The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-06
Says 1t Is Sending Out Defsmatory
Stories About Indianapolis and
the Administration.
OTHER SPEAKERS ARE CALLED
MAYOR BOOKwALTER LOUDLY
CHEERED UPON ARRIVAL.
Four Hundred Members of the Club
Smoke and Enjoy the Speeches
&C. r. Henry Talks Briefly.


To-Night's Meetings.
Republication League, Indiana avenue:
Gurley Brewer and city candidates. West
Indianapolis: Harding and Morris streets:
candidates. Shiloh Baptist Church, Walnut
and West streets; Fred Expert James III.
Lott and city candidates
Observation-Disclosures Hall, Noble and
East Market streets; Theodore Dammeyer.
chairman; John w. Hoffman, w. NJ. Fo-
garty and L. w. Little.
True to the tocsin, Rally Round the
Colors." sounded by Senator Beveridge
Saturday night 400 members of the Marion
Club gathered in the assembly room of
the club last night and held a genuine Re
publican love feast and smoker. Repre-
sentative Jesse Overstreet, John B. Cock
rum. Charles r. Henry and Mayor Book
walter were the speakers OF the occasion.
as we'll as the recipients of enthusiastic
ovations- There was applause and smoke
and between the two the speakers found
no little difficulty in delivering their
speeches. The speakers did not go very
much into the issues of the local cam
paign, but devoted themselves largely to
party interests and party fealty.
The smoker opened about $3.50 o'clock with
"Therell be Hot Time" played by the
crowd and sung Justify. Representative
Overstreet presided over the meeting. In
his Introductory speech he said that IT was
always refreshing TO rub elbows with the
Marion Club in any contest. but especially
so in political contest because the memS
bers had always shown loyalty to Repub-
lican candidates. The election of Book
walter, he said, will be heralded the State
lit 4 !.
feat will be sounded as a Republican de-
feat The present campaign. he declared,
was but the beginning of a larger cam
paign, and success now means success
then. Mr.. Overstreet said that he believed.
after a sober second thought, the Repub-
licans who are not in line will on Oct. l3
demonstrate that the party is able to stand
up in storm as we'll as in fair weather.
JOHN B. COCKRUM GREETED.
He then introduced one OF the principal
speakers of the evening, John :. Cockrum,
who was greeted with deafening applause.
Mr.. Cockrum said in part: I'm every cam
paign each party has a distinct right TO
put its ticket in the field and to make an
effort to see that il is successful. The
Marion Club has never failed to put its
ticket in the field and 1t has never failed
to make an effort to elect it. The club goes
ever forward under the banner OF Repub-
licanism and it generally goes forward 10
victory. 1t is an organization which every
citizen-except Democrats-is proud Of
"But there are some malcontents. some
soreheads in the Republican party now and
they are making trouble. But notice that
none of the soreheads is a member OF the
Marion Club. If our great grandmother.
the News, could see this demonstrat tion she
would know that the Marion Club is in
line. There are two issues i'm the campalgn.t
the declarations made by the Democrats
and the ambition OF the indianapolis News.
The Republican party has gone forward
since the time of Lincoln managing its
own affairs in every campaign and man.
aging them successfully. IL is and always
has been the party OF principles. 1 believe
in settling family affairs within the family.
Here is dispute in the family. No one
can tell me what II is about. III there Ii
any one in this audience that can tell me
L invite him TO do so. And who are they
who are leading the dispute? i Will tell
you. The newspaper that is cartooning
Mayor Bookwalter every day Is producing
goes out all over the State and country: is
circulates widely, and / say that il Is ad-,
vertising unfairly and maliciousy the rep,
resentative of the Republican ticket Mayor
Bookwalter was nominated and elected by
the Republican party Would you desert
your candidate because he has carried out
not have come up 10 his ideals. but Mayor
Bookwalter has performed the duties to
which he pledged himself.
a CAUSE CELEBRE.
1.-The News has been against the Indian
apolis administration throughout the pres
ent regime. Let us go back to the Grand
Army convention held In this city some
years ago. And do you remember there
was a great fund raised TO carry out that
convention and afterward do you remember
that s5oo0 OF that money was turned over
to one of the present malcontents? And
do you remember that this very paper said
that ii was the same as II he had stolen IL.
Now this man is side by side with this
newspaper and the man does not belong
to the city lie lives in Woodruff. he pays
his taxes i'm Woodruff. he votes in Woodrun
and ought 10 be hooted out OF city affairs.
Mr. Cockrum then alluded 10 the bill for
track elevation whlch ne ann neo, Was Vas
framed by Mayor BO0kwalter, but whlcn
the Republicans later defeated because or
certain specifications inserted by certain
members OF the faction. he also scored the
News on its action during the smallpox
epidemic In this city last winter, by which
| IL caused the city several thousand dollars
/ extra expense. Continuing he said: IL
seems that I'm this campaign the News -
surrounded 10y clouds which A. would not
1 be best TO see through. When the paper
| goes out through the State IL gives ln-
dianapolis a black eye by circulating dirty.
/ dastardly lies. / believe that honesty viii
/ every time attract the consideration OF
| every honest man. But the News not
! only attacks the mayor. but every OIL
1 cial connected with the administration. IL
stands as an advertizing meiium and n
advertizes a condition that does not exist
and which II knows does NOT exist IL II an
outrage next 10 murder and every honest
4 voter ought TO stamp his foot upon IL and
| keep the paper out of every decent home
| Each attack OF Mr.. Cockrum was received
/ with the greatest applause. Al this point
| some one in the crowd cried. 1T ought 10
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