The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-10
KEACH Is NOT A DEMOCRAT
AND THIS ELECTION Is HOUSE,
CLEANING TINE FOR DEMOCRATS.
HoItzman, Keach's Candidate for
Mayor, Is Not Entitled to support
of True Democrats.

insists that every true Democrat should do
his utmost at the polls next Tuesday to
bring about the defeat of the regular DEM
ocratic ticket. The circular says:
Il am asking your support as an indie
pendent Democratic candidate for mayor
OF indianapolis a protest against the
present city organization, which has been
captured by an organized band OF men who
have been the arch-enemies of Democracy
since 1896. The men who are now in control
OF the city campaign changed their politics
in 1886, and still claiming TO be Democrats,
are frauds on the Democratic party. They
should have done their allies, Bynum
and English. did-go over TO the Republican
party openly.
The present city campaign is one of
more than usual Importance TO the Demo-
cratic party, for the success of the Reach
and Hoffman combine means to turn the
control of the Democratic party over to
the Palmer and Buckner forces. Before
Democrats cast their ballots they should
consider well the Importance of maintain
ing sound Democratic principles, for self
preservation is the first law of nature, and
il should apply To parties we'll as indi-
vlduals. Whatsoever party soweth, that
shall IL reap.
And now comes the question. Shall we
SOW the seed of Democracy as taught by
Jefferson, jackson, Hendricks and Bryan,
or shall il be of the Cleveland. Palmer,
Buckner and Reach brand? This is the
most important question that can be pre-
sented TO the Democratic party.
HOLTZMAN WAS A GOLD DEMOCRAT.
"Keach and his fellow-traitors want TO
eliminate national politics from the city
campaign in order to gain control of city
offices with a mayor who would be in per-
feet accord with the men who helped de-
feat William Jennings Bryan for the presi-
dency. 1t is well known that John w.
Hoffman, keachs candidate for mayor,
was a Gold Democrat in 1896. He was ap-
pointed on a committee to help defeat the
restoration of the free coinage of silver,
and Hoffman has always, in season and
out of season, denounced the two last ma
tional Democratic platforms. While he
claims 10 have voted the ticket, he has
stood pat with the men who helped to
defeat Bryan in 1896 and 1900 and our SPLEEN
did congressional and legislative ticket in
1898. The Endorsement of Holtznan by
Reach and his. allies is sufficient evidence
to any man of ordinary intelligence as TO
where John w. Hoffman has stood since
1896.
I'm 1898 J. L. Reach was chairman of the
Gold Democratic committee and sent out
a letter calling on all national Democrats
to defeat Leon o. Bailey for Congress and
Democrats on the legislative ticket, as fol-
Gilman Walcott, August Tamm, W. w.
Robbins, Charles Clark. I. p. Harrington,
Ed Henderson and Stokes jackson. These
were the men that you and L were trying
to elect which Reach and his treacherous
crowd helped to defeat
KEACH NOT A DEMOCRAT.
"Since when did Reach become a DEM
ocrat? After the election Reach sent out
second letter congratulating his associates
upon the defeat of our ticket and urged all
National Democrats to cooperate in main
tanning that organization, so long as there
was any opposition 10 the Palmer and
Buckner platform. Reach was then and
still is the chairman of that committee. and
being chairman of the city committee puts
him in a position TO perpetrate his hellish
design of trying to turn over the Bryan
Democrats into the Palmer and Buckner
camp and in his purposes of deception and
fraud he is ably assisted by his ally, John
w. Hoffman. who is going about the city
crying out against Bookwalterism.
ITO show this fraud in all its hideousness
il should be remembered that Reach wrote
a letter last December indorsing the Book
walter administration. The Keach-Wilson-
HoltZman combine thinks, by shouting
Bookwalterism, II will enable them To fool
the Democratic voters into electing Goldbug
Hoffman as mayor, who can be relied
upon TO assist Dictator Reach and his lieu
tenants to secure the control of the Demo-
cratic party next year in the interest of the
traitors who assisted I'm defeating Bryan.
Democrats. are you ready. and are you
going to assist by your votes to transfer the
party to the men who have been defeating
your party ever since 1896?
Bryan, in his Commoner, recently said
that il was of more Importance to maintain
sound Democratic principles than the cleo
ton of any particular candidate. The Gold
Democratic platform stands for the gold
standard national bank circulation and the
right of money lenders. by private contract.
to demonetize any money issued by this
government. On the other hand, jefferson
said that bank of issue was more dam
gerous to the people than standing armies
and every Democratic national convention
up TO 1856 made this declarations:
80 Resolved. Congress has power 10
charter national bank; that we believe
such an institution one of deadly hostility
to the best interests of the country, dan
gerous to our republican institutions and
TO the liberties of the people, calculated to
place the business OF the country within the
control OF {. concentrated money power and
above the laws and will of the people
THE Kansas City platform says: We de-
nounce the currency bill enacted at the last
session of Congress as a step forward in the
Republican policy. which aims TO discredit
the sovereign right of the national govern
ment to issue all money, whether OF coin
or paper. and to bestow upon national banks
the power TO issue and control the volume
OF paper money for their own benefit
THE difference upon the money question
cannot be compromised. Democrats, what
soever you sow that will you reap. What
shall the harvest be, Democracy or plutoc-
racy?
lit was in opposition to the Keachocrats
that | announced myself as an independent
candidate for mayor on the Kansas City
platform. and whether l get sixteen votes
or / 600 / stand for what / believe to be
for the best interests of all the people
HOUSE-CLEANING TIME.
1T will be house-cleaning time for the
Democrats on election day, and see to ii
that every microbe of Keachery thieving
and grating is dumped into the garbage
can and turned over TO the city undertaken
/ who will bury IL in the Sellers cemetery,
from whence ii is hoped there will be nc
resurrection. Then. and not till then, will
there be harmony in the Democratic party
walk into my parlor. said the spider 10
7 the fiy-Democrats are you ready TO walk
into the Reach trap by voting for John w
/ Hoffman and thereby put Reach and his
/ treacherous gang into control of the party
/ Mr.. Bryan warns Democrats 10 he careful
and TO put only those on guard who can be
| depended upon to stand for the Kansas
/ City platform. Democrats. are you ready 10
/ surrender TO the traitors who have been
defeating our party since 1896 or will YOU
/ repudiate them at the polls on election
/ day?
| democrats. my name will be on the bal
/ lots as an independent candidate for mayor
under the emblem of a pair of balance
/ scales. which stands FOR equal and exact
! Justice TO all and special privileges to none
/ / stand for the principles of the Kansas
/ City platform for IN honest and economical
| administration of all city affairs. and while
! | am In favor of track elevation. | am op.
fDosed 10 taxing the people 10 pay any part
! Vf the cost OF such track elevation. II you
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