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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24
..PUSH

April 3, 1865, when it was evident that
General Grant had full victory within his
grasp, he issued the simple order, Push
things If, when Lee had been forced out
of chm and Petersburg, General
Grant and rested a few days before push
ing the pursuit Lee would have Joined
Johnston and made IL serious opposition.
The skies were full of promise, but Gen.
Grant wanted certainty. He pushed things
and attained victory.
In Indiana the Republican skies are
radiant with the promise of victory. Never
was the outlook so favorable. From the
most reliable sources from every part of
the State come assurances of victory. The
State committee and it's executive advisers
went over the whole field, after d careful
| canvass made the present week. It's mem
bers carefully compared notes and then
went to their homes confident of Republic
an success. Victory on Nov. 5 is as much
within our grasp as it was at Petersburg
on Monday morning, April 8, 1865, when
Grant ordered the army to pursue Lee day
and night until he surrendered. Filled
with the confidence of victory every man
in the ranks was eager to obey the order
push things" So now, during the last
week of the campaign, every Republican
and sound-money advocate, every man who
would avoid panic and would have a re-
turn of prosperity should do all within his
power to make the defeat of Organism
in Indiana emphatic and overwhelming.
The ranks of the Bryanites are broken;
thousands of men can be won to the Re-
publican cause by judicious and persistent
work. There are few men who Will read
this who may not win a voter during the
next week if each pursues a judiclous
course. Never was there SO favorable a sea-
son for judicious personal effort on the
picket line. Do not waste time in babble
with confirmed Bryanites or in idle dis
putes on street corners, but seek out some
man who may be won by reason, and labor
with him. Let those who have done ardu-
Gus service the past three months redouble
their efforts the remaining days of the
campaign, not SO much for party name as
for the general welfare of the country.
At the battle of Chantilly a colonel asked
General Kearny where he should put his
regiment INTO the fight. Go in anywhere;
there's splendid fighting all along the line,'
was the reply. So Republicans, business
men, wage earners, all who see the curse
which Organism involves, SHOULD not wait
for orders,obut go in anywhere and help to
roll up a majority in Indiana which will
warn the silver mine owners that they must
not again enter into d conspiracy to hold
UP and rob the American people.
The Republican party, always right, is
doubly right now. Have faith in its cause
ard it's leaders and fight to win a victory
as important as that which saved the
Union.
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With a Modern Application.

Ben Abdul, the Caliph of ancient Bagdad,
Awoke one fine morning and found that he had
By thoughtless extravaganza, sad to relate,
Completely exhausted the funds of the state.
So he summoned his vizier, E. Hamud Bey.
by the beard of the prophet! devise me a way
To fill up my treasury, waxing so low;
My subjects will stand no more taxing, you
know
So Hamud the Vizier begged for u day
To consult with the wise men and decide on a
way;
THE task that you set will take much thought
and prayer.
But fear not, o caliph. | We wisdom to spare"
Next day came FL Hatnud, saIaamed to the
ground,
And said. Mighty Abdul, way has been
After prayer ard much reading of the Koran
We at last have evolved a most excellent plan.
Let a law be enacted by royal decree
That a dog and a camel quite equal shall be.
Your Majesty owns many dogs of each kind,
Each dog will exchange for a camel; you'll find
That a camel will sell for the same sum of gold
That it would have before. Does my system
unfold
BY this explanation? Your camels you'll sell,
Your treasury fill, and all will be WE'LL
by blessed MohaIpueh! ypur wisdom l see.
Without loss of time send forth the decree"
And so went the news that down in Bagdad.
Without boot, a camel for a dog could be had.
From over the desert came men by the score,
The camels diminished. of dogs there were more.
Until one morning twas whispered around
That in no place in Bagdad could a camel be
found.
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without the consent of its Governor? Was
he not a Democrat of Democrats who de-
clared by the Eternal" that men who re-
sisted the execution of federal laws should
be hanged as high as Hannah? Since
when did it become a Democratic doctrine
to threaten the independence of the Su-
preme Court? If before the advent of Alt
geld, Bryan and Tillman. will some one
give the date? What previous Democratic
national convention declared that it is the
mission of the Democratic party to array
the wage Garner against the wage payer,
those who are called poor against those
who are called rich? VIII some one an
swer?
The leaders of the present so-called Dem
ocratic party are not Democrats, but rev.
olutionists. For that reason the conscien-
tious and patriotic men who have been
Democrats all their days are leaving it.
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HOW TO DECREASE THE poop
Major MckinIey's Speech to a DeIe-a
ton of

