The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-26
Ward CounciImen.

Second Ward-RoBERT Z. PoINDEX-
TER.
Fifth ward-JOHN HELFRICH.
Sixth Ward-wILLIAM FoOR-
Seventh Ward - GEORGE WONDER
SAAR.
Eighth ward-sAMUEL N GOLD.
Ninth Ward-J. w. STORMS.
Tenth Ward-MICHAEL c. SHEA.
Eleventh Ward-JAMES ID. MORIARTY.
Twelfth Ward-JAMES SULLIVAN.
Thirteenth ward-JOHN wOI.SIFFER
Fourteenth Ward-FAY WRIGHT.
Fifteenth Ward-ANDREW III. WAHL.
While the band in the gallery played the
stirring and significant air, Hail, hail. the
gangs all here. What the ell do we carei
What the ell do we carer the delegates TO
the Democratic city convention, the candi-
dates and their henchmen and a few curl
ous-minded persons gathered in Tomlinson
Hall yesterday forenoon shortly after 10
o'clock At 10:30 Car Keach pressed the
button and in a few minutes his machine
had done the rest The slate that had been
carefully prepared by the organization went
through without SO much a scratch
The thing was done easily and expe-
ditiously, for the machine was in perfect
working order. Fully three-fourths of the
delegates were mere automatons that
moved, breathed, had their being and voted
only at the command of the czar. At the
right times, too, and at the right sign from
the powers that be- they punctuated the
platform and Holtzman's carefully-pre-.
pared speech with shouts and stamps OF ap-
plause. Ii was a well-drilled lot. and IL
Czar Keach had held dozen full-dress re-
hearsals the programme could not have
gone off more smoothly.
After it was all overall but the obse-
quies, which will be conducted next Octo-
ber-a Democrat, presumably a delegate
for he was on the foor came up TO w. w.
Spencer, chairman Of the county Committee
and one of the prominent figures in the
anti-machine forces. and calculated:
They've won't 1t was a cinch. They've
nominated Hoffman; now let them elect
him! 1 wouldn't go to the polls if 1 knew
my vote would save the whole id ticket.'
PARTY HAD NO CHOICE.
And that's the sort OF harmony that pre-
walls among the great unwashed as a result
Of the action of the ten or fifteen 'reorgan-
iZers" in usurping the power OF the entire
party. bringing about the election of Chair
man Reach through Misrepresentation
and. through the agency of the orgaaizs-
ton thus secured. foisting upon the Demo-
Gratis Of indianapolis a ticket In the selec-
ton of which the rank and file OF the party
virtually had no voice. Expressions OF the
kind quoted were numerous and there are a
great many more heretofore prominent and
active party workers who are saying roth
ing but doing a vast amount of thinking
One Democrat In the convention. after
Holtzman's nomination had been brought
about, wrote some figures on a slip of paper
and handed it to his neighbor with the re-
mark. There's Bookwalter's plurality
The figures were $500"
The surprise of the convention was that
the names OF James Z. Mccullough and
William. +. Moore were not presented as
candidates for the mayoralty nomination.
The former was regarded as the leading
candidate aside from Hoffman. but he
realized after the primaries Friday night
that he was up against cinch game and
decided that his name should not go before
the convention. He held a conference with
Mr.. Moore yesterday morning at which he
made known his decision to Moore. The
latter then decided that he too. would stay
out of the contest. Madden would probably
have Withdrawn also. bat the few delegates
he had were insistent that he stay in TO the
bitter end. and he did stay in until after
twelve wards had been called and HoItz-
man had 2Z votes to his 43. Then he noti-
fled Hiram Brown. the presiding officer.
that he would withdraw and make the
nomination of the machine candidate unan-
imous.
The nominations of Fogarty for clerk and
Little for police judge. the other candidates
on the machine slate. went through with
the same ease and expedition. Fogarty's
nomination was made unanimous after but
seven wards had been called. and while the
entire roll was called on the vote for police
Judge, Little was winner from the start. re-
ceving total OF 2S7 votes. 4
KEAcH'S ASPECT.
And let IL not be forgotten that "the
gang" was 'all there" Car Keach, serene
of brow, serious OF aspect. the personinca-
tion of man who does things and Is con-
scious Of IL. occupied a seat In the center
of the stage after he turned the gavel over
to Chairman Brown. and from this vantage
point saw that the deal went through with
out hitch. holding occasional whispered
consultations with some OF his minions.
p j. Ryan. the future president OF the
Board OF Public Works. and Henry War
rum, who expects to land the job OF deputy
city attorne or something better-thslr
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