The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

the signal for the launching of a guber-
Material boom for him. 81 don't know a
year than Judge Lamb" declared one OF his
friends, and the sentiment spread rapidly,
finding many indorseers. The judge laughed, 4
however, when the matter was suggested TO
him. 'Booms are so numerous that de-
cline 10 take il seriously" he said. I'm for]
John Kern. who made the race for US three
years ago.
Judge Lamb who is a former member Of
Congress, is known one IF the best cam
paigners and best story tellers indiana
Democracy can boast He IL was who orig
mated the famous bull story on Grover
Cleveland decade ago and last evening he
was surrouded by a group of friends who
demanded that he tell IL over again Z
1T was in the campaign OF 1894" he be-
gan. 'the year. you will remember. that the
tide had begun to turn against US was
ssnt 10 Michigan City TO make speech at
big meeting. In the course OF my speech
/ referred to the Wilson tariff bill, spoke OF
il as great and good measure and attempt
ed TO bring out its strong points. Just as
l reached a climax a fine looking man arose
in the audience and asked very modestly if
he might put a question to me-
Certainly / said. Go right ahead, and
I'll answer your question IL / cam
IF the Wilson tariff bill was such a
good measure as you would have US believe
ii was, he said, Il would like TO know why
IL was that your Democratic President,
Grover Cleveland, would not sign IL?
Well laughed the judge. 1.-The question
was blow right between the eyes. It
was both pertinent and impertinent, and
/ confess that / was completely stumped
for second. Then an inspiration came to
me. My Friend l said 10 the man. you
ask me why Grover Cleveland would not
sign the Wilson bill. The best answer 1
can give you is TO tell you a story. An
Irishman once purchased bull. and when
he started TO take IL home he thought he
would make doubly sure of not losing IL
by tying the end OF the rope. by which
he led the animal, around his waist. He
mshap until he and the bull were almost
there. Then a dog ran out and snapped at
the bulls heels and the bull started or
on q dead run, dragging the Irishman at
the end of the rope The Irishman had all
he could do TO keep on his feet and they
were tearing down the road at a great clip
when they passed friend OF his. Hello.
Mike yelled the friend as they passed:
Where are you gongT You dodgasted
fool. ask the bullv howled Mike
That story" added Judge Lamb. was
the only answer 1 could possibly have made
to the man, and Of course Ii made hit
with that Democratic audience. The story
afterward reached President Cleveland. but
/ don't know that he enjoyed II"
Maj. G. V. Menzies, OF Mt. Vernon. was
one of Judge Lambs interesting auditors,
| and he promptly matched the judges story.
This is no cock and bull or Irishman and
bull story" declared the major. 1T is a
true story. Not long ago one of the deputy
our county on charge of violating the fish
laws. He caught old Uncle Bob red-handed.
so to speak, for he found him with lot Of
| seines in his possession. When the case
came for trial the sheriff. who was friend
| of Uncle Bob thought he would do all he
could for the old man, and summoned all
the fishermen he could got for the jury.
Most of them were set aside, and then the
4 yr-t~
| is a veteran, ard the sheriff thought he
would be safe in the hands of jury of his
| old comrades. Finally the case was ready
| for trial, with nine or ten old soldiers on
4 the Jury There was but one side TO the case
the prosecutions. The evidence was all
| against Uncle Bob, and when his lawyer
| arose to make his plea he could do nothing
but appeal to the sympathy and patriotism
| of the jury.
Gentlemen of the jury he said. in the
| course of his speech, L want TO ask you X
| you can bring in any other verdict than
one OF acquittal? Can you send this gray
| haired, battle-scarred old veteran 10 jail
| For the sake of a few paltry fish would
you disgrace this man who fought that TINS
| country of ours might 1--we? Gentlemen. in
| the days that tried mems souls, where was
| Uncle Bob? AT Yicksburg, where the bull
lets flew the thickest. where the old nag
| waved, there was Uncle Bob. on hunoreo
bloody fields, wherever Old Glory was un-
furled, wherever the old flag waved, there
| was Uncle Bob
structions to be expected, and a verdict
| of guilty seemed inevitable. but the jury
| was out only long enough to write YER
dict and return. The foreman read the
| verdict and ii was not guilty Uncle Bob
| was the FIRST man in the courtroom to make
| a move after the verdict had been read.
| Jumping up he hobbled over TO the jury.
seized the foreman by the hand and shout
| ed, Comrade, she stu waves. The old
flag still waves.
- Iwa
Brown. OF Valparaiso, received a decided
impetus at the Democratic gathering. One
| Brown enthusiast put the case In this
wise: Professor Brown is not only an able
man, but he is immensely popular. He has
10000 old students scattered about over In
diana. and they'd all be for him, both
Republicans and Democrats"
Andrew NJ. Sweeney, of indianapolis. for
merly of Jasper county. was another of the
stalwarts talked of as gubernatorial pos
sibility, while d. II. Campbell. former
member of the Democratic state COMMITTEES
from the Eighth district. brought the boom
for Mayor John l. Forkner, OF Anderson.
with him and gave 1t renewed imitation.
Mayor John W. Holtzman, Of this city,
was about the hotel all day, getting ac-
| uuainted with the brethren and attract
ing considerable attention as the man who
carried Indianapolis a reformer and who
might be available as candidate for Gov
ernor next year.
Republican State Chairman James p.
Goodrich. of Winchester, was in the city a
few hours yesterday. He announced that
the date of the Republican love-feast viii
be Dec. 80, instead Of Dec. q. and said tina,
further arrangements for the affair will be
made at once. The rules which were adopt
ed by the state committee last week arr
now in the hands Of the printers, he said
and will be sent out within a few days.
A. A. Trip, Of North Vernon, who Is
candidate for the Republican district chair.
manship in the Fourth, was at the English
yesterday.