The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-12
Every Indication Points to the Tri-
umph of the Present City Admin
istrati0n To-MOrrow.
THE BETTING ON BO0KwALTER
REPUBLICANS AND OTHERS BACK
JUDGMENT WITH MONEY.
Many Democrats Realize that Boss
Keach Has Built UP a Personal
Machine for Selfish Ends.


Nothing remains to be done except get
out the vote.
Such is the announcement with which the
experienced political workers of all parties
indicate the close of the active campaign
that has been the most bitterly contested
one in the history of the city. The work
of making votes is now over, it is conceded,
and to-day, tonight and tomorrow will be
devoted to garnering the harvest. In many
ways this is the crucial point in the cam
paign, however, and means the hardest
work of the three or four months that have
been devoted to the fight for an election
may be won or lost by the activity and gen.
eralship displayed in getting out the vote.
On the eve of the election the leaders of
all the forces are full of confidence-that is
good part of the political game. How
ever, there are different kinds of conf
dence; confidence that is all on the surface
for effect and confidence that goes deep
down into the pocket to back up with hard
lucre the word of mouth. Judging by this
latter standard the Republican leaders are
most confident and have the confidence that
begets confidence in others, for it leaked
out last night that several Of the men in
close touch with the organization are bet
ting heavily that Mayor Bookwalter will be
reelected. One of them, who would not
permit his name to be used, when asked
last night how he felt about the result, re-
piled:
II am as confident that Mayor Bookwal-
ter will be reelected as i am that cleo
tion will be held. Here (producing a num-
ber of tickets), that shows just how conf
dent / am. / stand to lose 5000 if the
mayor is defeated, and to get that 5000
meant that / had to borrow and scrape
every dollar / could get together. / can't
afford to lose one-tenth of that amount, but
I'm willing to risk every cent have or can
get for L am that sure that things are COM
ing our way. I'm not taking a long-shot,
as had to give good odds to get my money
covered. I'm just betting on what / con-
slider a sure thing, and it's a cinch.
wouldn't have put up a dollar if didn't
have reason to believe it is a sure thing
IN DEMOCRATIC CAMP
on the other hand. while the men around
Democratic headquarters are talking conf
IDENTIFY of a Holtzman victory. it has not
come to light that their money is doing any
talking for them. Some little Democratic
money is in sight, but it is coming from
SOuiNtot lloHi uicl VIII dTe dl-
tracted by the odds offered by the Repub-
lican bettors and are willing to take a long
chance to make killing
The managers OF George Hitz, the Pro-
hibition candidate. talking with the
same confidence that characterizes the
Democrats They claim that neither Book
walter nor Holtzman can be elected and
that their candidate will receive enough
Republican and Democratic votes to make
him an easy winner. No one outside their
own camp takes their predictions seriously.
The bettors. who are neither Republican
nor Democrats when ii comes to picking
the winner, agree that much depends on
the degree of effectiveness OF the party
organizations. 1t is conceded that the Re-
publcans have the best organization in the
history of local municipal contests. The
details have been worked out with a care
never taken before, and where there has
been the slightest suggestion of weakness
remedial steps have been taken promptly.
The headquarters in the Lemcke building
have been the busiest place in Indianapolis.
especially for the past three weeks. and
the Office force is four or five times as large
as the largest used in previous campaigns.
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