The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-14
THE M'KINLEY TIDE
IT SHOWS IN A RoUsING MEETING IN
CRIMINAL COURT ROOM.
Figures ON the National Outlook from
Ohio-Denocratic Free-silver
Movement.
The Criminal Court room Kas packed last

some extent, 10 see so many people present,
for the last meeting did not attract more
tnan three score. and they were principally
those closely identified with the Mckinley
movement in this city. There was a large
number of speakers, but none of them occu-
pied more than five or ten minutes. then re-
linquishing thu floor to some other.
During the evening Col W. r. Holloway
read the following letter. dated March Z.
from Representative c. II. Grosvenor. of
Ohio. who has charge Of Mr.. McKiniey's
interests:
II have your esteemed favor of March 6.
Since my former letter to you a great many
changes have transpired In the field of poll
to this S9 DATE l w solnS Be V sF follows dal5 ss''ma'e up
Alabama, IS; Arkansas. 16; California, Is;
Florida, g.; Georgia, q; Idaho, 2; Indiana. 80;
Maryland Maryaai rs 10: N Michisan.. 2 ss M hGn,slaha' 10;
Mississippi. IS: Missouri. "a: Nebraska. is;
New \ Jersey. s 10; Nor thar Carolina; Is; North 70
lima, 10: South Dakota. 8: Tennessee. 20;
Texas Is; virginia: IS; Washington s.; West
IONA, s: New Mexico. s; oklahoma, s: Utah,
g. Total. 4s1.
Now, in this list 1 have put in twenty
votes in illinois. Those votes will be Affect
ed more or less by the favorite son business.
and We cannot count on them on the first
ballot possibly, but when Mr.. Cullom Is out
of the forty-four. The same remark may be
made in regard to Nebraska In looking over
this table carefully | think there Is very
Let US turn to the States in which have
claimed nothing. The entire scope Of New
England, New York and Pennsylvania does
not furnish one vote in this estimate. and it
is probable that there will be but very few
s spses ha ~ tn1 nn,e ssa tssra lo + M s,Seh ! ee}de on 'n os
a combination to defeat him that his friends
Will not be willing to wait. and the break
it is a fair estimate to say that there will be
one hundred delegates elected who will vote
for Mckinley as against every man or any
ton in New York and Quay in Pennsylvania.
Those one hundred votes cannot be swapped
Going West and taking the case of Iowa:
Our understanding Is. and we believe 1t to
be true. that Iowa viii give her hearty and
OF the failure Of Allison. 1t viii be nearly IL
not quite solid for Mckinley So you see
iey's nomination is a vain attempt and will
be sure to fail. Indiana will be very foolish
II she wastes any time on experiments. she
stands in a position now TO be commended.
Her thirty votes should be cast at the very
start for Mckinley. Her thirty delegates.
elected with the full knowledge OF the public
that they are for Mckinley, will place your
State in the very forefront of the friends of
Mckinley"
A more enthusiastic meeting could not
have been held. Every seat and much of
the standing room on the main floor was
taken. and there were a number of people in
the gallery. The name OF Mckinley never
failed to find a lusty response in the cheers
OF those assembled When General Coburn
rose to speak and mentioned the name Of
Mckinley. followed Immediately by that of
General Harrison, there were the widest
of cheers. Among other things, he said:
Until the man who has so ably repre-
sented this State in many positions of trust
and honor. General Harrison. felt it his
duty to write his letter declining to allow
his name to be used in the St. Louis con-
%vention, we were all for him. and if he
should be nominated we would still! be for
him-first, last and all the time. There
would not have been a ripple of dissension
In the State. but now that he is out and we
must select another man TO follow, the State
naturally turns to Mr.. Mckinley. that cham
pion of protection and the rights OF work
ingmen. We turn to him naturally, because
he Is the foremost spirit in the advocacy Of
the fundamental principles of the Republican
party, but IL we should nominate any man
whose name has been mentioned for the
presidential nomination, we should not make
a mistake. The only question would be that
by electing Mr.. Mckinley we would elect
a man who would drive straight to
the point. IL we select Mr.. Allison. or Mr..
Cullom. or Mr.. Reed. or any of the others,
the country will be safe and the final OBJ
jective point will be reached. but il we want
to go straight to il, we must elect the man
who stands foremost of all in the ranks of
workinsman."
General Coburn's manner of showing that
he Is still loyal TO General Harrison brought
out loud and lusty cheers, and every time he
mentioned the name of Mckinley the scene
was repeated
THE RUINS OF DEMOCRACY.
Continuing. General Coburn said the ruins
of Democracy were to be seen all over the
world, and that 1t was not necessary to take
modern times to exemplify its incapacity to
govern Go to the ruins Of Egypt he
said. 'and you will find the result OF the
people. refusing longer TO be miseoverned.
They simply picked up and left the country.
Greece and ancient Rome are further exam
pies. Modern Spain is another. Then JUST
see what 1t has done for this country In
that the wonderful prosperity of this coun-
try three years ago could have been blighted
and the government reduced. to the extremity
of new bonds, and all for the simple reason
that the revenues were cut down so low that
the machinery OF the government could not
Charles Bookwalter created a great deal
of laughter when he mentioned the visit of
who have visited this State. He said their
visit reminded him very much of the book
"Ben-Hur.' They are the three wise
men," he said. who saw the star and tray-
eled from the East 10 find the power that
guided the star. They came to the barren
desert OF Indiana land found IL barren so
far as their cause Is concerned) to in
vestigate the great power that moves that
star In the West. They did not come. as
did the ancient wise men. with priceless
ointments and precious things to Law at
the feet of the object of the Western star
but they came with nothing for us but Jaw
They gave US their jaw ami departed, and
we hope they will not come again.
Hon. VIII Cumback made a strong appeal
for the voters to attend the primaries next
Wednesday night and see that delegates to
the convention were selected who would
vote for delegates 10 the national conyen-
ton pledged to support Mr.. Mckinley. He
urged all TO exercise their rights as citi-
Zens. as by no other means can the voice
Of the people be EXPRESSED in the ST. Louis
convention.
There were many other speakers. all of
whom spoke of the many good qualities OF
the craftsmanship of a man like Mckinley.
when compared to the kind that is now dis
played by the "thick-neck in the White
House. as General Coburn expressed IL.
Elder Morton, who was present as a rep
resentative OF the colored people, said he
would be proud 10 cast his vote next No
vember for the man whom he knew would
bring about a revival in business such as
the country had never seen before. DIR. 8.
"A. Ebert. another w~ell-known colored citi-
Zen, also made a few remarks on the same
line.
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