The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24
Leading Democrats Indignant and
Now Boldly Declaring They VIII
Vote for Mckinley.
WORK OF AN ORGANIZED MOB
WHAT SECRETARY CARLISLE SAYS
ABOUT THE DISTURBANCE.
Evidence that the Egg-ThrOwing and
Attempt to Break Up the Meeting
Was Premcditated.
70 the India a,apoIis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 23.-The attempt to
break up John Griffin Carlisle's meeting at
Covington last night and the premeditated
insult to the Secretary of the Treasury has
aroused the most intense indignation in
this and other cities of Kentucky Proba-
bly, not since war days has politics been so
hot as during the present campaign, but
no Kentuckian dreamed that one of the
most honored citizens of the State would
be legged" and denied the right of free
speech The Covington incident shows that
the Popocrats are desperate and that they
fear Secretary Carlisle's influence will
swing the State, which has been trem-
bling in the balance. against the free-silVer
cause If there was cause for fear before
the Covington outrage there is far great
er cause now for the action of the mob
has cost Popocracy many votes and the
influence of some of the most prominent
men in the State.
This morning when the facts in regard
to the outrage became known in this city
some of the leading supporters of Bryan
and also the sound money Democrats Bit
terly denounced the action Of the mob and
openly declared their intention of voting
for Major Mckinley. Col. Henry l..
Stone who has been stumping the State
for Bryan, among the first to repudiate
the insult by abandoning his party and de-
claring for Mckinley. Among others who
did likewise were John H. Leathers, presi-
dent of the Louisville Banking Company;
sJoh3 T. Starl1s, of the big clothing estab-
ishment of Crutcher & Starks, and Au-
gerau Gray, cashier of the Louisville Trust
Company Dispatches from other towns in
the State also tell of prominent men bolt
ing the Chicago ticket. In fact, the action
of the Covington mob has done more for
the sound-money cause than a hundred
speeches.
Secretary Carlisle is booked for speech
at Bowling Green tomorrow afternoon,
and threats have been freely made by Pop
ocrats that the Secretary will not be per-
mitted to speak. These threats have
aroused the sound-money men to action.
They say the proverbial chivalry and hos
>pitality of the Bluegrass State is at stake
and they are determined to protect the
Secretary at all hazards. They also say
that under no circumstances will they per-
NIT any Popocrat to insult the Secretary
again. If necessary, determined body of
men will escort Mr.. Carlisle through the
State and guard him against further out
RACES. He speaks here next Wednesday
and this morning the following telegram
was sent him: You will have such COM
plete protection against insult and so grand
an ovation when you come to Louisville as
will forever wipe out the attempt of last
night to destroy free speech. dishonor the
fair name of Kentucky and to discredit her
foremost citizen The telegram signed
by Chairman Davie and Secretary Carroll,
of the gold-standard Democratic State COM
mittee and forty of the city's leading men.
Nod
of similar import Tomorrow afternoon,
when Mr.. Carlisle speaks at Bowling Green,
the Hon. John S. Rhea, silver candidate
for Congress, will demand n division of
time, which will of course be refused In
this event the silver men propose to hold
a meeting at the opera house, where the
Secretary speaks. This, it is feared, will
cause serious trouble the gold-standard
men are determined the Secretary snail not
be insulted 81 gain.
In proof of the assertion that the Coving-
ton outrage was premeditated and that the
Bryan managers in kentucky connived at
it, the Courier Journal says:
Nearly a month ago, when it was an
nounced that secretary CarIlsle COM
ing to KENTUCKY 10 speak, the following,
in a letter from CoVlngton was published
in the Owensboro messenger, euIted Dy the
kentucky memoer OF the National silver
Democratic committees:
in conversation with a Democrat to-day
your correspondent was told that if Jonn
q. Carlisle came TO CoVington to speak ne
would be rotten-egged.
- y ou needn't look surprised said the
Democrat, who is or the boys VINO
work in the wards. 4 tell you the arrange
ments are all maze ana the eggs laid away
as they will grow richer by delay and VIII
be in good trim for the purpose they'll be
used for
Your correspondent expressed his disbe-
lief in the story, adding that it would be
an outrage at once infamous, deserving of
the seVerest punishment, and that if any
thing of the sort should be attempted here
there would be trouble the side of the
house where it least expected.
Don't care anything about trouble was
the cool answer. I'm only telling YOU the
facts, and | know them TO be facts and
i know what l am talking about he per-
sisted.
why the story was told your corre-
spondent doesn't know but he knows that
decent citizen of CoVington, no matter
what his views on the money question NAV
be, would, for one moment countenance
any other than the most respectful treat
ment of Secretary Carlisle. and the hrmest
adherents of Bryan and SewaIl would be
hearing and courteous treatment The
story is going the rounds however. and it
should be stamped out at the start as n
Slander on the good people of the city"
This was published without any editorial
dissent or disapproval. but with the state
ment that the editor of the Messenger-the
national committeeman-kneW the name OF
the man who told the story
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