The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-25

DEMOCRATS BREAK UP A WEST
sIDE POPULIsT MEETING.
A Child Hit in the Head by n Stone
"A Disturbance at the Yell
low Bridge.

A crowd OF Democratic toughs, incensed at
the appearance OF a Populist speaker in
the midst OF them, broke up a meeting at
Agnes and Michigan streets last night by
stoning Allen Jennings, the speaker, and
hurting eggs at the chairman of the meet
ing and his friends. Mr.. Jennings came
down town afterwards with his new black
suit g1istening with the frost from the eggs
and fecked with yellow. Several people in
the crowd, including a little girl. were hit
with stones. while twenty or more had
their garments badly soiled by the eggs
thrown by the rowdies. The child was
slightly hurt in the head, the glancing of
the stone saving her from more serious
harm.
An announcement had been made that
Jennings would address the meeting at
this corner and the Democratic heelers
determined to break it up. The work of
the Populists has been alternating many
Democratic votes and every effort has been
made by the Democratic managers to head
off these corner meetings which the Popu-
lists have been holding. Jennings found
an audience Of half a hundred willing TO
listen TO him, but when he opened his
speech the Democrats on the outskirts be-
gan to create a disturbance. hoping that
Jennings would feel embarrassed and with
draw. The speaker, however. was there
to stay. Josiah Willis, the chairman of
the meeting, attempted to quiet the roughs,
but he was greeted with jeers. Jennings.
in his speech, took up the records Of Voor-
hees and Bynum, showing the peridy of
these officeholders to their constituents.
He showed that both the Senator and the
Congressman had voted to extend the cir
culation Of money when they were In the
minority and their votes counting for
naught, while, on the other hand, they voted
TO restrict the circulation when they be-
came members of the majority party in
the House and their votes counted. He
went further and proved that the two Dem
ocrats had favored measures for the work.
ingmens welfare only when the Democratic
party was in the minority in both branches
Of the national legislature, completely
changing their views when their party
came in power.
They have proven themselves" continued
Mr.. Jennings, traitors to their consciences
and traitors to their constituencies"
This sentence was too much for the Dem
ocrats, who were angered at hearing their
came in the shape of a volley of eggs from
the d%oorways of a neighboring grocery
and from parts Of the crowd where the
volley was followed q few minutes later
by a second one, accompanied by a shower
of stones Jennings was MT a number OF
under the speakers stand came in for a
measure of this disagreeable shower. A
telephone message was sent for policemen,
but the officers on the beat appeared pres
emily and the toughs desisted- The officers
mounted the speakers stand and announced
that If there was any more rioting the
police would take an active hand in the
affair. Jennings then told the crowd that
there would be a meeting tonight ON Rhode
Island street, but that the police would
furnish protection if necessary. Jennings
said, after the meeting, that the men who
threw the eggs and stones were white.
There were a few colored men in the aud
fence and they were active in insisting
that the speaker should have a show.