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

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Stuckmeyer waste paper box franchise and
showed up its glazing i%niquity. Next fol-
lowed the heating franchise and the at
tempt to give the company that secured the
valuable contract the franchise also for
furnishing the city with electric light, ire
decision.
AS to the natural gas meter bogy of
Mayor Taggart Mr.. Bookwalter declared
part of Republicans to introduce meters.
and for himself he had inserted in his letter
OF acceptance a pledge 10 unalterably OPP
pose any such attempt. In his closing re-
marks Mr.. BoOkwalter addressed himself
directly to the German voters of the city.
lie said:
CLOSING REMARKS.
"An effort has been made to convince
you, representatives, as you are, of that
great mass of our citizenship Of German
extraction, that the election of the Repub-
lican ticket in this campaign would prove
inimical to your interests. 1 wish to say to
you as a man of German extraction, as a
member of the German House and the
Maennerchor, that 1 believe that 1 am able
to enter into the true spirit of the German
character [applausel, and if L am elected
mayor of the city of Indianapolis shall en-
deavor to give you an administration OF
which all citizens can well approve at the
expiration of my term of office.
Il ask for your suffrages, l ask for your
votes, with the pledge to you that at the
| expiration OF my term OI ONCE 4 Sudn We
liver over the city OF indianapolis in better
financial condition than it finds itself TO-
day, and 1 shall deliver the city of Indian
apolis to my successor satisfied that the
good people of Indianapolis, Germans and
others alike, those who believe in good
government, shall render their verdict In
favor of the proposition that l nave gwen
to this people the administration which
they most desired. GApplause.l
MY friends. L thank you for this oppor-
tunity. l ask you, Democrats and Repub-
Leans. believers, as you are. in good gov
eminent, because / congratulate myself
that the German people here in lndianapo-
lis, as everywhere, are in favor OF good
government-t ask YOU, Democrats ana Ike
publicans alike, to favor RE with your bal
lots on the Sth of October, and you. my
Democratic friends. who have grown tired
of voting for the same old gang, who have
grown tired of seeing the same faces peer
at you through the windows of the city
offices as they peered at you through the
windows of the county auditor ONCE, l
appeal to you, my Democratic friends, and
you, my Republican friends, to give TO me
your suffrages in favor of an admlnlstra-
ton, and then ask you on Thursday, the
10th OF october, TO come to the CITY nan
and see a new mayor OF Indianapolis ana
see a new Republican broom make a clean
sweep of the old rooms"
Mr.. Bookwalter left the platform and
made his way out of the hall amid APP
plause. cheers and stamping of feet. As
he walked to the exit his hands We're
grasped by ardent admirers on both sides.
MESsRS. STECHHAN AND TAYLOR.
S1A1A AlcAl al
in the German tongue, a compliment that
was heartily appreciated by the audience.
The speaker referred TO the stock argu-
ment made to the German voters by the
German Democratic press that if Book
walter is elected the old tight regime of
Mayor Denny will be restored, and refuted
this clearly and vigorously. Mr.. Stechhan
also took up the claim made that the DEM
ocratic ticket carries the names of eight
Germans, while the Republican ticket has
only two German names on it, and et-
fectually disposed of this alleged argument
by reading TO the audience the names OF
eleven Irishmen from the Democratic
ticket. This bright sally evoked a storm
OF hearty merrlment. Inc CHAIRMAN ul9
not speak at length, saying that he wished
to give the other speakers an opportunity.
Mr.. Stechhan paid the States chief law Of
ficer such high tribute that the latter was
Quickly however, Mr.. Taylor put himself
instantly in harmony with the audience
bv saving to them: Itch Verstehe Deutsch
besser ais Ich Kann sprechen Deutsch."
From all parts of the hail came: That's
good!" Mr.. Taylor spoke, in part, as fol-
You recall the early history of Europe
how the Romans under Caesar; with his
FRAN a9ns6 eagFFe Tsnc vent tbr tmFGpsf Eng H0pdlan bGt
when they struck the German race the
Romans ceased and went back lgnomln-
iously: and from that day to this the Ger
man race has never been conquered by the
flag of any other country on earth [great
applausel. and why? Because they are a
upon great moral questions, but upon great
political questions. firmly, but they STOOD
firmly on great financial questions, and that
is why the OF Indianapolis DO
not like Mr.. Taggart's administration. They
stood firmly when the money became the
paramount and dominant question. in tins
country, as they stood firmly when the
question of the survival of our country
was at stake. They have stood for gooc
government, for honest government, for
patriotic government and for sound money
ever since they first came TO this country
is why it is so easy for a German to be-
come a Republican these d~ays-oecause the
Republican party knows how to keep. house
and the Democratic party never has known
how to keep house j..
the rule of Republicans in the State of
Indiana and of Democrats in the city of
Indianapolis during the past six years. He
showed that the Republicans found the
State grooming under a debt of $~l,5O0,OOO
and in six years have wiped out $3,5O0,OO
with every prospect of putting the last
dollar of it out of existence by the time
Governor Durbin leaves office.
On the other hand, the attorney general
showed that the Democrats six years ago
found the city of indianapolis with the
comparatively small debt Of Sl,5OO,0O and
have increased it in the past six years
the permanent debt-to 5000, 900, to say
nothing of floating debt or temporary loans
amounting TO about 100000. Continuing
Mr.. Taylor said: -,
Il want TO ask you why 1t Is IndI, IL
in national affairs we every month, war or
peace, common veal or common woe, we
have paid the debt step by step, month
by month, and year by year, all the years
since the immortal Lincoln went to his
tomb at Springfield, and why Is 1t that IN
the State of Indiana we can pay half the
debt in six years and can wipe out all that
remains in four years more, why is 1T that
you in these good times are paying on
your mortgages and your debts, why is 1t
that corporations are paying off their mort
cages and their debts. and the old con-
, spicuous example, like the old weather.
beaten oak in the forest, why is it that the
city of indianapolis cannot pay her debts
like everybody else? Tremendous ap-
plauSe.1
II do not believe that any government,
be II national or state. or county or city,
, can thrive upon that old exploded doctrine
that a public debt is a public benefit. Why,
| believe that a city, like a country, IKE a
State. like a county, like a township should.
and If it is right, can pay off its debt"
Mr.. Taylor called attention to the fact
: that back in &c the city of Indianapolis had
practically no debt. Let us go back to
first principles" he said. Let us handle
In~dianapolis as we handle our business. pay
our debts as we go, and we will do this if
Mr.. is elected mayor as L be-
lieve he will be-" Long continued APP
plause.1
DIR. T. A. WAGNER'S SPEECH.
When Chairman Stechhan presented the
last orator of the evening, DR.. Theodore
A.. Wagner, the outburst OF applause that
r greeted DR.. Wagner's appearance at the