The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-24
not to belle his own reputation. Mr.. Van
Buren, spoke with evident sincerity and

not to belle his own reputation. Mr.. Van
Buren, spoke with evident sincerity and
friendliness.
THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG.
Mr.. Wilson. in response to the remarks
of Mr.. Van Buren,, said:
II have left this matter largely in the
hands of Mr.. Spencer and Mr.. Van Buren,.
and have given very little attention TO II.
1t had been my idea when l was a candi-
date, in 1880. that the name OF the clerk
should head the ticket; but in that year,
for some reason, the State committee made
an agreement, placing Mr.: Bynum at the
head. Some time ago Mr.. Van Buren,
asked me in what order the county ticket
was to be printed. and / replied that If he
could show me any agreement between
the parties, or even that there had been a
uniformity in practice, / would follow IL.
/ looked back to the sample ticket of 1890,
and said if there was uniformity in this
matter | would follow 1t. Several days
between Mr.. Taggart and Mr.. Gowdy in
relation 10 the order of the names. AS
soon as heard it went to see Mr.: Tag
ment. l asked him If he had ratified any
agreement that was claimed, and he said
said that he was out of the city, and that
his name had been signed to the agree
ment by Mr.. Kelley, secretary. of the COM
mittee. Then MIR. Taggart and Mr.: Hoitz-
man came to see me, and Mr.. Taggart
said, There is no agreement, Both or
them asked me that. in view Of the ugli-
ness OF the SITUATION, anu certain OtneT
matters which were mentioned. that there
of the offices on the ticket. Mr.. Taggart
said that ne had apReint ted a co% ommttte OF
pointed by Mr.. Gowdy and they then wrote
a long report, and Mr.. Kelley signed Mr.;
to Mr.; Taggart: DO you ratify that agree,
ment? Mr.. Taggart said: No, ! do not; I
regud He said ia !! 1 them DENY s she ag pee y9a s agd
] request you to change the order In this
request Mr.. Holtzman joined very strongly.
and both of them demanded that the order
should be changed. AS for myself, 1 do
not see why this change is made. / do not
see any party ADVANTAGE in It, do not
not know any good reason for 1t at all;
but I intend to do as the State and county
chairmen OF my party request: AS lar as
matter of courtesy that l recognize 1t. I
vote ave."
The files Of the elections of 1890 and 1892,
which are the only occasions since the
adoption of the Australian ballot law when
the question could have come up, show
that the candidates for Congress had their
names first on the county ticket. This was
the office is esteemed Of the first Importance
of all those voted for. In this connec-
ton Mr.. Wilson's reference to the change
a little light in upon the motives that
underlie the Willingness to violate an agree
menI. MORE light WAS < III ny a Well
known Democrat yesterday to a Journal
reporter.
"This scheme originated with Wilson, who
is really the ~shrewdest of all the leaders
of the Marion county Democracy, and to
one on the inside it is amusing to see him
consent to sneak out or the plain agree
ment which governs every other Demo-
cratic county committee in the State. His
hope and intent are to let 1T be understood
that the election of Bynum Is considered
IN impossibility by the county committee,
but that the county ticket may, be elected
with the right kind of effort. 1t has long
been known that Wilson wants to go to
Congress in place of Bynum. and that By
mum must be downed pretty soon or he
will become too dangerously powerful to be
turned down at all. His remark about the
'ugliness' of the situation shows that he
realizes where the weak point of the
ticket is. There is another reason why he
wants the county ticket saved even at
Bynum's expense, and that Is on John
Holtzman's account. The next venture
that Hoffman makes in politics for office
will be to run for Mayor. He is the slate
candidate for the next Democratic nomina-
ton for Mayor. If the county is lost this
time the chances for party success in next
years campaign will not be encouraging"