The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-09
WILL NOT HAVE TAGGART
THE SILVER DEMOCRATS MEET AND
DENoUNCE THE MAYOR.
An Effort to BE Made to Capture Or
ganizatiOn Which Is Now in
the Gold Bugs Hands.

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ing. The free-silver Democrats seem just
as numerously and even more bitterly OPP
posed to him now. They met to the num-
Der of about eighty at the old Iron Hall
building last night. There were two or three
Taggart people scattered about among
them to interject an occasional remark,
but Bill Flynn and his cohorts from the
Fifteenth were not there to form flying
wedge" and there was 70 occasion to call
for police protection from the belligerent
friends of the mayor.
S. n. Gold presided over the meeting and
the first thing done was to adopt with
great unanimity and enthusiasm a resolu-
ton repudiating the action of Flynn and
his 'b'yes" who, a week ago, after cap
turing the hail. adopted resolutions indoors
ing the candidacy of Mr.. Taggart. Then
Henry Hudson arose and sailed in. There
was no question before the house, but he
had some views and it was evident from
the applause that greeted him at various
points that these views conceded with
those of the meeting. 1t was claimed, he
said, that Taggart was a Democrat. AS
for himself, his idea of a Democrat was
man with convictions and the courage to
stand by them. But whenever there is
danger" said he, where is Tom Taggart?
Why, he's on the fence!' And the crowd
applauded vociferously. And he waits to
see which side to drop on" continued Mr..
Hudson. He is always looking for the
best of it, and when he can't get the best
of it, he don't want anything to do
with it,"
Mr.. Hudson recounted how Mr.. Taggart
had hesitated on the question of indorsing
the Chicago platform. I'VE knew where
he was the night before the State conven-
ton" he declared, when he tried to use
his power as district chairman to run the
district meeting in the interest of the gold
bugs and used the gag rule and every
thing else to gain his end" A gentleman
unknown to everybody in the meeting,
wearing glasses and billy goat whiskers
sat Immediately behind Mr.. Hudson. At
this point he interjected the assertion that
Taggart was a Democrat and it was passed
over in contempt, but when he continued
to interrupt, Hudson turned upon him
fercely.
IF you are not in harmony with this
meeting, why don't you get out?" he de-
manded.
Il have an invitation to this meeting,
retorted he of the whiskers.
THAT is no reason why l should permit
YOU to browbeat me- replied MIR. HUDSON,
land don't propose to stand IT, ana he
went on to tell how the appointment or
Albert Leber and other goldougs on ing
park board would mean that the South
Side was to be taxed to death ia order that
parks might be built in the Fall creek bot
toms.
BILLY" Champion. of the Tenth ward,
arose and wanted to know what the pur-
pose of the meeting was. This was some
thing of poser and before it was answered
he asked if it were not a fact that 1t was in
opposition to Taggart. Chairman Gold IN
timated that he was a bit late in catching
rod he n
tinel. Champion pleaded guilty to the
charge in a sheepish sort of fashion
Did not the Sentinel say that after the
first meeting that we were opposed to Tag
gart?" asked Mr. Gold.
Yes, the Sentinel said it, but it says
This time it told the TRUTH
Yes, and 1 saw an interview with you
in it and it had an if You said ii Tag
CART was agin silver you were agin him. l
could say the same thing about Bryan, but
that don't mean that I'm agin Bryan"
Then young Mr.. Bruce arose and gave it
out fiat that this meeting was opposed to
Taggart and all political jugglers. What it
wanted was silver platform and silver
man who could stand upon it with both
feet, no one who stood with one foot on
one side and one on the other. The way the
sentiments of Bruce were applaUded left
no room to doubt that the meeting was OPP
posed to Taggart.
That's what l wanted to find out" said
Champion, and if it had been said at the
first meeting would not have come to any
more. Tom Taggart came to the rescue of
the county committee last summer when it
was out of money and helped it out. l was
committeeman in my precinct and had been
spending. my own money, which is some
thing you fellows that howl agin Taggart
never done, and he come in and helped the
committee. If l have any influence in my
precinct it will be for Taggart."
There were groanS of disapproval while
Champion was talking, but nobody offered
to put him out and the meeting went on
One member made a vehement speech to
the effect that the way to do this business
was to select an honest silver man for a
candidate
Taggart but this suggestion was not acted
upon. A motion was offered and carried
that committee be appointed to look aft
er the work of capturing the organization
and this was carried, though the committee
was not announced.
TAGGART APPEALS TO THE "CADI."
"Cadi'' Buskirk made a speech of a
rambling nature, in which he attempted to
pour a bit of oil upon the troubled waters
He hated to see the movement take a per-
sonal turn, he said. He had nothing per-
sonauy against Taggart, though he could
not indorse his appointment of goldbugs
However, he believed he was repentant. In
fact, the mayor had come to him recently
and asked his advice upon how to get out
of the 'scrape." The judge had told him
it would not do any good to fire" these
gOldbugs now, for nobody would give him
credit for it.
ing to look into the character of the city
organization submitted report signed by
it's chairman. Henry NeSom 1t declared
that great outrage had been perpetrated
against Democratic principles when the
chairman had been given extraordinary
powers that enabled him to appoint the
precinct committeeman and members of the
executive committee. This enabled him to
appoint whom he pleased and the result
was that among his appointees given au-
thority in running the machinery of the
Democratic party, were such notorious
James l.. Reach, Albert Lieber and Allen
Conduit. 1t develops that of the 1875 precinct
committeeman appointed by Chairman Cur
tbs, seventy-fiVe are gold Democrats and
marched in the Palmer parades last year
OF the fifteen members of his executive
committee nine are well-knOwn gold Dem
ocrats. And what is more, there are fifty
five vacancies to fill among the precinct
commit eman and there is no assurance
that hated goldbugs will not be appointed
to fill all these vacancies.
The rest of the time was occupied with
desultory talk Mr.. Bridges offered in evil
dence a recent interview with Mr.. Bynum
in the Louisville Courier-Journal, in which
mand of the local situation here. A num-
Der of gentlemen offered suggestions upon
the question of capturing the organization
and it seemed to be generally understood
that meetings should be called in each
precinct in order to get out the full
strength of the silver sentiment at the
primaries.
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