The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
BEER WAS FLOWING FREELY
General Roundup of Forces by the
Democratic MayOralty Candidates.
Favored Saloons Did O Land Office Sunday
Business-Much Discussion of Rspub-
lican Possibilities.
FREE BEER
The Democratic Candidates Put 1t ON Ts

The Democratic Candidates Put 1t ON Tap
The Present Outlook.
There was unprecedented flow of free
beer y esterdsy. and most OF the downtown
saloons left their front doors open. At
some places was to be found Sullivan beer.
at some places Downing beer and at others
Olsen beer. Hoghead John Venable. who
keeps q saloon up In the north western part
of the city. and who was such q valuable
witness fog the State in the Parker-McAfee
cases. kept neither Sullivan. Downing nor
Olsen beer on tap. and he was consequently
arrested tor selling or giving away liquor
on Sunday. The Downing beer head
quarters. in the East End. were at
the Aurora saloon. at East and Washing
ton streets. where the lager flowed quite
freely In the morning. At Pat McNelis's,
on South illinois street, the Sullivan gang
invited the boys to drink. Olsen bought o
great deal of his beer In person at the
various resorts in the city. Until 1:3O
O'Clock he was at his rooms in the Mansur
Block and then set out to keep appoint
ments in many ports of town. His steerers
were kept busy all afternoon, and several
hundred dollars or more was spent In the
0LlOCA uko OAoCh O oOA0oA "Ak A.
word hat he was willing TO put mp from
) 1000 to S25.0O0 for an election il he was
nominated, and he was willing make any
sort of promises Of positions to men who
would support him.
From the present outlook it seems that
Sullivan will capture the nomination TO-
morrow night, although he may have some
trouble III getting it. his crowd are In
dread OF a stampede. and they are very
suspicious of BuskIrk. 1t has been the plan
of the OnnOalflOn IN SnlllyRn tn holt for
Buskirk In case they cannot unite on any
other man. The Sullivan people have given
the Judge q very cold shoulder In mis- race
for the police judgeship. and the Judge Is
not doing any talking for the Sullivan
wing of the present administration. The
Sulhvanites are spreading the story on
Busklrk that q short time alter the ma
tional election he made the re;
let Ed Thompson serve out his term
as postmaster" This story is having con-
siderable effect among the workers of the
party who have heretofore been for Bus
kirk. An Olsen man from the Twelfth
ward say 8 that If Buskirk 10 nominated for
police Judge there are fifty Democratic
votes in that ward he will not get. The
delegation from the First ward will put
Deputy Prosecutor Bell in nomination
against Buskirk.
''Buskirk," said q man from thai ward
yesterday, has been holding office almost
all his life, and he W as elected the last time
purely out of sympathy. After he got out
of harnessjn his Washington job he came
home with his tale of woe as to his treat
ment by the administration, and the party.
out of sympathy. gave him easier harness
In this city. He Is the biggest kicker in
the party when he has lost his hold on the
public teat."
Sullivan is scared. He 10 afraid his own
ward will send down a delegation against
him. The three Democratic candidates
come from the Sixth ward, and the Down
ing men insist that they will have o major
lty of tho delegation. Olsen may catch
several of the votes. Sullivan Is afraid
that if his own ward goes against him the
convention will be stsmpeded to hie oppo-
nents. The stampede Is the thing the CD.
position Is rely ing OF.
Rogers, the South-side man, Is not con.
sidered a candidate. although he will prob
ably get the complimentary vote of his
ward on the first ballot. His strength may
even be measured by twenty-five votes.
A number OF prominent Democrats who
were expected TO take some part in the con-
ventlon are out of town, and will be OUT
when the convention meets. Among them
are John w. Kern and John X. Wilson.
Wilson does not think Sullivan will be
nominated, and he wants to keep Out of
the local fight, for he Is In training for
Congress.