The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-07
LANDSLIDE TOMORROW
INDIANA WILL co REPUBLICAN by
OVER 10000.
Chairman HernIy Reviews the SITE
uatiOn I'm the Congress
sionaI Districts.


thirty-six hours off. 1.-THE Republicans,
said Mr.. Hernly, will poll a larger per
cent. of their vote than will the Democrats.
We have had a committee of 5000 men
which has been an auxiliary to the 1920
precinct committeeman. We have been in
correspondence with these men on the SUBJ
ject of getting out the vote. and feel very
sure that the organization of precincts for
getting our voters to the polls cannot be
improved We have the poll of the State
complete, and from these figures our ma
jority would indicate landslide or ground
swell in favor of the Republican party. The
laboring men are with us on the question of
annexation, and the farmers who left our
party and voted for free silver two years
ago are with us now. Reports come to us
from all quarters giving us the names of
Democrats who are going to vote with us
as an Endorsement of the Mckinley admin
istration and approval of the war with
Spain. The young men of the country are
taking more interest in supporting the Re-
publican ticket than I have ever known
them to take before. The people are salts
fed with present conditions, and have no
desire for a return of the starvation period
which existed from 1893 to 1895. The people
Of Indiana understand their business and
intend to go to the polls and settle the ques-
lions in a business way Tuesday. We will
carry the State by from 10000 to $1,000 votes.
We will have ffty-nine members of the
House in the next General Assembly and
fourteen members of the Senate. We will
also send a Republican to the United States
Senate.
I'VE will carry the First congressional
district Hemenway will carry Wander
burg county by from 1900 to 1900. We lost
Gibson county two years ago, but we will
have a good majority there this year. We
will carry Pike and Spencer counties and
reduce the Democratic majority greatly in
Posey county on account of local dissen-
sions in the Democratic party. The Repub-
Icans will be able to hold their own with
the Democrats in Warrick county.
Gardner will carry the Second district
by from 300 to 400 votes. We will reduce
the Democratic majorities in Knox and
Sullivan counties, and Daviess county, that
Bryan carried by 712, will go Republican.
We will carry Green, Monroe and Lawrence
counties and have a fighting chance in Mar
tin and Owen counties.
I'm the Third district we will reduce the
Democratic majority 1000.
"In the Fourth district we will carry
catur and Bartholomew counties and reduce
the Democratic majority at least 200 in
Brown county. The Republicans have made
large gains in Dearborn county. We will
carry jefferson county by about 800. This
leaves the result in the Fourth district
alone with Jackson county. There are four
county committees in Jackson county this
year, but there is no politics in the contest.
he wi ficb iS
courthouse from Brownstown to Seymour.
The situation as a whole is largely in favor
of the Republicans, and Griffith, the DEM
ocratic candidate for Congress, will suffer
heavily in Jackson county. The Repub-
licans of that county are sanguine of Lees
election, and I have no doubt that the
Democratic majority of two years ago will
be decreased with the odds in favor of Lees
election. There is a Populist candidate for
Congress in this district, as there are in
the First and Second districts, and the
Populists have tickets in every county in
the Second district and in many counties in
the First, Third and Fourth districts.
IN FARIS'S DISTRICT.
'Ridpath, the Democrat ic-fusion candidate
in the Fifth district two years ago, carried
Clay county by 724 over Fagis. This year
the Populists have withdrawn their support
from the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress in this district and are running a
'middle-of-the-road' candidate. They have
a ticket in Clay county, and Hammel, the
| Democratic congressional candidate in the
Fifth, will lose 500 or 600 of the majority
which Ridpsth had two years ago. The Dem
ocrats will lose on their majority in Putnam
county and the Republicans will increase
their majority from 200 to 800 in Parke
county. The majorities in Vermillion and
| Hendricks counties will remain as they
were two years ago. This brings the matter
| to Vigo county for settlement, and l feel
very confident from advices received from
Vigo tonight that Faris will carry the
county and will have safe majority in
the district.
THE Sixth district is Republican, and
Watson will be elected with the usual old
time majority, materially on account OF
local troubles the Democrats are having in
Franklin, Shelby and Hancock counties.
''Overstreet's election in the Seventh dis
trict is conceded L notice that bets are be-
odds, and that they are without takers.
Late estimates indicate that the Seventh
is no longer claimed as doubtful by the
most Sanguine leading Democratic politi-
clans about indianapolis.
The Democrats are routed in the Eighth
district, and since the Republicans have all
begun to work tremendously the chances for
Judge Lotz's election have gone glimmer-
ing and Cromer's election is assured.
Lands will beat the joe Cheadle party
in the Ninth district by from 1900 to 1,50C
votes, because the Democrats are as anx-
iOus to beat Cheadle as the Republicans are
The Tenth district is the rock-ribbed Re-
publican district of Indiana, and the ma
joTity there is so large that it is not worth
while to further consider ii. No man need
fear Judge Crumpacker's election by a big
majority.
Major Steele's majority in the Eleventh
district will be increased over that of two
| years ago Notwithstanding the attempt of
the Democrats to disfranchise 1900 old SOL
diers in Grant county.
1.-The leading Democratic lawyers in the
! Twelfth district have been very earnest in
their efforts to beat Robinson and ii looks
/ like they will be successful in turning De
KaIb county over to the Republicans. Rob-
inson will lose heavily in Allen county on ac-
count of the gold Democrats and the jeal-
4 ouses against him of great many leading
| Democratic politicians in the county who
| want to go to Congress themselves. 1t is
| claimed by the Republicans who know that
/ our party never had a better organization
than exists in Allen county Robinsons ma
| jority will be reduced as low as 600 in that
county which will insure the election OF
DIR. Steman.
/ conditions in the Thirteenth district have