The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-22
COXEYITES ARE GAY
They Attempt to Have Little
Fun with Detective Thornton.
Criminal Court Meeting Last Night
The Press Assailed-"Col." Aubrey's
Army Fails to MaterialiZe.

The Coxey meeting at the Criminal Court
room last night was wildly hilarious. The
gentlemen who consented TO give the bene-
fit Of their views devoted their energies to
blowing up the indianapolis press. This
original feature Of the evening tickled the
audience immensely, and, as a result of the
lusty bowls Of delight, the unfortunate rep
resentatives Of the press were made quite
uncomfortable. 1t appears that one mis-
guided evening newspaper Of this city was
uncharitable enough recently to air it's
views on the CoXey question; hence the
animus of the agitators. Colonel Aubrey
called the meeting TO order. The Colonel"
was froicksome as a well-fed kitten,
and did much purring He gambled about
the room in a manner shockingly out of
keeping with his military title, and finally
ended up in a passage at arms with detect
i've Ben Thornton. Mr.. Thornton was there,
it seems, at the order of his chief.
c. A. Johnson bethought himself that the
meeting ought TO contain a bit of spice,
and he suggested in his extremely facetious
way that the detective make speech. Mr..
Thornton delivered himself of few re-
marks that were decidedly un-CoXeyfied,
and~which brought Colonel Aubrey to the
fore The Colonel" was inclined to be
hostile, and a colloquy followed which did
not end in the final settlement of the race
problem far as both gentlemen were
concerned. About this time the Tenth
ward Republicans. who were holding a pri-
mary in the Superior Court grew extremely
enthusiastic. Great, waVy Republican
cheers perVaded the building and fell upon
the ears of the Coxey men. To Mr.. John
son these sounds were very distasteful,
and he moved that a committee of three
be appointed to brave the primary and
TO demand quiet. Someone else suggested
that as there were number of policemen
in the room it was their duty to check the
interruption. The police, however, We're very
stupid, and could not understand why any
sort of a noise could interrupt the meeting
This inactivity on the part Of the patrol
men brought out Mr.. Johnson again, who
spitefuliy arraigned the shortcomings of
the entire department before the multitude.
At this juncture ID. +. Kennedy came in
with the statement that there was great
mass of people in the Railways of the build
ing who did not seem able to gain access
to the room. One gentleman arose and said
that the galleries should be thrown open in
order that the masses might be permitted
to participate in the meeting. He sat down
quickly when the custodian remarked that
the mass referred TO was only the Repub-
lican primary breaking up. Leroy Temple
ton, late candidate for Governor on the
Greenback ticket. was made chairman of
army as men engaged in holy and noble
cause" Mr.. TempietOn announced that he
would give 800 toward sending the Indian
aDOHS DIVISION 10 w aSnlnSlOll, anu lfleI ue-
voted a half hour to the press r. H. Bal
lard, another Greenback orator, who halls
from Fort Wayne, was extravaganza with
his elOquence. He was sure that in two
weeks after the passage of the CoXey bill
the country would be prosperous Mr. Bal
lard was also nursing sore corn, and he
had a hard word for the press.
Before the meeting closed custodian
Laughlin perched himself upon the Judge 5
bench and said il was his painful duty to
refuse the CoXey agitatOrS the use of the
court room again. He acting under in
structionS from the county. This speech
was greeted with a howl of rage, but the
audience Modified when a man rose
up in the rear and said that il they couldn't
get the Criminal Court room they would
take TorlnsOn Hall. Four young ladies'
employees of the NonconformiSt, arose to
take the collection al this juncture and
turned into the treasury the sum of $3.e9
The misses We're instructed to pass the
contribution box over to the press repre-
sentatives and were rewarded with coins
by the reporter-plutocrats This
sidered an excellent joke. and the crowd
nearly yelley itself into Mysteries. Col"
Aubrey concluded the entertainment by
announcing that the army rolls were open
for recruits There was not that mad
rush for the front that might have been
expected from the tone of the meeting and
the chairman appointed a committee to So
licit blankets and provisions for the troops