The Green Forest tribune., 1904-10-22
OUR TRIP TO INDIANAPOLIS
Picked Up on a .Jaunt from Ark
 ansas to Indiana's Capital.

A trip from Arkansas to Indiana by rail requires less time than twenty four hours.
 Leaving Green Forest on the 3 p. m. train we breakfasted next morning in St. Louis. Here we had arranged to meet the Arkansas delegation to the h. dianpolis National Republican League Convention. We left St. Louis over the Big Four at Il o'clock, having had three hours to spend in sight seeing in the Worlds Fair city. Crossing the "Father of W aters" we were soon speeding through the beautiful prairie state of Illinois at the rate of fifty miles per hour.
 One of the noticeable features of the country traVersed in Illi- nois by the Big Four is the very few stations along the line, and the few farm houses to be seen: but every foot of land is under fence and the principal crop is corn. Illinois is a most beautiful state but the indications are that the land is principally owned in large tracts by very rich men and that only a small per cent of the people are themselves free hold CTS.
 Soon after crossing the state line into Indiana We also crossed the historic Wabash river and reached Terre Haute, one of h. diana's important cities.
 The western portion of Indiana is much more broken than Illinois and in some respects is not un- like Arkansas. The log house and rail fence are common ob- jects for many miles.
 NightfalI brought us to the beautiful city of Indianapolis, the capital city of the state, Here the land is perfectly level. It is situated near White river, very unimpOrtant stream, not nearly so large as the White river of Arkansas. Indianapolis bears the destinction of being the largest inland city in the world, having a population of more than. 200, ,000.
 Since this city is the home of Thomas 'faggart, the chairman of the democratic national con- mittee, and Chas. ". Fairbanks, the republican vice presidential candidate, THE TRIBUNE read CTS would not perhaps care to hear something about the politics of Indiana.
 Without doubt Indiana is con- sidered one of the great storm centers of this campaign by both political parties. The republi- cans lay positive claims to the state by pluralities ranging from ten to twenty thousand, but the very strenuous campaign that they are waging indicates that they realize that Tom Taggart is the shrewdest organizer that has had hold of the infringement of the national democracy for many years. Indianapolis, his home, IS largely republican, but under his shrewd management the city elected a democratic mayor last year by 8 good majority. How did he do 1t some might ask? The answer to the question would also tell why he is now the chair man of the national com nittee, and any politician can see the good judgement ill his selection. Indianapolis has a negro voting population of 10, ,000 and Taggart has been able practically to con- trol this vote. Whether or not he is going to be able to retain this prestige will no doubt decide the result in that state and possibly the result in the United States. As an evidence of the pull he has with the negro, it is pointed out that he is behind tLo ,,nn,,n thaDt ,c !.