The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-10
WILL NOT PAY ITS BILLS
RECEIVER FOR DEMOCRATIC COUN-
TY COMMITTEE MAY BE SOUGHT.
Grifiths d Potts Looking Up This
Phase, a Client Having Failed to
Collect from Committee.

A receiver for the Democratic county
committee. 1t is not beyond probability
that such a situation will come about
within a few days 1T is a well-known fact
that the county committee has no funds,
because it was too apparent that money
cannot help the Bryan committee in this
county and all available cash is being spent
elsewhere in the hope of securing the cleo
ton of q majority of the next Legislature.
Regardless of all that, the committee has
been trying to keep up a little side show and
has bought number of drums and other
instruments from Emil Wulschner 81 Son.
For these instruments the county commit
tee owes 1914 and now Wulschner & Son
want their money and have consulted their
attorneys about it's collection. Demands
have been without avail, and other means
will probably be taken.
Yesterday Griffiths & Potts werel porting
over old law books, hunting for a prece-
dent for the appointment of a receiver for
such an organization a county political
committee. While they can no good
reason why a receiver should not be ap-
pointed, when necessity demands, for the
purpose of handling the financial end of the
committees work, they are equally sure
there would be no legal precedent for the
appointment of IL receiver to take charge
Oh the WOTk OIL EldIdSlHS the cdlupdiSI
This is not desired, but it is desired that
a receiver be appointed to handle the funds
of the committee and pay them out prop
erly. The attorneys have not decided yet
that it will be best to apply for a receiver
but they are anxious to collect this little
account and do not see any other way by
which it cam be done.
Heretofore when POLITICAL committees
contracted debts, the creditors were seldom
anxious, for they knew that there were
tain reliable men backing the organization
who would see that the money was paid
some time, although 1t might be necessary
to wait longer than usual for such
counts. Nevertheless, the money was con-
sdered certain to come at some time, for
the honor OF the men in political life was
back of the debt. Under the present cir
cumStanceS, it is quite different. With a
committee of an organization that can
scarcely be called an organization and of
a party that has practically lost all of the
men whose connection with it assured the
payment of its bills, there is little GER
tainty that the creditors consider it the
part of wisdom to enforce the payment of
the bills while collection seems possible
The lack of funds to conduct the county
campaign shows the truth of the assertion
made number of times that this county
is hopeleSly lost to Bryan and his follow
ers. With everything pointing to the cleo
ton OF the straight county ticket, and a
majority for the State ticket of anywhere
between 5,OC0 and 10000 in this county theTe
is no incentive for the State committee to
turn over the money it has received from
the silver barons for use here where it
would be simply pouring good money down
a rat hole 1t is for this reason that the
county committee has no money to pay this
small account, for it is well known that
the Democratic State committee has
money which it is spending literally where
it can see that it may bring returns
Never before in the history of Democ-
racy in this county has there been a time
when an account of 800 could not be paid
for even in case where It was admitted
mat the chances for success We're slim.
there have been men who were willing to
advance the money for the campaign on
account OF the prospects OF the future and
to hold the organiZatio in shape for the
days when the horizon might be brighter.
but who is there now with means who has
ganization together for future work?