The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-05
National Chairman Jenes T~elegraphed
Martin Yesterday that Indiana
Must BE Saved I'm the Count.
MIGHT PULL BRYAE THROUGH
JOURNAL REPORTER DRIVEN AWAY
FROM POPOCRATIC RETURNS.
Chairman Martin Wanted TO Keen
Them "Secret"-He Holds On While
Everybody Else Gives Up.

The mysterious actions I'm the privats
headquarters OF Chairman Martin, OF the
Popocratic State committee, yesterday aft
ernoon and last evening are unaccolntable
upon any other theory than that a desper-
ate scheme was on foot To try and steal
the Republican plurality in Indiana. For
tunately, it is too large TO be carried or.
When a Journal reporter went into the
rooms at ) O'Clock yesterday Afternoon
quite a crowd of Popocrats Of more or "a
pro minence was on hands. These men had
a tally sheet, upon which was being kept
a tab upon such returns as had been re-
ceived. The Journal reporter glanced over
this sheet and noted the fact that such r-
turns as they had did not differ materially
from the returns received by the Journal
and the Republican State committee from
the same counties.
Yet upon these returns Mr.. Martin was
predicating his claim tina: the State had
gone Democratic. Those about the room
knew very well that il was other
wise. Several OF them asked The
Journal reporter il ne thought the
Republican majority would go above
1900 or 1900. f.. NJ. johnson. oscar
Henderson and others seemed 10 believe
that that was about the figure it would go.
80 81 g - = " GOlN
the returns upon the sheet formatio TO
this effect was carried to Martin i'm the in
ner room, and he sent out word that the
sheet was no. to be copied. \ moment
later one Of tho Jerks came out from his
room and turnt over so that il could
not be seen, and ~nly a moment later Mar
tin himself came out and cleared the room.
remarking, I'VE cannot have any secrecy
while there are so many people around"
Just why there should be any secrecy about
election returns he did not explain. All the
pa~raphernalia and papers were taken into
the inner room and guarded with extreme
care.
There is an explanation for this. BY
noon yesterday Chairman Jones, at Chi
cago, had figured that Bryan could be
elected by the vote of Indiana. He tele-
graphed Martin to this effect. and explained
II such a thing were possible Indiana must
be saved I'm the count for Bryan. Martin
and his advisers spent the afternoon in
the effort to hatch up some scheme TO carry
this State, and there was apparently such
a slump in the heavy Republican majority
that they thought they were going to be
able, possibly, TO do il. They figured that
If the Western Union returns contin-
ued to show such a steady decline O,
Republican gains it might bring the Re-
publican majority down to 5000 or less. and
then some plan might be worked TO beat il.
In the meantime the Sentinel was stirring
up hope in sthe crowd of two or three
thousand PoDocrats that hung around its
bulletin board by putting out bulletins
claiming the State for Bryan and his cleo
ton
At IL p. IN. the Popocratic mi
rooms closed. It had been reported that
Nlartln conceded the State by $4,000. This
was a mistake. This was the figure sent
TO the New York Journal and Enquirer
from his figures. Mr.. Martin was asleep Ar
that time, but Allen w. Clark. king of all
the push" declared the report absolutely
false" while he was telling some anxious
inquirer over the telephone that 1T looks
very doubtful Reports from a great
telephone. show that Gowdy's Instructions
were carried out and the vote for Bryan
on the PopuliSt ticket was not aggregated
with his Democratic vote" In this idea
lay the Popocratic hope OF getting the
State. but just what line of action they pro-
pose to pursue has not yet developed.
Aside from Martin, Clark and Wallace.
everybody else about the committed rooms
who had had access TO the figures was con-
ceding the State by from 5000 To 5000. r..
and the others were trying to console theTn
with the idea that the Popocratic State
ticket had run ahead and they might pull
through by virtue of the pastors for them
on the PopuliSt ticket. They did not take
much stock in il. however. If il We're true
every county Of the State had been counted
separately and had not been aggregated is
addition to the Bryan vote reported would
not wipe out the majority given Mckinley
by the Popocratic figures Nobody believes
this vote in the State was as much as 5000,
even