The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-11
ANY ONE CAN HAVE IT
FOR A STATE CHAIRMAN.
After Sterling r.. Holt Had Resigned
an Onslaught Was Made on Tag
gart, but Taggart Said Nay.
HIS OLD ROLE OF A MARTYR
WAITING TILL COMMITTEE GETS
HIM UP ON HIS PEDESTAL.
Fight of Their Lives to Keep from
Being Led to the Slaughter.
MATTHEWS'S SORRY PLIGHT
HE is BEING CHARGED WITH DIS
RUPTING THE ORGANIZATION.
Voorhees, Taking Advantage of the
Observation-Disclosures Democrats
AI.rcanixc Tn CO tn Iar,isx-iIIo
Kern and Lamb Had to Make the
Fight of Their Lives to Keep from
Being Led to the Slaughter.
MATTHEWS'S SORRY PLIGHT
HE is BEING CHARGED WITH DIS
RUPTING THE ORGANIZATION.
Voorhees, Taking Advantage of the
Occasion-Sound-Mon Democrats
Organize to Go to Louisville.

The Popocratic State committee adjourned
at IL o'clock last night. no nearer a So
luton of the vexed problem of who should
succeed Chairman Holt than when it went
into executive session twelve hours before.
An all-day effort had been made to pre-
vail upon Taggart to step into the vacancy,
but he declared that he could not. A couple
of dozen names were suggested, but not
many of them seemed to fit the occasion
exactly and most of them protested. At
the time of adjournment it looked if the
matter might be patched up by electing
Parks M. Martin, of Spencer, with Tag
CART as a sort of adviser-in-chief
Governor Matthews, by forcing Holt out,
seems to have got his party into beau
tiful mess, and the gold men yesterday en-
joyed the spectacle of seeing the whole
crowd of radical silver leaders on their
knees to Taggart, who acted as chairman
of the Sound-money League before the
State convention, begging him to take the
Craftsmanship. and chasing about asking
J. W. Kern, Frank Burke and other "dref-
fe gold bugs what they should do to be
saved. Mr.. Holt's letter Of resignation was
fully as plain and pointed as his interviews
of the night before, and revealed beautiful
state of affairs in the Popocratic organiZa-
tion. 1t was accepted, was that OF Sen
a-OT MdSee; MEMBER OF the committee from
the Eleventh district. In justice to Mr..
Magee it was declared by friend of his
last evening that his resignation had been
sent in Immediately after the Chicago con-
vention. and he had not since attended q
meeting of the committee. The executive
committee naturally goes out with Holt
One more member, Harry B. Smith, of
Hartford City, resigned before Holt pre-
sented his resiGnatio Crawford Fair
banks declared that, having never accepted
his appointment on this committee, he had
nothing to resign. No other designations
were rendered yesterday, but the meeting
is not over yet and there is no telling what
may develop.
The universal opinion among the Popo-
Gratis gathered at. the Grand was that the
party had suffered a severe blow and that
it Would take al least ten days or two
weeks to even feebly patch up the hole in
the organization. The man who is the
worst hurt by the collapse is Governor
Matthews. The conservative members of
the party declare that this situation has
been brought about by his desire to indulge
in peanut politics in the organization of
the election board. In order to gain his
point against Mccullough he has demoral-
lied the party organization and has offered
no aid toward it, The friends of Senator
Voorhees, were on hand ready to add their
voice right Justify to the general criticism
of the Governor who aspires to succeed
Voorhees, in the Senate.