The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-13
JEALOUsIEs OF THE INDIANA BRY-
Antics.

While there is no such fractional contest
among the Indiana Democracy as that
which divides the Democracy of Chicago
into Harrison and Altgeld factions, there
is much jealousy and suspicion between the
elements which may be described as the
sensible and the nonsensical Democrats.
The former are not saying much, but the
others are crying wolf" Take the Hoosier
Democrat, of Clark county. The goldite
ghost has filled it with fright. In about
every prominent Democrat of the State il
discovers a goldite. The candidacy of
Mayor Taggart fills it's editor with dismay
and words. Some one has spoken of Major
Menzies as a man. who would make good
candidate for Governor. He is another
"gold-bug'' Democrat, 1t declares who has
been brought into the canvass in southwest
ern Indiana 10 divide the Democracy and
assure the triumph of the Indianapolis gold
bug ring. I'VE are being betrayed" shouts
the Clark county editor; thereat he pours
out an appeal to the Democracy in southern
Indiana to rise in its might and destroy the
Morss-Taggart combine" The Public
Press of New Albany is another paper
which assails the editor of the Sentinel and
alludes to all the men Of brains in the party
as political parasites. In the space which
is not devoted to assaults upon these men
it declares that times are so hard that
labor and the products of labor are falling
The Salem Democrat is still another sam
pie of the papers whose editors have dis
covered gold bugs under the bed of the In
diana Democracy. In recent editorial 1t
puts Captain English in the list of the
secret traitors who are seeking an oppor-
tunity to stab the cause of bimetalIism in
the back. The man they call Tom Tag
CART is also, they say. in the plot to defeat
the cause of Democracy and Bryan in 1906.
Strange as it may seem, so per cent. of the
Democratic papers in Indiana are crying out
against those Democrats who are sus-
pected Of being of opinion that it is not
wise to reaffirm the silver plank of the Chi
cago platform.
In a recent issue the Evansville Courier
loses patience with one of these editors. 1t
is for the reaffirmation of the Chicago plat
form, but it is weary of this continual
abuse Of Democrats who are suspected of
having sufficient intelligence to discover
that 16 to Is a losing issue. 1t tells these
editors that Mayor Taggart did splendid
service for Bryan in 1896, and predicts that
he can carry the State as the Democratic
candidate for Governor. This is putting ii
rather strong, since a large number OF
Bryanities in Indianapolis are Of opinion
that Mayor Taggart did not ruin his health
in working for the success of Mr.. Bryan
When, however, the Courier declares that
this snarling at Taggart. Menzies, Morss
and every other prominent Democrat sus-
pected of Intelligence has for it's object the
keeping Of such men as ALLEN w. CLARK
and like political adventures on top" it is
getting down to the truth. The Clark ele.
| ment is composed of a lot of small-sized
schemers who are bent on controlling the
Democratic party In Indiana. To do this
their organs assail all the men whom they
suspect of intellectual superiority and in.
fuence. Judging from the large number OF
organs the Clark coterie has they will con
| troll the Indiana delegation in the next
Democratic national convention.