The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-15

george Il. Lockwood, secretary TO the
Governor, accompanied State Forester w.
ID freeman on a trip 10 the new State
forestry reserve in Scott county YESTERDAY
ana spent the day ia meandering over the
II. ;. Truitt. one of the proprietors of the
Noblesville Ledger, was a caller at Senator
fairbankss office yesterday.
James w. Sale, of Bluffton, one of the
weii-known Republicans of Wells county,
"ds DIT the Columbia Club yesterday.
XXX
Inc evening Harmonica, the local Demo-
cratic organ, announces with a flourish of
uumpets that harmony is now an assured
idct IN indianapolis Democracy, and in
supstantiation quotes Claude G. Bowers,
secretary Of the Jefferson League, to the
erect that the members of the league i'm
indianapolis will give Hoffman the most
Enthusiastic support. and that personally
ne Will travel $50 miles election day to add
ohe vote 10 HoltZman's majority.
MI. Bowers speaks as one having author
i'y' ana the Harmonica parades his utter
dnce as one of vast import, but before il is
.ahen TOO seriously 1t would be we'll to
consiqer who Mr.. Bowers is. who compose
ume JEFFERSON League in indianapolis and
what sort OF evidence of harmony it is to
pe assured that the league will be for
Holtzman. Mr.. Bowers is a young man
t WmT mVes In Terre Haute and spends prac-
ucaauy ali OF his time there, although he
cIalms indianapolis as his residence. He
was present at the meeting July 4 of fifteen
OF twenty free silver Democrats, who de-
ciued 10 organize the Jefferson League.
and was chosen secretary. Tn to the pres,
ent time the Jefferson League i'm Indiana
apois consists of the half dozen men from
ing. OF these John w. Kern is the most
conspicuous, and Mr.. Kern announced the
aay or the Democratic city convention
mat he would support the ticket. Flavius
j. Van Vorhis was another prominent fg-
ure at the July meeting and was the pri3-
clpaI speaker. He has since announced his
csn reTm1nati ION to support the Prohibition
the league that will not be enthusiastically
for Hoffman.
AS a matter of fact, the Jefferson League
mas scarcely taken on tangible form up to
the present time. 1t is a shadowy, airy
IT might be said, windy-nothing; an idea
which a few enthusiasts are endeavoring
10 crystalline. Under the circumstances the
enthusiastic support" which the league
Will give Holtzman will hardly turn the
ude In Holtzman's favor. Democratic CITY
Chairman Reach knows this. and he gave
evidence that he knew it the day after the
convention, when the suggestion was made
to aim that the league would fight Holtz-
man, Tor he merely smiled his most sar-
Harmony will be an assured fact in In
dianapolis Democratic ranks when James
+. MCCULLOUGH, w. F. Moore and Robert
r.. Madden, the mayoralty candidates who
were victims of the Keach-Holtzman ma
chine, announce that they will support the
ticket themselves and urge that their
the Indiana Silver Club declare their Ioy-
atty to Holtzman: when the Democrats.
who are now working on an Independent
Democratic city ticket. abandon that nro-
1ecC and ger In line. when the Dapnncrafc
Reach kicked out of the city organization
forget their bruises and learn to love those
mat despitefully used them, and when
hundreds of Democrats i'm the city. who
have always been Democrats, can bow
gracefully to the prostitution of their
party by a small coterie of men who have
never hesitated to desert the party and
work against the party whenever the
party's policies and candidates have not
suited them.
Harmony will be an assured fact when
the tail can wag the dog and the dog
doesn't object.
Chairman Reach announces, through the
Harmonica, that he will make no bargains
with brewers in the coming municipal cam
paign. 1t has been understood all along
that he has already made all his bargains
that he made them before he was permitted
to become a candidate for the chairman
ship. There is just one interesting thing
about this announcement Of Mr.. Reach.
and that is the frank manner in which he
that he is the whole show and
that in the event Hoffman is elected he
.(Keach-Czar Reach, Boss Reach, Big
Injun keaeh)-will make the appointments.
He says:
IF Mr.. Hoffman is elected there will
be no controversy with the brewers over
his superintendent of police. No business
interest can contract with me for any mem
Der of a board or any other public officer"
XXX
State Senator S. l.. Stricler, of Marion.
was here yesterday. He says the chief
thing Of interest in Grant county at present
is the Paramount fair, that is attracting
of people to the southern end
OF the county.