The Indianapolis journal., 1894-04-08
REGULAR LOVE FEAST
The Commercial Travellers Club
Entertains the Candidates.
Then the Latter Do the Same for the
Drummers by Preaching Good,
SOund Republican Doctrine.

A feature of the entertainment provided
for the candidates by the Commercial Trav-
elers' Republican Club. last night, was the
reading of the minutes of the previous
meeting by Secretary Swain. OF the Incl
dents of the occasion the secretary had
written: "And it came to pass that great
company of office seekers assembled In the
hall of the drummers and said very affec-
tionate words to the people and the drum
mers. Their tongues were loosened and the
music of their voices was like the rushing of
many waters" With this original adapta-
ton Of Scriptural passage, the secretary
continued: Dean Swift said that politics
was the madness OF many for the gain of
a few but Dean Swift was not an Ameri-
can, and did not know that politics to a
clean, healthy American is like coffee and
bon-bons after a big dinner
Secretary SWANS observations put the
company into excellent humor and the
song by the Bald-headed Glee Club which
followed was properly appreciated Last
night was candidates night with the
commercial travellers and the invitation TO
Republican State and county candidates
was accepted with a hearty good will. The
cozy quarters of the club were crowded,
and everybody was in a speaking humor.
The remarks of the gentlemen present were
interspersed by songs from the glee club
and selections from the Marion Club or
cheStra.
One of the strongest and happiest talks
of the evening was made by Mark l.. Fork
the Supreme Bench Although Mr.. Fori5rer
insisted that he was not in the habit OF
making speeches; he infringed on the rule
last night and delivered a rouSing Repub
lican address. Il can't make speech" he
said, but I'm like a woman or drum
night he talked to the point. He could not
remember when the Democratic party was
not inimical to the business Of the United
States From its beginning It had been
averse to American interests. Mr.. Forkner
did not want to make a tariff speech, but
tariff legislation ali grew out of the cotton
trade. He thought that if the business Of
the cotton dealers was done away with there
tariff. Again. the Democratic party has
never been riPht on any question. The
speaker believed that .herc never was
time when the democracy was in power that
the power was not based on fraudulent
vote. aud he sh-rged that this same colossal
fraud is carried in Indiara - the unjust
legislative app)rtinnr1eht. Mr. For 4ner ad-
7nittel hat the Democratic plrty could con-
troll the country when the country needed
no management, but never in the history
of the party did il steer Alright when crisis
was on. In concluding lis remarks he said:
of this country when the crisis came a busi,
ness hand would have beer at the helm, ana
although there might have been a little
pinching the country would have sailed
through it all right"
William L. Taylor, candidate for Attor-
ney-general, was among the drummers last
night and had a word to say. Il have OBJ
served" said Mr.. Taylor that this DEM
ocracy Is a sort of malaria, a disease or
species of grip that is going around the
world. Democracy is not education; IL is
taken In like the infant takes milk-be-
cause it has to. CoXey'S army to-day is
nothing more than a congestive Chill
brought on by the malaria Of Democracy,
by want, closed factories and distress. Its
the first time in the history OF man that
the poor have united an army, and IL
would not have happened with Benjamin
Harrison in the chair. Coxey is not 10
blame. 1t is simply & chill brought on by
Democracy" Mr.. Taylor closed an excel
the immortal Lincoln: ''The Republican
party is a ship and all outside is raging,
boisterous sea-"
A. III. Purdue, candidate for State Geolo-
gist was present, and talked Of his cam
yass and the need of an official in this de-
partment who would make prominent the
economic phase of the State IN his geoiog-
icaI reports. Just before the close OF the
meeting the notes OF Marching through
Georgia" from the instruments OF the
Marion Club Orchestra, found a responsive
chord in the breast Of Rhody Shiel and
aroused all the elOquence Of his nature. He
made a three-minute speech that closed
with a thunder of applause. Additional re-
marks were made by Ninson Carter. VIII
liam II. Schmidt, Al Harvey, a. }. Joyce.
f. W. Grubbs, Al Taffe, Frank +. Shaw
and others Every candidate had his inning
and none were backward.