The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-26
lNCENDIARISM And DOODLE.
Features of the Close of the POpo-
cratic Campaign.

III the closing week of the campaign I'm
| Indiana is passed without bloodshead the
| people will have much to be thankful for
| NOT IN a quarter of Il century has there
| been such a feeling of bitterness over q
| political fight, and it is peculiar this time
! IN that it lies upon one side. The
| attack upon Carlisle at Covington, Bourke
| Cochran at Evansville and Evans Woollen
| at Edinburg but notable examples of
| outbreaks where people of less prominence
have been concerned. This riotous spirit
is but the natural outcome of the
teachings and preachings of Bryan, aped
and intensified by Popocratic speakers of
smaller magnitude upon the stump and by
Popocratic newspapers. In Indiana the Pop
ocratlc press has been rampant, and the in
fammatory editorials published by Parsons
before the Haymarket riot in Chicago were
scarcely more dangerous in their tone than
the matter that has been printed
While the work of organizing big
meetings and demonstrations goes on
with redoubled force. the important
work of the campaign now lies with
the personal efforts of the organ
izations. Both parties are holding night
ly meetings of their own precinct
throughout the State and are drilling them
thoroughly in their work for election day.
The Popocratic managers free to admit
that their organization is not what it ought
to be. In most of the larger cities of The
State and many OF the county precincts
there have been numerous designations of
precinct committeeman during the last
week, and so many OF their secret commu-
nicationS and instructions have fallen into
the hands of Republicans and gold Demo-
Gratis that they do not know whom to trust
and a feeling of suspicion pervades their
ranks throughout They are kept so busy
watching each other that they have but
little time left to proseiyte for votes; They
h1 thair ot al nf
that the people will simply hustle to the
polls in hordes and vote for Bryan, in spite
of the lack of organization.
The work of the State committees is
very nearly completed. The literary bu-
reaus were practically closed week ago
and, with the assignments, published TO,
bureaus is completed, with the ex-
arising this week. The one department
of the State committee that IS busy during
this last week is the bureau for the trans
portation of absent voters to their homes
The State committee has procured long
lists of Republican voters OF Indiana who
are outside the State or in parts or the
State distant from their homes. and is MAX
ing an effort to obtain for them cheap rail-
their homes to vote. This work involves "a
vast amount Of detail, but the bureau. I'M
der charge of Oliver p Ensley; has been
at work a week and has the task well sys-
tematiZed.
If the Republican county. chairmen are
counting upon the Popocratic organization
having u shortage of funds during this last
week or on election day they are missing missing
through their organization known as the
Bimetallic League with headquarters in in
Chicago, have spent no less than $2,ooO,ooo
since 1888 in this silver propaganda in send
ing out silver Htera ture by the ton and
workng dozens Oh snTGWd in s ne
porting and training several hundred young
men Of whom the Cd Smith b and ba his
been doing Indianapolis, are fair sam
pies. These men were trained for months
f,,x. .s1x 1nn6 lad will
statistics and historical references and sent
broadcast over the country to organize
would get the best of the argument. The
two Smiths favored u Journal reporter
Grand Hotel few evenings ago, with, the
understanding that he would print nothing
about it until they had got out of town.
one took the gold and the other the silver
side of the argument and the way the gold
man was .'chawed up was awful
1t was hardly likely that born specula-
tors and gamblers like. the. mine owners;
after spending a couple of millions and
country and getting the people stirred up as
they have been during this campaign,
would let the whole thing go by, the board
a bit of it. While Jones has been luxuriat-
ing at the Auditorium annex, while State
squeezed for all they are worth. and while
Bryan has jumped about the country levy
special train stopped before he would show
the people the eighth wonder of the
WOfld, the SILVER DdronS nave peen sletp-
lily contributing whatever was necessary to
keep the machine going. and about two
weeks ago they let go at Chicago of cor
rupton fund that would make the man
customed to deal in ordinary figures dizzy.
They regard Indiana as one of the most
critical States and a large slice of the
Doodle came to Indiana and has beer dis
tributed among the county chairmen,
such of them can be trusted, with in
structionS to reserve as much of 1t as pos
sible for use on election day The Popo-
cratic managers well supplied with
money and will not hesitate to use ii for
all sorts of bribery and corruption of vot-
ers. When a political committee can af-
ford to spend $1,000 more to suppress
single issue of Populst newspaper 1t has
no lack funds.