The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-14
FIRST STOP AT PLYMOUTH.
An Indianapolis Artillery squad
Joined the Party.

An Indianapolis Artillery squad
Joined the Party.
At Plymouth. a Democratic stronghold,
the first stop of the day made. The
local committed consisting of Capt ]. f.
Houghton, Capt. Amsey Johnson, Lieuten-
ant Washington and Mr.. J. G.. Thayer had
provided ample facilities for the short
speeches made by different members of the
party. On the siding. a block and half
from the station, fiat car, decorated with
flags and bunting, drawn UP to the
main track. The spot selected was in
little grove of naples. Close by stood the
two-story brick schoolhouse from the win
dows of which the happy faces of scores of
eager children peeped out to catch a
glimpse of the scene. An immense crowd
of people thronged about the fiat car when
the special train was drawn up. Among
| the crowd were hundreds of farmers from
the surrounding country, and veterans of
the war were there in force. Some of them,
bent and decrepit the familiar c. A.
r. broad brmmed hats, which they waved
in the air in their enthusiasm. The size of
the crowd was rather surprising, consider
ing the early hour and the fact that Mar
shall county IS generally considered largely
| Democratic. The local committee estimated
the crowd at four thousand, an estimate
/
train small. And there were many
i Democrats in the crowd, perhaps one-third
| of the entire number belonging to that
party. This was manifested by the loud
cries for General Sickles. and his appeal to
| them to support -wo conrad des, Mount and
| Mckinley, rather than repudiationst Bryan
and his followers. met with enthusiastic
cries, That's what we're going to- do
An incident of some interest occurred at
1 1,
| of Indianapolis, under command of Lieut.
| r. T. Oliver, Joined the party. The gun
| squad, consisting of Lieutenant Oliver A
| j. Navin, Charles Van Tilburgh David
| Boswell, Fred Swan, George Shad Walter
| Heiskel and James T. Boswell left In
| dianapolis, Monday night, taking with them
| field gun and a full supply of accoutre-
| ments for the trip. While the speeches
| We're being made at Plymouth the squad
| mounted its gun on a fiat car that has ac-
| companied the party all over the West.
! The first salutes of the day were fired from
| the platform of the station as the party
| pulled into Plymouth. General Alrer
seemed pleased by the accession of the
| gun squad and remarked that things look
a little more wariike now Lieutenant
| Oliver presented each member of the squad
| to General Alger and other members of his
party. The boys are ali expert artillery
men, having been in the Indiana National
| Guard. and acquitted themselves admira-
| bly,. General Alger complimented them on
the way they handled the gun
ALL FOR MOUNT TOO
At this stop short speeches were made bv
! General Alger, General Howard Corporal
Tanner and General Marden and General
Slckles. That Mr. Mount is the popular
candidate for Governor in the northern
part of the State was demonstrated bv the
| loud cheers with which each mention of
MS name was greeted, and when General
| Alger urged his auditors to put him in
the executive chair of the State by a 100 COO
majority cries of I'VE will, we will" came
from every side. General Howard said that
While the party nonpartisan he couio
not help talking out in meetin sometimes
and declared himself to be a ''blaek Renuh.
lican."
But Gen'l Sickles is a Democrat, s.id
he "and We're standing on the same plat
form. he comes from a different road but
gets TO the same platform | am on
General Howard was interrupted by wild
cheering from the Republicans and laughter
from the Democrats. Corporal Tanner said
that there was time for argument as
argument is not necessary. We've got 'em
on the run boys said he, foot, horse and
dragoon Some of you don't hear much
90 want to tell you that the Empire
state of New York still holds to her motto
A+EiXceisiormand r. Is going to pile up
not gong TO do ii alone" added the Cor
poraL in New York there are tens and
tens OF thousands of Democrats who spew
out Mr., Bryan and his platform"
Then the Democrats in the crowd tried to
outdo the Republicans in the matter of
| appiauding. General Marden said that he
| did not know what Corporal Tanner meant
when he talked about raising rnajorities
| but he said that when it came to talking
| in mysterious language he could assure his
| hearers that the Republicans in Massa-
| chusetts would open the jack pot Nov.
General Sickles had about determined 10
remain in the coach at Plymouth as he was
| feeling indisposed after a hard days work
| on Monday, eliminating in the big demon
| stration at Elkhart in the evening but
| there were long and loud cries of .'Sickles.
| Sickles! and he slowly climbed the fiat
| mittee went TO him with the information
| that a number of members of the old
| Twentieth Regiment, which participated
| with his corps at Gettysburg. were there
| pointed if they were denied that opportun-
| ity. The General said that II there were
members of the Twentieth present he
| wished they would hold up their hands. as
| he wanted to see them face to face Hands
went UP in all directions through the crowd
and the veterans gave shout of loyal
greeting to their old commander Address
! ing himself his old comrades in arms
| General Sckles asked If they were not tired
of the Chicago platform. He declared that
he got SO tired OF it he had TO chuck il
| ly cheered voices in the crowd calling out:
We don't want il. We're tired of it
The General said that his hearers had a
chance 10 vote for two soldiers, Mount and
you bet we'll do it. shouted some one.
| Appealing to the large number of Demo-