The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-01
Incendiary Utterances Which, IL
Needed, Might Lead to Real Mil
ftarixm I'm the Country.
BRYAN'S DEFEAT CERTAIN
REASON WHY JONES IS CRYING
FRAUD AND INTIMIDATION.
Senator Hanna Not Worrying Himself
over the Riot-IncitinG Utter
ances of His Opponents.
s,.c,al 10 the 1ndianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CHICAGO. Oct. 31.-w. ]. B.yan's CAM
paign managers seem to have gone daft.
ON no other ground can their astonishing
advice to Popocratic voters be accounted
for And. right here. it would be interest
ing to know IL Mr.. Bryan fully approves
the utterances of his sponsors. Does he,
after holding up the specter of militarism
for the past three months, indorse raid
on the polls on election night? If he does,
che and his managers may get taste OF
real miIitarism. Croker and Jones are In
citing their party followers TO revolution.
Next Tuesdays election is, in a sense, a
federal government affair. and destruction
OF the ballot boxes ard assault on election
officers would be an uprising against fed
eral authority. Perhaps, however. as your
correspondent has stated before, Mr.. Jones,
true to the history of his party when it ex-
poets defeat, is merely crying fraud in or
der 10 have an excuse when election is
over. Richard Croker, Mr.. Bryan's New
York friend and manager. said yesterday:
my advice to Democratic voters the
country over is to congregate about the
polling places on the evening of election
day, count noses, and then, If the election
returns for Bryan do not tally with their
count. to go into the polling places and
throw those fellows in charge of the re-
turns into the street.
To-day. when the attention of Senator
Jones. chairman OF the Democratic national
committee. was called to Cookers state
ment. he said:
'T don't see anything wrong with that
suggestion. Senator Hill, I believe, sug-
gested baseball bat as being peculiarly
appropriate 70 render justice to a corrupt
election Judge. In my opinion, the best
way Is for Democrats to be at the polls
when they are opened and to remain there
I'm good, strong relays until the count is
completed. 1t should be the duty of these
Democrats to watch the judges and the
count and TO see TO 1t that no fraud is
committed, and If any fraud is attempted
TO stop il then and there.
1.-THE Democratic party is opposed to vio-
lence. but at the same time feel warrant
ed I'm saying that the Democrats fully in.
tend to reap the fruits OF their victory If
intimidation is attempted at the polls or
fraudulent counting tried by election Judges
there will be Democrats in the vicinity
ready TO take such action as may be neces-
sary to stop it.
There will be neither intimidation az
the polls, ballot-box stufing nor fraudu.
lent counting this year. If either is at
tempted il will be stopped there and then.
And If any one gets hurt In this process
OF prevention I hope it will not be the hon.
est man who is doing his duty fairly and
well. The Democrats have made an honest
campaign. We have appealed TO the heads
and hearts of the American people. We
have won the fight. and, by heaven. we
will not be defrauded out OF our victory
by the chicanery OF election judges. If our
Republican friends will be honest there
viii be no trouble. but intimidation at the
polls or attempted dishonesty in the counts
will be met by such methods as may be
necessary and entirely effective"