The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-16


For the candidates. yesterday was a day
of exultation and delight or depression and
gloom. Although no official figures could
be obtained. the unofficial estimates and
the mere reading of the returns was sutfi-
cient to those whose interests were at
stake. There were some who smiled In
the pleasure Of hard labor we'll done. and,
perhaps, too. OF hard cash judiciously ex-
pended. There were others who were cut
TO the heart with the consciousness that
all their hopes and optimistic predictions
had proved empty and worthless. a few
were suffering from the belief that pre-
tended friends had proved faithless. and
they had been worked" in a calculating,
cold-blOoded fashion. The winners went
about with grins more than ever confident
that i'm the voice Of the people lay the
truth; the losers stalked gloomily, some
times saying that people seemed never to
learn how TO choose the good from the bad,
the worthy from the unworthy the fit
from the unfit.
Perhaps the happiest man in town yes
terday was Samuel Lewis Shank, who, as
the "auctioneer candidate" won so sur
prising victory over Recorder Akin. ''Peo-
pie said / wouldn't even have look i'm,
declared he, but 1 thought it would be
queer thing if people who looked me
straight in the eye and said: Shank, I'm
for you would turn me down when II came
to penciling the tickets"
"Cy' Clark, whom his friends. I'm humOr-
Gus allusion TO his splendid physique, his
''undudefed" appearance and his mixing
qualities dub the farmers choice, held
a levee wherever he went. He was un-
qualfedly happy and took numerous oc-
casions TO say pleasant things about his
principal opponent, Fred Shepard.
John McGregOr, for whom his opponents
had predicted bad finish,' sat yesterday
in the office of the County Commissioners
with a box of cigars at his right hand and
joyful words on the tip of his tongue. 1t
looked bad for John for a while" he said,
but was not scared. / knew my friends
would deliver the goods" McGregOr thinks
that one reason for his heavy vote lay in
the fact that he had put himself on record
as being the pioneer IN the movement for
stone bridge at Washington street.
Judge James NJ. Leathers, OF the Superior
Court, tall and dignified, visited the Of
flee Of the county clerk yesterday after
noon to glance al late returns. Everybody.
late opponent as well as tried friend, had
a good word and a glad hand for him, and
by the time he left the room his arm was
tired from handshaking. He was proud
of the fact that he ran so much better
than he had anticipated and that he prob
ably leads the judicial ticket
Judge Afford, calmly mastcating a bit
OF his favOrte brand. was warmly con-
graduated because of his victory over
Franklin McCray. He was In great humor
and pointed out with JUNCTION where he
had made his gains and where McCray had
influenced the colored vote. Judge McMas-
ter, examining the precinct returns with
careful eye as If he wanted to make sure
before taking time to felicitate himself,
spent several hours at the chairmans Of
flee yesterday afternoon.
William +. Davis, who won decisive
victory over Hare for clerk, was round
town with his friends telling how it hap
pened and praising his supporters in the
/ Fifth ward who stayed SO stanchly with
| him Ruckelshaus tired but gloating,
sought early rest yesterday morning. Metz
ger. who received practically the entire
vote for sheriff walked about with smiles
receiving congratulations.
The losers took defeat with a stiff upper
lip. Fred Shepard, across the room from
the victorious Commissioner McGregor, told
his friends that he had tOreseen defeat
and was prepared to hear the bad news.
He said that he had not spent much money,
and therefore was uninJured financially by
the campaign. Clinton Hare had little to
say. Defeat came to him in the nature of
a surprise and was therefore dOubly hard.
but he INDUCED in no recriminations and
made no charges Lew Akin went about his
business III the recorders office with the
philosophic remark that anything was
possible in politics.
To those whose fate was in doubt yes
teTday was a day of worry and sleepless
vigil. Harry Tutewiler figured with an
anxious brow until the late returns seemed
to indicate that he was safe. He then went
home to bed. Ralph Hamburger, whose
chances fer the Legislature looked decidedly
slim for a while, was up night and day, pen
ell in hand, until the cheering information
came 10 him that he was probably a win
ner. Klausmann went back and forth from
his own office TO the chairman's Office with
his friends until he, too, was convinced Of
success.
Many Of the candidates were up all Fri
day night and most of yesterday. Several
volunteered the information that hey had
not seen their wives for three days and
that they were afraid to go home. III was
noticed that the winners went home jaunti-
ly without fear; the losers slowly, in trepi-
/ datiOO