The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-07
MASS MEETING TO BE HELD.


lican state executive committee for a mass
convention of Republicans to be held in this
city next Monday afternoon to protest
against the attempt to defeat Senator Han
| ma. The call foilows:
/ ITO the Republicans of Ohio-The Con-
| stitution of our s, ate provides that the 'peo-
| pie have the right to assemble together in a
| peaceable manner, to consult for their com
| mon good: TO instruct their representatives
and to petition the General Assembly for
| in the exercise of this right to meet in
| mass convention al the Auditorium in Co
lumbus on Monday, Jan. 10, 1898, at 3
| o'clock p. m.
"The Republicans of Ohio, in county, dis
| trict and state conventions assembled, last
| would return Hon. M. A. Hanna to the
| Senate of the United States. A pledge more
! sacred was never given. Upon this issue
| history of our State was fought, until you
| achieved a splendid victory During this
| campaign few conspirators, pretended Re
| publicans, not giving heed to the lawfully
/ expressed will of a vast majority of their
| party. sought in every section of the state
| to defeat the Legislative nominees OF the
| Republican party. Overwhelmed and de-
| feated by your ballots, they have since con-
| sorted with your enemies for the purpose
| of defeating your will. solemnly expressed
| at the ballot box. BY these acts they have
shown that they do not love the great and
| the wishes of the people are not to be re-
garded by them. All that is dear to them is
/ personal revenge ana SPOTS.
mot in anger, but with shame. we inform
you that some of your representatives In
the General Assembly have Joined in this
| unhOly compact. and there is danger that
| they win disregard your wishes and ex-
| pressed instructions. We, therefore. call
on you to assemble and consult as TO how
| our State can be saved from this infamy
and to petition representatives by your pres
ence and by your words to faithfully per-
form the duty which you imposed upon
| them"
The call is signed by George K Nash,
chairman; John r. Mailoy. secretary; w.
| f. Burdell, treasurer; l.. G. Laylin, Philo
S. Clark. George A. Myers. G. L. Marble
| and s. d. Holenbeck.
The pressure from the constituents of the
| boiling Republican members is increasing
every day and is likely to be overwhelming
in its extent and intensity by next week.
The Republican papers of Ohio are full of
acts of the proceedings and resolutions of
Republican committees, clubs and other or
| ganzations denouncing Governor Bushnell
and the Republican boilers. There are al
most two hundred Republican newspapers
in Ohio, including both dailies and week
lies. and one at Springfield in which the
| Governor is interested is said to be the only
| Republican paper in the State that Is not
| denouncing the Republican opponents TO
| Hanna as the Republican nominee Ior sen sen
| and kilograms to the Governor and the Dolt-
! ing members is the most severe and dis
| courteous that could be used giving express
| sion to indignant popular feeling.
| A feature of the contest Is the participa-
! tion of ladies. Since Mrs. Griffith induced
| her husband to change from Hanna to the
| opposition it is reported that MRS. Snlder,
] the wife of the member from Greene coun-
| ty, is now in sympathy with the opposition,
! although her husband is pledged TO Hanna.
Mr.. Snider was in the Republican caucus
| Saturday night and voted for Boxwell Mon
! day, but Mrs. Snider has induced MIN 10
! give the opposition workers audiences. And
| the wives of several Democratic members
| are urging their husbands to vote for
| straight Democratic nominee for Senator
| rather than for a Republican nominee. Inc
contest is so vigorously prosecuted that the
! representative family or any of his rela-
| tives. friends or neighbors.
j. r. MLEAN'S LATEST MOVE.
| A report was current tonight that tele-
gram had been received by the Democratic
leaders from John r. Mclean requesting
that his name be kept out of the senatorial
! matter and urging the Democrats to agree
on a candidate for senator to defeat Mr..
! Hanna While there was no positive con-
frmation of this story, there were develop
nents which led to the belief that it con-
tanned some truth. Last evening the Press,
| a local Democratic paper, contained an edi-
| torial advising the Democratic members 10
| vote for a Democrat for senator. Tonight
| the same paper reVerSes its position edi-
/ torially and advises the Democratic MEM
| bers to vote for any Republican to defeat
Mr.. Hanna 1t is also known that influence
/ is being brought to force all the Democrats
| into line. A number of these members nave
| declared they would not vote for a Repub-
lcan and if they persist in their attitude
there will be deadlock. The plan of the
| anti-Hanna people is said now to be TO force
all the Democrats into line and defeat Mr.
| Hanna at the outset. They are entirely on
! the defensive now and it is claimed a long
! deadlock would weaken their position. There
is no lack of confidence, however, at the
| hpadnuartprS. although the de-
| mands being made upon the bOlting Repub-
/ licans is increasing every hour.
| The Democrats are now demanding, 1t IS
| said congressional gerrymander. AT pres
| ent but five of the twenty-one congressional
districts in the State are counted as Demo-
| cratic. 1t is said that Senator F1nck, OIL
| Perry county, whom Congressman GroS-
venor defeated one year ago, is engaged in
| preparing the redistricting measures. He
| seeks to put himself and General Grosvenor
| in a strong Democratic district, so that the
old battle can be fought % over. senator TOR
| support of Mr.. KurtZ, wht uts to down
| the Athenian statesman ar even with
| him for taking q hand in senatorial
contest AS there are sev ambitious
members on the Democratic siue who want
to go to Congress, Senator Finck may nave
the bill places DR.. Norton, of Tiffin, in
| Republican district, so that he will be
shelved for the part he is taking in the SEN
Hon. Henry H. Redkey representative
from Highland county. came out tonight
! Tor StndloI Iltiillei- lAC hcto DNSA ~AeeAA4-NN
! by the anti-Hanna people Wednesday sew
| eral anti-Hanna Republicans came here
| from Highland county to labor with Mr.
| Redkey. He gave them an audience in the
smoking room of the House and listened pa
! tiently until they were through. At the con-
clusion he told them he would support Mr
Hanna When asked about the matter this
evening Mr.. Redkey said You can state
! that I am fully determined to vote for Sena-
tor Hanna and shall do so next Tuesday.
! / so announced myself to-day and Will not
reconsider the matter, as IL has been fully
settled in my mind.
| Representative w. A. Scott, jr., of Fulton
county said he preferred to wait until ne
! saw his constituents before committing him.
self OH the matter, and added: You can
| state and that positively, that will not
vote for anybody but "A straight Republican
| next Tuesday. Further / do not care to be
quoted"
The opposition has prepared bill to re-
/ apportion the congressional districts. This
! is intended as a strike at the Republican
| congre essmen who are here working for Han
| ma Numerous bills of that sort have been
prepared for the same purpose as the repeal
! Of the fifty-year street-railway franchise
/ law.
There was a report tonight that q call
| had been issued for a caucus of the Demo-
cratic members of the Legislature to de-
| eide upon a Republican who could be sup
| ported as a candidate for senator in opposi-
| ton to Mr. Hanna. The report could not
! be verified, as nearly all the Democratic
| members are out of the city. The chair
man Of the Democratic steering committee
| could not be found, although he is in the
city If such a caucus is held 1t will prob
| ably be on Monday night.