The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-18
INDIANA POLITICS.
summer

Connersville News: The big crowd in
attendance and the enthusiasm shown at
the Fairbanks meeting last night all go to
show that the Republicans are wide awake
in Fayette county"
The Anderson Herald, noticing Mr.. BY
NUNS canvass in Madison county, says:
He may gain some notion from his recep-
ton in Elwood, Alexandria and Summit
vile how great a difference 22l2 per cent.
Anderson Herald: 1.-THE Republican party
OF this county and city was never SO COM
pletely organized as it is now, three weeks
before the close of the campaign. 1t is
in shape for the best possible work, and
the work will be done with a WILL"
The Shelbyville Republican says that at
one of Holman's meetings in that ounty
which was largely advertised, there were
just eleven voters in the house during the
meeting, six Democrats, five Republicans
and seven boys; this by actual count"
Colonel Nelson, of Terre Haute, was in
the city yesterday on his way to keep an
appointment. He spoke at Rensselaer, IN
Tuesday TO 5000 people. and reports large
meetings He thinks it will
take five good-sized figures to express the
Republican majority in November.
Muncie Times: You have been telling
in the Times about carpenters, painters and
glass-workers getting reduced wages. but
have said nothing about plasterers," said
a man who shoves the trowel to the Times
have been getting very little to do, and
that little has been at a reduction of SO 1-3
per cent from the wages we received W
years ago. We were promised better wages
if Cleveland was elected, but we are begin
ming to think that unless there is a change
pretty soon we will all be patronizing soup
houses"
The Nashville Republican says that Gov
ernor Matthews, in his speech at that
place, charged upon the Republicans the
industrial ills which descended upon the
country coincidentally with the return. of
the Democratic party to power" aud that
his Righteousness reached a 1ocund climax
when he referred to 1.-The Republican panic
OF 1888"
Frankfort News: Governor Matthews is
paying particular attention to the localities
where Democratic hold-over Senators are
likely to be elected. He is in this canvass
for the possible senatorShip TWO years
hence. He tickles the younger fry by tell
ing them there is to be a new deal in Dem
ocratic politics. and that Voorhees, is a back
number"
When Mr.. Stockslager was nominated for
Congress by the Democrats in the Third
district Hon. Jason b. Brown pledged him
self to support him. The Seymour Dem
ocrat publishes an interview with Jason
which shows how he is carrying out his
promise. Following is an extract from
the Interview: Congressman Brown was
asked if he thought the d~isreputable course
Stockslager had taken against him mad
anything to do with his loss of votes. He
said it had not; that a decent campaign
against him would have had the same or
possibly a worse result for him.: that he
refused all along to make promises, anc
that, together with the unfortunate conc:-
ton of the country, and the disappointment
of those wanting places, and his III health
for some time, were the real causes for
Stockslager'S success; that anyone else
would have made, perhaps, a better race
against him under the circumstances. but
Stockslager, being destitute OF principle or
honor, had pursued the course he had;
that 1T was consistent with his whole life,
which was a double one. On being asked
what Stockslager's record in Congress was,
Congressman Brown said that he had none;
that, during the four years he Served IN
Congress he did not occupy the attention
of the House for five consecutive minutes,
as the record will show; that he put into
the Record, under leave to print, two or
three short matters in the form of speeches.;
that the current observation among MEM
bers of Congress is that he always voted
as Judge Holman directed him to vote"