The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-27
BIG REPUBLICAN GAIN
THE LAST WEEK HAS ADDED MUCH
TO MIR, HARDING'S STRENGTH.
Democratic Party Split Up and i'm
Fierce Rows-The Meetings
to BE Held This Week.

The Republicans start in for lively week
in the municipal campaign to-day. They
feel that the week just past has seen
heavy increase in the momentum of their
campaign against the Taggart business
administration, which has in 1t so many
elements of sharp business for the little
clique of Democrats that have grown rich
out Of the emoluments of public offices and
the advantages offered by political power.
The conditions within the Democratic
party were never so chaotic in a municipal
campaign as in this one. Usually it pre-
sents solid front, but this time, with the
gold Democrats on the one side, the silver
extremists on the other and the hungry
Office hunters in between, ii is having
hard time Of it. ri effort of the personal
friends Of Taggart, organized under the au-
spices of the gold Democracy, to sacrifice
Judge Cox for Taggarts benefit, as evil
denced by the desire of Superintendent Col
bert to speak against Cox, has opened up
this trouble all along the line and mutual
suspicion has caused great Decentralization
within the organization. Jim" Reach. of
the Klondike committee, Is adding his eff
forts to defeat Cox.
The Republicans, while making an active
speaking campaign, have gone straight
ahead, strengthening their organization and
the precinct meetings of committeeman
have been well attended and of the most en-
couraging character. Chairman Gerard and
his confidential advisers are more than
gratified at the showing made by the thirty
day poll This poll is revised daily and kept
up to date by the block committeeman of
the precincts. Another gratifying feature OF
the campaign to the Republican leaders Is
the large attendance at the meetings. Never
in a municipal campaign has either party
had such big and enthusiastic public meet
ings
If the weather prove fair and warm to-
night, the mass meeting of Republicans of
the East End at the baseball park will be
about the biggest thing of the campaign to
date The exercises will begin at 1880, with
a concert by the When Band and display
OF fireworks. The speeches will be short
and to the point, and the finest list of ora
tors assigned to any of the meetings has
been given to this one 1t includes Mr..
Harding, Representative Overstreet. Chas.
A. Bookwalter, w. l.. Taylor, Albert ].
Beveridge. j. B. Healing and Judge Stubs.
Tomorrow evening the Thirteenth ward
will rally at New Jersey and Coburn
streets, and there will be speeches by
Messrs. Harding Bookwalter, Stubs and
others. That same evening there will be a
Third ward rally at Howard and old Third
streets, with speeches by Mr.. Harding,
Willis Kersey Fred Matson, Gurley Brew
er and A. n. Grant.
On Wednesday evening the Fourteenth
ward will hold its rally at the Morton club
room, on Shelby street. That same even
ing the Ninth ward will have rally, with
Messrs. Harding, Overstreet, Matson,
Stubs and Shiel as orators The colored
voters will have a rally that evening in the
church on Martindale avenue. The speakers
will be Harry f. Negley, r. B. Bagby,
William Reagan and Guriey Brewer.
On Friday evening there will be q rally
at New York and Blackford streets, with
Mr.. Harding and others as orators.