The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-12
Her Characterization of Mckinley and
Roosevelt Enough to Fill Sane
People with Disgust.
CAMPAIGNING OF ONE BoLEs
INTEMPERATE LANGUAGE OF THIS
APOSTLE OF TEMPERANCE.
Samples Of the Kind Of Language
Used-Political News Of Gem
eral Interest.

Some Republicans were yesterday dis
cussing the campaign which the Prohibi-
tionists have begun in Indiana and specu-
lating on the effect of it. 1t was remarked
that the Prohibition campaign was in
the auspices of the State organization
Mrs. Carrie Nation, whose speeches were
very violent. Mrs. Nation denounced the
late President Mckinley at Anderson,
Peru, Marion and other towns as "a tool
of the saloons and President Roosevelt
as "a beer guzzling Dutchman" Mrs. Ma
tion's most recent appearance was at Dun
kirk the other day, when she was put off
of train after calling the conductor a
liar and other choice names. Mr.. Boles,
of Madison county. has been another star
attraction of the Prohibition campaign. One
of his latest speeches was. at Odon. Ac-
cording to the Odon Journal he denounced
all those who did not agree with him po-
litically as "hypocrites, fools, liars, beer
guzzlers," etc., etc., which was in line
with his utterances at various meetings
held in the gas belt. One of the plans of
campaign adopted by the Prohibition party
pledge to vote the Prohibition ticket, in
case $4,000 similar pledges are secured. In
some localities Democrats have been urged
| by their local organizations to sign these
cards, although with no intention of full
| filling them. in the expectation that the
movement would, as Is usual, draw off
more Republican than Democratic votes.
| The New Castle Democrat. however, takes
| the view that more Democrats than Re-
| publicans are being led into the Prohibition
fold this year. and urges its readers not to
be deceived into signing the cards.
A Henry county Republican said: "It
| would not be surprising If the Democrat is
| correct In this suppostion. 1t is hardly
possible that any man who voted for WILL
| lam Mckinley two years ago would vote
the Prohibition ticket this year, when il is
| remembered that the paramount issue with
| sonal character of William Mckinley They
| assailed him In the most venomous fashion.
not only on the stump. but in the pulpit
and at religious conferences and convoca-
| tions. There was no epthet too violent
| to be applied to him. The Prohibition plat
| form adopted at Chicago on June a. 1900
said that President Mckinley has done
| more to demoralize the temperance habits
| of young men and to bring Christian prac-
| tice into disrepute than any other Presi-
dent the Republic has ever had 1t charged
upon President Mckinley responsibility for
| disease, immortality. sin and death II
said that he had outraged and insulted
the moral sentiment of this country The
assailed the personal character of Major
Mckinley in the most scurrilous fashion
In the next issue OF the New Voice printed
4 u.
the candidate of the Prohibitionists for the
presidency; published a card under the
/ say rejoice! The country has gone Re
publican, II Is true; the gin mill re-enters
the capital In Triumph William OF
| Jolo with his canteens and slaves and
wines and concubines Is defeated TO a
| second term. Now for the Campaign
| of 1904; have the liquor traffic cornered
| in the White House. For the honor OF
the church, close in and kill.
ff, D.
/ Kinley was. in fact, killed. and a new
light was thrown upon his splendid char.
| acter in the hour of his martyrdom /,
seems incredible now that anyone could
have been carried to such lengths by par.
tisan hate as TO allude TO William Nc.
| Kinley William of Joio, with his can.
teens and slaves and wines and concu.
bines.' The fact remains that this was
| done less than two years ago by the leader
| OF the Prohibition party through its ma.
! tional organ. No one who does not desire
| to set the seal of approval upon indecent
viliflcation OF the finest type OF the Chris
tian gentleman this generation has sivsr