The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-12

tation. [Great applause That is the true
Issue, and while 1 running on my
record, 1 intend to hold them fast TO the
issue. [Applause.l
Last night, in a desire TO seize every pre-
text to discredit this administration, an
editorial of half column length was print
ed relative to the release of Thomas Russell
from the Marion county workhouse. and
they quote Mr.. Russell, after insinuating
that political pull was at the bottom OF
his release-they quote Mr.. Russell as say
ing: II am looking for man 10 thank; l
was walked up here. and on Sunday said
to the doctor. Doc, what am / doing here?
l am good Republican and | belong TO the
same lodge with Charley Bookwalter. and l
haven't any business to be here at this time
or any other time and somehow or other,
he said the gates of the workhouse swung
open and he was released: and then follows
sheer after sheer on the proposition that
politics and gang politics" had control
ling influence In the release OF Thomas Rus
sell. 1 say l desire always to spare the
feelings of woman or the feelings of a
child. IApplause.l L would not thus pub
licly have mentioned this fact and caused
that good woman-because | know her to be
a good woman-I would not have caused her
to be thus publicly brought before the peo-
pie of indianapolis; but now that this paper
has brought her here, / am going to tell you
why Thomas Russell was released. She Sc
cured the release OF her husband. and it is
she to whom that husband owes thanks for
that release.
BELONGS TO KNIGHTS.
1T Is lndl L 10 the Knights
of Pythias [applausel it is true that 1 was
outer guard, inner guard, prelate. master
alarms, vice chancellor and chancellor
commander in my local lodge; it is true
that l filled every successive station in the
Grand Lodge of Indiana and have been
elected grand chancellor of the 5O,Vo0
knights of Indiana lapplausel; 1t is true in
all those years that L was being taught
the cardinal principles of that order,
friendship, charity and benevolence; it is
/ Thomas Russell
ing by my side many night in the lodge
room; and when a poor, suffering woman
came into my office and with tears stream
ing down her face, said Brother Book
walter, / want you to secure Thomas's re-
lease from the workhouse," 1 said What
is he there for"-i never knew he was there
she said: He is there for striking me-.
l said: Mrs. Russell, cannot interfere
in case of that kind; it is in the prov
would strike woman is unworthy or the
consideration Of any decent men,. lap
plause] oh" she says. 'but Tom is kind
to me when he Is sober. and he has told
me on his word of honor that if will get
| him out of this place he will go before the
priest of our church and take the pledge"
ing until midnight at my sewing trying to
support our children, and We need the
services and work of their father"
l care not who may criticise that action
| now. l set to work the machinery of the Of
| fee and brought this case to the attention
of Judge Whallon, warm-hearted, impul-
| ~,
| whose heart jumped and pulsated the warm
| blood of his ancestry, and / asked MIN to
release this man to his wife [applause], and
| he walked out of the workhouse, and If he
| Is looking for some one to thank for the
fact that he is out he don't want to look my
| way, he don't want to look to any ward
| politician, he don't want to look to any pre-
| cinct committeeman, because we do not
| enter into the equation, but he wants to look
directly to the little woman who, even
| though he was serving a sentence for strik-
4 he was at tn h
erty that she might have his support.
| IApplause.]
| TALK OF REFORM.
Now, we have heard something in this
campaign about reform. ILaughter.l I
will quote again:
1.-THE devil was sick, the devil monk would
The devil was well. and devil a monk was
We hear SO much about reform. From
| whom and from what source? 1 cannot
consume your time in pointing that out,
| but let me say to you that public official
is like an individual; he is judged by the
| company he keeps. A candidate is like any
| other man, and when he presents himself
| to the people for their SURFACES he should
as a candidate keep his garment just as
free from the contamination of improper
association as he should as public OFF,
statement will tell as much as a volume
| could tell-last Friday night, as the guest
| of the Jewish citizens of INDIANAPOLIS l
| went to Germania Hall to ball. after a
| rather strenuous existence in the precincts;
1 went there as the mayor of indianapolis
| to visit respectable people and was pre-
sented to the wives and children of my
| Jewish neighbors. 1 saw come into that
| hall the apostle of reform, Mr.. Hoffman
| laughter, accompanied-by the members
| of the Citizens League? No. Accompanied
| by the gentlemen of eminently good char
| acter and Republican antecedents who are
| supporting him because he is a reformer?
No. But accompanied by these four emf
nent disciples of good citizenship-Fred
| Heller, Jack Shea, Ed Beiser and Jim Reach.
| Laughter and applause
Are you going TO gather figs from this
| ties? Will the stream rise any higher than
| its source? and if the term of office of a
| mayor finds its source in that sort of en-
| vironment how much higher in general
| tone and purity is the term of office Of the
| man to be after he is elected?
ADMINISTRATIONS WORK.
Now, we have done something in this ad-
| ministration, and 1 not going to con-
| sumo your time to tell it, because 1t has
| been told you by others more effectively
than it would be possible for me to do it;
| but I want to call your attention to one
| work we have done during this administra-
| ton that but few people in Indianapolis
| understand and realize. We have built a
park around the City Hospital grounds
| and paid for it out of our current revenues.
| We have built the Irvington engine house
| and paid for it out Of our current revenues;
| We have built the engine house at Ken
| wood and Thirtieth streets, and paid for
| II out of our current revenues; we have
| gone on ard made all these improvements
| in the condition of the city property out
| OF our revenues and you haven't known it
| was being done, because We didn't come
and ask you for bond issue in order to
| make these improvements, demanded by
| the growth OF Indianapolis. fApplause.l
| And here tonight in this building, which,
as you well remember, was a dreary old
| barn, you can see what we have commenced
| TO do. You cannot see that which we will
eventually do because the work is not COM
! pleted, but this structure is to be rescued
| from the diapidated condition in which we
| found IL, and from place where cheap
| dances are mostly given expect to con-
| vert 1t into thing OF beauty, a music hall
| worthy of the city of Indianapolis where
| the people can come you have come to-
| ant surroundings.
| My friends, cannot talk to you any
| longer, but L wish to renew the pledge
| made to the Republican party two years
| ago. My critics say that there have been
| sins of omission and sins of commission.
| True. Did you ever know a man who was
| virile enough to do things that didn't do
| some things wrong while he was doing
many things right? Did you ever hear OF
| a man whose time has been demanded, not
/ through the day alone, but through the
| night, in finding some path through the
financial wilderness In which l took pos
| session of indianapolis who didn't have
| some offenseS OF omission? But / come
| back to the Republican party and say that
| / am not content with all things done, and
| l am not conceited enough to believe that
| they cannot be bettered. and l pledge to