The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-01
DISGRACEFUL SELL OUT
POPoCRATs OBTAIN THE POPS BY A
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
ID. r. Kennedy Sizes Up the Commit
tee-An Attempt to Bride Him by
a Democrat.

The sudden change of heart by the Pop
ulist committee of thirteen Tuesday night
and its peculiar action in launching forth at
midnight a fusion ticket has caused a large
amount of comment, not only among Pop
ulists but among politicians of all parties,
and the general tenor of the comment is
that it must have been a purely CONNER
cial transaction. The Populists put ten of
the Democratic electors their ticket,
and in making up the list of five Populist
electors put on three of their congressional
candidates, thus pulling them out OF the
congressional race and leaving clear field
so far as the silver sentiment is concerned
for the Democratic nominees in these three
districts-the Fourth, Tenth and Thir
tenth. In the way of a bargain the silver
Democrats conceded nothing. They have
not taken down any of their electors, and
declare that they will not. The considera-
ton, therefore, must have been of differ
ent character the politicians declare. This
theory is given corroboration in the action
of Thomas Patterson, of Denver, who came
here the accredited agent of the silver
syndicate. He was met here by George +.
Washburn, who is at the head of the West
ern branch of the Populist national com
mittee, and ]. G. Johnson, Of the national
Democratic campaign committee. These
gentlemen had various conferences with
the members of the Populist committee of
thirteen all of them of a strictly private
nature, and the deal was fixed up. What
the consideration was remains a secret
among the parties to the bargain. NIX Ran
kin yesterday denied that Patterson had
appeared before the committee of thirteen,
but said that when Patterson went to
Room T9, English Hotel, where the COM
mittee was in secret session, at late hour
Tuesday night. he talked to nobody but
Rankin.
The statement was published yesterday
that the silver Democrats would probably
take down five of their electors to place
the five Popultst electors on the Bryan and
Sewall ticket. It is not likely that they
will do anything of the kind. AS the deal
stands at present it is emnently satisfac-
tory TO the Bryan managers mere, and they
are not likely to take any further steps
They figure that the action of the Populist
committee, together with the charges of
bribery that have been flying about during
the past two weeks, has practically de-
stroyed the Populist party in Indiana that
the men who voted the fopulst ticket two
years ago have become thoroughly dis
gusted with the mysterious and suspicious
actions OF their leaders, and that these
leaders have nothing further to sell and
are not worth paying any further attention
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posslple, the placing of a State ticket in
the field by the National Democrats, and
that they have had no hand in this action
or the PopullStS In putting out a combina-
ton ticket.
THE NATIONALS CALL.
Chairman Pickens, of the National Dem
ocratic State committee yesterday issued
call for his State committee to meet next
Friday to consider this subject. Il don't
know said he w action ba commit
tee Will take. L don't think the Popocrats
have gained vote by the Populist fusion
in fact it seems to that they are like
ly to lose much more than they gain"
When the committee last met and consid- ]
cred State ticket a majority. was OPP
posed to putting enc in the field as the
case then stood, and it decided TO defer ac-
ton until time should develop whether or
not there would be fusion among the
other people.
There was lively tilt in the rooms OF
the Popocratic State committee yesterday
between Chairman Martin and Charles X.
seems that Mr.. Martin had made d state
meht at one of the conferences Tuesday
morning that an emiSsary had come from
the Noncomfromist office to ask for 5000
to get the paper to change it's politics.
he went down yesterday to have it out
with Martin and they had it out in a very
lively war of words.
DOODLE AND BRIBERY.
thirteen in delivering the party over to
the Bryan managers has caused a lot of
talk about Doodle and bribery among the
local Populsts There are two or three
members of that committee =" said D. f.
Kennedy, one of the local leaders, when
discussing the personnel of the committee
some days ago, that have had occasion
to come in contact with before in trades
union work and whom L would not trust
any further than 1 could see them. One
of them in particular has a rather large
record in connection with q cooperative
coal company that was organized in this
town some years ago. They went out and
others amounting in all to several thou
sand dollars, and he was put in to manage
it. After a few months the money was
all gone and he could not account for 1t.
He left town for a couple of years but
returned after the affair blew over
While Mr.. Kennedy was in a reminiscent
mood he related a story of the effort that
was made to bride him and E. A. Perkins.
Perkins was nominated for Auditor of
State on the Popuist ticket. His compet-
itor in the convention had been Cohen, of
Charlottesville, who was a Democrat and
was playing to get the nomination of both
the Populists and Democrats. 'Goben
came down &c, my house to see me- said
way about Perkins being unsatisfactory
to the Populists and one thing or another.
led him on to find out what his game was.
He did not make any definite proposition
the Grand Hotel on another day. I kept
the appointment and We talked about in
a desultory way until I finally said TO him.
in order to get at what he was driving at,
that he could talk to me with perfect free
dom. and, while l would make him no
promises as to whether or not l would
comply with any request he had to make.
he could rest assured that what he would
say to me would go no further. He then
came out with a fiat proposition to pay
81 600 in cash and take me around over the
State and pay my campaign expenses if I
would get Perkins off the. ticket. | told
have anything to do with. and + understood
he made various propositions to get him
to retire
IN HIS OLD ROLE.