The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04
STATEMENT BY MR.. HERNLY
THE REPUBLICAN, CHAIRMAN CONFI-
DENT OF THE RESULT
Claims Made by Martin and Tnggart
Cause Amusement-POIit-
zeal Gossip.

Cay was spent in cleaning up the odds
and ends preparatory to settling back and
listening TO the victorious returns of the
,coming Of which next Tuesday night there
is not the slightest doubt The wordy and
fiambuoyant statements promulgated from
Democratic headquarters aroused only
ripple OF quiet amusement
National Committeeman Taggart's an
surd declaration that the Republicans have
hundreds of Illegal voters colonized IN
boarding houses, hotels and blocks about
the city was not taken seriously. at is
funny how We always get more informa-
ton about our movements from the Demo-
Gratis than we can from ourselves" said
Mr.. Hernly. "Tom Taggart's statement
about our colonization Of voters is the frs
intimation 1 have had of such a thing. AS
a mater of course there is no truth n it
whatever. Such talk sounds extremely lu-
dicrous coming from Taggart. anyway.
doesn't it?''
CHAIRMAN HERNLY'S STATEMENT.
State Chairman Hernly prepared a Gem
prehensiye statement OF the outlook for
Republican success next Tuesday, which
he gave out last night as follows:
This campaign which is just now closing
IS the most remarkable in many respects
that has ever been held In Indiana, and
voting done by the voters than has ever
been done at an election before IN the his
tory of the State.
There will be more people to vote and
more people 20 vote for. The presidential
electors. with the full state ticket, will be
on the pink ballot and the county ticket
will be on the white paper, and on this
ticket will be the names of candidates for
County Council, which makes seven extra
names on the county ticket. The township
ticket will be on yellow paper and will in
clude the township officers, together with
township advisory board and candidates for
road supervisor This will necessarily
make the township ticket much larger than
1T has ever been before in this State. There
fore, there will be many more officers to
elect than have been voted for In any pre-
ceding election.
Besides. there are certain constitutional
amendments pending in the election which
Will be important TO the people These
amendments win be printed on white paper
and be voted the same as the other ballots
voted, but there will be no devices on
the ticket, because there is no politics con-
nected with the constitutional amendments
now pending
THE campaign has grown into one of real
activity after a long siege of general
apathy among all of the people. Bryan and
Organism are not as strong in Indiana as
they were four years ago, because Mr..
Bryan Is not as popular with the people
he was in the election OF 1896. He can never
live down the false prophecies that he made
10 the people in that campaign. and they
viii follow and will haunt him in the great
defeat that he is sure to suffer in the COM
ing election.
Good times and patriotism will decide
this contest. The American soldiers are
still In the Philippines, and only a few DAYS
ago fourteen OF our brave boys there were
shot down by an enemy that is In open re-
volt against the authority of the American
nag. The people know that the quickest
way 10 bring about a settlement of the
PhilippiR question and save the lives of
our solc1ers is TO defeat Mr.. Bryan by
very decisive victory in this contest
he iffefrac ell
the precinct committeeman have done more
work In the campaign than has ever been
done In campaign before. They have had
more meetings OF voters Of their precincts
and followed out more nearly the instruc-
tons as to organization of precincts and
have given more attention TO the organiza-
ton of precincts than is usual in national
campaigns They have given more special
effort TO detail work in the precincts and
In great majority of the precincts in In
diana the organization is simply magnifi-
cent. and good results are bound to follow
the efforts OF the hard work that has been
done in these precincts.
II have never had any doubt about the
State of Indiana going Republican since the
campaign began. And since the response to
the first $1,000 letters which We're sent TO
rhe auxiliary members of the state COM
mittee, In August. l have never had any
doubt that the victory would be a landslide
In favor of the Republican party.
II ask the Republicans, and especially
the precinct committeeman, now to get our
voters TO the polls. and I promise them
the greatest victory that has ever been
achieved in the State of Indiana There is
no use giving figures, but / feel assured
that the State will go for Mckinley by
larger plurality than 1t ever gave any can
didate for President"
DEMOCRATIC CLAIMS.
Parks NJ. Martin. chairman of the Demo-
cratic State central committee, James X.
Jones. the Democratic national chairman.
nd Ia
man for the Democracy in Indiana, have
profted in one respect by their experience
OF four years ago in the matter of making
ante-election predictions. In all of the
statements promulgated by these versatile
gentlemen yesterday not a single figure or
attempt at figures appears. They make
rrofuse claims of everything for Bryan
and the Democratic ticket, but in the mat
ter OF reasons for the faith that is in
them they display a pitifuI vacuity. The
following is a fair sample of the kind of
stun with which Mr.. Martin is keeping IN
the courage OF himself and his followers
these days.
with the election but two DAYS or
says Mr. Martin. land speaking from the
fullest knowledge possible 10 obtain of the
pclitiestl conditions IN this State, 1 can
say that Indiana viii give the Democrats
national and state tickets large plurality
OF the vote. We have the State won ana
propose 10 Keep IL Won we know that he
people are with US on the issues upon which
this night has been waged, and that no
amount CT brag, buster and blum on the
part Of the Republican managers viii
change their fixed convictions. And I may
well say here that we are perfectlv
familiar with certain carefully prepareI
but less carefully guarded plans of ths
Republican managers in the various conn
ties OF the State for the criminal use of
money. We know how they propose to ,,se
a. and the men vino have been selected 40
handle X. We know that there nave been
efforts TO tamper with the honor OF per
sens chose to serve as election officers
and you may make IL as emphatic as vo,,
please that We are organized TO make
rascahty the election room ne~t
Tuesday the dearest business any mar
ever engaged ia Indiana. The elecfIor
cannot be bought or stolen from Us w
are prepared TO protect the vote as casf
OF that fact the people may rest assured
As 10 the sources OF our strength I have
already made some statement but 7 have
not attempted. and shall not now atternrt
10 cover the entire ground. We start our
with united. compact. enthusiastic party
Most OF those who left Us four years a %
on the money question have come back
and are hghflng shoulder 20 shoulder with
their old associates on the new and vital
issues OF this campaign. Business men
who see themselves throttled by M.
trusts. the moderate capitalist who finds
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