The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-10-19
DEMOCRATS
GREAT VICTORY
They Sweep The Board in The
City Elections of In
dianapolis
THEIR MAJORITY is 1000
A Gain of More Than 900 Over the
Returns of Two Years Ago. Impo-
tent Ben Harrison. The Ex.Presi-
dent Tr0tted Out, but He Could Not
Save the Day for His Party. Gloom
Among Republicans.


has been glorious day and night
for the Democracy Of this city, and
the entire state seems aroused. Tel
egrams for information are pouring
in from ali quarters, and the streets
are filled with jubilant Democrats.
Taggart, Democrat, for mayor, will
have at least 1000 majority and the
remainder of the ticket about 1000
less.
This is a Democratic gain of over
5000 The other officers elected are
Charles f. Coarpolin, Judge, and
Charles Stuekmeyer, city clerk.
The council will be Democratic.
The six Democratic eoaacilmen- at
large are all elected, and probably
six or seven out of the fifteen others
will be Democrats Elk President
Harrison's own precinct shows a
Democratic gain of 80, Taggart's 40.
and that of Trustler, Republican
candidate for mayor, of l6.
The Republicans at headquarters
as early as 7 o'clock threw up the
sponge and acknowledged a defeat.
A few days ago it leaked out that
the Republican candidate had failed
to vote for Harrison when be ran for
president; this made many Republi-
cans angry, and dire results were
threatened. The leaders then waited
on Harrison and forced him to say
something GU the subject, and he
said: "Such considerations failure
to support candidates) may have an
appropriate weight in party conven-
tions, but when any feeling of per
sonal resentment can only be graft
fed by the sacrifice of the true in
terests Of the city it ought 10 be
suppressed. On sober second
thought, no man will be satisfied
with himselfif he allows such infu-
ences to direct ms vote"
And this the Republican leaders
thought would fix things. Then
much fault was found with the Re
publican police for watching saloons
so closely and allowing 80 murders
to pass without investigation, and
thieves and burglars to raid the
town, and Mr. Harrison was called
on again, and he made another ut
teranee, as follows:
at is subyersive of our system
and destructive to our social order
to allow our executive officers to
choose what laws they will enforce.
1t is not at all question whether |
like the law or whether the officer
likes the law. What sort of con
dition of society would we have if no
officer enforced it, unless he liked
it? Such questions are for the leg
islature and the council To find
fault with an officer for enforcing
the law is to repudiate our system
of government, and to vote against
candidate because he is pledged
to enforce the laws is to reaudiate
our system of government, and to
vote against candidate because he
is pledged to enforce the laws is to
associate ones self with lawbreak-
ers."
Even the negroes got out of line,
and for two or three weeks great eff
forts have been made to whip them
in, but without satisfactory re
suits. Everything has seemed to go
against the Republicans this time.
AT midnight the majority of the
lS9 precincts have reported, and the
Democratic majority will settle
down to about 1000 Two years
ago Denny Rep. J, for mayor, was
elected by 3,l00. Thus the gain
made to- day is 1000 over the last
city election, and 5000 over the last
presidential election
Crowds continue to block up the
streets. Mr.. Taggart passed along
at midnight, and his jubilant friends
nearly squeezed the life out him.
All is quiet at Republican head
quarters, and graveyard soffness
pervades the atmosphere in and
around the offices of the Republican
organs.