MAYOR Mckinley's speech in response to
u. w. Croft, who spoke on behalf of the
association and directors of the poor and
charities, of Pennsylvania, follows:
Ladies' and Gentlemen and NV Fellow
clLezenS-It gives me great pleasure to well
tolne 70 my nome the oVerseers and direc-
DTS OF the poor of the great State of Penn
SylVanla. L give cordial welcome NOT only
ne me the honor to come to nv home
tnlS morning. Your are engaged in a great
unseIhsh, noble and necessary work. at a
Work that requires great care and ability
LOT IL Is the pride and glory of our civiliZa,
Stou mat we take care of our poor in every
state ana Territory of the Union. We
nave IN THIS country the best hospitals for
c - Gnlortunate OF every character. 1t does
Gleult 10 our citizenship, civilization and
umanlty that we spend so much for the
unfortunate of our population.
Aour spokesman has very we'll said that
tLe way TO decrease the poor list is to in
crease the opportunity for work, and il
enere is one thing more than another that
me republican party desires. it is that
every man beneath our flag who wants to
work shall have an opportunity to work,
When the opportunity is given him to work.
the republican party means to see. too
that ne shall receive payment for his work
IN good money. We want every honest
Gays work to be paid in honest dollars
we want II understood for all time to come
mat TINS Is a government of law. tina. the
Jaw is supreme over all, and that our
courts. incorruptible as they are. hav, a
nlgn PLACE IN the affections of the American
people, for they stand as a solid buIwar I<
Tor our free institutions. / thank YOU for
thls call and 1t will give me great pleasure
10 greet each of you personally"
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this year to stand. and for the principles

this year to stand, and for the principles
OF tne grand old Republican party. We are
test OF far more Importance than any since
the great civil war. We have had no cam
palgn in the lifetime of the younger men
or this audience that is at all comparable
IN Its vital effects to the contest that is
was1ng this year. Most of this audience
mas come from farming sections. Most are
farmers who are interested with the rest
OF our feilow-citiZens in having good gov
erhment regulated by law, government over
when the laws of the country are supreme.
You are interested in having peace, good
order. public tranquility and prosperity,
our fellow-citizens wherever they may be
situated. What is good for one State is
GOOD Tor another. and what is good for one
county is good for another. What you
farmers want is good times. You will do
sodr sowing. your reaping, your threshing.
good markets just as near your farms as
you can have them.
Some people think the way to increase
market for farm products is to depreciate
the value of the dollar. Do you believe
that? cloud cries of 'No!) Do you believe
cent dollar to 81 cents would increase mar
d ke55: in 3G r a. Prices and Increase the
Is not more money coined by the mints,
but more money in the hands of the peo-
PIE, and the only way to get it is to set the
peop'e 10 work to earn money. TlSre is no
legerdemain in finance; there isono way
10 get money except by earning it and by
setting labor to work. What you want to
DO Is to restore the good times of 1892. You
want to get the shops open and to restore
those times when the workingman was so
DoS;y{ that he hardly had time to attend
politcaI meetings. There has been no
trouble of that kind for the las. three and
q half years. We must protect the splendid
american markets which we had in those
tlmes and the American workshops against
the workshops of all other countries. You
cannot DO your work at home and have it
ment yourself If you give it to some one
over the sea. 1 am in favor of giving it to
ouI own people and of protecting our fac
tories so that there will not be an idle man
under our flag. This is the doctrine of the
republican party: good times. steady en-
PfoyIlent, good wages. peace and pubic or
DER. thank you for this call. and it will
give me great pleasure to greet each. of nv
old friends personally"
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w. II. Michael, of Lincoln. Neb., has been
inspecting the Congressional Record to see
II Bryan was a friend of the soldiers when
In Congress. and he writes the National
Tribune that he was not. He quotes the
case OF a soldiers widow, aged seventy,
who was helpless and penniless. He finds
the facts in the Congressional Record of
the Fifty-third Congress, Volume ., Page
A@. Mr.. Bryan had charge of the case,
upon which there had been a favorable re-
wort. He had an hours time, of which he
used FIVE minutes and gave the larger part
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of the rest of his time to those opposed to
the bill, refusing those who desired TO favor
the measure opportunity to speak. In the
course of the debate Mr.. Martin, of In
diana, and others pleaded eloquently for
the helpless old woman, but Bryan said not
a word in her behalf. The course of Mr..
Bryan provoked Mr.. Van Voorhis, of New
York, to say: IF the gentleman from
Nebraska had deliberately gone to worksto
prevent action here this evening he could
not have done better"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

