The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-22
ALL SOLID FOR TAGGART
THE MACHINE MEN WENT OVER
THE SILVERITEs ROUGHsHeD.
Primaries Last Night with Lots OF
Beer and Fights-Pian to Dump
Judge Cox.

Machine politics has at times been car
ried to considerable length by the Demo
Gratis of Indianapolis, but never quite so
far as this time. A year ago Mr. Tageart
and his cohorts had a bit Of experience,
ana they have profted by it, The masses
OF the party were given too much rope,
and the result was that the leaders were
turned down, and those who did not leave
the ranks had to make submission and
be led about by such generals as Bridges,
Stuart, Busl1irk and Rockford. The blum
der win never be repeated. This year Tag
CART and the od-time leaders went TO work
in time and did politics in the old way. The
mushroom leaders Of the mob that strayed
off after silver were never given a chance
to show their heads The primaries were
called suddenly, when they did not know
where the precinct lines were, and the or
ganization was captured by the election Of
Spencer as chairman. The rest has been
easy. The precinct committeeman were
carefully selected, with a view to their 10y
atty TO the Taggart cause.
But the climax came yesterday and last
night. There is really no need of holding
the convention to-day, for the nominee has
been agreed upon, the committees have all
been selected from men not delegates, the
resolutions have been prepared and practi-
cally adopted and the officers of the con-
vention have been selected. Yesterday
morning Chairman Spencer announced
these committees, which are usually select
ed by the convention from among its dele
gates:
Committee on Permanent Organization
Francis j. Reinhard, chairmani DR.. n. q.
Smith, James M. Healey, Joseph I. Bren-
nan, William j. Bremen, James Renihan,
Doyle, Henry W. Laut John Shea, David
Sprinkle, Ignatz Strack, Henry Seyfried.
Com nittee on esoiutionsHsamuel E.
Morss, chairman; John w Kern, Thomas
l.. Sullivan. Joshua Z. Florea, John w.
Healing, George j.. Marott, Jean b.; Jeup,
James b. Patten, John lttenbach, Wallace
3; Kissells DR.. Millard N. Hart Henry
Themes, Charles Schell, Thomas II. Wiles,
August Richter and Charles A. Gauss.
Committee on Credentials = Henry n.
Spaan, chairman; Aquilla q. Jones, Maui
rice Donnelly, Charles M. Cooper, Jeremiah
Costello, George j. Dudley, Dledrich Muss-
man.
The committee on permanent organiza-
tion met and selected John w. Kern as
chairman, with Grant Hornaday as secre
tary. The committee on resolutions will
meet this morning and adopt the resolu-
lions drafted by Mr.. Morss. The commit
tee on credentials met last night and threw
out all the delegates that dared to protest
against the selections of the machine Thus
the work of the convention is done before
the convention itself meets.
The primaries last night were just as need
less. 1t was the same old story at every
precinct where the silVertes dared to make
a fight. The precinct committeeman called
the meeting to order and shot the
agreed slate through and declared the
meeting adjourned, no matter how many
were trying to make motions or demanding
ballots. In about twenty precincts the sill
yer enthusiasts insisted upon electing con-
testing delegates, but the credentials COM
mittee made short work of them later in
the evening" and thus the convention will
be practically solid for Taggart. when 1t
meets to-day. The slate agreed upon is
Taggart for mayor Stuckmeyer for clerk
and Pierce Norton for police judge.
The springing of Norton at the last mo-
ment will be a surprise to the supporters
of Cox, but it was done in Difference to
certain elements that think that Cox is too
good to mix with them in the friendly glass
of beer, and they have been insisting upon
his scalp so strenuously and threatening so
loudly to join fortunes with the push that
he sacrificed.
The silverites last night were loud In their
denunciation of the methods pursued at the
primaries, and Vowing by all they hold sa-
cred that they will not support the ticket.
Possibly the most significant thing about
the primaries was the slender attendance.
Aside from the Tenth ward, where the
struggle for ward leadership between Golfer
and Jim Moriarity served to bring out
the gangs" the attendance ran from six
TO twenty at each of the primaries. Even
the well-known fact that free beer would
be on tap at the primaries did not serve
to bring out the "byeS."