The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-08
An Enthusiastic Gathering of CoIored
Men Addressed by the Mayor Dur
ing the Evening.
STATEMENT OF J. A. MINTURN
HE TELLS WHY HE WILL VOTE FOR
CHARLES A. BooKwALTER.
None of the Charges against the Ad-
mfastration Has been Proved
Hoitxman's Dreary DriveI.
To-Night's Meetings.

Republican-Tent meeting at New Jersey
and Nineteenth streets; a C. Harris, X. ~
Brown and city candidates. Retchwine' S
Hall. Noble ard East Market streets; n.
w. Harding and city candidates. Sixth
ward tent meeting. Missouri and Vermont
streets; Dauiel y. Storms, Judge McCray,
James II. Lott and city candidates. Spruce
and English avenue; Charles Benedict anu
city candidates. Wayman's Chapel. Seven
tenth and Yandes streets; Judge McCray'
J. II. Lott and city candidates.
Democratic-Sixteenth and Arsenal ave-
nue.. III. c. Webster. chairman; Holtzman
rohibition-HaughviIIe reading room.
Hitz and the Rev. G.. l.. Macintosh:
observation-disclosures Hall: w. II. III. Mil
Ter. chairman; Smiley y. Chambers, prln-
cipal speaker.
Speaking in a Democratic ward before an
audience half of whom were vacillating
voters. truth-hungry and undemonstrative,
Mayor Bookwalter Outdid himself last night
at the Oliver p. Morton Club, corner of
Shelby street and Cottage avenue. Speak
ing plainly. ccnvincingly and straight to
the mark. the mayor outlined the policy of
the present administration during the past
two years. emitting nothing. leaving doubt
about nothing. and stamping as false the
charges of the opposition against him. The
indianapolis News did not receive its usual
attention. Indeed. the mayor almost boy
cotted IL altogether, and devoted himself
10 facts that could not but carry weight
with them. Only in one or two instances
did the mayor allude TO Mr. Holtzman and
tire Citizens League. and that was in an
alyzing some of their main charges and
DENYING what he characterized as insults,
which he said he could not let go unchal-
lenged-
The o. T. Morton Club was we'll filled
when the meeting began. ]. a. Twiname
presided. and following Mayor Bookwal-
ter's address introduced Nat L. Hill. state
treasurer. and Judge Thomas Whallon. who
were the other speakers. There not
much manifestation of enthusiasm, but one
had the impression that there was a good
deal of thinking being done by the auditors,
who kept their eyes stsadfastly the
mayor. Mr.. Bookwalter began by saying
that he believed in campaigns being fought
out on propositions that can be substanti-
ated by facts. and not in campaigns which
are composed of ninety-nine and nine
tenths abuse. He declared that he was
campaigning upon the record made by the
administration and not the record made by
the News.
THE TRUE RECORD.
1.-The record of the administration is the
true record" he said. "and | denounce the
no quarrel in this campaign, but believe
the Republican party has. because the op-
position is conducting the campaign without
stating a single fact" The mayor then de-
voted himself to the affairs OF the admins
tration rs they have been conducted by the
city officials. He pointed out conditions
that obtained when they went into office
aud that obtain now. He also devoted some
time to the charge OF the Citizens League
that the city debt had been increased nearly
sS0o.oo6 durins the past term and showed
the falsity of such charge and that on
the other hand the city was practically
$4,000 better OF than when he began the
duties of mayer
In ons. part OF his speech he bitterly
repudated the charge of Mr.. Holtzlnan
that $4,000 that was in the treasury had
been diverted from its proper use.
lie said: Last night Mr. Hoffman asked
SIs5.c00 that had accrued in the treasury as
the result OF the economy OF this admins
tration- And then he had the unfairness
and indeccncy 10 insnuate that L had
STOLEN the money, and as one gentleman OF
the audience told me. that had put il in
fny pocket anyone KNOWS. who knows
about municipal government, that | cannot
handle one cent OF the money: that 1 cant
even buy lead pencil with the money
without an .. h. from the city controller.
man the lie he uttered last night. L have
not lived my reasonably decent life, nor
reared a family with whom l have in
trusted my good name. tn do such n thing
as that. Here is what we did with that
$1,000 We repaired the fire, engine houses
and the City Hospital with that money and
you can see ii for yourselves"
STATE TREASURER HILL.
State Treasurer Nat L. Hill made his
first campaign speech last night. He did
rot talk long. but what he said had the
true ring. He said from reading the News
he had about come TO the conclusion that
Tookwalter had horns on him. He alluded
10 the mayors speech as the speech Of an
honest man and the mayor a man that
could be trusted. He said he had had ex-
perience I'm organizing for elections for more
than twenty-five years. and this campaign
was nothing new Personal Character Il
what every man attacks when he has no
for?' he continued. Does Keach want
an organization Cor the best interests Of
the city? Everybody knows that he does
an organization that was held here for
years and years until Bookwalter broke II
UP. I stood at my home and 1 was glad
TO see them rooted Ii was done by honest
work OF the Republican party. / say to
you, be very careful what you do when
you go down there to vote for Keach
''Isut let us see what kind of a campaign
Is being carried on. You haven't forgotten
the senator from Ohio who took up the
work OF President Mckinley - Senator
him. He was pointed out THIEF. but
what did We see him do There In the
United states senate We see him take ths
map OF this country and hang IL on the
wall and within two days show the great
est body ct men that ever met that tn,
canal should not be across Nicaragua. bu
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