The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-07
LETTER FROM Mr.. FAIRBANKS
MIR. HARDING DISCUSSES THE GAS
QUESTION AT LENGTH.
Park Tie-Up Treated by Mr.. Harris
Healing Handles the Sewer Scan
daI without Gloves.


One Of the surprising meetings of the cam
paign was that at the old baseball park,
corner of Senate avenue and old Seventh
street, last night No great efforts to get
out crowd had been made, but the speak
ers found one of the largest and most en-
thusiastic audiences that has greeted them.
By the time the band arrived ahead of
about 800 voters from the South Side march
ing with the C. w. Fairbanks Club there
were $500 to 5000 people on hand. The club
came in a special electric train with il
Eliminated cars, and was headed by the
When band. The interest was strong
throughout and the applause and en-
thusasm were most hearty. Senator Fair
banks was to have been one of the speakers
but could not be present, as he had to leave
to take part in the Ohio campaign The
chairman read a letter from him. A. c.
Harris, Jesse Overstreet, w. n. Harding,
George w. Stubbs and Charles A Book
walter were the speakers. The speakers
stand was decorated with bunting and a sort
of arena was formed around the 500 seats
by gay Japanese lanterns strung on ropes
Music was furnished by the band and the
Marion Gee Club
William w. Woolen was chairman of the
meeting. He said that he had never re-
sponded to an invitation with greater pleas
ure than the invitation to preside over a
meeting in the interest of William Newton
Harding, who for ten years had been his
neighbor. Mr.. Woollen said that he had
known him so long that he regarded him
as the right man for mayor and had
i'm 10 he ,f.,oA -
that the latter finally decided to follow his
advice.
"A truer man, better neighbor and a bet
ter citizen 1 have never known than Mr..
Harding" said he. MIR. Harding will just
as surely win as next Tuesday comes and
he lives" declared Mr.. Woollen. There
are no two sides to that question:" he as
serted.
audience.
That's what he will we're going to do
the work." shouted many in the crowd. Mr..
Woollen said that it was not his intention
to make speech.
LETTER FROM SENATOR FAIRBANKS.
Before introducing the speaker he asked
permission to read the following letter from
Senator Fairbanks:
Hon. Ferdinand Winter, Chairman:
my, MY Dear Sir very much regret that
ing is received just as am about to leave
for Ohio to fill engagements this week
made for me by the Republican state CEN
trail committee of that State.
The election of Mr.. Harding is of the ut
most Importance. He has been a lifelong
citizen of Indianapolis; he is of irreproach-
able character and has the requisite ability
and temperament to make a thoroughly ac-
ceptable mayor. In point of fitness he is
easily in the lead.
1t is not merely because Mr.. Harding is
personally well fitted for mayor that he
should be elected, but because he stands
for sound municipal and national politics.
In narrow sense national questions are
not involved in the campaign, but in a
broad sense they are. The election of Mr..
Taggart, who was nominated upon a free
silver platform, would be hailed by the adj
herents of the free-silver heresy a signal
triumph of their cause, and they would
draw from it renewed encouragement
The present renewal of prosperity and
the hope of its increase rest upon the con-
viction that Organism is as dead as the
quickly check prosperity as the promise of
serious revival of Bryanism-of free
silver.
The only safe and prudent course is to
give free silver no cause for rejoicing; give
1t no victories; give 1t no cities with all the
vast machinery which may be used at the
next election to overthrow the very policies
that are ushering in a new prosperity. We
have observed during this campaign how
an administration may unfairly set apart
thousands of dollars of the peoples money
for work on the pretext of public necessity,
when every observing citizen knows it was
done to promote partisan ends, to affect
votes and retain its hold on power. The
question briefly is: Shall the people
strengthen tie opposition to sound money
and the tariff knowing that an important
and perhaps critical election Is only one
year hence? Elevate to office no one who
is not sound to the core on all questions
affecting our interests. or whose election
will make more difficult Republican success
in 1898. Very respectfully,
CHARLES w. FAIRBANKS.
While reading the letter Mr.. Woollen
spoke of Mr. Harding's high character and
his reputation in the community.
ST have watched the papers carefully"
said he, land I have not heard a word
against him. 1t is customary to smirch
mans character who is a candidate, but not
one word has been said against Mr.. Hard
ing"
MR.. HARRIS TALKS.
Mr.. Woollen introduced Addison c. Har-
ris. who made one of the forcible speeches
of the campaign. II did not come here to-
night to make a political speech" said he,
because 1 understood that this was to be
a meeting of the friends and neighbors of
Mr.. Harding who we feel and believe
will be elected next Tuesday and who we
intend to see shall be our next mayor.
"A good many years ago a man talked to
me about fees. Now am not going to say
much about fees" said Mr.. Harris, when
he was interrupted by cheers and laughter.
This man paid me a fee, and / did not
have TO pay it back. / asked him what I
should do with my money. / wanted to
make a good investment. On his advice /
bought COW pasture. Meridian street was
then a country road and all this land that
is covered with beautiful homes was a cow
pasture. / have known the city for thirty
and in all that time I have watched
the growth with pride l read in some of
the papers that this beautiful city, with its
broad streets, electric lights, has been made
in the last year or two by a Democratic
administration. We know how it was made.
1t was made by men of thrift by men who
had high motives. 1t was made during Re-
publican administrations. There was John
Caven, mayor of this city ten years. Was
it ever heard that any of his subordinates
had to return money? Then there were 9TH
ers, Macauley, Grub, McMaster-I can
not call all their names.
DEMOCRACY AND DEBT.
"Then there came a Democratic admins
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