The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-04

on until the present time" declared DIT.
Wagner. the position has grown from bad
TO worse The money has been spent dis
gracefully, and spent by whom? BY our
present city Board of Health. the creation
OF Mr.. Thomas Taggart. At the head OF
that Board of HealIk-and the head is all
there Is 10 II, "A head and two dummies
lgreat aughterl-the head of that Board
or Health is the identical man who four
teen or sixteen years ago made against me
the race Tor coroner, and he was the only
man defeated on his ticket and was the
only man elected on my ticket. and now
he Is in charge there, incompetent, I'M
scrupulOuS, dishonest In every manner and
form, and Mr.. Taggart knows il. because L
told him So IGreat applause.l
DR.. Wagner related several incidents to
show the petty methods of the Taggart
administration. Recalling the smallpox
epidemic he related the experience of Mr..
T%ruemper with the city administration.
wherein he was. said the speaker, compelled
10 accept the pitiful sum of one dollar per
tent after having employed two men and
a horse ard wagon TO convey the tents TO
their destinations, put them in position, and
after having given the use OF them for
three weeks.
MR.. BOOKWALTER COMMENDED.
DR.. Wagner told of his own experience
with the administration, in which he gave
six months Of his time as an expert dag
nostician of smallpox cases. became prac-
! tically an outcast from his fellows-no one
willing even to shave him and his children
summed at schoOl-only to be offered by the
city pay at the rate of common labor. DR..
Nagner's concluding remarks aroused great
enthusiasm. He said:
Il wish to say a word in regard to Mr..
BoohWaIter, the Republican candidate Tor
HayOr. L wanted 10 say this especially 10
our German voters. l have known Mr..
Tor about fifteen years, L nave
ndu business dealings with MN, 4 nave al
ways found him honorable anu straight IN
MS dealings, ana there is not to-day one
suspicion against MS character, ana L 90
not hesltdte-you all know me, L have lived
mere tnlIty-nVe yearS-and when / say 10
you gentlemen that L personally pledge my
woTu Tor the character ana honesty and
judgment OF Mr.. B0okWalIer, you can take
my word Tor II, because L know him as such
a man l~Applause.I L hope that every one
OF you VIII do MS duty, because you Will
never ind out the full extent OF the raS-
calty and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT until you get in
SlUe ana open those Dooks. L nope they will
be opened. L thank you, gentlemen" PRO
longed applause.I
AT the close OF the meeting circulars were
distributed in the audience. These were
copies OF an address in the German Ian
guage issued by Mir. BookwaIter to the
German voters OF Indianapolis outlining his
position and policy and bearing the signed
Endorsement of a host OF prominent Ger
mans. In the circular Mr.. ef-
fecIually answered an anonymous German
circular that was distributed broadcast yes
terday, signed The Agitation m
OF the German-Amerlcan Democratic Club.
Nat u. Hill, member OF the Republican
state central committee from the Ninth dis
trict, was an attentive listener to the adj
dresses Of the evening, and at the close of
the meeting remarked: If this is a fair
sample of Republican meetings in the pres
ent city campaign l see no reason TO doubt
the success of the ticket. This has GER
tainly been q Splendt6 meeting.