The announcement of the death of Hon.
c.. f. Crisp, ex-Speaker of the House of
Representatives, will be a surprise and
shock to the country. While it has been
known that he was not in good health.
there was no reason to expect that he
would not recover. He was a man of more
than ordinary ability, of unblemished pri-
vate character. and with a considerable
aptitude for public life. He was only fifty
one years of age, and at the height of po-
litical popularity in his own State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

The fact that the postal-card vote of
Indiana, as collected by the Chicago Rec
ord, showed, Thursday evening, 1902 for
Mckinley to 5,27S for Bryan, leads one to
suspect that the Democrats are holding
back their votes because they hesitate to be
Popocrats. While the Republicans are GO
ing to carry Indiana by a good round plu-
rality, they do not count upon any such
preponderance as the above vote shows-a
ratio of 2H for Mckinley to 1 for Bryan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

1t is conceded by Illinois politicians of all
parties that Col. w. r. Morrison's savage
attack on Altgeld will cost the latter a
great many votes and contribute material
ly to his defeat. Altgeld comes back at
Morrison in this fashion:
Morrison has been of immense benefit to
his party in keeping out of politics of late.
The fact is, he wanted me to swing the
Illinois delegation for him in the Chicago
convention, and thought / ought to secure
his nomination at the head of the ticket.
But the people of this State would not
nave it. and he had no chance whatever.
Another thing: For years the Democratic
party has been ridden by "a class of de-
bilitating politicians who have always been
a burden rather than q benefit to it. These
night-riderS have been thrown out, have
landed hard. and are now rubbing their
bruises and squealing.
This is good enough as a personal re-
joinder, but it is no answer to Colonel
Morrison's charges of malfeasance in office.
Those charges are Of the most serious ma
ture, and Governor Altgeld cannot dispose
of them by personal vi~tuperation.
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Like the venomous journalistic reptile
that it is. the -- seems determined to
sting itself to death.
The fact that the - has been forced
into a back seat by the - furnishes the
motive for its virulent. malicious, BASTARD
ly, contemplate, enyious and Jealous at
tack.
The foregoing remarks are not taken
from our Arizona exchanges. but are
among the interes.ihg personalities in
du ged in by once .staiaPhi adelphia papers
Journalism in TIE Cultured East seems to
be growing a trihe wooIly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

A prominent clergyman of this city, who
has always voted the Democratic ticket,
but who repudiates the Populist platform
and candidates of the Chicago convention,
said yesterday: Il should regard the cleo
ton of Bryan as the failure of republican
government. Inasmuch as it would show
that the discontented, irresponsible and an
archistic elements are a numerical major
ity in this country it would certainly fore
shadow tina ending.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

