The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-12
LINCOLN LEAGUE DAY
ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD IN
ALL STATES TO-DAY.
Meeting Here VIII BE OF Unusual
Interest, to Be Followed by
General ROund-Up Tonight.

The Indiana Lincoln League will hold it's
seventh annual meeting to-day at Masonic
Hall. The first session will begin this after
noon al o'clock, with President Marcus r.
Sulzer in the chair. Delegates are expected
from the several hundred branches of the
organization in the State. Three delegates
are allowed to each club, but the rule as to
the delegate right to sit in the annual meet
ing has never been strictly drawn. Every
member of the league in good standing is
welcome to attend and take part. President
Sulzer will deliver the annual address and
Secretary r. E. Mansfield will make his an
nual report. There will be district meetings
during the afternoon at which organizer
for each district will be selected and the
thirteen organizers become a sort of State
central committee. The organization Of the
league is great deal like that of the Re-
publican party in the State. The district
organizer appoints organizer in each
county, and the organization extends even
further into the townships and many of the
precincts.
There will be representatives to elect to
the national convention of Lincoln leagues
which meets in June in Cleveland, the
Der being four from each congressional dis
trict and six at large, with alternates for
each.
There will be some resolutions presented
at the afternoon business meeting. These
are expected to be very general in their ma
ture and rather in Endorsement of the we'll
known party tenets than declarative Of new
party policy. The league was organized
aid, auxiliary to the work of organizing
the, party. The well-known policy of the
meeting in Denver last year, where a cur
rent OF silver sentiment was met with so
strong that the delegates from the East and
more distant States could not stem it's
course The resolutions, however, rather in
dicated that the league was in the midst of
influences which, while local in their nature
could not be withstood, but were not to be
taken as generally binding. 1t was case
Of when in Rome, do as Rome does. 1t is
said that the drayrnen of Denver could talk
down the most fluent and eloquent of the
Eastern delegates on the subject of free
silver coinage.
There will be a president secretary and
a treasurer to elect to-day. Mr.. Sulzer is a
candidate for reelection, and the friends OF
ex-senator r. j. Loveland say they will
present his name before the convention for
this office. J.. J. Higgins and Oliver Ensiey
are mentioned in connection with the office
of secretary of the league.
After the business has been accomplished
speeches will be heard from the visiting
of the Legislature. The night meeting will
be devoted wholly to speeches and music
merit, formerly with the Wilbur Opera Com
family family She viii sing several solos with
piano accompaniment This meeting will Da
the first time that majority of the Con-
ssmen-elect will have been together.
Promises to be present have been received
from Messrs. Eardy of the Second district,
Watson of the Fourth, Overstreet OF the
Fifth. Henry of the Seventh, Faris of the
Eighth. Hanly of the Ninth. Hatch of the
Eleventh. Leighty of the Twelfth and Royse
of the Thirteenth.
Meetings of the State leagues will be held
to-day in nearly all of the States, and 1t is
expected that favDrite presidential sons win
he exploited and Endorsed. The Indiana
league may conclude to do something of
this kind itself, and there is only one name
that will be mentioned-that of the express
ident Some of the members are watching
for the reports from the Illinois meeting.
expecting that Cullom Robert Lincoln
will receive some recognition. Iowa viii not
surprise the Indiana leaguers. they say. if
it's State league indorscs Allison. and Ohio
is expected to boom Mckinley and Maine is
expected to give Reed its support.
The Indiana league has college auxili-
airy, and delegates are expected from the
college organizations to-day. The Republic
an Railroad Mems Club has been called to
meet and attend the night session in body.
John @. Hicks, president. and Fl. NJ
Mounts, secretary, signed the call.