The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-09
INDIANA CAMPAIGN WARNS UP
GINGER HAS BEEN PUT INTO
THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.

paign Is increasing daily In intensity o.
partisan effort and the Democrats ar
making good the promise Of Nationa
Chairman Taggart to put up fight in thil
State that will keep the Republicans on the
move. Whether the further promise Of
carrying the State for Parker can be re.
deemed is a question with the leaders. but
there Is no doubt that everything possible
10 being done to secure that result.
With q continuous record OF Republican
victories for Eve campaigns against them
and with many Of the rank and f1le a. well
| a. the leaders discouraged and disheartened
| at the start II has been hard task TO in
! spire confidence and awaken enthusiasm,
but the leaders have impaired something Of
the confidence which they themselves pro-
fess to feel and the campaign Is progressing
along an lines with a certainty that the
entire Democratic vote will DO at the polls.
The Republicans realize that this will
be the result Of the effort now being made.
and are showing greater energy than at
any time since the campaign opened. They
understand that the Democratic hope lies
In light Republican vote and a heavier
Democratic vote proportionally to the total
strength of the two parties and that, should
there be decided falling OF in the Repub-
lican vote. the Democrats might carry the
State. That Indiana Is Republican when
the people are aroused and Democratic
only when there 10 political lethargy is
conceded on all hands, and the Republicans,
like the Democrats, are giving more at
tention to organization for bringing out the
vote on election day than ever before.
Indeed, there has never been o campaign
in Indiana in which the individual voter
was being looked after with as much care
as he is now, and this Is not confined to
sending him literature and getting him out
to the party meetings. but Is represented in
tho personal efforts of neighbors and friends.
who are urged on by the local leaders and
who are intent upon holding up their vote
in the precinct or county
Every doubtful voter in the State is
known at the party headquarters through
the recent poll OF the precincts, and both
campaign committees are laboring assidu-
ously to overcome the hesitation and make
his vote sure for the party IL represents.
So with every legal voter who ia absent
from the State. His present whereabouts
have been learned, correspondence has
been opened with him and, II need be,
the money on which to return to the State
and vote, will be sent.
One OF the developments of the last
week illustrates the prejudice that Is felt
among Democrats and Republicans alike
against the negro. 1t is charged that
National Chairman Taggart. by arts which
he has always employed in dealing with
negroes, brought George l.. Knox into the
race for Congress in this district with the
80 IaRa arf IF hn
ored vote from Congressman Overstreet.
Knox has got the required number Of
names to secure the placing of his name
on the official ballot, and is making can.
vnss Of members OF his race.
In the meantime the white Democratic
hive begun to protest against using the
negro as a candidate, and several have
openly announced that they will vote for
Overstreet, IL Knox remains in the race.
On the other hand, colored ministers have
been taking an active interest against
Knox and have succeeded In getting a
large number OF the men who signed his
petition for a place on the ballot to sign
other petitions asking that their names
lie taken of.
White Republicans, who have become
tired Of the demands Of the colored voters
on the party, are urging the managers to
let Knox go ahead, as they are certain
that he will not poll 100 votes and he will
thus be eliminated entirely from party
politics They say that Democratic preju-
dice against the negro may be depended
upon to give Overstreet more votes than
Knox will poll and that the fact that negro
IL in the race will be sufficient to gain Re-
publican votes that might otherwise go TO
the Democratic candidate.
An encouraging feature OF the cam
paign to the Republicans is the increasing
number of persons who attend political
meetings and also attend the local con-
ferences OF the leaders. For ten days con-
ferences have been held In all the counties
by the district committeeman, and at these
the attendance has been exceptionally
large. The reports from these meetings
show that the farmers are satisfied with
existing condit ions and hat there will
not only be no less from this class, but
actual gains from Democratic farmers.
In the labor centres. where some dissatis-
faction existed, the party leaders have
got influential men to work and there is
now little evidence OF dissatisfaction.
The Democrats have been making heroic
national ticket, but Republican advices
are to the effect that this has not proved
successful and that many OF the leading
miners of the State are openly for Roose-
welt. On the other hand, some OF the
miners who have always been Repubh-
cans are for the Democratic State ticket,
and in the mining region it is expected that
Frank Hanly, the Republican candidate
for Governor, will run behind the national
ticket. The detection, however, Ia not
thought to be sufficient to leopard his cleo
ton, though II exists to less extent emong
other classes Of laboring men.
The chief dependence Of the Democrats
for supplementing their organization with
enthusiasm that will last till election day
seems to be on Bryan's drawing abilities,
and his tour through the State has been
arranged with direct reference to over
coming the opposition Of free silver Demo-
Gratis and laboring men who feel specially
aggrieved by the nomination Of Mr. DAVIS
for the Vice Presidency.
The fact that Bryan, who IA supposed
to nave the best cause for O grudge OF any
man In the party, can lay aside all pref
udice and support Parker La counted upon
with confidence as vote getter, and his
tour through the State will be one Of the
most spectacular that was ever made. A
special car fitted UP with every convenience
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