The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-06

dates for County Commissioners votes for
a policy OF high prices. wastefulness and
jobbery which has increased taxes for coun-
ty purposes IS per cent. in four years.
THE DEMOCRACY REUSED At LAST.
The Democratic managers in this State
have struck oil at last. Ever since the
opening OF the campaign. or the unsuccess-
full and discouraging attempt on their part
to open 1t. they have been trying to dis
cover some way to rouse the Democratic
masses and stir up a little old-fashioned
enthusiasm. Brass bands have marched at
the head of professions in which the mu-
sicians outnumbered the followers. Speak
ers of national reputation have been adver-
tised who have not been within a thousand
miles of the State. The bushes have been
beaten. and the faithful have been urged
to Come one. come all" but they have not
responded. They have shown no interest
I'm Senator Voorhees's droning essay. IN SEN
ator Turpie's squeaking diatribe, in Gov
ernor Matthew's plausible plea, or even in
the robust and picturesque lying OF local
orators.
At last. however. the campaign managers
have found a wa. to draw a crowd. They
have discovered that the road TO the Demo-
cratic heart is through the Democratic
stomach. and that If they would get the
faithful to turn out they must offer them a
%oo1 IT, e-cx D~~~oo-o@;o ~,oa%;no 81 The
campaign that has approached respectable
ity in numbers was the barbecue at Hunt
ington on Thursday. In the language of the
show bills this was an unparalleled COM
bination of magnificent attractions. Rec
ognizing the necessity of getting the CAM
paign open in some way the managers de-
termined 10 offer inducements which no
Democrat with a spark of patriotism in his
heart or a particle of craving in his stom-
ach could resist. The managers advertised
that GOO butchers would be present and kill
an indefinite number of beeves, which would
be roasted whole. In times like these, when
comparatively few Democrats get fresh
meat every day, the idea of a drove Of cat
tie being roasted whole and dealt out in
it was advertised that trained roasters
would be on hand who had served at bar
becues in Missouri. Kentucky and other
Democratic States, who would see that the
meat was cooked to a turn. Sensational
details were thrown In relative TO the size
of the trench in which the oxen were to
be roasted, with bits of appetizing informa-
ton as to the method of seasoning we'll
calculated to stir the Democratic stom-
ach. Not to ignore entirely the intellectual
side of the campaign 1t was advertised that
in addition to the Governor and both Indi-
ana Senators, Vice President Stevenson,
the Hon. Bourke Cochran. Of New York,
Ex-Governor Boies, of Iowa, and other
speakers of national reputation would be
present and address the multitude. With
these inducements and reduced rates on the
railroads there was. Of course. a fair-sized
crowd, though not nearly as large as the
managers expected. 1t was a hungry crowd.
dn0 IL WOdiu DC iuiC W attCitiPt W tOh-
lecture the feeling with which it regarded
the roasting process and the summons to
the feast. At last the tables were spread
and the supreme n.oment for action arrived.
II was a moment for which a large number
of the faithful had been training for weeks.
The Huntington Herald says:
When the rope which divided the crowd
from the long tables was cut there was a
grand rush down the hill and a panic fol-
lowed. There were thousands 'in the
push" and some men were forced over and
under the tables. barely escaping injury.
against the heavy pressure of the throng
and fell down with a crash. Witnesses
claim. 1t is no exasgeration to say. that the
tables were swept clean within a space Of
five minutes.
This was probably the most inspiring ex-
hibition of Democratic enthusiasm ever wit
messed in the State. The local paper from
which we have. quoted says MANY en-
thusiastic Democrats carried bones away
from the barbecue as souvenirs No doubt
they would have been better satisfied with
a chunk of meat. but even a bone may serve
as a reminder of a square meal.
The Journal congratulates the Democratic
managers on having succeeded at last in
getting up a meeting respectable in num-
bes. Perhaps If they will advertise a bar
becue at every precinct in the State on
| election day they may induce a fair share
of the surviving member of their democrat
lied party to turn out and vote. Nothing
but unlimited promises of free victuals can
save them, and it is doubtful IL there is
food enough in the State TO do it.
MARKETS wILsON HAS CLOSED.
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