The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25
CANDIDATES. NIGHT
Commercial Travellers Club En-
tertains Handsomely.
Hon. Charles L. Henry, Ex-Congress-
man w. ID. Owen and Others
Talk to the Point.

Last night was candidates night at
the clubrooms Of the Commercial Travel
ers' Republican Club, and the rooms in the
When Block were crowded. The audience
was one gathered from all over the State,
and there were candidates galore. 1t
seemed. as was frequently remarked by the
speakers last night. that the gathering,
thus long before the election and before
the nominating convention, was a certain
harbinger Of victory. The straight-out hits
at Democracy and Democratic incompe-
tency were received with tremendous ap-
plause. The commercial travellers organl-
zatton has taken up a systematic plan OF
arousing enthusiasm which has proven
eminentiy successful. Each night is given
over to some special purpose and the whole
energy OF the organization directed in that
line. The meeting last night was given up
TO the candidates. 1t was intended as an
opportunity for the various candidates to
meet their opponents, and others in the
field, and become conversant with the ex-
act situation of things.
Hon. Charles l.. Henry, who gave Con-
gresham Bynum such warm race. was
the first speaker called on. He congratu-
lated the club upon the handsome attend
ance and made a lively fiVe-minute speech.
1t has taken but a short time" said he
In the course of his talk, ''for the leaders
OF the Democratic party to demonstrate
Try. We may talk as we please about the
hawaiian question. the silver question, the
political topics BIT the overwbelninP fact
remains that we are suffering the greatest
industrial depression that this any other
country has ever known, simply through
the utter lack OF confidence of the people
In Democratic management, and this lack
or confidence is not at all strange. Nobody
70 rxn1 h.a naya tio wv
stands on any proposition. Nobody can
Tell one day what its policy will be the
Mex instead OF being balance wheel, the
Oemocratic President has proven weak and
Vaciilating. But even q greater danger to
me people lies in the Democratic Congress;
they have had the silver question up one
Side and down the other; they repealed the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act and
then passed the remarkable Bland seignior-
age bill, and nobody can say whether or not
the chief executive will veto 1t. The Dem
ocratic House passed the Wilson tariff bill
pronounced in favor of the bill as it stood;
1t went TO the Senate and Mr.. Voorhees,
ana MS friends from the South took it
into their little closet and it came
out an entirely different measure,
and now the Democratic President is
quoted as In favor Of the voorhees, fea-
lures Of the bill. Is il any wonder that the
Wneels or industry are stopped; that money
lies idle In our banks; that. thousands Of
are tramping our streets in the vain and
hopeless search Of a job when it is impos-
".
or what the industrial policy of the govern
ment Will be tomorrow. 1t is this terri
Die uncertainty that has brought us to this
coEdition or affairs" After THESE remarks
Mr.. Henry gracefully surrendered the floor
to the other candidates present and the
chairman called upon ex-Congressman w
ID. Owen, OF Logansport.
HON. w. d. OWEN TALKS.
Mr.. Owen said he looked upon the COM
merctal travellers as typical Americans
They possessed the activity. energy and in
telligence that was characteristic of the
American people. He said he had thought.
during the evening. of the glorious times the
Democratic workingnen had had two years
ago In parading the streets with ROSTERS
upon their hats. shouting for Grover and
clover" adding that they had the Gro
YER" but the Clover had not material
lied He referred to a speech he once heard
Congressman Bryan, Of Nebraska, deliver,
In which the latter pictured in pathetic
, terms the tariff tax" using for his illus
trauon young couple just starting In
erything in and about the house was taxed
by the tariff 1T was possibly true" said
try in which the couple could have ac-
labor"
AT the conclusion of Mr.. OWENS remarks
the president announced that on account
OF the large number Of candidates present
ing speeches to three minutes.
The first person called upon under The
three-minute rule was Thomas E. Bovd
or Noblesville, who was loudly applauded
on account OF the thoroughly practical Way
In which he expressed himself for a home
market He began by telling of his depart
ure from his family at NOblesvile and how
he wished them prosperity above that of
any any, other n family In the place and how
blesville prosperity above any other town
In the state. and when he crossed the coun-
ty line he wished Hamilton county pros
per1ty above any other county in the State
ana how, there last night. he wished In
diana prosperity above any other State in
the Union. Concluding, he said: when
start out on journey across this con-
unent and view the vast resources and
my heart, that IL should prosper above ali
otner countries in the world"
H. h Shlel caused the usual merrimsnt
when he spoke briefly to the asserbIage
he said II had been said that ne was Il he
publican, and then explained that he had
better reasons for being a Republican than
most OF those present. because he had beon
rared In Democratic family. DR. BRAY
ton, candidate for coroner put himself on
record as favoring the abolishment Of the
coronial Office if ii was to be conductej in
the way In which Ii had been He said he
thought the Office should go to a man who
would put In only the number of DAYS in
any given month that the calendar showed
man who could work ninety days in one
month should be corSner.
the following persons also spoke: Charles
Dennis. Webster Richie of Muucie John
DR.. NJ. n. Elrod of HartsvHle. ID. NJ. Brad
bury. John c. Lovett of Anderson w. ".
Hauck of Terre Haute, AL WoInack L. r.
Ryan, John Browning, Harry Smith, George
w. Spahr, Warwick Ripley. z. Z, Croft.
Charles Wiltsie and w. S. Blatchley of
Terre Haute