The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-16

UlNACA " 10 - 49,
.reorganizers, are planning a demonstration
to counteract the effect of the Bryan meet
ing held Wednesday night in Tomlinson
Hall. Mayor John w. Hoffman is under
stood to be the chief promoter Of the coun-
ter-demonstration. n few days before the
Bryan meeting Mayor Hoffman, who is
but one of a number OF local Democratic
leaders who were displeased with the idea
of inviting Bryan to speak here at this
time, expressed his ~disapproval to a friend
and then added:
"Well, if Bryan comes out here and
makes a fool of himself. as he usually does
well get up a demonstration for our people
that will show the Bryanites where IN
~dianapolis Democrats really stand"
1t is not known that the mayor has since
expressed the opinion that Bryan did make
a fool of himself while here, but the ex-
preston on his face while he listened to
Bryan's speech and the enthusiastic plaud-
its of the crowd was a sufficient lndlcauon
that he thought a majority OF the people IN
the audience were making fools or them
selves and that a counter-demonstrauoh
would certainly be in order. .
Bryan's friends here have learned OF
Mayor Holtzman's plan in a general way,
but they are eager for further details ana
are asking whom he will bring here as
the central figure and principal speaker
for his demonstration, when ana where ne
Will hold il and If the affair VIII DE ar
ranged under the auspices of the old Gold
Democratic organization, or Whlch James
l.. Reach was the chairman and the mayor
an active member. ~ few Democrats, VINO
are really anxious to see a little genuine
harmony in the party ranks In TINS Sldte,
are Disguised with this evidence that the
old breach still exists and that IL Dlds ldH
TO be widened. but for the most part the
partlsans of the two factions are so bitter
in their rivalry for domination OF party
- Gcs ~ - AaaN 20 tho winds Ill
thoughts of lighting the Republicans and
think only of downing the "other 1ello"s
in their W party.
John E. Lamb, of Terre Haute, who was
one of the party of Indiana Democratic
leaders that invaded Washington this week
to boom Thomas Taggart for the national
craftsmanship. and, incidentally, to further
the movement to land the vice presidential
nomination of an Indiana man, preferably
Ben f. Shively, of South Bend, was in the
city last night on his way home. He says
that the Taggart and Shively booms each
received a decided impulse while the party
was at the national capital.
"Taggart is q wonder said Mr.. Lamp.
'Be has a remarkable memory for names
and faces, and knows everybody, or gets
acquainted in mighty short order with the
few ne doesn't know. He has many warm
friends among the members of the national
committee, and no one aside from him was
mentioned in connection with the chair
maship.
Il was really surprised at the amount of
talk there is in the East of Shively for Vice
President 1t seems TO be conceded that
the candidate for second place on the ticket
shall come from Indiana, and Shively's is
the only name mentioned in that connection.
Shively was in an embarrassing position
because of the attentions he received IN That
nomination, although it's a thing he can't
run away from, and he couldn't very well
discuss it,"
What about the field for the presidential
nomination."
'There isn't any field" replied Mr.. Lamb.
IT'S a case of German or Parker, and l
greater strength in the East"
Mr.. Lamb is a famous story-teller, and, OF
course. he came back from Washington
with a stock Of ~brand-new yarns, with
which he RECALLED a number of his friends
last evening at the Grand. One of them he
guaranteed to be new because it related to
an incident that occurred since the election
of the new Pope.
I'm one of the wards in Chicago, the Nine
teenth, the population is about equally d.
vided between the Irish and Italians" he
said. Recently the Democrats of the ward
held a caucus to discuss candidates for al
derman, and it resulted in a wrangle as. to
whether the candidate should be an Italian
or an Irishman. The Italians claimed that
the Irish had had the most offices and that
it was their turn, and the Irish were putting
up the same claim. The discussion kept
growing warmer until finally the caucus was
about to break up in a free-for-all fight,
when the chairman. a big, burly lrishman,
pounded for order and shouted:
What's tn matter wild yez id Dagoes,
ennyhow? Haven't yez got IN roper
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Governor Durbin will return this after
noon from Washington, where he went to
attend the sessions of the arbitration COM
mission. While at the capital the Governor
said some things about the national political
situation as regards Indiana that attracted
considerable attention
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5. II. Wulfmann, of Huntingburg, one of
the leading Republicans in Dubois county,
where Republicans are not as plentiful as
they should be, was I'm the city yesterday
ON business. Incidentally he found time to
call on som friends at the Statehouse and
to talk politics a few minutes.
1.-THE Republicans of Dubois county are
interested chiefly at this time in the re
organization of the county committee he
said. The committee will meet Saturday
and it is generally understood that Ed DUFF
enbach, editor of the Huntingburg lndepend-
ent, will be elected county chairman with
out opposition. He will make a good man
at the head of the organization. The Demo
Gratis down our way are all split up over
the light between Cox and Zenor for the
congressional nomination, and If they didn't
have such an overwhelming majority in
the district we might slip up on them and
elect a Republican"
Huntingburg, by the way, is largely
peopled by Germans, so much 50 that
strangers are often led to believ that they
have dropped off into a town of the ole
'vaterland."
Not long ago I had a couple of Goa.
operators from Chic go down to spend q
mann, in telling a story that illustrates
this point. Il took them up through the
main street of the town and / noticed that
both of them kept looking at all the Ger
man names and signs on the store windows
Finally 1 asked them what they thought OF
our town"
Well replied one of them, you've go
a nice little town, but I'd like to see one
thing-Td like to see a store with a sigT
displayed, English Spoken Here"
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h fight between Judge Cox, of Jasper
and Representative Zenor, of Corydon, fol
the Democratic congressional nomination il
the Third district, promises to become one
of the hottest ever waged in Indiana. Mr.
Zenor is in Washington at present-he dar'
not neglect his congressional duties at this
critical time because his opponent could US,
that against him TO such advantage-an,
Judge Cox is having things very much hi
own way. He started out this week to maxi
a speaking campaign, and expects TO cove
every county in the district before the pri
maries. which will all be held next month
To get the nomination Cox must carry a
| least Orange. Perry. Scott ana Floyd cOun