The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-10
ONLY HAD FOUR VOTES
THE cox MEN STAND LITTLE SHOW
WITH TAGGARTS MACHINE.
The johnson County Delegates All
One Way-The Results in the
Other Districts.

First-CLINTON ROSE, Petersburg.
Second-PARKS NJ. MARTIN. Spencer.
Third--W. z. cox, Jasper.
Fourth-LINCOLN DIXON. Vernon.
Fffth-FRANK A HORNER, Clay
county.
Sixth-G. w. WHITE, Connersville.
Seventh-THOMAS TAGGART, Indian
apolis.
Eighth-BARTLEY H. CAMPBELL. An
derson.
Ninth-CHARIE Els r. s. NEAL. Lebanon.
Tenth-EDWIN j. FORREST. Crown
Point.
Eleventh-M T. SHIvELEY, Marion.
Twelfth-WILLIAM KEOUGH, Fort
Wayne.
Thirteenth-PETER ]. KRUGER, Ply
mouth.
Yesterdays Democratic district convention,
held in the Cleveland Club rooms. was a
concentrated reproduction of the primaries
held Monday night. The Taggart machine
worked beautifully and the "antis" found
themselves outgeneraled at all points.
The programme showed indications of
having been prepared in advance. Johnson
county turned out strong and from the fact
that the delegates only arrived in the city
in time to go to the convention hall and
practically break up the meeting in order
to catch their train, it was evident that
their business was well defined before they
reached this city.
1t had been arranged that AlonZo Green
Smith should be the chairman of the con-
vention and he was compelled to take
dinner at the Grand Hotel in order to save
the time required to go to his home.
Aside from the delegates, only a few
Democrats evinced any interest in the pro-
ceedings, there being only about thirty
present in the back of the room. About
2:30 Mayor Taggart called the meeting to
order in short speech in which he con-
graduated the party on it's prospects and
the fact that Its matchless leader, William
Jennings Bryan" would again be at the
helm of the Democratic ship of state. Being
| assured that all his delegates were present,
he opened the real proceedings by stating
that the first bushes would be the selection
of a chairman of the meeting. Hardly had
the words been uttered when Johnson
| county delegate proposed the name Of
Green Smith and he was declared elected
without any protests being heard or ex-
pected.
The new chairman, while making 1t plain
| that he had agreed to act as chairman only
| on condition that he be not compelled to
make a speech, talked for about five min
| utes about the war in the Philippines the
| struggle in the Transvaai and the shame
| there would be if this country made an
alliance with England. He then gave some
| attention to trusts and made it clear that
} he considered trusts and Repubncanism as
| SYNONYMOUS terms. After a series OF con-
Il rIofi he hoH int ha rQa oil
| work the Tagart machine had in hand.
| He called for the report of the committee
| on credentials and W. A. Dupree, of john
/ son county, reported that there were no
/ contests. 1.-The report is adopted" sald Mr..
/ Smith, without asking any expression from
/ the delegates.
| 1--WE will now proceed with the selection
| of chairman to represent this district
/ on the State committee" said Mr.. Smith.
/ Quick as flash DR.. Callen was on his
| feet and shouted out: Il place in nomi-
| nation Charles f. Cox, of Marion county =
A Taggart delegate then arose and pro-
| posed the name of the mayor of Indian
| apolis and most of those presen. consid-
| cred the nominations closed. Chairman
| Smith instructed the clerk to call the roll
by townships and wards and, at the first
| call, Center township handed UP two votes
| for Cox. Il want il understood that this
call of the roll is for nominations and not
for the vote on the candidates" said the
chairman, and the roll call proceeded. The
| names of Taggart and Cox were the cnly
| ones submitted and then the voting began.
| There were I'D votes present, ana the first
| two, from Center township, went to Cox.
| Lawrence township divided its vote, giving
| one each to the two candidates as did
| Washington township. AS the other votes
| rolled in giving Taggart the total of lis
| as against four for Cox, the supporters of
the latter submitted with good grace and in
| response to an invitation to make Tag
| CARTS election unanimous responded with
| out any protests.
| Afterward Callen remarked with a growl:
| IF we had that machine we could elect
| Republicans in this convention. there's no
use kicking; they were too strong for u.s.
| AS soon as Taggart's election was an
| nounced, he started to hand compliments
| out to the delegation from Johnson county
| saying that whereas Marion county was In
| the convention representing minority
| vote, in the county, Johnson county could
| always be depended on for a majority. He
| predicted the election of Bryan as marking
the opening of the twentieth century and
said that then the masses of people would
| have the things they were entitled to- "
John w. Kern representing the com
mittee on resolutions, handed in docu.
| ment advocating the election of Bryan
| condemning expansion and sympathiZine
| with the Beers in their war with England
He was then compelled TO make a speech
and il proved to be the effort of the meet
| ing.
Luther Short and w. A. Dupree. of John
son county, then spoke, the gist of their
| remarks being that Democrats were toe
true TO Democracy in Johnson county tc
take any part in sending Representative
| Overstreet to Congress, preferring to "keeI
him at home where he won't harm any.
/