The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-03
Republicans Not Likely to BE Ter
rorized Into Neg1ectins to
Watch the volunteers"
DANGER IN NEW YORK CITY
WHERE DRUNKEN CROKER Thugs
MAY HEED his ADVICE.
Utterances OF the Tammany Boss and
Arkansas Jones Denounced by
One OF organs Organs.


Special TO the Indian polis Journal
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-First II was Cr0-
ker; then it was Jones; now IL is Hearst.
Croker urged Bryanites TO raid the polls on
election night: Jones suggested the use OF
baseball bats to batter the heads OF cleo
ton officers, and Hearst calls for volun-
teers TO surround the polling places and
fight If necessary. He even gees further
than Croker or Jones and offers money as
an inducement to his cohorts to watch"
Republicans. The anti-imperialist clubs
also want little free advertising, and are
Offering rewards though not quite so
large as the millionaire newspaper owners.
One effect of the promised rewards may be
to induce some of the volunteers" 10 COM
NIT perjury by charging Republicans with
acts the volunteers" themselves COM
mitted. Republicans. however. have
been instructed to watch these ''yol-
unteers," and if they attempt To
carry out the Croker-Jones-Hears sug-
gestions they will find themselves in
the clutches of the red-eyed law.
Organism. Crokerism. Jonesism and
Hearstismi What a quartet OF "ismsi"
Here is what w. r. Hearst. as president OF
the National Association of Democratic
Clubs, says in his call for volunteers:
Every organization In sympathy with
the Democratic cause must at once pick
reliable volunteers TO fight fraud and in
timidation at the polls Nothing must be
left to accident No polling place IN the
country should be left without intelligent
and courageous citizens prepared TO resist
every form OF political cheating, overt or
covert.
'"The officers OF all Democratic clubs and
committees, whether state or local, are
hereby warned of the danger which con-
fronts our free institutions, and are urged
to take immediate steps to man all the
voting precincts with men who know the
law and have intelligence and determina-
ton enough TO defend the ballot box
against corruption and coercion I'm spite or
everything.
'In order to emphasize the Importance OF
this volunteer service by the Democratic
organizations the president of the National
Association OF Democratic Clubs hereby Of
fers to give 81. 600 TO any member or MEM
bers OF the association who may furnish
proof leading to the conviction of any cleo
ton officer or officers or other person or
persons OF a criminal alteration OF the pres
idential election returns or OF fraudulentiy
counting I'm or counting out presidential
votes This sum of sl.0oO viii be paid in
the case of each conviction
''As an incentive to vigilance and prompt
action the president of the National Assoc
citation of Democratic Clubs viii pay SS.J9
for the first information leading to = Goa
1.-The work of the Democratic voluntee.s
throughout the Nation must be practical
and aggressive. Above all things II must
be prompt Election day committees should
be at once organized to supervise AM IL
rect the energies OF the volunteer workers
at the polls. Lawyers should be consulted
These committees should instantly COM
municate by telegraph with the president
OF the National Association of Democratic
Clubs when fraud Is discovered. The vol
unfeers al the polls should stand Their
ground and yield no point. I'm every pre-
cinct the volunteers should see TO IL thar
no unqualified voter is allowed TO cast a
vote. and that the returns tally exactly
with the whole number OF votes east
This Nation can outlive Imperialism. q
can outive trusts, IL can outlire falss
financial theories, ~ can outlivc militarism.
but il cannot outlivc the corruption OF is
citizens. No citizen can rest upon pur-
chased electorate. This question is tho
supreme question of the hour. IL over
shadows and engulfs other issues. present
or future