The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-26
DAYS FULL OF WORK
MUCH BUSINESS AT REPUBLICAN
STATE HEADQUARTERS.
Members of the Executive Committee
Pressed Into Service to
Help Out.
sANGUINE REPORTS MADE
THEY INDICATE THAT REPUBLICANS
OF STATE ARE AROUSED.
At County Headquarters the Same
Conditions Exist-Big Meet
fngs Held I'm the City.

The business at Republican State COM
mittee headquarters has accumulated so
rapidly within the last few days that the
present force is almost unable TO take care
of It, For several days r. o. Hawkins, of
the executive committee. has spent most
of his time at headquarters taking care of
part of the correspondence. Yesterday Mr..
Hawkins and Eugene Bundy. both of the
executive committee, were at work. In the
speakers bureau there is also rush. From
every part OF the State demands are COM
ing In for speakers. This Is an indication
to the officers of the committee that the
Republicans are taking an intense interest
in the campaign and that there is no
apathy in the Republican ranks.
r. O. Hawkins remarked yesterday that
the reports that have come to committee
headquarters recently indicate that the Re-
publicans are aroused everywhere. This
belief is strengthened by the fact that let
tiers are pouring in from all parts of the
State in reference to Colonel Roosevelt's
tour of the State. Republicans in many Of
the towns which 1t was found impossible
To include in the itinerary are writing to
the State committee asking If the route
cannot be changed so that their people will
be accorded at least glimpse of the gall
liant rough rider. 1t is felt that Colonel
Roosevelt's welcome in Indiana will be a
warm and effusive one. All over the
State the rough riders are getting ready to
make a demonstration in his honor. In
some of the counties women have formed
rough rider companies. In Huntington
county, it is said. there is rough rider
81 @f hun in
addition to the large Organization of men,.
The State committee almost daily re-
ceives some new assurance of Mckinley S
popularity among the people A member of
the executive committee tells of having
met a real estate man day or two ago
who declared that the real estate bust
ness would probably be quiet until after
the election. Men want TO know what sort
of an administration the country is going TO
have for the next four years before they
invest heavily. The real estate man fur
Their remarked that he knew of one man
who expected to invest about $4,000 in In
dianapolis real estate in the event of Nc
KinIey's reelection. This idea is further
illustrated by letter received at commit
tee headquarters, addressed to Chairman
Hernly, which reads as follows:
Dear Sir-One of the best things that
has come TO the notice of the travelling men
happened in Richmond, Ind. w. T.. Hast
ings, the leading groceryman, owning the
Bee Hive grocery in Richmond, gave a
very large order for future shipment of
canned goods and dried fruits, to be ship
ped if Mckinley was elected, and if Bryan
was elected the order was to be cancelled.
The conditions were written on the order.
This consider one of the best indications
in the world for Mckinley"
AT county committee headquarters in the
Law building there is quite as much activity
as is seen at State headquarters This rush
of business indicates that there is no
apathy among Republicans in Marion
county. The committee is satisfied with the
sixty day poll which is now complete. The
committee is also pleased with the charac-
ter of the Republican meetings that are
being held in the county.