The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21
A ToNGUE-TIED NEGRO.
Sentinel Joker Has Him Make n
Speech I'm Ohio County.

Speech I'm Ohio County.
The persistency with which the Sentinel
clings to it's tales of Republican woe from
Ohio county and the enormousness of the
stories of that free-silver club, into which
already according to the Sentinel. nearly
as many Republicans as there are voters
in the county have plunged, has caused
some discussion among gentlemen living in
this city who are we'll acquainted with the
people of Ohio county. 1t Is the general
opinion among them that the Sentinel Is
being worked by lot of practical Jokers
who are. by their fake messages and affi-
davits, making the Sentinel the laughing
stock of the State.
Two gentlemen who formerly lived at
Rising Sun and who claim TO be acquaint-
ed with % per cent. of the voters of Ohio
county were commenting upon the subject
yesterday. The frequency of the articles
i'm the Sentinel caused one of them to go
back and clip the articles out and the two
men were studying them yesterday In
the first place they found that the club.
according to the dispatches, had increased
at such an alarming rate that 1t now has
LIP members. The county in 1894 cast a
total of 12s5 votes for Secretary of State
as follows: Republican. !0S; Democrat,
56J Prohibitionist, f3; Populst. g.
The gentlemen concluded that Tor the
club to grow at this rate IL was necessary
for the Sentiners correspondent to do some
terrific lying and for the Sentinel to swai-
of the prominent Republicans who had be-
come members of the club were published
from time to time and among them the
Rising Sun gentlemen picked the 1oloWlhg
as few samples of the manner in which
the correspondents did their work.
j. p. Hemphil was a candidate for coun-
ty auditor on the Democratic ticket two
years ago and never was Republican
William Hemphill, son of j. F., was never
anything but a Democrat or possibly a
Pcpilist He never was county commas
sioner.
George Keeny was "a Republican candi-
date for reelection as chairman or the
Republican county central committee, out
was turned down by the party and swore
vengeance.
Gerard was another sore Republican.
He for an 9ce %
feated and declared he would leave the
party.
chairman of the Republican county COM
mittee is barely of age and has never
cast vote. He was not chairman of any
committee, and has already denied that he
has joined the silver club.
b. Keeney is not an ex-sheriff of Ohio
county. He is not of age.
The most ridiculous feature of the mes
sage from the county is contained in the
one published yesterday from Aberdeen. in
which il is said that ringing silver
speeches were made by the Hon. y. Keeney
Il Keeney is the young man referred 10.
who is not a voter. The Hon. Harry
Thomas is said to be a tongue-tied negro.
who is barely able 10 express his thought
i'm any form. much less able TO address an
audience lie Is said to be a character
about town. and just such person as "a
practical joker would select 10 make a
ringing" speech 10 a fake silver club.
few days ago there appeared on the
first page of the paper that was so badly
taken in by the fake Ohio county CORE
spondents "A number of alleged affidavits
telling of the presence of the atlantis at
Rising Sun. some of them speakers be-
fore a free-silver convention and some of
them as attending the convention. All the
afiidavits were TO the effect that over a
hundred Republicans had declared them
selves for Bryan and free silver. In at
least one case II IL known that the affidavit
Is a fraud: that IL was never made at all.
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