The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-14
ON A CROSSOF SILVER
POPOCRATIC STATE CANDIDATES
DUMPED IN THE FUSION DEAL,
And MIR. Bryan's "CrOwn of Thornss
Is Pressing Painfully Upon Their
Bleeding Brow.
WIS A SECRET AGREEMENT
THE P~OPULISTs' SAW TO 1T THAT 1T
WAS KEPT TO LETTER.
State Ticket still Up and the Popo-
Gratis Accept Five of Their
Electoral Candidates.

The candidates on the Popocratlc State
ticket have been c~rucifed on a cross of
silver and Mr.. Bryan's crown of thorns''
Is smarting most painfully upon the brows
of Messrs. Shively, flaming. Chandler. Nc
Mutt, Ralston and their fellow-sufferers,
who have put up their good money to run
the machine for three months, to be most
ignominiously dumped by the Bryan
crowd.
Chairman Martin, of the Popocratic State
committee, yesterday filed the certificate Of
nomination for his party. AS predicted in
the Journal yesterday, he certified the fu-
sion ticket, which had been dictated by the
Populists, containing ten Popocrats and
five Populists. The men whom the Popu-
lists declared must come off the Popo-
cratic ticket either got off or were knocked
off and every Democrat who desires to vote
the straight ticket by stamping the
rooster, must in so doing vote for five
straight Populists pledged to vote for Bry-
an and Watson. These five are Parda d.
Drain, of Evansville. for elector at large:
e. A. higgins. of Ragglesville; Townsend
Cope, Butlerville: James w. Pierce, of
Rennselaer; John s. Bende OF Plymouth.
The board of election commissioner APP
proved all the tickets filed and this fusion
electoral ticket goes IN the column under
the rooster and in the column under the
plow and hammer. The plain effect of this
Is that the Populists will, almost to a man.
stamp the pillow and hammer and thus vote
for their own State ticket. While Bryan
gets the advantage of the fusion the Popo-
cratic State ticket gets considerable the
worst of it, for 1t is estimated that this
action will drive not less than ten thou
sand old-line Democrats who have been
crlr f3D --x--
ticket.
This action was not finally taken without
a tremendous protest on the part of the
candidates upon the State ticket. When
one or two of the candidates heard of the
proposed action Monday afternoon they
made a vigorous protest and insisted that
hnal action should not be taken until the
campaign committee had been called to-
gether and the State candidates given an
opportunity to present their views. Ac-
cordingly kilograms were sent out Monday
night and yesterday morning a meeting of
the campaign committee was held. Messrs.
Tanning, Ralston and McNutt appeared be-
fore it and objected strenuously to the
proposition to pull off five of the Demo-
cratic electors and put IN the five Popu-
lists designated by that party. They de-
clared that it was humiliating from every
point OF View ana recalled the repeated as
sertion OF Chairman Martin that the DEM
ocratS would not yield another thing until
the POpuliStS State ticket was withdrawn.
After they had made their talk Chairman
Martin hurried up to the Governors office,
where the members of the election board
had been waiting since 10 O'Clock, at which
time their meeting was called. When he
came the two Popocratic members of the
board, Governor Matthews and John w.
Kern, slipped out of the room and a con-
sultation. lasting half an hour was held in
the office of Private Secretary King Can
didate McNutt OF the State ticket, was
king of all the push" fioated in, accom-
panied by D. f. Craig, secretary of the
Populist State committee. The situation
was briefly reviewed and it was ascertained
State ticket getting off had gone glimmer-
ing. Mr.. Martin left declaring that he
would be back in half an hour to file the
certificate of nomination. He returned to
time had come when the bluff must be
made good or a backdown made. They
determined for a backdown and at 1890
Mr.. Martin reappeared at the Governors
office and filed the fusion ticket put out
by the Populis of thirteen on
Sept. 20.
When the State candidates heard Of this
action at the Grand Hotel they held g. little
but it did no good. The deed had been done
and they had to grin and bear it. The
most woeful figure about the hotel was that
of Jason 3. Brown, who was wandering
aimlessly about. II dare not go home,S
said this statesman who had been SO un-
tremendously kicked off the ticket. land I
ea Inn It stay tSg hersi ! / g Yes P J Shall have 5ayee to
held a little jubilee meeting at the Grand
Hotel at noon congratulating themselves
upon how beautifully the tail had wagged
emily the Democratic policy, but the Demo-
cratic ticket DIS well.