The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-03
Reports from Anderson and Muncie
show that an Osd-Tfme Majority
VIII He Rolled Up.
G1LHAMs PREDICTS SUCCESS
SAYS HE WILL DEFEAT ROBINSON
By 500 TO 500 VOTES.
yote-Buying Scheme Exposed I'm Tip
ton-Henry County Prohibitionists
-Miers's Soldiers Record.
pecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Nov. 2-The Repub-
licans closed their speaking campaign In
Madison county last night with splendid
demonstration of the workingmen in Alex
andria. Representative George w. Cromer
and Z. E. Hendee were billed for speeches.
The men from the steel mill turned out as
a reception committee to Mr.. Cromer. thus
rebuking the methods of Judge Truesdales
supporters in trying to win the votes of
the factory employees of trust factories
Elwood contributed about 200 tin plate
workers and there were cheers for all the
Republican candidates. z. E. Hendee, joint
senatorial candidate. received greeting as
flattering as that to his associate.
The opera house was filled to its capacity
with most enthusiastic audience, in which
there was considerable number of women,
but it was noticeable for attendance Of men
of Drawn from the factory and the farm.
An Anderson glee club. which has been
with Mr.. Hendee during his campaign en-
tertained the audience with number OF
campaign melodies. City Attorney James
May presided and a little surprise was
occasioned by the introduction of DIR.
Whitley, of Muncie. lifelong Democrat
Strange bat as student hof of poicai ars
and his countrys welfare, he had come TO
the conclusion from business and patri-
otic standpoint the reasonable and sensi-
bic thing was to join with the Republican
forces and clinch the prosperity evident
everywhere by an overwhelming verdict of
APPROVAL at the polls on next Tuesday OF
the national and State administrations. He
indorsed Mr.. Cromer's record and was
roundly applauded.
Mr.. Cromer was never more effective as
ad on the ss OF
mean sort of campaign has been waged
against Mr.. Cromer in the steel mills of
this county. but wherever he had an OPP
portunity TO meet the men they assured
him Of their cordial support His periods
were telling as he contrasted Republican
and Democratic record of legislation and
administration in it's effects on the labor
ing men and farmers of the county. He
forcefully presented the duty of upholding
the administration policies of Mckinley
SO well begun and now being carried out
by Roosevelt.
Mr.. Cromer's presence I'm Alexandria and
his utterances from the stage of the opera
house made him many friends and will in
fuse courage to the party workers on elec-
tion day.
In closing the meeting Edgar E. Hendee
closed remarkable campaign. which he
began five weeks ago. speaking in almost
every town in the counties of Rush, Han
cock and Madison. He has been most ef-
fective In his work wherever he has gone.
of the party have gone from one meeting
to another with him. His keynote last
night was an appeal TO Republican voters
port of a party that had record of doing
things. He briefly ran over it's history,
showing that 1t was the party Of initiative
always, and that when the people really
desired any great movement carried out
they turned to that party as the one to ac-
complish it.
He was effective In his references to the
duty Of the voters to support Cromer and
the local Legislative. state and county
tickets. and he did not forget to remind his
hearers that after they had voted for all
other candidates he also was on the ticket
and hoped they would not forget to do
Mr. Hendee thinks that he will carry
Madison county by from 800 to 1000 and
that he will not have to overcome more
than $50 here as result of the election
in Rush and Hancock. Representative
Cromer said last night to the Journal cor
respondent:
''I have no fear whatever of the result.
Jay county will be stand-off, and Wells
and Adams probably will give Democratic
pluralities aggregating 1900. Randolph is
good for 200. Delaware $500, and don't
know what you Republicans are going to
do In Madison, but my friends say you'll
do a-plenty. / will be returned by a plu-
surprised even to the former plurality
increased, although we hardly expect such
things in what are called OF years in poll
tics. I have worked hard for the party s
in the country at large. The people will
not forget the memory OF '8 so soon. nor
will they permit this prosperous condition
of affairs to be interfered with by an ad-
verse vote at the polls
Chairman John Starr said that he was
confident of a majority OF from LOO to 800
on the state and county tickets. He sent
that word to the Republican voters of the
county, but enjoined upon them the imper-
ative duty of going early to the polls and
getting their neighbors to do likewise.