Arizona republican., 1898-11-01
REPUBLICANS WAKING up
If Present EcliviFy Continues They
 Will Garry Indiana.

Indianapolis. Oct. 5l.-If the revival spirit among uls republicans clntin- ues to increase from now until the election win the same ratio Il has in creased within the last week they will carry the state handsomely and elect . majority Of the legislature. Indiana is subjct to lightning changes in poll itics, and it may give an example Of that kind this year. This marked inn proVcment for the republicans began soon after the rstuTn Of SenatCr Fair banks from Canada. The meetings during the past week have bsen better attended and the enthusiasm has in creased many fold The republicans began to grow alarmed over the apathy that was everywhere apparent. At first they thought they would be no more hurt by this apathy than would the democrats as it was net confined to their party alcne, but when they began to fefsr to past expe.ience it dawned upon them that hitherto a g9n- eral apathy had always worked to the injury of the party in power.
 They heard from Washington that extraordinary efforts would have to be made CT President Mckinley would be left with an opposition in congress. This they realized would ba a death blow to hopes of a speedy and adyGn tageous peace with Spain, and they commenced the active work Of TA " vincing the rank and fils Of the os (
 Under the best circumsta9 < diana is . very uncertain S ?: licically. The campaigns Cf 1891 sp--- 1896 were phenomenal and astonished nobody more than the republican lead- CTS The successes Of these two years oreated a strong belief that Indiana had taken her place among tha sure republican states, hence when the cam paign opened this year but little in teYcst was manifested by any but the candidates.
 Mir Mckinley is strong among re- publioans Of Indiana, and they have no desire ta see him hampered by an op- position congress during the re- mainder of his term, and as soon as they saw danger Of that they began to wake mp in earnest. The trip of the president through the state was ye~y successful ons.
 But little is heard anywhere about free silver, but the democrats are pIz dged to that doctrine in case of succ5 ss, and all their candidates for congress are believers in the Chicago as is Senator Turpie. Pr2c- ticalIy this is 2 campaign without an issue In this respect it stands withcut a precedent The repuDlic2ns cnly talk about the present business p"cs- Darity as compared with the situa- ticn from 1893 to 1886, and the suc- cesses Cf GUT army and navy ii aEa war with Spain, end the necessity of uphclding the president until all the fruits of cur vIctories have been made secure. The democrats try to make their Learers believe that the apparent prosperity is clly 8 dream and not Q eaIity, and then spend the r5st Of the time in telling about the suffering or the soldiers, and of the neglect of the | administration in trying to prevent | such hardshirs, with q little now and then Of the halcycn days which are to | come when silver is free.
 The speeches by PCstmaster-G General [ Smith have been the strongest made ! 1n ei sher side and his visit tci the state [ aas added to his popularity. He had | oeen known in Indiana as a lecturer, but not as a political speaker until this year. AS a rule, both parties nave depended upon native talent for | heir speechmaking, and in that re sp5ct the republicans have had the ad- It is doubtful if any state n the Union has as many political speakers of a high order as Indiana Several of them, though young in years, have already wen national fame md are in demand in other states.
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