The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-30

question and other national issues the Dem
ocrats are seeking to inject into the cam
paign.
Here at home the county committees are
perfecting their organizations. That of the
Taggart regime was built up last fall dur
ing the city campaign, when such large
sums of money were taken from the city
treasury to keep party workers employed on
public improvements "A machine was then
built up that has never been equaled by the
Democrats since the palmy Sim Coy days.
Last spring Taggart was successful in re-
organizing the county machine to suit his
own purposes. Many city employees are on
the precinct and executive committees. and
are devotng a great deal of time to the
cause of Taggart's friends on the county
ticket There is one complaint from the Tag
CART ring and that is that money is hard TO
get. The candidates, without much show for
being elected, are backward about opening
up their 'bar'ls" but in a short time the
city employees will be assessed In addition,
city money is to be expended in giving
working Democrats employment. A large
force is now employed on the parks. These
men are hauling away rubbish, removing
underbrush and doing other light chores"
that give preteXt for employing a number
of men, Last week the Council appropriated
$o,DO0 for paying inspectors in the city
engineers office. This move. by the way,
is causing dissatisfaction among the fire.
men and policemen who have not forgot
that early in the year they were required
to lose a days pay each month on account
of economical retrenchments' that the adj
mlnistration claimed were necessary.
Why" they are asking, could not an ad-
ulllOHdl appropriation nave been made to
pay us full salaries. as well as to pay sala-
ries in the engineers Officer
There is considerable activity at the Office
OF County Chairman Saulcy under whose
direction a good organization is being made
in this county. Work is being done in the
precincts. Already good many quiet little
meetings have been we'll attended and plans
for the campaign have been discussed. BY
another fortnight the Republicans will have
the county pretty thoroughly organized.
There is an excellent spirit manifest and
no fractional differences have sprung up.
Those who have attended these meetings
say that they indicate Republicans may be
relied on when the time arrives to vote
Meantime the Democrats are not inactive.
They are also holding many precinct meet
in reconciling the various factions. Not a
little i'll feeling has been engendered by the
effort to fuse with the Populists on the part
of the Bailey crowd and Notwithstanding
politicians denials, the silver question is
cutting some figure. Not many ultra silver
men have hand in the county organiza-
ton. They were turned down when the
push" was routed in the county convention
last spring and many silver men who hate
gold bugs. such as are on the Democratic
county ticket are doing considerable talking
about what they are going to do.
Whether Bailey is Populist or not is
a question that is being discussed among
the other day, at which Bailey's candidacy
was indirectly Endorsed, few of the Popu-
lists have denied that there was any sort
OF promises OF places for them on the county
ticket. There was, nevertheless, such a
promise. Bailey assured certain Populists
that he would see that they were given one
justice of the peace and one representative
on the ticket if they would refrain from
nominating candidate for Congress. When
they wanted to know how it was to be done
they were given assurances that the conven-
ton states could be fixed" all right. Things
even went so far that Harrison Ogborn, for
justice, and f. r. Sheppard, as representa-
tive. were agreed on. In an open letter
Sheppard denied that any promise of that
sort had been made to him. If not to him
the promise was made to others. F. r.
Sheppard is a son of the late Slas NJ. Shep-
hard. man who had a strong following
among that party. 1t was thought that the
use of the sons name would induce Popu-
lists to regard him as an Out-and-out Popu-
list. By his own admission Mr.. Sheppard is
a follower of Bryan. The advisabilty of
now being considered. Part of the Bailey
scheme was to have the Populst conven-
ton held before the county convention.
Some of the Populists wanted to postpone
1t until afterwards, SO that if faith was not
kept with them they might nominate a cam
didate of their own. Howard Taylor Chi
cago Popullst of renown, exerted his inf1u-
ence here for Bailey 1t is a pretty tangle
Many Democrats hate Populists and those
mixed up with them just as bad some
OF the PopulistS hate the Democrats 1t was
Bailey's purpose to be known to the Popu-
lists as their friend without the rabid anti
Populistic Democrats knowing anything
about the load Bailey was carrying on both
shoulders. Bailey even hoped to receive
some gold Democrat votes. "Feelers'' have
been thrown out Indicating that he is not
such rabid 16-to-1 man after ALL but gold
Democrats have just laughed at the feel