The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-23

probable candidate for denomination. was
at the Columbia Club last evening
An amusing incident occurred here last
week during the sessions of the Furniture
Dealers Association. A subject with a
legislative end under discussion and
one of the speakers. whose indignation
because the last General Assembly had not
done just what he thought IL should do.
knew no bounds. launched into a caustic
criticism OF the Legislature and legisia-
tors in general. One rash statement led 10
another and finally ne wound up with the
declaration that he had never known but
one member OF the Legislature who couldn't
be bought and that that one wore fringe
on his pants"
Now IL happens that two well-knowu
members of the last General Assembly. SEN
ator Harmon Purviance and Representative
Marion ID. Shuts. both of Huntington.
members of the Furniture Dealers Asso-
cation and were present during this sting
ing arrangement of all members Of the
Legislature They submitted to the absurd
criticism without protest but after the ses-
and asked him:
DO you see any fringe on our pants,
fringe?"
The man was at loss TO understand
while he stammered in finding an answer
he was given the additional information
that the men addressing him had been
members of the last General Assembly and
in view of his rather sweeping charges
they wanted to know If he included them
In the telling the story afterward Sena-
tor Purviance and Mr.. Shuts said that they
forgot their indignation in their enjoyment
of the manner in which the man got
down of his high horse" and suffered and
stammered apologies until he was red in
the face. He humbled himself most alb
jectly and the men he had gratuitously In
suited tortured him until they were satis-
fed that i'm the future when he chose 10
talk of legislative corruption he would not
indulge in congratulations.
Senator NJ. K. Newhouse and Representa-
tive Ele Standsbury, of wiliiamsport, who
are members of the legislative commission,
created last winter for the purpose of in
vestigating the proposition that the State
establish an asylum for epileptics. were in
the commission that had been called The
other members did not put In an appear
ance. however, and the meeting will be
held later. The commission Is TO make .
report TO the next General Assembly.
| The Republican county executive COM
mittee will hold a meeting this afternoon
at the headquarters in the Lemcke building
to determine the date for the legislative
| convention. 1t is generally understood that
the convention Will be held within three
weeks, and probably on June or June Is.
You can tell when a state or national
campaign is really on in Indiana by two
| unfailing signs" said George Lockwood
yesterday First. some Socialist orator
| gets himself arrested somewhere In the
State, and then a Prohibition spellbinder
hobs up somewhere else and gets
himself rotten-egged. When these two
events have been chronicled we know
that campaign has been for
mally opened. / notice that the So
cialist candidate for Governor-his name is
Dillon, J believe-had himself arrested the
other DAY at Marion. and now we have
| only to wait for the Prohibitionist to do
his stunt TO be assured that the campaign
/ of 1904 is well under way.
| when ] say that the Socialist at Marion
| had himself arrested, / speak advisedly,'
| continued Mr.. Lockwood. He started to
| make a speech i'm the street where the
| crowd that gathered about him seriously
! impeded traffic. He was requested TO move
over to the public square where the crowd
would cause no trouble, but he refused and
| persisted in making his speech in the street.
| Finally, of course, the police arrested him
he had forced them TO do IL. Now he's in
position to pose as a martyr during the
| remainder of the campaign