Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 October 1891 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS . JOURNAL. SUNDAY, OCTOBER li; 1891.

OPENED! BARREL OF BOODLE

Democratic Bloney Sow Flowini; LiKe Water and Ready for All Comers. Hot? the Ganj: Wasted SeTeral Hundred Dellira Yesterday Bajioc Brass Enttcca from a Number of Disinfected., Intellisat Appeals (o Reason Made lly Judge Lamb and 3Ir. Fisuback. The Highly Hand of Frenzel Pointed Oat and the Cj Bajafcoo Touched Upon Sir. Herod in the First and Fifth. EOODLE FLOWS FREELY. Democrats Knock In the Head of a Ills IJarrrl Haying; Ttuttons. The Democrats hare opened a barrel of money in Indianapolis. In no State or national campaign have silver ana live and ten-dollr bills been poured out more prodigally tban during the last day or two. From now until Tuesday they propose to xnalte the campaign one grand not of boodltv The funds hare been distributed principally on tbo South and West aides, where disaffection was playing most disastrous havoc with Democratic calculations. Ward heelers who, except in campaign times, never have a dollar, have money to bet and money to spend. This is the barTest time of the bum and the bar fly, and the carnival is high and the play fast nnd furious. Conservative estimates place the amount of boodle that the Sullivan emise.irieshave gathered for tbo light at '20,000. Much of it has been spent, but nlenty remains for all who vill go after it to-morrow. This, immense corruption fund was acquired by frying the lat out of all classes and institutions, the business, and in some instances the existence of which depend upon the special privileges and immunities that havo been pledged. The corporations have been plucked unmercifully. The mem bers of the police and lire departments w ere informed that their place depended upon their contributions of 10 each. The saloon-men had the terrors of the screen ordinance held over them, and came down with from to a hundred each. The gamblers had set before them the alternative of full swing under Sullivan or a very chilly winter nnder Herod, aud fairly fell over each other in their eagerness to getnp to the contribution box. The contributions of the card men and pool-room sharks ranged from S-VX). in the case of Bill Tron, down to as low as & and $10 from the shoestring and curb-stone operators. Kven tne brothels did not escape. Of this vast corruption fund piled up by the means described not less than $J,000 was put in circulation yesterday and the day previous, and another teu -thousand will be put where it will do the most good betweeu this andU o'clook Tuesday evening. The News ol last evening mentions the name of. a disaiieoted Democratic soldier who delivered his club button to Mnllivan a a token that he was again in line. . Another Democratic soldier who gave np his button got tivo crisp and new dollar bills in exchange. Thereupon he went out and trot a number of his comrades, who also turned in their buttons for what they could pel; but immediately uttcrward every mother's son went out and resumed their hustling for Herod. ' It should be noted that all this carnival nf corruption is under the Australian election law, which Democracy gave out was to bring the millennium in all matters pertaining to elections. If the Republicans come to the front and make this a bad investment there will be less of money in politics in Indianapolis hereafter. v APPEALS TO IMELUGENCK. Judge Lamb and Mr. FJshback Address a Housing: Meeting. A great bonfire lighted the way to the meeting held last night at the corner of Tennessee and Seventh streets, the site of the base-ball park. Harry Craft called the meeting to order and Alfred R. Hovey was chosen to preside. - The meeting as large aud enthusiastic, notwithstanding the chilliness of the night air. and no more attentive or intelligent listeners could have been desired. The Brotherhood Band was present, and after "Marching thro' Georgia, gave other patriotic selections, and the Indianapolis Glee Club put every one in rare food humor by singing a number of stanzaa built for the occasion. One of these beginning The tax-ravers' cry is open the book. Coine along, you voter, and follow uric; We've cot no use for Democratic crooks, Coine along, etc.. Was a catchy tune, and greatly applauded. Judge Lamb was introduced ana spoke, in part, a3 follows: JUDGE LAMB TALKS. I am jrlad the business of mud-slinging has not been indulged in en the part of the Kepublicans m trjlng to becloud .and besmirch the personal character of Mayor Sullivan. (Applause.! When a man