The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-29

resentatives of the party, and every. way
Mr.. Hotzman's equal in all the virtues
that enter into a first-class. sound Demo-
crat. is not such ancient history as to need
repeating here. The worst that can be said
of Mr.. Bookwalter's administration Is that
in the matters objected to IL is only Tag
gartism gone to seed. or it is in almost most
every detail just what IL would have
grown to i'm two more years of Democratic
rule. and the Democratic party. restored TO
power, with Mr.. Taggart or Mr.. Reach or
MIR. Polster or Mr.. Hoffman as leader,
would take up the question of law enforce
ment just where il is just as Mr.. Bookwal-
ter will If reelected To illustrate by an
other parable. The Ethiopian that tried 10
change his skin and the leopard that tried
to change his spots by change of diet
failed signally, just as everybody must fail
who tries to find law-enforcing mayor In
any representative of the Democratic party.
There are scores of Democrats I'm the city
who would prove veritable Dennys III they
could be elected on their record and not
nominees of the Democratic party.
There is not a Democrat on earth who. as
a nominee of the party, would, If in office.
materially differ from the uniform policy
of the party as seen in Mr.. Taggarts ad-
ministrations.
There is an old proverb quite as appli-
cable in this case as the parallels above
make strange bedfellows." Well, should
say so. if any Republican votes for Mr.
Holtzman. What he is in the estimation
of the saloon men is shown by the frank
opinion of him and his course given by the
organ of the saloons, the Knights of FL
deity News. Intent on but one thing in its
candidate for mayor, this paper, in an
nouncing the nomination of Mr.. Book
walter. said that the Democrats must bring
out somebody that is better or the saloon
people would support him. adding that his
policy towards the liberal element IL
calls the saloon people, had been unexcep-
tionally liberal" except in few very bad
cases-cases SO bad as to be disgrace TO
the saloon industry. The Democratic party
took note of this, and. governing itself &C
cordingly. nominated Mr.. Hoffman. This
so pleased the Fidelity News that ii headed
ard Bearer" A long editorial, after con-
Tossing to decided leaning TO the Demo
cratic party anyhow, fully Endorsed Mr..
Hoffman in language so enthusiastic as TO
amount to saying, Here's our better man.
Referring to the pious promise in the plat
form-to enforce the L,ws-it says in sub
done; no more. no less. ending with an APP
peal to all liberal men to stand by ''our
standard bearer. That is an official in
dorsement of the party behind Mr.. Holtz-
man, and of Mr.. Hoffman himself, which
is a thousandfold more TO the point than
the laudatory puffs of the indianapolis
News, which is a defendant i'm a lawsuit
supposed to be in the interests of the Re
publican party as represented by Mr.. Book
walter and his friends. While do not like
Mr.. Bookwalter's attitude on law-enforcing,
] cannot afford to be put in bed with such
fellows the Knights of Fidelity News,
any other News that is laboring to heal
the sickness or the local Democratic
party by voting to restore it to power in In
dianapols. Mr.. Hoffman is not in ii
little bit on his personal merit; he is In II
only as Democrat. He has not said. and
will never say. that If elected he will OBJ
serve any other policy toward lawbreakers
than he observed when serving as a Demo-
cratic prosecuting attorney. Republicans
who wish to make bedfellows with Mr..
Reach and Polster and the like by voting
for Mr.. Holtzman only to defeat Mr.. Book
walter may do so if they wish to; will not.
The frying pan is hot enough for me; be-
sides, / have reason to believe from long
experience that when the Democratic party
gets well from it's present bad spell IL will
be just like the devil in the parable or the
SOW that was washed. L. l.. SEE.
Indianapolis, Aug. %.