The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-29
The Most Favorable Results Expected
IL the Republican Vote Is
Got Out.
REPORTS MADE TO CHAIRMAN
BURDEN OF PLEA MADE BY DIS
TRICT COMMITTEEMAN.
Success Of State Ticket Predicted and
Hemenway's Election Assured
Review of Situation.

"If Republicans will do their duty and
bear in mind that the principal part of
that duty on election day is to vote we
will carry Indiana by a bigger plurality
than four years ago." is the message that
the district committeeman gave to State
Chairman Goodrich yesterday. The begin
ming and the end. and the thick and thin,
and the first and last and the constantly
repeated burden of the message was: by
all means do not forget to vote, and, to
make sure. vote before noon.'' II the Re-
publicans in Indiana do that next Tuesday,
these hard-worked committeeman informed
their chief. there is no doubt about the re-
suit of the vote on that day. The only pos
sible danger they had found. they said, was
that Republicans might feel too confident.
too satisfied, and stay at home while some
one else did the voting. While everything
possible has been done by the district COM
mitteemen and by the county chairmen to
root out that feeling, still, they told the
state chairman, there was no harm In en-
phasizing the warning to every Republican.
The district committeeman made con-
servative reports to the state chairman
that were based on estimates of county
chairmen no less carefully formed They
know almost within few hundred votes.
1T is believed, how Indiana is going-one
thing provided always. that Republicans
get out and vote. In 1898 Union b. Hunts
plurality over Ralston was 1858. The dis
trict committeeman are confident that this
plurality will be exceeded if Republicans
do their duty. Their message was cheering
to the state chairman, who went over their
reports thoroughly and then agreed with
the conclusions drawn.
Committeeman IN ATTENDANCE.
Those attending the meeting of the state
committee yesterday were: George Cum
ningham, from the First district: Nat ".
Hill, for the Second district: Robert Nor
ris, for the Third district: Oscar III. Mont
gomery, for the Fourth district; Julian d.
Hogate and Elias Owens. for the Fifth dis
trict; Col. E. p. Thayer and Owen Carr. for
the Sixth district: Floyd A. Woods and
George B. Elliott, for the Seventh district:
Fred Sims and John Wingate, for the Ninth
district; Adam Beck, for the Eleventh dis
trict, and Elmer Leonard and Harry Parks
for the Twelfth district. The Eighth and
Thirteenth districts were unrepresented at
the meeting. The meeting occupied the
greater part of the afternoon. Chairman
Goodrich received the reports, inquired into
exact conditions prevalent and in a few
cases gave explicit instructions as to GER
tain more or less delicate problems. 1t was
the last meeting before election and the
roundup of results obtained.
Those attending gave reports as optimis-
tic about the congressional situation as
about the success Of the state ticket
George Cunningham. Of the First district.
made the statement unreservedly that las
A. Hemenway would be returned to Con-
gress by plurality Of not less than 500
may depend upon It," said Mr.. Cunning
ham.
Nat u. Hill. who represented the Second
district, did not see the adyisability of Civ
ing figures In such close contest. but