The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-30
The Democrats, However, WIZ Use
Their Doodle Fund in Closing
Days of Campaign.
WILL ALSO CARRY LEGISLATURE
THE REPUBLICAN VICTORY WILL BE
DECIDED ONE.
Democrats VIII Attempt To Buy Elee-
ton Boards-PoIiticaI News
and Gossip.

The election occurs one week from to-day.
Both great political parties are claiming
that they will carry the day for their re-
spective candidates. The Republican man.
ayers Of the Indiana campaign express
themselves as being certain of success
Those who are in touch with the work that
is being done over the State declare that
the Republican majority will be the great
est ever known In a presidential election.
Chairman Hernly. OF the Republican State
committee. late yesterday evening dictated
the following statement. giving the views
OF the State committee on the situation IN
Indiana:
There is nothing I'm the claim OF the
Democrats that they are going to carry In
diana. They have claimed that they would
carry Indiana every election since 1894 Mr..
Taggart and all OF the Democratic man
ayers claimed that Indiana was surely as
reliably Democratic In 1894, and they did the
same thing in 1896. and they did the same
thing in 1898, and even the day after the
election in 1896 the Democrats started the
cry that they had carried Indiana and
Bryan was elected. and from all these false
claims made by the Democrats there are
many of their friends that are still sore.
CONDITIONS MUCH THE SAME.
81 am very sure that there IS nothing
in this claim of MIR. Taggart at this time.
or any other Democrat who knows any
thing about political conditions in the State
of Indiana or the country. Conditions in
Indiana are much the same they were
in 1894, when We had landslide and elect
ed thirteen congressman in this State The
nor received as good pay they have in
the last four years. The farmers have
never been more prosperous In the history
of Indiana than they have been during the
Mckinley administration. They are now
selling their corn at 30 and IS cents
bushel, instead of Is cents a bushei, as they
did four years ago, and all farm products
have increased alike, and the farmers sare
going to vote for Mckinley as they never
have before in the history OF politics in the
State of Indiana. This is conceded by
everybody who knows anything about pol
itics. or has had anything to do with the
campaign. l believe that We will gain on
an average of ten TO the precinct in the
1900 agricultural precincts In Indiana
1.-The coal miners throughout the mining
districts in Indiana are better satisfied
with their wages than they have ever been.
-Four years ago the miners in Indiana
were on a strike and were confused and
demoralized on account of the very low
wages they were being paid. and could
scarcely live. There is not miner I'm the
State who has not had his pay Increased
from IS 10 40 per cent. and they are work
ing full time and have money and are con-
tented with present conditions. although a
great many OF them who voted for Bryan
four years ago will vote for Debs in this
election. The laboring men in the gas
belt are generally employed and the glass
blowers got under the Dingley law what
they had under the Mckinley law formerly.
and they are for a protective tariff and
are supporting Mckinley in this admins
traticn in order that their wages may con-
tinue. The railroad men are working full
hours and on all of the roads. and per-
haps with but one exception. are recels-
ing standard wages and are satisfied and
will vote TO continue present conditions.
Besides. the laboring men OF Indiana are
patriotic, and while our soldiers are being
shot down in the Philippine islands. they
will not abandon their friends and neigh
bors and their neighbors' boys who are
standing by the old nag in that FAR distant
land OF ours.
r PECULIAR CAMPAIGN.
This has been a peculiar campaign. The
Bryanites started out by claiming tina.
% per cent. of the Gold Democrats had re-
turned 10 the Bryan camp and Bryan
said that IL he had known so many OK
them were coming back he would havs
had some candy fatted calves to give
them TO show them that they were well
come. After a little while IL was plain
to be seen that they were not falling over
each other 10 get the candy veal and 80
they soon abandoned that Then. the next
proposition the Bryanites got on to was to
claim that the travelling men were all for
Bryan. and that didn't pan out Then
they claimed the gas belt was all for
Bryan. and for two three weeks every
body was talking gas belt until Mr.. Bryan
made his free trade speech throughout the
gas belt and the laboring men Segan q
talk. and that proposition fell natter Gsan,