The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
THE TAGGART-R ROCKFORD ROW.
City Employees Making Last Desper-
ate stand for the Ring.

The Taggart- Rockford contest for control
Of the county committee wakes warmer
and warmer as the day for the primaries
draws nearer. Taggart's immense machine
is running night and day, Sundays in
cluded and nothing is being left undone
that sly ringsters, can suggest or, promises Of
place accomplish. City employees are neg
Letting things that the taxpayers have
right to expect of them and, instead of at
tending to their duties, are out liking
prospective precinct committeeman for the
Taggart combination. Last week two ern-
ployes of the Board of Safety were in
Brightwood and the northern part of the
county instead of down at the City Hall.
Bill Flynn, hustling for Charlie Ma
gtlire of the Safety Board, was the CEN
trail figure in saloon brawl when he ought
to have been inspecting street sprinkling.
One of the men who went to Brightwood
was fined ten days pay r. ]. Montgomery
was said to beefn Flynns saloon last sun
day fixing the slate. Those are but a few
instances. Taggart excuses himself. He
says he is not a candidate All his friends
are, and Taggart is using his friends for
his own ends They are to help him cap
ture the county organization. He is to help
them storm the convention and nominate
the slate regardless. of the push
In the wind-up Rockford is to be given
seat so far. in the background that he will
never be heard of again by the men who
were so willingy even anxious, for him to
assume the MANAGEMENT of losing cam
paign without funds or backing of any sort
in 1896, when &c to r. was the watchword,
not "Taggart for Governor. Rockford is
not even to be given a place on the ticket
ic ri 1C
booked to be trod on. Taggarts friend
Bauer came in on that Little was Bauer S
only contestant in the filling of the va
cancy of councilman at large when Thos
j. Montgomery resigned to go on the Board
of Works. Bauer. represented the saloon ele-
ment Doc Pritchard had been a candi-
date, but wanted to be veterinarian. This
place promised him and the mayor
told Bauer to go in and win. III get
to Bauer. Pritchard withdrew, but some
Of the councilmen felt there were already
too many saloon men in that body and
up" with Bauer, gets his influence and tries
to down Little all because the latter will
not become a party to the park campaign
But the Taggart programme may not be
carried out The 'stalwart" silver men,
day evidence of the same amicable rela-
tons between Taggart and the gold Demo-
Gratis that was observed last fall when they
publicly Endorsed him but damned his plat
form, and are again declaring that Taggart
is not Sterling, is only plated, and that
the plating IS very rapidly wearing sh away
the primaries, next week some stirring times
are expected. Rockford has an adva ntage.
He names the contest committee. Whether
his friends are given credentials and seated
all lies in his own hands. With the right
sort of g. report from the credentials COM
mittee Littleswould be elected county chair
man and RochfoTd' would be in a position
to secure the nomination for prosecuting
attorney. the ring broken and the 'Taggart
Speakers for the silver Conference.
The whole world of bimetaIlism stood on
its silver axis and the dollar of the dad
dies" trembled in the balance while the
waters of the recent flood ragged. Allen w.
Clark, king of ali the push +" was water
bound at Columbus and could not reach his
own But he is back, and the ''stalwarts''
breathe again. although they are inclined
to growl at any regular Democrat who will
so far forget the principles of his party as
TO have anything to do with water even
allowing it to hold him for awhile in a place
like Columbus. where he was tied up a few
days.
Mr.. Clark brought back to Indianapolis
with him good deal of information about
the meeting of the League of Bimetallic
Clubs of the OhioN Valley in Tomlinson Hall.
April and {. The programme of speakers
is not completed, as some of the rampant
silver senator's who want to be here are
held in Washington by graver considerations
than 'l6 TO L. Among those who have
agreed TO be here are William J, Bryan of
Nebraska; George Fred Williams OF Mas
sachusetts; ex-Representative Charles A.
Town, OF Minneapolis, chairman of the ma
tional silver Republicans; Gen. A. j. War
ner, of Ohio, president of the Bimetallic
Union; ex-Representative II. r. Bartine
editor of the National Bimetalist; John j.
l.pntZ A A Brown n ha
ators who have indicated wish to be pres
ent, and who will come if they can get away
from Washington, are James K. Jones' of
Arkansas chairman of the national Demo-
cratic committee; Marion Butler chairman
of the national Populist committee; Sena-
tor Turpie, of Indiana, and Senator Henry
NJ. Teller. of Colorado. Mayor Carter Har-
rison of Chicago, hopes TO be here with the
Cook County Marching Club, the organiza-
ton that was so mercilessly lampooned by
the New York papers in the Van WICK
campaign last fall. The Cook county braves
will come whether the Chicago mayor does
or not