The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-28
LOVE FEAST CROWDS
SIZE OF REPUBLICAN GATHERING
WILL BE SURPRISE.
Happy Condition of Returned Pros
perity Renews the Enthusi-
asm of the Hosts.
TALKS WITH THE LEADERS
CURRENCY QUESTION WILL BE A
STRONG ISSUE NEXT YEAR.
Reception at Columbia CIub-SenatOr
tion--That Washington Meeting.

1t looks as if the officers Of the Re-
publican state committee were destined to
he very agreeably surprised i'll the attend
ance upon the biennial love feast" of the
party to-day. There are already more than
enough prominent Republicans from various
parts % the State upon the ground to fill
the hall arranged for, and if all of them
attend it may be necessary to obtain a
larger hall. However, the meeting will be-
gin according to the arrangements at 1C
O'clock this morning in Morrison's Hall. ON
Monument place, just north of the new
Journal building.
Among the large crowd that has already
gathered are many of the most distin-
guished Republicans of the State, and every
one of the ninety-two counties of Indiana
seem to be represented by at least two or
three of their leaders. The spirit of tho
meeting is of the kind that augurs well for
the party. 1t is not confronted, like the
Democracy. with any differences of opinion
upon the important issues, nor with any
doubts as to the wisdom of the policy pur-
sued by the party in the last campaign.
There is a general feeling that results thus
far have more than fulfilled the expecta-
tions held out by the party leaders in 1886,
and that the administration and Congress
or so much of that body as the party con-
trols-should go ahead, hewing straight to
the line of the campaign pledges, and dis
pose of the question of currency reform
with the same promptness and intelligence
that they applied to the tariff question.
The reports from over the State brought
IN are encouraging in the highest degree.
Everywhere it is the same story of the
business men remaining firm in the faith
and the few farmers that strayed after
strange idols returning to the fold. The or
ganizaton throughout the State is reported
in good trim. with everything in readiness
to so ahead with the reorganization in Jan
uary in spirited fashion.
Among the distinguished Republicans in
attendance are: Senator Fairbanks, Cen
eral Lew Wallace, Judge r. S. Taylor, of
Fort Wayne; Maj. CT. w. Steele, of Marion;
Representative c. l.. Henry, of Anderson;
T. e. Bell, Hammond; S. +. Knots, HAM
mond: John Harper. Versailles; B. M. Will
loughby, Vincennes; S. L. Nicholson, Ko-
knmo; G. B. lands. peIphi A. r. Nowlin
Lawrenceburg; j. j. Wingate, Shelbyville;
w. S. Carpenter, Brazil; Adeline NJ. Chill
cote, Rensselaer,; J. B. Homan, Danville
Frank K. Peirce, Alexandria; T. II. Ristine,
Charlottesville; j. S. Lambert, Liberty;
Glenn Studebaker, South Bend; w. II. Orren
South Bend George NJ. Fountain, South
Bend; r. b. Oglesbee, Plymouth; Fremont
Goodwine, Williamsport; Eli Stansbury,
Williamsport; W. r. Wood, Lafayette; w.
C. Morgan, Danville; VIM. d. Frazer, War
saw; Hiram S. Biggs, Warsaw; w. T. Dur
bin, Anderson; w It. Fry. Charlottesville;
o. z. Hubbell, Elkhart; J. NJ. Van Fleet,
Elkhart; j. Parmenter Wabash; f. D..
Terre Haute; George Nichol, Anderson
John w. Chapman, Warsaw; p. p. Manley,
Marion: w. H. Goddard, John p. Thomson,
Webb Woodfll and d. A. Myers, Green's
burg James S. Dodge Elkhart; d. w.
Henry, Terre Haute; f. II. Nebeker, Cow
ington; John c. Wingate Wingate: Jesse
Overstreet city; c. b: Dorsey, New AL
bany; A. NJ. Turner, Hammond; Thomas
Y. Kane NobIesvile; J. E. Caskey; Green's
burg Lee Coffeen Muncie; j. +. Mcclure,
Anderson; G. w. Holman, Rochester: A. c.
Bearss. Peru; r. E. Mansfield. Marion :;
Lane, Fort Wayne; H. Van Worst, Month
cello; Cloyd Loughry, Monticello; Sol A.
Wood, Angola; Frank S. Roby, Anderson;
ien anS Terre Haate H. ers B. sivey wabash h
w. +. Daily. Peru; c. G. Martin, Attica :
A. $. Peacock. Attica; e. d. Allen Pendle-
Hanley Lafayette; Ed H. Burns. Frank
fort; Horace f. Stilwell, A. A. Small and
J. A Van Osdal, Anderson; John r.
Bonnell, Charles r. Davis and A. b. An
derson. Charlottesville; w. II. Staley and
Ed r. Staley, Kokomo Charles NJ
Travis, Charlottesville: j. l.. G.. McAdams,
Portland; &. NJ. Lee. Lawrenceburg; a. s.
Low, Lawrenceburg; Sid Conger Flat
Rock; s. F.. Musser, Lagrange; John e.
Haute; j. T. Lamb Bloomfield; d. A. Coul-
Louis Hartman, New Albany; Richard
Bordman, New Albany; A. NJ. Higgins and
w. !. Overstreet, Terre Haute S. Water
Lafayette; b. A. Dansman. Goshen; j. N
Yoder, Goshen; j. l.. Bradford, Marion j.
b. Hadley, Gas City: Charles w. Miller,
Goshen; l.. w. Welkes, Albion George A.
Osborn and A. G. Alexander, Marion; c.
ID. Sherwin Goshen; Warren Bigler, Wa
BASH w. NJ. Amsden W. d. Steele and j.
A. Ganott, Marion; Lou W. Vail Goshen;
c. L. Cowgirl. Wabash; Hiram Brownlee
and w. II. Sanders. MarioH; W. j. Davis,
Goshen; John Il. Wildman, 'Muncie; Wilson
Roose and Francis r. Baker. Goshen NJ. e.
Forkner and Eugene Fl. Bundy New Castle.
Chairman McCulloch announced definite
ly last night that the conference will as
semble promptly at 10 O'clock in Morrison s
Hall, on Monument place, this morning.
This is in accordance with the original call
but impression had gone out that the
afternoon. Senator Fairbanks will be the
first speaker and will be followed by Gov
ernor Mount. the Republicans members of
Congress and other prominent leaders of
the party.
NOMINATING A SENATOR