The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-08
TO TAKE INDIANA
WHIRLwIND CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED BY BEST MEN
 IN PARTY.
Bryan to Lead Orators-Everythins that Money and Political Talent Can do will be Done to Win
 State from Republicans.

1 Hoosier Democracy. when Uncle Joe" | Mcdonald was power in the lana, ana when David Turpie. the whisperlns
 lawyer, and Dan Voorhees, the tail syc. amore of the Wabash, were both m tne
 United States Senate, has there been
 anything like such red fire and orim- l stone campaign as is promised TOT ln-
 diana this year.
 Leaving aside the question as to the | erect of such a campaign, and making | no estimate as to maJorities on either
 side, for to do so would be manifestly 1 foolish at this early, stage of the game
 ,he ,he ,,o country must be prepared to see | = The initiative Is being taken by the Democrats. and, as a matter of course, ] the Republicans will have to traii on after them, so that within the next ten days Indiana Is likely to be ripped up | the back with a battle of distinguished
 spelibinders such as the unterrif1ed pa | trfots on both sides of the fence have
 not seen for many long day.
 Taggart a Power in His State. Smiling Tom Taggart of Indianapolis
 Is not chairman of the Democratic Ma
 tional Committee for nothing. and
 while 1t may be true, as 1t probably Is.
 that Toms name Is mud" from the | Harlem River to Lake Erie. 1t spells
 an entirely different and most joyful | Tom Is making good in Indiana. and | the State will see 1t before many days | and nights have passed Money is | coming into the State beyond all per | adventure. But little of it has trickled | this way as yet. although there are | plans on foot for special trains and monster meetings all over the State. which means an enormous expenditure ana the funds necessary are to be pro- vided by> the National Committee at its | headquarters in 'Thirtyfourth Street.
 New York. Democratic prospects have
 begun to look up accordingly. and there Is an air of real business in the State | headquarters, which was not noticeable
 either four or eight years ago. Rumors of Big Campaign Fund. There are stories of lump sum of $100,000 appropriated for use in 1ndi
 ana by August Belmont on the con-
 dition that Tom Taggart would agree to keep his hands of of New York State. There are some pipe smokers in the Democratic ranks who are simply | frenzied over an addition to this story
 to the effect that exactly half million has been segregated for use in Indiana.
 and eyes and mouths have begun to water and pockets to gape over this glorious vision.
 Discounting all ordinary campaign bluff, there Is still no doubt that the Democratic managers have planned a supreme effort to capture Indiana. and that they are going after the electoral vote, the governorship, and the Sena- torship. not with gum shoes but with 1 as has not been seen, among the Dem- ocrats at least, for more than a dozen years The Republican managers are naturally disturbed over the outlook, and have made appeals to the general headquarters at Chicago and New York for men and money to counteract the
 prospective Democratic whirlwind. Bryan to Make Forty Speeches. Bryan is to be the keystone of the great arch of Democratic spellbinders. | and there is no doubt that he will have great influence on the campaign in this State. He will come into Indiana on | Wednesday. October 12, and will make no less than forty speeches in the
 State, There is to be special train to
 conduct the late candidate about. and l all the accessories will be provided to enable Bryan to make his appeal to the | galleries. as he so dearly loves to do. No one who witnessed the extraordi- l nary scenes at the St. Louis Conven- 1 tion can doubt that William Jennings | Bryan Still possesses the magic of his l eloquence. and that he must still be
 counted upon as great political fac
 tor. possessing possibly more personal | influence on the stump than any other
 man in his party. Forty speeches by
 Bryan in Indiana in single campaign
 means something, and if the Republi- ca managers do not pay attention to | him they may be sorry for it after the
 election.
 Perfect Army of Good Orators. NOt only IS Brydn to nea0 JnlS Wnlrl-
 wind campaign for Indiana. but he is
 to be accompanied and followed by some
 of the best known and most successful
 orators in the Democratic Party. Da- vid B. Hill always has been popular in
 Indiana. He is to make three set
 speeches here, one in Indianapolis an other in Michigan City, and the third
 In South Bend. John Sharp Williams
 of Mississippi Governor Aycock of
 North Carolina. and Senator Joe Black | hurn of kaOtnckV also down for
 big meetings between now and Novem- Der L.
 1 Charles J. Towne. J. Ham Lewis. Gen
 Joe Weaver of Iowa, and others of less
 CT note from outside States have al
 ready been performing under the direc-
 tlon of the Indiana State Central Com
 mittee. To cap the climax. John G. Carlisle and Bourke Cochran have been asked for, and the probability Is that both of them will make speeches in the State, to the delight and the edification of both parties. for Cochran in partic
 ular, and Carlisle to a lesser degree, are Democratic leaders who always draw mixed audience
 It is becoming more and more evil dent that the Democratic plan of cam paign Is to be largely concentrated up- on New York and Indiana, and the ex- traordlnary energy which is being ln- fused into the campaign here seems insignificant.
 Harmony in Ranks Evident. DeDeNe IT IS true that the DemOC-
 raCy of Indiana is more harmonious to-
 day than 1t has been at any time for
 a dozen or fifteen years. We'll advised people all tell me that the gold Dem oCrats. as rule, have gone back to | their party without hesitation. If there Is any defection from the Dem ocratic ranks 1t is much more likely to bH among the POpulistic free silver elt ment which supported Bryan so en- Enthusiastically In 1896. There is no fusion on the electoral ticket
 now, as there was then. and so l there Is natural tendency of the free silver rabid elepent to drift over to the Populsts and Socialists.
 To correct this tendency Bryan has
 been brought into the State. and if there Is anything in the idolatry which this element displayed for their peer less leader. of a lasting character his visit to Indiana and his personal urg-
 ings that all his former friends should vote for Parker ought to have the ef- feet of strengthening the Democratio line of battle to an extraordinary de- gree.
 Headquarters Full of Business. On the second floor of The Sentinel building there is an entire suite of rooms in which the employees of the Democratic State Central Committee are busily engaged making prepara- tlons for the oratorical whirlwind of next week and the rest of the month
 In a room facing Illinois Street sits one of the best political managers in
 the United States, and he 1t is who in
 conjunction with his side partner, Tom
 Taggart of the cheerful smile, is like ly to bring to the Indiana Republicans
 within the next few weeks many a
 sleepless night.
 The State Chairman. who has actual
 charge of the campaign and whose ge-
 nius for organization coupled with his