So the Organizes are wearing gold and
silver badges because some one has told
them that a gold dollar worth 100 cents in
the market of the world and a silver dollar
worth so cents will circulate side by side.
Such men may be expected to pay SIS for
a $40 suit CT clothes when a SIS suit might
have been secured. There are people who
take delight in making their idiocy con-
spicuOus,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

Abraham Lincoln said: Let not him who
is homeless pull down the house of another,
but let him labor diligently and build one
for himself" Bryan makes no speech in
which he does not attempt to arouse the
evil passions of those whom he assumes
have 10 houses, melting them to pull down
the houses of others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24
Rroker Emharrasscd.

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 23.-L. A. Coquard. one
of the most prominent dealers in stocks and
bonds In this city, became temporarily en-
barrassed az a result OF the drop In whea
yesterday and filed a deed of assignment
about noon to-day. James G.. Cahill and
a. q. Dallas. clerks in the brokers' Office.
We're named a~ssignees. The statement
800. 900 and liabilities of only o~ne-quarter
that amount.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

A lady who stood near Mr.. Bryan at one
of his meetings and watched him go
through the handshaking process says he
clutched at the people with both his hands
like a hungry vulture Selling prey. His
vivid imagination probably led him to pic
ture every hand seized as full of ballots.
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situation in Turkey 4. Grave.
The Fair VIII Contest.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. % AT a con-
ference this afternoon of all the attorneys
of the various parties to the Fair ntiga-
ton, tie position of the late Senator Fairs
daughters towards The so-called pencil viii
was defined. The attorney for Mrs. Her.
man oelrichs and Miss Virginia tair an
nouneed that he would file no contest in
their behalf against the pencil or trust Will.
bat would support the contest instituted in
behalf of the minor feirs. a similar state
ment was made by the attorneys for
Charles Fair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

The silver trust should curb the violent
methods of the Organizes. Some voters who
might be for silver are opposed to that
iEtolerant spirit which has spread with the
speaking of Bryan. Altgeld, Sovereign and
Fred williams.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

Sensible men of both parties who believe
in law and order will avoid wordy disputes
on the streets, which, in the present ex-
cited condition of the public mind, may
lead to blows and possibly to use of weap-
ons. Such collisions will not change a
vote. and they are not to the credit of the
good sense of American citizens.
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WHAT FARMERS WANT.
Home Markets and More Money in the
Peoples Hands.

In response to an address by Hon. Frank
A. Hoffman,, who spoke for a delegation
from Van Vert, O.. Mr.. Mckinley said:
Mr.. Hoffman and my FelIow-citizens-
The people of Ohio are always welcome to
my home, and none are more welcome than
my feliow-citi2ens of northwestern Ohio. I
recall with peculiar satisfaction the many
visits / have made to your county and your
principal city / recall with special salts
faction the warm support you have given
To the cause for which / am designated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

Hon. George W.. Cooper, who was one of
the ablest men from Indiana in the last
Democratic House, is the last influential
Democrat TO declare against the Popocratic
ticket. The 'Hessians'' who were leaders
ARE alreadV an army.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

AT the Democratic headquarters in Chi
cage are Senator Stewart. Ex-Governor
Hauser, F.. G. Newlands, ex-Representative
Bedford and other millionaire mine owners
and their attorneys. In short, the silver
mine owners have charge of the Popocratic
1eadouartars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

A few months before the nomination Bry-
an said that a change to the free coinage
OF silver would probably cause a panic.
John w. Kern said so on May IS. Let US
accept the warning of these Popocratic
leaders and vote against Bryan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

