The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-29

A Democrat who votes the Bryan ticket
because he has always voted with the
Democrats said to a Republican, a few
days since. that he could not see why the
Republican speakers and papers did not
give some attention to organs immediate
following. 1t vas his opinion that never
was a candidate surrounded by such an
assortment of political freaks as Is Mr..
Bryan.
The point is well taken. While a large
number of sensible men follow Mr.. Bryan
afar off nc cause they were born Democrats
and propose TO die such, and while in all
the States quite prominent men are more
or less Interested In his canvass, the men
whom Mr.. Bryan calls about him and
makes mis- advisers are. indeed, the most
remarkable lot of men ever about a man
who is a candidate for President. There
is A1tgeld, n man reckless I'm speech. vim
dictive TO the last degree, the man whose
record as Governor is a blotch upon the
pages of the history of nllnois-the man
who for years assailed President Cieye-
land and Attorney General Olney because
they used federal troops TO protect fed
eral authority. Croker, who is recognized
as Mr.. Bryan's selected leader and dis
poser of all things In New York, Is black
with every kind of political infamy. the
best men in the Democratic party having
no confidence in him. Bill, by the selec-
ton OF Croker, has been relegated to a
mere party voter. Even the distinguished
Democrats in the East who have declared
pirate manner In the whole East there
is not a prominent Democrat who seems
to be near Mr.. Bryan. In Ohio he dis
trusts Mclean and recognizes no other
prominent Democrat in that State. Charles
A, Towne, a wandering politician, and
never a Democrat, is nearer Mr.. Bryan
than any man in his party. In all the
Northwest. where there are several Demo-
Gratis OF ability, no one can take the place
of a man who does not even call himself
a Democrat. Except IL Is Mr. Shively, Mr..
Bryan does not seem to have any heart-to-
heart Democratic adviser in Indiana. 1t Is
even rumored that DR.. Van vorhis is
nearer Mr.. Bryan than is Mr.. Taggart.
Then there are Senators Allen of Nebraska,
Pettigrew of South Dakota and other men
who are not Democrats, who are nearer
Mr.. Bryan than men like Senator Vest and
ex-senator German. Senator Tillman, of
| South Carolina. with his negotiating
speeches, is the Southern man who seems
nearest the Matches One" Senators
Morgan, Bacon and other conservative men
in the South are not numbered with Mr..
| Bryan's intimates. Mr.. Bryan seems to
have a positive aversion for the able Dem
| ocrats of the country. choosing as his
companica on a tour Col. Ham Lewis.
| Aside from Bourke Cochran, no Democrat
| OF national reputation is announced for a
tour through the country. Thus far not a
| Democrat of national reputation has been
sent TO this State or seems to be an
nounced. A few years ago the Democrats
had al array of able men who could be
sent to Indiana to take part in campaigns.
Thus far George Fred Williams has been
about the largest star sent to Indiana.
GamaIiel Bradford, General Weaver, Popu-
list. an unknown adjutant general of a
Populist Governor of Colorado, are among
the small men sent TO Indiana. Why do
not able Democrats take part in the cam
paign. or are all the able Democrats out
with Mr.. Bryan?
Are the Altgelds, the Aliens, the Petit
CREWS. the Townes, the Tillmans. the Ham
Lewises, the Lentzes and the Weavers the
only men really willing to identify them
selves with Mr.. Bryan, or is 1t the real fact
that he does not desire others?