The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-13

elections the name of your humble ser
Democrat ever made chairman Of that
committee. Grand old Dick Thompson,
over on the Wabash. had 1t, and so did
crat. If my habits had been as the lies of
these abominable wretches would have you
believe, would l have been appointed to
that craftsmanship? When l carried Clark
county il was seen that only by an attack
of slime and filth could i be defeated. The
Corydon Democrat, the New Albany Led
ger and the Salem Democrat were made
the vehicles for the carriage Of this filth
and slime. No scandal was too dirty. no
lie too great for them to give currency.
CURSES THE EDITORS.
81 know Jonathan Peters. of the New
Albany Ledger. and 1 am sorry he is not
mere. He supported me in 1855. and 1 am
better now than 1 was then, for 1 am six
years nearer heaven. But Peters wanted
the New Albany postoffice and did not
get it. Four years ago. when Josiah Gwin
thrashed him, he poured his tale of woe
in my ear. but why devote more attention
TO Peters? In the language of the old
Spanish proverb. 1T were a waste OF lather
TO shave an ass Then there is Jennings,
of the Salem Democrat. Jennings wanted
l did the best l could for him.. People
in his town wanted TO be rid of him, and
! ID % I WILLING dnaeg to dos help fbat th Stuck / to once %e ike a a
leach. but that dog wasn't a circumstance
TO Jennings. He stuck closer than a
brother. He came home and was volu,
minous in his correspondence, and signed
himself. Yours. to Command When Jen-
nings found that consulate gone he Joined
some things L should not have done, dnd
have left undone some things should
wife. | leave it to my constituents to say
whether l should have done the things
these sleuth-hounds said l did.
But / am not the only man who mas
been the victim of the Islander of these
scorpions. Michael c. Kerr, Speaker or the
House, great man that he was, felt their
sting, and was scandaliZed to his grave.
But Kerr has gone up higher, and his ira
ducers are writhing in hell, where they
Mr.. Brown then addressed a few emarks
to the a. Z. A. Il despise and spit with
contempt in the face of every A p A.
worships under the cross of the Catholic
Church: If l were going TO run for Con-
gress this term it would be that might
lay the lash on the back of the A. +. A.
until the blood ran to their heels. Bah!
The mention of them makes me sick ct my
stomach. A man running on the Demo.
cratic ticket who would ask the vote OF
one of these sculions and traitors ought
to be beaten. L trust turning to stock
slager) there is no man running in this dis
trict who has received help from this trea-
sonable organization.
"A word about civil-service reform. IL /
could have given an Office to every appli-
cant Stockslag ger would not have been in
il. He would now be hanging on 10 the
coupling pole. The people / did appoint
were honest Democrats and none of them
were my relatives, I have tried to get APP
pointments on, but had this bill stuck I'M
der my nose. / hate and despise the civil
service law. IL should have been passed
by the A. p. A. 1t was passed in 1888. and
l have been its common enemy ever since.
You are opposed TO this civil-Service rot
and yet you put me out and put in Stock
Slayer. who voted for it. Stockslager will
not have to apologize for any acts of mine.
GAVE HIM NIGHTMARE.
.Notbipo. r did will mako him have the
nightmare or cause the Democrats of this
district to blush. And now, friends, when
/ cross the threshold to my loved ones
1 will say to them, Il bring you no gold;
L have not been seen by the trusts, but /
come with honor and good reDute. Dogs
may bark and howl, but my record is
clean When a man has lived TO be fifty
five years old and has been honest and
true he can lift his eyes to the stars and
all Of death to die die. and now l turn back
TO You the trust YOU committed TO me,
without SPOT to mar it or blotch to blot
AS Mr.. Brow came dow off the plat
form a small man with red whiskers came
demanded to be heard. 1t was George X.
Guartney, of the Corydon Democrat, who
has been 'excorciated by Brown, together
of Brown set up a yell for Marsh, Marsh"
The presiding officer rapped for order and
lcI tnC tOItNC lldl Ills was III
dog fight, but a Democratic convention.
Guartney again essayed to speak, and
shouted: You have listened TO the bull
below. 1t was Jason's-'
Here the friends of Brown set up another
howl that completely drowned the piping
voice of Guartney, and the latter was de-
clared out of order. A delegate moved to
adjourn, and the motion was declared out
of order. The convention had yet to
resolutions. a delegate whispered
in the ear of Korbly. and another
motion to adjourn was put and carried.
The Brown people We're dumbfounded.
They had prepared a series of resolutions
denouncing in s~cathing terms the A. Z. A,
their scheme being to compel the conven-
ton to pass or reject them. One course
would have alienated the Catholic vote, the
other that of the A. p. A. The Stock
slayer men saw the trap, and by adjourn
ing lodged it. AS the crowd filed out
Guartney said:
IF l had known / was TO be hooted
down, l would have skinned Browns nose
as he PASSED me. As ii is. Jason will have
to settle with me-. / will not rest under
the insults he heaped on me-"
This evening there is one citizen of North
Vernon who is feeling very comfortable.
de is Robert Tracewell. the Republican
pominee for Congress in this district. Mr..
Tracewell is confident the rent in the
Democracy means his election.