The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-04
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

Republicans who attended the Sixth dis
trict congressional convention at Shelby
vile yesterday were at once highly enter
tanned and interested by the bitter fight
now on among Shelby county Democrats
over the nomination for judge of the cir
cult composed Of that county and Rush. IT
has been generally known for some months
throughout this part OF the State that
the Democrats of old Shelby were engag-
ing in a nock-down-and-drag-ou affair.
but the visitors were surprised when they
came in close range OF the conflict to learn
its real bitterness The war between the
Morris and Ray factions has reached the
stage where 1t may best be hkened to a
Kentucky feud, and 1t is undoubtedly true
that If Shelby county were in Kentucky
instead Of in the heart of Indiana there
would have been long since bloody develop
ments In Kentucky when Democrats set
to quarreling, they lose their tempers, cal
each other names and then unlimber tnelr
guns and there is more work Tor the uhuer-
taker In Shelby county they call each
other names then unlimber their diction-
aries and study out new adJecuVeS aIu
epithets, and more white paper Is sponeu'
For the most part they fight al long rahge'
through the columns of the newspapers,
but occasionally they indulge In nst hSh1s
and as the present controversy approaches
the climax these encounters SAPNSeSN
to grow more frequent.
The thing will reach head March il, tne
| date OF the primaries to nominate a canol-
date for judge. and now the rlvai organs,
| cause of Judge Morris. and George Ray :
paper. the Liberal. which is making the
fight for Albert F. Wray, are deVoting
| column after column and the most start
| ling headlines 10 charges ana counter
charges and personal villiheation ana
abuse The day the Kepu isU ror enowq
made an exceptional display OF Its PARTISAN
| ship, closing with an editorial appeal 10
Democra6s to 9efeat d Mprg iO was headed
For the Sake of the Party and con-
| Guided:
The Democrat has the best authority for
the assertion that the Democrats OF TWO
OF the strongest Democratic townships IN
Rush county have held mass meetings anu
resolved not to support Albert fd y. mag, whas
| Democrats, this means If Albert r. MIay , m
nominated on March II this district VIII
have Republican Judge. not 70
| sponsible for the actions or their RUSH
| county brethren, and If Rush county Demo-
Gratis bolt the ticket It is no tault 81 tbaf in
| order to save the Democratic party III lne
| coming election IT is necessary 10 oeied'
| Albert f. Wray at the convention.
The Republicans of Shelby and Rush are
\
commit party hara-kiri and are biding their
time to step in and realize on the Demo
cratic factionalism. The Republican candi-
| date for Judge will be chosen carefully,
| but without controversy, and the party Will
| be i'm the best of shape for the campaign.
| There has been little speculation as TO the
| understood that David l.. Wilson, of Shell
| byViIle, can have the nomination III ne VIII
| take il and that he will take 1t unless MS
health. which is not the very best at pres
ent forbids.
A NJ Willoughby, postmaster of Green's
burg, favors strongly the proposition 10
| put the rural free delivery carriers on
straight salaries. cutting off the package
delivery and newspaper agency side lines,
| and he has any number of good arguments
to advance in support Of his position.
"No better argument can be cited against
the package delivery business than the
troubles some of our carriers have exper-
fenced" said Mr.. Willoughby yesterday.
For instance, one of our carriers was
asked to deliver groceries to one of his
| patrons, and for several weeks did so. Inc
farmer would send in his order by the car
rier one day and the carrier would take the
| groceries out the next day. Tne carrier
thought all the time that the groceries were
being charged to the farmer but ne Gus Gus
charged everything to him and that he had
little bill of forty-odd dollars to settle.
He tried to force settlement with the
| farmer but the best he could do was &c
| get the farmers note for the amount
| There's one carrier who wants no more OF
the package delivery business.
Another carrier was making his round
one day when a farmers wife came down
to his wagon and said she had a package
she wanted him to take TO her sisters, two
| or three miles up the road He said he
would take it, and the woman went back
utes and the package she had was two
year-old baby. The carrier was so sur
prised that he took it and held II on his lar
during the next two miles. / don't know
whether he was paid for carrying thai
package, but the chances are that he was
not for as a matter of fact the carriers are
forced into carrying three packages fol
nothing to one that they get pay for.
Another point to be made is that the