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

package delivery business is beating the
government out OF considerable amount
OF postage. farmer telephones his doc
tor in town that he has the grip. The doc
tor replies that he viii flll out a prescrip-
ton and send IL out by the rural carrier the
next morning. The package is small one
SO small that the carrier can't bring nlm-
self 10 ask anything for taking it-ard yet
If II were sent b. mail. as n should be. X
would bring the government or cents IN
postage. The carrier would deliver IL just
the same, but the government would be paid
for the service"
Mr.. Willoughby by the way. is a news
paper man, as well as postmaster. and like
all country editors he has had all sorts OF
experience with delinquent subscribers.
but he thinks he had an experience al the
congressional convention at Shelbyville yes
terday that is a record-breaker
Il met a man to-day at the convention
who owed me just twelve years back
subscription and he called me To
OF it," said Mr. Willoughby. I'm reslt-
ing his remarkable experience That
may soundincredible, but I've got the cash
10 prove II. l don't know what possessed
the man TO dig up but suppose his ac-
ton goes to show the benehcient effects
of a Republican love feast. I'm glad
went TO ShelbyVille, for i made money on
the trip and had a good time besides
Senator Fremont Goodgine OF Williams
port, was a visitor at the Statehouse yes
terday.
Senator c. c. Lyons. of Paramount. is in
the city to be present at the meeting OF
the Republican state committee to-day.
Joseph B. Healing. A. A. Young and
Floyd A. Woods went down to Shelbyville
yesterday to attend the congressional con-
vention.
Shelby county Democrats are turning
toward w. r. Hearst as the man for the
Democratic presidential nomination this
year. That county has always been Q
stronghold Of Bryanites and Organism, and
now that Bryan has been relegsted to the
rear Hearst is being taken up as his residu-
airy legatee. Mayor ]. II. Dieter. of Shell
| byville, is authority for the statement. that
| Hearst has a large following there. He
| himself is a Hearst man.
Yes. I'm for Hearst" he said. when the
| question was put TO him. II regard him
| as the strongest man that could be put az
the head OF the Democratic ticket this
year"
The Liberal. one OF the trio OF Democratic
| newspapers published in Shelbyville. has
come out for Hearst.
Oscar II. Montgomery, of Seymour called
at Republican state headquarters yester-
day. He intimated that an announcement
\ of his candidacy for the nomination for
| ond judicial district will be forthcoming in
the near future.
Indiana Democrats are serving notice on
| their brethren in the East that Grover
| Cleveland won't do as presidential prop
osition this year. Taking at its face value
a dispatch from New York that stated that
| Chairman Murphy, of Tammany, had ex-
pressed the opinion that Cleveland is the
strongest man who could be named for
President by the Democratic national con-
vention. the local Democratic organ started
out yesterday to find Democrat who would
| go on record as saying that Cleveland could
| carry Indiana this year. II failed TO find
| one who would express such an opinion.
John Ragsdale, OF Franklin, ventured the
| assertion that Cleveland could come about
| as near carrying Indiana as any other man
who might be nominated by the Democrats.
| but that was far from saying that he could
carry the State Even Mayor John w.
| Hoffman said 1t would be a mistake to
nominate Cleveland, although he expressed
| the belief that Cleveland could poll 80 per
| cent of the Democratic vote.
| Most or the Democrats interviewed by the
| Sentinel inclined to the opinion that Cleve-
| lands nomination would be followed by n
| Republican victory similar to the one in
| 1894, when the Democrats did not carry a
single congressional district. J. 4; NJ:
| member Of the Democratic state committee,
| said he didn't know a business man or any
| one else in the party who wanted Cleve-
| land.
Unquestionably there are few Cleveland
| Democrats in Indiana, and on the other
| hand there are any number OF active party
men who, like Capt. d. r Allen. Of Frank
| fort, would not vote for Cleveland to save
| his life or theirs. Captain Allen, in a re-
| cent interview In this column, stated ac-
| curately his attitude OF the average Indiana
| Democrat toward the man who has been
thrice honored by the Democratic presi-
| Dental nomination
| The reliability of the report that the boss
of Tammany favors Cleveland is questioned
| by most of the prominent party workers
| here. They have had assurances that Tam
many is for Judge Parker, along with the
| majority OF Eastern Democrats, and they
| are working to the end that Parker dele
| CATION may be sent from Indiana to the st.
| Louis convention.