The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-23
THE LITTLE MAYORS WORK
Trying to Square Himself with the
Street.Car Conductors and Drivers.
Introducing q Gauzy Falsebood About Denny
chairman Tsggsrt Is Having
Difficulty.

By recent developments the record Of
Mayor Sullivan during the street-car STRIKE
two years ago has been recalled. It will
be remembered that at that time the lit
tie Mayor" was very much disturbed and
did not know what to do when he found
himself between two fires. The rapidity
with which he can change his mind
was forcibly demonstrated at thas
time. IL will be remembered
that as the outstart he refused tho
demands of tho company for police protec-
tion and for Q few days posed admirably az
the champion of the laboring mans rights
The pose being unnatural could not last
long. and in . few days he turned sbous
face and not only gave the company police
protection, but concluded that he had been
mistaken when be said that 'it ves
no part OF the eity's dusy
bel transformed the police force into
street-csr operatives and the cars were
manned by she city's police and the riots
followed. Once again the little Mayor"
has changed his mind. and has arrived az
the conclusion that as another election 10
approaching it would be we'll TO square
himself" with the street-car pen. From
his meditations he has evolved new and
original schemes for accomplishing the
m~uch.desired end.
Lately he has begun q systematic canvass
on the various lines. spending bis tins
riding over each line until he hashad q talk
with each OF the conductors and motor
men or drivers on the line. and has person.
ally pretended TO lay the facts before them
In an effort to mitigate his past offeDses.
All of last Wednesday afternoon was
spent on the Virginis-avenue line. The
little Mayor" rode back and forth on
Virginia avenue quite often on that day.
He evidently thought that the meh TO
whom he talked would know nothing at
all or very little of the history of events
in the city, and concluded thss he could
Offset his own iniquity by concocting q lit
tie for his opponent. and waded back
through time to the street-cer strike OF
1877. telling the street-car boys in a very
Mayor Denny had followed the same course
pursued by himself and had ordered out
tho police 60 assist in running the cars. 10
probably never occurred TO the little
Mayor" that this was known to the men
with whom he was talking to be false.
During that strike there was no calling ouf
of the police to operate the cars. 1t was q
controversy between the mon and the com-
psny, in which the city took no part
After having told the men that
Denny lad done the same thing
that was now being remembered against
himself he denied all responsibility for the
calling upon the police 20 operate, the cars
during the strike two years ago. Either
the memory of tho little Mayor 10 very
snort or nc supposed that or the average
street-car man was. If the latter was
the case he was mistaken In his estimation
of the men for they remembe Der very we'll that
when the police were called out the Mayor
wentto the New Jersey-street stables, where
be mounted a box and made q speech (one
that had not been written ont on ~ pe-
writer. In which he told them that it had
been his intention from the first TO call out
the police as soon as he became satisfied
that the company had enough nonunion
mon to run their cars.
The little Mayors" proselytinR has time
far accomplished but little good. and .
conductor on the VIrginia-syenue line. IN
speaking of the worK last night. said that
Sullivan might work through all eternity
among the srreet-car men and would gam
but very few votes. as they remember his
record. 1t seems to me-" continued the
conductor. that this personal canvass and
attempting to gain votes by falsehoods
circulated concerning an opponent 10 very
dirty, small politics, hut | suppose IL 10
about the size of the little Mayor
Tagearrs Executsy.
II appears that Thomas Taggart 10 hav.
ing trouble in finding good old-time Demo-
craots to fill mp his precinct executive COM
mittee. lie addressed a very smooth"
note to Albert Thayer. of S77 Msssachu-
setts avenue, q few days ago. Informing
him of his appointment as O Der Of
said committee. ION account OF your un-
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