There are no loan and building associa-
tions in silver countries because the people
who have a silver currency do not get
enough money to invest iii anything except
the cheapest kind of food.
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their slcre. What has created tfis special
demand? 1t is hard to find the cause. The
financiers declared that it would not do to
nave another bond issue In the
United States durrig this campaign.
1t has been decided that another
issue of bonds you'd be an OBJ
ject lesson which they could not afford TO
risk. and therefore the tinanciers of New
York went to work to supply the treasury
with gold to tide il over the campaign. and
when they found it was difficult they APP
pealed to foreign financiers who were in
terested in fastening the gold standard per-
manentiy upon the American people. and
THESE nnancfers aid in the plan, and as
Scid. left Europe. as gold came TO us from
f.nSland the peopl there began TO feel the
eject of its departure and the Bank OF
england raised the rate of interest and
stopped the flow of gold to the United
states; and Germany had to protect herself,
ana France has TO protect herself. and
thus. my friends, this one little agitation
proves to the people of the world that so
iohS as gold was our money there must be
constant agitation, constant peril to our
commercial fabric as the gold goes from
one nation to the other. Our gold goes
abroad and then we become agitated and
we must either issue bonds to bring that
Soid pack or else We must lower prices to
brlng the gold back that way. These are
the only two ways in which our stock of
gold can be replenished."
IN ms two speeches which followed the
tabernacle speech Mr.. Bryan discussed the
siIter doctrine along the same general lines
DIS pursued by him in other places.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

The Sentinel rises to a personal explana-
tion and assures its readers that its editors
really mean what they say on the silver
question. This is worse than any one had
dreamed.
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BUBBLE IN THE AIR.
Consolation

Isn't it awful TO think that all our sins
and shortcomings will be revealed on the
judgment day."
'Well. there is one satisfaction. We will
find out all about everybody else"
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A GenfIemnn.

There are some things" said the orator.
that a gentleman cannot afford to do
Gee murmured the stubby-whiskered
man in the rear row; Il always thought a
gentleman was a guy that could afford to
do as he durn please"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

The Sentinel declares that it's editors be-
1ieve exactly what they have written ON
the currency question. No doubt they do,
but is it what they wrote before the Chi
cage convention after all?
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Bryan VIII Waste Much wind.

CHICAGO, Oct 23.-The greatest piece
or personal campaigning ever done by a
public man in a single city is what will be-
attempted by Mr.. Bryan in Chicago. De-
tails of his programme of speech making
here were finally settled this afternoon. He
is to deliver five speeches the night of his
arrival in the city Tuesday next, after
speaking at probably a dozen points up the
State on the road from Lincoln. Ill. Next
day, Wednesday, he delivers several
speeches, Thursday eight, and Friday prob
ABLY more than on any one previous day,
the exact limit having not yet been fixed.
The record when Mr.. Bryan finishes is ex-
pected to show over thirty different adj
dresses in three days and one evening
named, the aim of the candidate apparently
being to place himself practically in per-
sonal contact to the extent of sight and
hearing of the entire population of every
corner of the 176 square miles of territory
within the limits of Chicago.
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1t is now well known that 90 per cent.
of the alleged Republicans who are going
to vote for Bryan have been IN the habit
of voting the Democratic or Populist tickets
for wears
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

Bryan's habit of covering his personali-
ties with a disguise of polite verbiage does
not change their character. Blackguardism
decorated is none the less blackguardism.
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The Cheerful Idiat-

.'There is much to be said in favor of the
coinage OF glass began the boarder who
just won't quit talking politics at the
breakfast table
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Bryan would not face the man who
charged him with saying that workmen
who desire protection are public beg
CARS"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24

Kentucky Bryanites who throw flowers at
Senator Joe" Blackburn and stale eggs
at Secretary Carlisle are themselves pretty
far advanced in a state of decomposition.
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Suicide of N Prencher.

HARTFORD. Conn. Oct. 3.-Rev. Thorn
retired congregational minister. onlmitta
suicide by hanging himself at his home
yesterday. Dependency from ill health
was the cause.