The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-16
SILVER FORCES GAINING
ORGANIZING IN EVERY WARD TO DE-
FEAT MAYOR TAGGART.
Some of Those Present Mt "Push"
Meeting Last Night-A New Cir
cuIar Being Distributed.

The Democratic free-silver meeting was
comparatively tame last evening, not tame
in itself, but tame in comparison with
former gatherings of the same body, nota-
bly, the occasion when 'Bill'' Flynn formed
his flying wedge and captured the castle.
Chairman Gold. of the Democratic Silver
League, presided and the following addi-
tiona1 permanent officers were elected: Vice
chairman, J. II. Himan; secretary, f. NJ.
Branthoover; treasurer, F. A. Maus. After
this election the chair called for reports
from such wards as had not handed in their
reports during the week and Secretary
Branthoover made the statement that the
rolls Of the organization now showed a
membership of 1859. He also stated that
they had held a meeting in the Seventh
ward and formed club there with forty
two members. Mr.. Briggs, committeeman
for the Thirteenth ward, asked to be re-
lieved because he did not have time to at
tend to the job and Henry Hudson was
given the place. The gentleman in charge
of the Fourteenth ward said they had in
tended to call a meeting there, but had
not been able to find a place to hold it.
Mr.. Danner declared that the celebrated
Fifteenth was getting into shape, notwith-
standing the redoubtable Flynn, and they
were going to hold a meeting and organize
club tonight. The chair reported that
a club had been. formed in the First ward
and several other wards had reported to
him favorable progress.
Then they began to call upon the people
for speeches and Maurice Donnelly was
called out. He had nothing to say except
that ne was in sympathy with the move
ment; Franklin Landers made hack
eli enc nh nf fIA yfV,1 hat
have been heard every five minutes on the
street corner last October. G.. w. Alex
ander made a rambling talk that nobody
understood in the et1ort to explain what he
did not know about the question and things
were growing SO monotonous that several
left the room.
Henry Hudson conceived the notion that
it was about time to wake them up a little
and proceeded to do So He said he had
talked with people all over his ward and
they Ielt just as he did and he felt that
If q set of men calling themselves Demo-
Gratis but who indirectly assisted in the
election of Mckinley, should insist in keep
ing control of the party machinery and
should succeed in so manipulating the city
convention as to- nominate a man of their
own choosing for mayor. that man would
not get his vote The applause that greet
ed this announcement shook the hall. Mr..
Hudson went on to say that the Thirteenth
ward was all right and so was the Four
teenth, Notwithstanding the fact that
eleven men had met over a saloon on Shell
by street Sunday afternoon and, after
swilling beer, had announced that they
proposed to carry the ward d for gold ail
the friends Of silver. Again the applause
was Vociferous.
John F. White, member OF the Board OF
Safety under Sullivan, declared his belief
that they were making too much noise to
accomplish anything in politics and moved
that the executive committee be trebled,
that it be given full charge of the move
ment and that these pubic meetings be
abolished. f. A. Maus and F; M. Brant-
hoover opposed this latter idea hoIdianig
that the movement had grown rapidly
through publicity and would so continue to
grow. After much discussion, 1t was de-
Cided that the executive committee of tif~
teen should hold a meeting at which each
member should suggest the names OF Two
other men in his ward who should assist
him in organizing the ward and be mem
bers of the executive committee, thus in
creasing it TO forty-tiVe members The
meeting adjourned at the call or the eX-
ecutive committee, so it lies with this BODY
whether any further public meetings shall
be held.
NEW CIRCULAR OUT.
AS the members went out they were
asked to distribute circulars printed by the
league This circular starts off with quo
tation of the interview with Chairman Cur
It's last November in which he talked very
much like a gold bug, and then gives the
report of the committee adopted week
ago. in which the following dreadful gold
bugs were pointed out as members of the
Democratic city organization as now con-
stituted and protesting against their reten-
tion John r. Wilson, Albert Lieber, James
l.. Reach, Samuel j. Murray, Charles r.
Piel, Con w. Sullivan, William Armstrong,
Sterling r. Holt, Otto N. FRENCH Henry
w. Lawrence, Charles Pofster, William A.
Hughes. Charles A. ADAM, William Lang
Thomas Marley, Henry Habeney Charles
r. Meyers Louis Hoover Frank McQuid-
qy William Ripley J9hn w M 6Gt ia
seph II. Schaub, E. j. Gauspohl Emil Fer
tig, Herman Leber, Charles "A. Meyers,
A; H. Johnson and Gus keevers. .e1,,,.
The circular then goes on to say: when
we consider the organization of our city
committee, as now constituted, and the
alleged Democratic administration, occu-
pied by leading gold bugs, some of whom
have been appointed by his grace, Mayor
Taggart, since the election in November
last, in which election they all assisted in
the defeat of Mr.. Bryan and in the cleo
ton of Mr.. Mckinley, it appears that Mr.
Bynum is fully justified in his claim of gold
bug supremacy in Indianapolis
Another consistent claim of the golC
bugs is admitted by all Democrats and Re-
puoicans; that is, that they alone are re-
sponsible for the election of Mckinley by
boiling the Chicago ticket and voting with
the Republican party. From their grea'
wisdom the expression came forth, we
brains and we money we We're horr1f1eC
at the very suggestion of financial or ma
tional diShonor;' we chastise you now by
defeating you but will come back and con
troll your organization and administration
again Question: Democrats, will yor
compromise with the gold bugs, who de-
feated you last fall, by allowing them tC
control your organization and your admin.
istration?
"The Democratic Silver League views
with alarm the situation as it cohfronts the
united forces of the enemies Of true De.
mocracy, striving to hold control of our or
ganlzauon ana OF our admlnlstratlon' Wt
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precincts and to send none but Trustworthy
silver men as delegates to convention, IN
less you desire to be led and governed by
you to organize in your precincts at once
See that none are selected as delegates who
would favor a compromise, either as to can
didata or platforTn RpmambQr Rrvan 60 VS.