The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-19
VIEW OF THE
A COMPLETE RESUME OF POLITICS
IN INDIANA.
Democrats F~Ioundering in Sea of
Blunder While Republican,
Are Pulling Together.

If Indiana does not go for Mckinley the
men who are accustomed to prognosticate
results in this State from both sides Of
the political fence will miss their calcula-
tons very largely. The last week has wit.
messed a series of fatal blunders on the
part of the silver managers and has seen
the beginning of the fercest onset that any
political party has ever had to Withstand
in the State. For the closing weeks Of the
campaign the working force of the Repub-
lican organization has been doubled and
while the Bryan State committee is still
working largely in the dark, the Repub-
licans are able to see their way clear to
almost certain success of large proportions.
A few newspaper men sent here from their
home offices in the East have been writing
back that both State committees We're
floundering about in the dark without real
knowledge of the situation. Politicians
who understand that much of the campaign
funds have been collected in the East and
know how difficult it has been to convince
Eastern interests that those middle West
ern State are not as safe as their own
commonwealth, will appreciate why the
Republican managers have hesitated to I'M
bosom themselves TO men they never met
before, who might use the information to
the serious destruction of their work. The
Republicans have the situation we'll in
hand in every county. They know to a
man those who are with them, those who
are against them and those who are unde-
cided as well as why they are undecided.
Thus they are able to calculate with fair
correctness what they ought to be able
to do. No political organization was ever
in finer trim than theirs in Indiana and
it is not likely that any point will be neg
lected between now and the election. In
the cities of the State they are having
demonstrations that exceed in magnitude
anything Indiana has known before and
there is not a township in the whole LOLA
that will not have at least one Republic
an rally during the next two weeks. The
sound-money forces have started in upon
the home stretch with a Vlgor that is SIM
ply astounding.
The Republicans have such men as Gen.
Harrison, Thomas B. Reed, ex-Tovernor
Foraker and Generals Sickles, Alger, How
ard and Sigel. touring the states, while
the sound-money Democrats have John p.
Irish, Ex-Governor Flower. Carl Schurz,
DIR. William Everett, W. ID. Bynum and
others of scarcely less magnitude appealing
to their old party associates to come to the
ton of this fire all along the line until
election day and all that the silver forces
have in sight to offset this is another two
days of Bryan in the State.
The blunders of their own leaders and
managers, however, nave proved more de-
moralizing and disastrous to the silver
forces than this attack from the opposing
element. 1t is difficult to estimate the eff
feet of the internal dissensions brought
about by the peculiar deal with the Popu-
lists whereby the candidates on the silver
Democratic State ticket were crucifed and
their race made hopeless. 1t was with
great difficulty that a general disruption
of the State ticket was prevented. The
entire burden Of expenses connected with
the campaign of Indiana will contribute no
further fHr t 1a:, They them gel estiTna poa that
were put upon the State Democratic cleo
toral ticket has driven from the ticket not
less than ten thousand old-line Democrats
who We're originally for sound money, but
have been trying hard to work in armony
with the party in it's new crusade. Promi-
S. F.. Sheerin, for many years secretary
of the national committee; Frank B.
and Crawford Fairbanks, member of Chair
man Martins executive committee
another s. seriops blqn n was made by
designation National Democratic and
lot as The G~old-standard Ticket The
State candidates had reasons to believe
that most of the sound-money Democrats
would vote for them, but this unfair treat
ment has put them In such a mood that
their leaders estimate that not 2 per cent. |
of them will vote the State ticket.
organized mob. with hardly a leader out
size OF 1uTplc ana hdLLnGWS, VINO was
hardly known outside of his own county
a few years ago. AfTayed against them
are the solid business interests of the
State. fully Is per cent, of the wage earn
ers, the practically solid soldier vote, the
schoolteachers and nine-tenths of the pro-
fessionaI men. SO per cent. of the large
German vote in Indiana, the almost solid
influence of the ~clergies, including the
Roman Catholic hierarchy, led by the Rt.
cennes. and for many years president of
the American College at Rome. With ali
these powerful elements against them
and intelligently in the interests of sound
money, it is difficult to see where the silver
which to base a hope of winning the State.
One of the "Coerced."
At a certain boarding house on East Ohio
street the boarders are not all of one way
of thinking politically, and some lively
discussions result in consequence. On Sat
evening last a. stranger made his
appearance and engaged room and board.
At the supper table he took part freely
in the political conversation that was go
ing on, and stated that he was in the en,~
ploy of a certain firm of contractors that
is now engaged in the erection of a buil0-
ing on Washington street. He said the
firm had given notice to its employees that
would be discharged unless they yoteo
for Mckinley. upon which a considerable
number of them, himself included, prompt
ly threw down their tools, refusing to be
cCerced into voting against their prin-
The statement was doubted by a
present, who took the mans
name and the name of the firm he said hs
was working for.
Subsequent investigation proved the state
to be entirely without foundation, as
was expected. Sunday morning the new
boarder failed to put in an appearance at
breakfast, and shortly after it was discov-
cred that he was not in the house. He
had left with his effects. and some other
as well.
Some of the boarders are waiting i'm
to charge him with his false
hood, and the landlady is mourning the
of some of her goods.
SUBURBAN CHARITY.
Work OF West indianapolis Benevo-
lent Wonen's Society.