The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-25
Rapid Fire of Questions Independent
Candidate Put to Hoffman Caused
an Awful Upr0ar.
ANSWERS NOT FORTHCOMING
THREAT MADE TO CALL THE POLICE
TO EJECT DIR. CARTER.
Mr.. Hoffman and Others Make the
Same Old Speeches i'm WOOdmen
Hall, North indianapolis.


IN the Woodmen Hall at Clifton and Udeli
streets, North Indianapolis, broke up in
veritable row. At the conclusion of Can
didate Holtzman's address. which was re-
reading of the manuscript he had read the
night before in Bellefontaine Hall, DR..
James Carter, the Independent Democratic
candidate for mayor. arose in the audi
ence and asked if he might put a few
questions to Mr.. Hoffman.
Go ahead" replied Hoffman. "Tll an
swer your questions
DR.. Carter awaited no further invitation.
You speak of the contribution Gus
Rahke made to the Republican campaign
fund.-" he began. 81 want to ask you how
much Of a contribution he made to the
Democratic campaign fund?
You speak of the winerooms, gambling
houses and bawdy houses that have exist
ed under Mayor Bookwalter's administra-
toni want to ask you If the same wine
rooms. gambling houses and bawdy houses
did not exist under the Taggart administra-
ton of which you were always a warm sup
porter?
'You say that if you are elected there
will be no Gates. Joss or Logsdon to die
tate TO you'll want TO ask you If you will
not be dictated to by Jim Reach, John r.
Wilson and a few other Democratic trait
ors who slaughtered William Jennings
Bryan?
BLOW TO THE CROWD.
But that was as far as DR.. Carter could
go and he proceeded that far only under
the most adverse conditions. The crowd
question at Hoffman, but in moment
James W. Smith, the Democratic ward
committeeman, who presided, recovered
himself and called on DR.. Carter to sit
down and then the crowd Joined in with
jeers and boots and threats. DR.. Carter
persevered, but Chairman Smith finally
started down from the platform with the
declaration that he would call the police
and have the disturber put out, while sew
eral men in the audience made threatening
moves toward the doctor and then he was
forced to subside.
Hoffman himself had risen at the first
question DR.. Carter asked and started to
answer il. but the doctor insisted that he
be permitted TO ask all his questions before
any were answered. Then Hoffman walked
toward the front of the platform and yelled:
sit down, Shut up. Sit down.
After DR.. Carter had been forced to his
seat Hoffman started in to answer the
questions.
'I'H answer your questions" he shouted.
''I'n say to you that Gus Rahke never con-
tributed cent to my campaign fund"
81 didn't say your campaign fund.- said
Democratic campaign fund.-, interrupted
DR.. Carter again.
It'll say to you that we are running this
campaign without funds" continued Holtz-
man. at the top of his voice. And If you
don't keep still I'll tell you in whose inter-
est your petition candidate was filed.
l want to say that the records of former
administrations have nothing TO do with
this campaign. I'm not charging Bookwal-
ter with the evils of past Republican adj
ministrations. The issue in this campaign
is the administration of Bookwalter, and
that's what we'll fight IL out on. And I'll
say to you that We'll not permit men who
have filed petitions in Bookwalter's interest,
whether paid for it or not, to interrupt our
meetings any more!'
Candidate Hoffman was in a violent state
of perturbation by this time, and his voice
rang in way wholly out Of keeping with
the style he had adopted in the two readings
of his keynote. The crowd was with him
and cheered him TO the echo, while reviling
and kissing DR.. Carter, and the demonstra--
ton exceeded anything so far witnessed
during the Democratic campaign.
Chairman Smith declared the meeting adj
iourned, and the crowd filed up to shake
hands with the candidates. DR.. Carter
gathered himself together and reluctantly
left the han, but not before he had let those
near him understand that he had wanted TO
ask Hoffman about his record as prosecut-
allowances Hoffman had taken from the
taxpayers.
sHoitzman will have to explain his own
record before this campaign is over, said
DR.. Carter.
SAVED BY THE INCIDENT.
But for this incident the meeting would
have been devoid of enthusiasm, interest or
excitement.
The three candidates at the head of the
Chairman Smith called the gathering to
order. w. NJ. Fogarty, candidate for city
clerk, was presented first, but he did not
attempt a speech. Edward W. Little, cam
didate for police judge, took the same adj
vantage of the audience he took of the one
the night before in Bellefontaine Hall and
repeated substantially the same speech, at
lacking Mayor Bookwalter and Police
Judge Whallon and ringing the changes on
the Republican slogan, stand up Tor IN
dianapolis.
Stand up for Indianapolis does not
mean stand up for the continuance of law
lessness and malicious violators of the
law" he said at one point.
Hoffman. by way of preface. alluded to
the account of Wednesday nights meeting
meeting was a frost" and said he hoped
he would have the same kind of "frosts"
all through the campaign. He then apollo
gized for repeating his keynote. drew his
bulky manuscript and began reading.
The mayoralty candidate attempted to
vary his address by interpolating few
illusions to the Journal reference to
Temple-avenue and West-street improve
ments and illusions to the speeches de-
livered by Mayor Bookwalter and former
Attorney General W. l.. Taylor at the Re-
publican meeting In Haughville Wednesday
night. Also. at two or three points, he
did not follow his manuscript word for
word, but literally or in substance he re-
peated everything he had said at the meet
ing the night before. He was interrupted
by applause ten times and by laughter eight
times such was the enthusiasm provoked.
Six men in the audience filed out during the
speech.