The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-10
Mccullough Il to Throw His Strength
to HOltxman, with City Attorney
ship as Reward.
KEACH DISPLAYS CL0vEN HOOP
w. f. MOORE UP In ARMS AT THE
NEW BOss's MEDDLING IN RACE.
Joseph e. Bell In Sore and He Does
Night Saloon Visiting.

The most interesting deal in local pol
itics since the year of the big wind has
been successfully negotiated by James L.
Keach, the new dictator of Democratic
destiny. A secret treaty between John w.
Hoffman and James z. Mccullough has
been written by Keach, by which McCul-
Tough is to get out of the race in the inter-
ests of Hoffman and is to receive the
most luscious plum in the gift of the city
administration in case Hoffman wins
Oct. 13.
BY the terms Of the compact Mccullough
agrees to throw his strength at the proper
time to the brewers candidate and for his
sacrifice he is to be made city attorney at
of the city decide they prefer Mr.. Holtz-
man to Mr.. Bookwalter. Should Hoffman
keep Mccullough to the bargain nothing
save an act of Providence could prevent
convention. 1t is recognized that Holtz-
man and Mccullough are the titans of the
contest.
JUGGERNAUT PAUSED.
1t is stated by disgruntled Demmies who
are in a position to know that Reach is
running things to suit himself and in doing
so he is running his beautiful machine like
the Juggernaut of the Hindoos, over
everybody that presumes to get in his
path. The dictator did not dare to try any
of his Cromwellian tactics on Mccullough,
however. for, as is well known, McCul-
Tough is man that can be led but not
driven; and because McCulloughs friends
mans and probably represent even more
the solid elements of the party. So the
machine slowed I'D when ii came to Nc
Cullough and Holtzman's most dangerous
rival was allowed to get on the back seat.
But even with Mccullough placated the
troubles of James are only beginning. In
the first place it is 100 to that Mccullough
cannot carry all his followers to Hoffman.
There are too many of the Mccullough
crowd that dislike Hoffman and his af-
filiations. They do not relish the big brew
ers having foreingers in the pie. Devoted
though they are to Mccullough, they can
not stand for Holtzman, and IL is probable
that Mccullough has injured his own pres
tige by consenting TO become a party to
Holtzman's and Keach's scheme. He has
made many Of his hard-working, earnest
friends look foolish by first declaring he
was in the race to stay, and then selling his
chances for the city attorneyship.
MOORE IS SORE
In the second place Keach has to reckon
with W. F. Moore, man who showed un-
looked for strength in the 1901 contest and
who still writhes under the recollections of
the nasty deal he was given by Mcguire s
friends Moore claims to have more ele-
ments of strength than the others give him
credit for, and he is beginning to rise up
and howl at the meddling of Reach. Mad
den is not saying much. but like Moore he
is doing a lot of thinking. and his opinion
of Keach at this stage of the game should
be interesting.
But the sorest of the sore, the man for
whom life has few joys, is Joseph f. Bell
the sacrifice the scapegoat for the sins of
Taggart, the man who was tossed into the
cuspidor of Oblivion like a marked card
whose ambitions were laughed at, whose
services were forgotten. and who was told
by the Keach crowd to go way back and
sit down. To say that Bell hates Hoffman
as a candidate would be putting IL mildly
His opinion of Reach is inexpressible. To
believe that Bell will swallow Hoffman
and march up to the polls like a little man
is simply rot. Even Republican success
would hardly be so obnoxious to him as the
the seats of the mighty. From Republicans
he Is sure to receive that fiattering thing
known as distinguished consideration" !"
from the ''reformers" he will get In the
language of the street, "a swift kick"
BELL SPEAKS HIS MIND.
Bell is not keeping his mouth shut either.
He is going about openly and saying that
the Keach- Hoffman deal has been fixed
up for months. and that nothing else than
the success OF John w. Hoffman was in
tended from the very start II Reach IL
deluding himself with the idea that Bell
will come around all right with his Taggart
legionaires. he had better wake up In time
to get down by the fire escape.
One OF the Bell crowd said yesterday,
anent the Reach slogan Of mo beer::''
'srhat kind OF talk makes me sxcesdingly