent men of 1910 was now liv-
ing-Richard w. Thompson;
Frank w. Noble, of the Thirteenth Ward
Republican Club, spoke pertinentiy of the
duties of a committeeman. He showed
that too often a committeeman's stock in
human nature; a good committeeman is
9ecessarily a firstoclass business man. He
pour healing ointment on the sore. He
spoke sarcasticallv of the way the ward
worker. was treated after the ballot was
counted.
Cyrus J. Clark, of the West indianapolis
Club. spoke Of the necessity of nominating
q first-claSS county ticket, because the tax
L UdN0IS VIII dSh liz DtCSClll dulfllillSlI dtiOl
'Where are you at?" when election day
comes.
William Kilgore, Ben c. Weeks, Conrad
Bender and Carey Mcpherson also spoke.
When Mr.. Bender mentioned the name of
Harrison as the head Of the ticket in 1896
there was applause. Mr.. Sidewinter spoke
in the mute's sign language. Toastmaster
Ripley read the address Of Mr.. Sidewinter
while that gentleman delivered it in the
sign manual. Vinson Carter spoke on
The Last Thanksgiving P~roclamatly..
He said he did not see one specific thing
to recall for which the people can give
thanks. The proclamation was so broad
it might be inferred that the people of
America could give thanks because the
Islamites were not successful at the bat
tie of Tours or because Washington
crossed the Delaware. William Beach
spoke on THE Hustler and Harry y.
Smith. chairman of the late city Repub-
lican committee. closed the list with a
rousing speech we'll received. He at
tributed most Of the success of the recent
election to the untiring efforts of the 15s
committeeman In the city. Then Mr.. Rip
ley adjourned the meeting of the league
subject to the call of the executive COM
mittee.