The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-12
WARM TIME BEATING Russo.


The warmest political fight occurred in
the Fourth. In the Seventh beer won. The
Seventh is the hunting ground of the boo
gang" The Russo crowd in the Fourth got
up early in the morning and went to the
schoolhouse at Blackford and Michigan
streets 1t had been advertised that the
polls would open at O'clock but the Russo
votes began piling up around the door and
the polls opened at 7:10. Joseph Broyles,
colored and Republican, believing that
the polls would not open until s o'clock,
was not present, and William Floyd
Russo colored man, was chosen by the men
who had taken charge to fill Mr.. Broyless
place. John Puryear, formerly member
Of the Council, headed a crowd of Repub
icans who had gathered in the time that
had passed since the polls opened in storm
of protest against the scheme that had been
worked by the Russo gang" Mr.. Broyles
then came up and was instated in the board
with the help of four policemen, who sat in
the shade and kept order. All the Demo
cratic hosts that could be gathered were
put into the field in the interests of Russo
The CITY Hall push was numerouSly rep
resented Charley Polster brought his
crowd of !ndiana-avenue constituents with
him, though he does not live in the district,
and put them to work huStling for Russo
votes. There was a Russo carriage for ev-
cry man in the district if he was too tired
to walk to the polls.
The followers of DR.. Long despaired Of
success when they saw the strength of the
Russo forces. They charged that there was
too much money to be had by stepping
around the corner with certain of the Russo
representatives., to stand against. But the
1r1endS of DIR. Long rallied to victory in
the afternoon. The district had been flooded
with Democrats from all parts of town and
on the face of it the opposition was so off
color" that the better element of the dis
trict became Disguised and with a mighty
effort turned the tide against the Russo
faction The result is distinct victory for
the Republicans and the best citizens of
the district
Last night several men were standing on
corner in the Fourth discussing the days
business. All went into a saloon except two
with distinctly Irish accents. It's all off
VIII me. said the shorter of the two men,
again" ''N'
E'oh, yes you will" said the other. who
would vote Republican. You're father was
a good Irishman and he never voted Repub-
lican."
over in his grave if he thought I'd vote for
Henry Russo. When l was learnin' my trade
| laid off a day to work for. Henry Russo
when he was a candidate before. What
come of 1t? L met young Russo on Indiany
avenue an he took a poke at me. An he
thought he could lick me. Will | vote the
Democratic ticket again? Well guess no."
The speaker turned away to shake hands
with Mr.; Puryear who had just ridden up
the days work. said Mr.. Puryear.
COLLINS AND THE "BOOS"
In the Seventh district the boo gang
showed its hand, as usual. Three colored
men, who were charged with the high
heresy of voting for some one else than the
man who was patted on the back as the
boo gangs champion Collins-were
chased away from the polls by several mem
bers of the gang before they could swear to
the affidavits being prepared that they were
residents of the district. There was no rea-
son to believe that the colored men were
not residents of the district, but they did
not care to risk not being able to work for
several days because of a fight with the
toughs. Collins had the best of it all day
Ions. The list of his friends who were al
work for him may be of interest to the best
people of the city, though they do not APP
pear in the society columns of the daily pa
pers. There was Johnny Shea. of the WELL
known business house of Lanham & Shea
Baumf9rer, Mert octonnell Con Z Callahan
and the two ChfmmieS, O'Day and Murphy.
The effect of the elevating presence of these
gentlemen at the polls did wonders for Mr..
Collins. All OF the minds which added to
the flow of wisdom about the school
house had been properly stimulated with
the favorite beverage of 1.-The HILL"
hops" and take it all together it was an
course, the climax of bliss reached
when Jury was elected. Mr.. Collins is
Health and is a prime mover of the boo
gang in city campaigns.
The Eighth district was the most quiet.
There was really little of the intrigue that
there was in the other two districts. The
candidates all tried hard TO get their vote
out. They said that politics should not be
considered in the matter and that they were
anxious that they should be voted for in ac
cordance with the popular idea of their ahil-
tiles For this reason there was no open
bad feeling shown during the day and it is
believed that there was very little of it con-
cealed.
There was a great deal of discussion last
night on the effect of the result. 1t was
suggested that if Mr.. Frenzel really inter-
ested himself III the election he MUST he
pretty sore bout the matter. One thing
is apparent everywhere, the new commits
sioners and those who elected them declare
that they are against the 'FrenZel gang.
This is the spirit, whether or not Mr..
Frenzel was interested in the business In
the Fourth district one man said as he was
told the result: Thank God, we've downed
the Frenzel gang at last We've been try
ing TO do this for years..