The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-21
COL. H. B. SMITH PATRIOTIC.
His Speech and Those of Other Re-
publican Candidates Last Night.

indianapolis Camp Republican Veterans
and their Sons, held it's regular meeting last
night in the Criminal Court room A num-
Der of Republican candidates for county
offices were present by invitation and adj
dressed the meeting. Harry B. Smith, the
present auditor and candidate for re-elec-
ton, made speech which pleased the old
soldiers greatly. Mr.. Smith is colonel of
the Second Regiment, Indiana National
Guard and when he told the veterans that
he hardly expected to be with them at their
next meeting. for the reason that he would
doubtless be at the front with his regiment
they cheered and stamped with great ardor.
When Mr. Smith left he was babe godspeed
and given a hearty grip OF the hand by
many of the old-timers.
George w. Stubs, candidate for the nomt-
nation for criminal judge, recited an orig
inal poem, THE Call to Arms" His all
lusions to Cuba and the thunder and light
ming of war called for more cheers and en-
thusiasm and caused the patriotic blood in
the old soldiers veins to bubble up with
renewed vigor. The others who spoke were
Dr. G. w. Nash, candidate for coroner;
Harvey B. Stout, candidate for justice of the
peace; neSSrS. Greer and McGregOr, candi-
oates Tor county commissioner from the
FIRST and Second districts, respectively and
<ALAlIl y hCehne, candidate for treasurer.
"A motion was made that the names of all
the sons of veterans who go to the front iii
the prospective war with Spain be secured
70 the end that the camp may be able to
do all in its power for their comfort and
rellef. Messrs. Scott, Buchanan and Ellis
were appointed a committee for that pur-
pose. The committee appointed at the pre-
cedlng meeting to report as to the alleged
nepotlSm" of Congressman Overstreet in his
appointments made it's report in six pages
or typewriter manuscript. The members
M Will
liam Taylor. They found Mr.. Overstreet
guilty not only of gross nepotisln," but Of
being 'in sympathy with the spirit that
reviles and abuses the old soldier and wages
warfare against the pension system" and
deprecated the statement that a failure to
elect Mr.. OVerStreet would be an indication
of weakening in the sound-money cause.
Mr.. OVerstreet'S pension measure they said
would be ''of no benefit to the old soldiers"
They also condemned him for discourtesy
IN not responding to an invitation to adj
Ten thousand copies of the report were or
dered printed and distributed among the
veterans and their sons in the Seventh dis
trict. The report was adopted, though some
negative votes were heard.
Mr.. Overstreet has already explained the
apparent negligence on his part which has
so aroused The ire of this camp. The first
invitation which it claims to have sent him
he never received. The second one he got
and. though he was in the city on the night
he was invited to speak, he came here by
appointment to take his Scottish Rite de-
gree. He had been elected to the Scottish
Rite class some months before, and had he
failed to appear on the night in question
he would have had to drop out of the class.