The Indianapolis journal., 1903-09-25
Members of the Independent Demo.
cratic Club of the Ward Unani-
mOus1y Decide to Vote for Him.
APPLAUSE FOR THE SPEAKERS
THE MAYOR, w. l.. TAYLOR AND
SEVERAL OTHERS HEARD.
Republicans Open Their Campaign ON
the south Side I'm an Auspicious
Manner-Political News.

On the old grounds of the Lyon revival
meetings at the corner of Prospect and
Linden streets the Republican city cam
paign was launched last night on the South
Side. And the revivals, noted for their
fervor, were no more enthusiastic than the
meeting last night, in which Mayor Book
walter, former Attorney General William
l.. Taylor and others made the corner ring
with the true issues of the campaign. Over
five. hundred men of the Tenth ward and
elsewhere gathered under the canvas shell
ter and indorsed with applause and that's
right" the outspoken discourse of Mayor
Bookwalter. Many old Democrats were
recognized in the audience, who joined in
the applause of the Republican speeches.
The statement of Mr.. Taylor that he
knew from reliable sources that there
Tenth ward who would vote for Book
walter was given verifcation by the fact
that Immediately following the adjourn
ment the Independent Democratic Club Of
the ward held a meeting in nearby hall
and adopted resolution to vote unani-
mously for Bookwalter. Over one hundred
and seventy-five independent Democrats
were represented at the meeting, and en-
tnuSlaSm IOr BOOhWdlter ran nlSN.
A LOYAL REPUBLICAN.
Upon the platform of the Republican
meeting were about the same contingent
that spoke Wednesday night at Haugh-
Vile, excepting that William Taylor, a loyal
Republican of the Tenth ward, acted as
presiding officer. Former Attorney Gem
eral Taylor opened the meeting with
short speech, complimenting the present ad-
ministration on the good it has accom-
pished in the face of the leftover odds and
ends of the preceding administration. He
said that if Mayor Bookwater was to be
given credit for nothing else, he should not
be denied the credit of his splendid action
during the smallpox epidemic in this city
last winter. when he established in the city
200 vaccination stations and literally vac
cinated the deSeaSe out of the community
and the whole State followed his example
1.-The city administration should be judged
by the standard of its health" he declared
'anG indianapolis is conceded 10 be one of
the healthiest cities in the country. A good
healthy city demands first a good healthy
administration and the record of Mayor
Bookwalter shows that he has conducted
city affairs along the right lines. We
should be proud of our city administration
and of our mayor.
Mr.. Taylor then introduced Mayor Book
walter. who reiterated his speech of the
evening before, but with more force and
more enthusiasm. My friend Taylor" he
said with humor, has just said that he
read the keynote speech of Johnnie Holtz-
man in the papers this morning l am
a little ahead of him. L have been reading
his keynote speech in the Indianapolis
News for the past twelve months; / have
been reading this keynote fresh from the
drippings of the pen OF Jacob p. Dunn for
the past five years. But as / read this false
keynote this morning it occurred TO me
that the intellectually OF some persons
such as Charles r. Williams. Jacob p
Dunn: Jno. r.. Wilson and others you know
well. = passing away.
WORK OF ADMINISTRATION.
Mayor Bookwalter then dwelt on certain
prominent features of the work of the city
administration the moral progress espe-
cially. that had been accomplished during
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