The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-19
FORT WAYNE'S SHAME
Democratic Fraud that 0utdOeS
Tammany Hall Trickery.
True History of Shambaugh's Nominal
tiOn for MayOr-Terre Haute Pro-
hibitiOnistS in Box.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, April lS.-The men,
bers of the executive" committee Of the
Democratic city central committee, being
the ring" that had charge OF the primaries
held in this city well as supervision OF
the count of the votes, have rendered their
designations to the Democratic city central
committee. This is done at the urgent re
quest" of a number of prominent Demo-
Gratis who were dissatisfied with the way
things were conducted at the primaries.
and also at the canvaSsing of the votes.
Their resignation will not go into effect
until after the election. but they will
tire at once from the management of the
affairs of the party during the present cam
paign. The resignation is drawn up and
signed by each member and Is in the hands
of a prominent Democrat of this city. 1t
is high time the truth were known about
the political situation in Fort Wayne. Such
a united howl has been set up by the Dem
ocrats themselves that anything Repub-
licans can say will sound tame in COM
parison Louis Heilbroner. a saloon and
pool room keeper, with Phil Lintlag, a
brewery agent, are at the head of the ring
known as the executive committee that has
resigned. These two, with their friends
had charge OF the count of the votes. There
- IOl TIE ltdSl dispute lNdl MI. 1Ntdu WAS
fairly chosen by the votes at the primaries
on the Saturday previous, his plurality be-
ing about 40 At about IL o'clock on that
Saturday night all the precincts were in
but three. The returns already gave Read
a majority, and the missing precincts were
known to be Read precincts. The Sham
baugh men gave up the fight but the eX-
ecutive committee which to-day has been
forced TO resign did not give up. Trusty
agents were sent out to bring in the re-
turns, and when the missing ones were
finally counted at 1890 o'clock Sunday
morning, Shambaugh was announced to
have been successful by just two votes.
The official count came the next Monday.
and this was conducted by this same Eek
ecutlve committee" As soon as Read
man put In a protest against a manifest
fraud the room was cleared of every one
except the committee and few stragglers,
who were Shambaugh men. With these
Shambaugh was declared elected by only
one majority.
seen in Fort Wayne as has been raging
since that vote was announced: Two OF the
Democratic papers denounced the result
and demanded the removal of the executive
committee from all part in the management
of the campaign. The Stats Zeitung in a
column editorial this week said the Fort
Wayne Democratic ring had been guilty of
an outrage that would put Tammany Hall
to shame. The Sentinel spared the COM
mittee no more than did the German paper
1t was growing palmer every day that the
central committee must do something and
do II quick. Both Democratic papers re-
fused to support the ticket and Democrats
We're coming out for Col. Oakley, the Re-
publican candidate. by hundreds. 1t was
therefore to stop this stampede to Oakley
that the cetnral committee, at the COM
mand of the Democratic papers, called for
the resignation of the executive committee.
However, no one is deceived by this al
legged resignation" 1t is announced that
the executive committee will take fur
ther hand in the campaign. This is as false
as was the nomination of Shambaush.
Heilbroner Lintlag q Co. as the head of
the executive committee is styled, consti-
tute the political machine of Fort Wayne.
They are the brains of the whole concern.
Heilbroner in his pool room was giving odds
of 800 TO $50 that Shambaugh would be the
nominee and he had to be elected to save
Heilbroner. These men have their clutches
on the party machine and while they may
say they have resigned and that they will
give up the management of the campaign,
| II is only done to deceive They do not
mean TO resign after the election as is
announced, except in name. The first thing
they will do will be to re-elect themselves
as the executive committee.
There is one great satisfaction to the Re
publicans in all this. 1t gives Republicans
| the hope that Colonel Oakley will be elected
Mayor of Fort Wayne.