The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-13
MAUS IS THEIR CHOICE
SILVERTTES WILL PIT THE RETIRED
BREWER AGAINST TAGGART.
Fight for MayOraIty Nomination but a
Week Off-"Push" Meets and De-
nOunccs Spencer's Committee.

The 'tried and true" silver enthusiasts of
the local Democracy have at last been able
TO agree upon a candidate for mayor with
whom to measure strength with the Tag
CART forces in the city convention. Frank
A. Maus, the retired brewer will give Mr..
Taggart a run for his money. Mr.. Maus
has plenty of time, plenty of money and a
large following of a personal nature. He
will be able to put up a strong fight, even
outside the aid he will get from the Bryan
enthusiasts, who have little faith in Tag
CARTS sudden conversion to the silver cause
after the Chicago convention
The fight for the nomination is but a
week off, and it promises to be one of
the liveliest in the history of city politics.
Aside from the purely political questions
involved, there are several purely business
propositions such as the brewery interest
and the street-railroad question, that will
add fierceness to the struggle. Maus and
the brewing syndicate are at odds, and that
organization will bend it's energies to de-
feat his aspirations.
The executive committee of the Demo-
cratic Silver League held a secret meeting
last night at the office of it's chairman,
Samuel n. Gold. 62 East Market street, and
after it was over various members an
nounced that something was going to
drop The object of the meeting was to
set up the pins to control the primaries
for the city convention a week from to-
morrow night and the convention the fol-
lowing day.
After something dropped" three weeks
ago and the Taggart people came out on
top in the suddenly called primaries for the
organization of the city committee the lead
Of Ia I
had been too much brass-band business
about their doings. The doorkeeper had
been none too careful about whom he adj
mitted, and their plans were known in the
Taggart camp even before they were pub
lished in the papers the next morning after
the meeting of each week. Last night the
door was strictly guarded and none but six
or seven of the faithful, in addition to the
members of the executive committee, We're
permitted to enter.
DENOUNCED SPENCER'S COMMITTEE
The early part of the evening was devoted
to denunciation of those supposed silver
enthusiasts who had sold their ant-Taggart
principles for offices and other small favors
at the hands of the city administration.
No names were mentioned by the speakers
but everybody knew whom they were talk
ing about. Then followed a few hard
boiled words about the composition of the
executive committee appointed by Chair
man Spencer. Up to the time of his cleo
ton he had declared himself tried and
true and then he had appointed such men
as these First ward William Temman:
Second, Charles E. Barrett; Third, Henry
Stacey; Fourth, p. E. Tall; Fifth, M E.
Loughlin; Sixth, Thomas L. Sullivan; Sew
enth, Samuel Compton; Eighth, Samuel "
Perrott; Ninth, Charles C. Roth; Tenth,
Joseph Bauer; Eleventh, Thomas Bemis;
Twelfth, William ]. shinn; Thirteenth. An
drew Keller; Fourteenth William f.
Moore; Fifteenth William Flynn.
All these men who are not known to be at
heart for sound money are known to have
no other principles in politics than blind
adherence to the leadership of the crowd
that has so long welded the scepter in To-
like the appointment of Grant Hornaday a
city employee without any particular con-
victons on the money question further
than desire to draw an official salary, as
secretary of the committee.
Finally the committee ended it's work of
Directing to things done and got down to
business by putting heads together and
working upon lists of tried and true who
can be depended on each precinct to get
out and fight for the cause a week hence
The members feel sure that these men can
be depended upon, but just to keep them
out of harms way they propose, to keep
as a fact" said one of the members after
the meeting was over. I'VE shall control
nearly every precinct primary in the city
next Wednesday night and the convention
will nominate good silver man for
mayor"
You mean Taggart, I suppose?"
lis Taggart a silver man? If he is, that
is the first we have heard of it."
Much of the time of the committee was
spent in speeches to the effect that the
committee ought to agree upon a man with
whom to beat Taggart, and the difficulty of
making a negative" fight was enlarged
on, but the subject was too delicate to get
of aspiring statesmen like c. NJ. Cooper
Romus Stuart, S. n. Gold and others too
numerous to mention the Silver League is
embarrassed with riches in this direction
but, though the committee decided not to
formally indorse the candidacy of MIR
Maus, it adjourned with the understanding
that its efforts would be concentrated in
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