The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-15
HOFFMAN FEELS GOOD.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE,

meeting friends who FASTENED to go TO him
with expressions of regret and assurances ices
in the face of defeat From number of
men who had been his adversaries in the
campaign the mayor received congratula-
tions on the manly, aggressive and able
fight he had made against such tremendous
odds.
II have no regrets" said the mayor last
evening. 81 made a straightforward, de-
cent fight. 1t was a remarkable campaign
in almost every respect, but / would like
to say that a candidate never had more
loyal support than that given me by my
friends and that / deeply appreciate that
loyalty. We gained rapidly during the last
two weeks of the campaign and believe
we could have pulled through If we had
one more week. but do not like to indulge
in ifs'-they're very unsatisfactory.
81 endeavored to give the city of Indian
apolis a business administration l made
that time will show that mine was busi-
ness administration"
Edwin d. Logsdon, chairman of the Re-
publican city committee, had little to say
yesterday: I'VE were beaten and that is
all there is to it, so far as 1 can see," he
said. Il know We were not. defeated by as
large a plurality as we would have been
had the election been two weeks earlier,
and there is a little comfort in that
HITZ HAS VIEWS.
George Hitz, the Prohibition candidate
for mayor, feels that if the voters had not
| been scared from him by the constant con-
tention that he could not be elected he
would have received a plurality of all the
votes cast. He said yesterday:
81 feel that our campaign for clean
city physically and morally has been well
worth all the effort and money that il
has cost, for we have created an impress
| sion in this city that believe will never
die.
| nified campaign and we hope and believe
| that no unfair advantage has been taken
| and that no sore spots are left. We have
| no attack upon persons or parties, but
| only against the principle of government
| which we believe Is against the best in
| terest of the community, l. e., the DOM
| ination of city affairs by corrupt partisan
politics.
Had all the citizens who have expressed
| to our workers their desire for my election
voted for me | would unquestionably have
been elected by a safe majority Some
| time the people will learn to vote for what
| they want. 1t is seldom a great battle is
| won i'm the first skirmish and some one
will some time be elected on a platform
| similar to the upon which our cam
| paign was conducted this year We have
| sown the seed that some time will bring
| forth rich harvest for the benefit of all
| the citizens of our beautiful city. 1 have
| no complaint whatever to make, but wish
to return my thanks to the loyal workers
| who have sacrificed their time and money
| for our interest and to the newspapers OF
| Indianapolis who have given us such
| courteous treatment and have given such
| publicity to our campaign as could not
| have been secured in any other way.
ITO all who are interested In a clean
| city / wish to urge the beginning of a
campaign Immediately which shall result
in compelling the administration elected TO
| power yesterday to give the best admins
| tration that this city has had for thirty
| years or else will result In the over
whelming election two years hence of some
| ticket nominated on a PLATFORM similar to
| the one which we adopted May Is.
| NEwLIN THROWS BOUQUETS.
Charles E. Newlin, Mr.. Hitz's manager.
said
s'The Hitz supporters are feeling very
| happy over the result and hope that there
| have been no sore spots left whatever. We
| have tried to conduct clean, dignified
| campaign and have not opposed men, but
| principles of government which we believe
| are wrong Although we have not elected
our men to office we feel we unquestionably
| have elected our issue and for a clean city,
| free from the domination of partisan poll
| tics will be the slogan until victory along
| this line Is won.
| I'VE have no choice as between the two
evils represented by the two corrupt poll
teal machines and we have equally opposed
the two without fear favor.
| 1.-The public, possibly, has not fully un-
I derstood what seemed to be a personal at
| tack upon two or three individuals and
| newspapers. but we learned that they were
| damning US with faint praise only that
| they might the more successfully stab Us
In the back al the close of the campaign
| and, unpleasant as 1T was, were COM
| PEELED to let the public know that they
were not with US and never had beer.
'"rhe only discouraging feature OF the
| entire campaign. as / see IL, is the fact
| that more than ten thousand voters OF In
| dianapolis stayed away from the polls
| In a campaign like this felt that we
were justified in expecting a more nearly
complete vote and upon this we based oul
| hope of a larger vote for Mr.. Hitz. We
fell that the community is at least indebted
| 10 us for the campaign being pitched on
little different grade from what IL would
have been had We not been factor in It
| The freedom from the open use of beer and
| DOODLE i thin can largely be attributed tc
| the fear by the other organizations OF the
| independent ticket.
Altogether we feel that our campaign
has been well worth TO the community al
| that IL has cost the loyal men who have
| given their time and money to the effort In
| behalf of a clean CITY,"