The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-27
Much as n Hypnotixt Would Say 1t,
He Tells the Democrats There
In No Machine.
HE NEEDS A UNITED PARTY
WITHOUT 1T THERE CAN BE NO
HOPE OF SUCCESS.
The Word Has Been Passed Along to
Jolly" the WOrkers-Political
Gossip of Interest.

AS the next turn ia his continuous per-
Torrance vaudeville sketch entitled
Watch Me DO It. James Leroy Reach
Is now posing as a hypnotic specialist. His
first stunt was in the guise Of a high
minded. disinterssted Democrat. Jealous
only for the partys welfare and therefore
willing 10 sacrifice his time and personal
interests to wrest the control of the organ
ization from the Ubiquitous machine of T.
Tagsart. His second appearance was in the
role of a car; having hoodwinked his
felIow-Democrats into placing him at the
head of their organization, he set out to
show them what a real machine in the con-
troll of a real iron-fisted boss could do in
the way of debating the city ticket. And
now he purposes TO convince the large ele-
ment of the party over whose wishes he
rode roughshod. that after all there isn't
any machine. never has been and never will
be so long as he has anything to do with
the partys affairs.
Pooh, pOoh." he says, and again, Pooh,
pooh! There isn't any machine. There
hasn't been any. Why, you've been dream
ing or Tom Taggart's been doping you,
and you're seeing thingsl What you
thought was machine was only creature
of your fevered Imagination. You've been
all worked up over your candidates cam
paign and then it's been awful hot and the
heats bad on any man. Take a little rest
and you'll feel better Wake up, Come out
of it,
And with that Hypnotist Jim makes a
few magic passes with his hands, snaps his
fingers and the subject is supposed to pass
into peaceful slumber, from which he will
awaken greatly refreshened and with his
! mind disabused of the idea that he has
been one of the many victims of the strong
est machine that ever dominated a political
party in Indiana.
But does the subject do this? He
hasn't yet.
Reach has been so singularly successful
in everything he has started out to &C.
complish with the Indianapolis Democracy
| tEat he is extremely confident he will be-
able to turn this trick. He did not lose
any time setting about his task, and Satur
| day evening as soon as the convention-hi:
/ convention-stood adjourned, he started e
/ Counteract the evil effect of the work OF
/ the machine. He is resourceful and hi:
advisers are even more so, consequently i
may be expected that he will meet Will
| success in many quarters. However, i
Will take more than Pooh, poohs" and hyp
| motto passes to satisfy hundreds of gooc
/ Democrats who were interested in the can
| diadcies of Mccullough, Moore or Maddel
| and wanted their men TO have souar
deal. the nomination TO be decided by tn
! wishes of a majority of the party, tina
| there was no machine and that IL no
| used relentlessly and crushingy to bring
about the nomination of Hoffman. TIL
sentiment of revolt and the anti-machin
| forces will not down.
! Reach and his crowd realize that to cleo
Hoffman they must not Only have TIN
undivided support of every Democrat il
| the city, but must win over many Repub
lican voters. With a split in their party
| they cannot well expect help from the Re
| publican camp. The word that has gon
| forth from the city committee rooms is
Heal the breach Don't rub it in OF
/ them jolly them along and we'll pas
around little salve. We must line UP tn
party"