The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-28

One week from to-day will be the day OF
election. In that week the men who be-
lieve in Republican principles can make
gratifying Republican victory certain II
they will put forth the proper effort dur
ing the period between this date and the
closing of the polls There Is no doubt that
Republican committees are doing their full
duty, but during the closing days Of the
campaign there is great amount of work
which committees cannot do. That work
must be done by the earnest Republicans in
every neighborhood In the county and in
every block in the city. Such Republicans
can see every Republican in their vicinity
or see that others do so. and get a promise
from them TO go to the polls.
The danger of the Republican party is in
the satisfaction and over-confidence of Re-
publicans. Many Republicans are victims
of the fatal delusion that Indiana will go
Republican anyway, and therefore it will
be time and energy wasted to put forth a
strenuous effort to get out a full vote.
There is danger that hundreds of Republi-
suade themselves that there will be Repub-
lican votes enough If they do not vote.
Do such Republicans realize that a net
Democratic gain Of eight votes in each Of
the 5000 precincts in the State would give
the Democrats the State? VIII the cocksure
Republican take that fact into careful con-
sideration?
Many Republicans are pleasing them
selves with the idea that large numbers OF
Democrats will not vote this year. There
can be no more fatal delusion. Generally.
whatever else the Indiana Democrat may
say or do. he has the habit of going to the
polls with great regularity. Statements are
made that in this and that locality Bryan
Democrats have secretly banded together
not to go to the polls or not to vote the
state ticket. 1t is hoped that some of these
reports are true. but they are misled Re-
publicans who count on any brand of DEM
ocrats winning Republican victory by not
voting. The prudent and safe policy is to
proceed on the assumption that every
Democratic voter in Indiana will vote this
year. If there shall be a full Republican
vote the Republicans will not need any out
side assistance to carry the State by $1,000
plurality. Even the independent New York
Herald's estimate is Republican plurality
of $1,000
There are said to be Republicans who
give their party and its policy the credit
for the last five years of unexampled pros
perity who are excusing themselves from
voting because they have so much to do
that they cannot lose a day to vote. There
are the active Republicans whose business
takes them away from home-the men who
have done so much missionary work in the
last two Presidential campaigns. If their
business Is rushing because of Republican
ascendancy, is it not worth their while to
take day or two to make the extension of
good times measurably certain? Or have
| they become weary and yearn for a repeti-
| ton of the years 1894. 1895 and 1896?
The Journal has just the same interest in
Republican victory that all Republicans
who are the rank and file of the party have.
and no more. More than ever 1t is i'm
pressed with the absolute Importance of the
wisdom of Republican principles and pol
| icies- Republican triumph at the polls this
| year is, in the Journals Judgment, as es-
sential to the positive well-being of the
| country it was in 1896 and 1900. So con-
| yinced, it most earnestly appeals to every
voter who believes in Republican ideas to
put forth an effort to win an emphatic Re-
publican victory one week from to-day,
| Nov. 4.