becomes the candidate for au Important flictal position anil depends for his elevation to that position on the suffrage of hU party ho" draws hU very political life from the patty that elevates ,hlm to odice. It .becomes necessary, to Inquire in 1 1 the Influence and surroundings of the- candidates that u:o seeking your suffrages at tae rnminr: election. What are. they! We havo leard treat deal recently about fMui t.'oy, a ra.m who is not unknown to fame in this city. Andwbotieim Coy! 8 far a I know he ju beta a resident of tbii city all his life, and fur years has been engaged iu keeping a saloon on the uth tide, perhaps in what was formerly tLe Eighteenth ward. 1 do not tnow how many yearn t oy ha been a leading and prominent jxditlcittn. For a uood many years v oy wan the representative of his ward in the City Councilriot a Kepubllean representative but a Democratic representative. Not vtry many years ajro Coy was chairman of tie Democratic central committee of Marion county and had under his control the manageme it of the political fortuues of the Democratic Tany la this city and county, and by methods Wtter kuuwn to those la whoso interest he w.is working than to me. his party wan . successful. During all these years Coy was the trusted manager of L:s party, and when, with all the ways that are dark aud tricks that are vain, the returns .f the election a few years ago Indicated K? publican majority. Coy, with other active a?s;tants ef lit party, undertook to secure the success of the Democracy by forging the returns end mutilating the tally-sheets. For that crime Coy wa Indicted, tried, convicted and sent to the jearfentlary,aud by his stripes the debt of his party was paid. Laughter and applause. A voire. What's the matter with Holt aud his Latcheti-J One remarkable thins: in connection with tnat remarkable proceeding was that during tho progress of that trial the Sentinel, instead of lenot:n iaf Coy and hij high crime, denounced tho court that tried him and brought him to Justice, Coy was a Democratic rueml crcf the Council, representing the Eighteenth ward, and durtpjr tho time ho was paying hi debt to tho Hate lie v a drawing his salary as a Democratic couicilniau, his chair ia kept vacant, and ou tLe motion to expel hlra because of thoinf&raous crimp of which he had been convicted, every Republican member of the Council voted to rxp?! him. and every Democratic member o;e 1 ajraint expelling him. V. hi n he returned ti this r.ty he was received a a- triumphant fcero. He was re-elertrd bjtiat Democratic ward to the Council, and from tnat time to this his been a trusted leader of the Democratic party. Now, after alt thi ha occurred. Coy has moved out of this city. After he has no vote to east for Mayor or councilman the Democratic leader say, he is gclng fo yote lor Ilerod. I-auirhter. J After ho has gone where he cannot support auytody they say he is going :o support tne Keptitjlifau party. After he has spent tbo t:t years of his Iir In the service of tho Democratic party without a monnur, or nirlatnt. or an Intimation that he wonld vote for Mr. Ilerod. the centinel that denounced the court that tried him, that failed to denounce the crime of which h rn guilty, turns on him und cries, -ThleK thief; Tho new convert to the IetiiACrat!o party wall, team out its hair, rend its ejothe and cries foodie: b-HMilel boodle!" - (lAuzhter. They ay Toy ca xotio over to the K pul!lr an iarty. V.elL,. even it were trne. wh;i tbd lamp holds cut to burn the vilest sinner ru.i v ir turn. If It vere truo that he had repentef. b oucht not to kt hunted by hit oldiohtlcaUss elates for about

Hit only decent act of his life. Laughter. The Kepublican rarty is not responsible for Coy or hi. history; for his past life or hi political associate. Tfce cry Is that Cor'hOa sold rr.rt, and changes are run tiron t be fharc dny by day. but where Is the evidence of UI , Without a psrtlcle of evidence to sustain that charge, thin '.ate trusted leader Is turned upon, and you would suppose from the attacks or the Peiitiuel aud v that the KctuMltan rart7 had been stniek vltU ths yelhw fever and black vomif. Sow that Coy has gone where he cannot render the Democratic party any more service, they waut t cast blui aayasav.orn-outcarmcntintotho lap of the Republican party. You need not los-e any idee p on account of Mm Coy or his late Democratic associates. Himeon says be is as trood n Democrat as ever he was, and I have no doubt he Is. There is no reason he should chance hi- political views or associates at this late day, after all he has Buffered. sullivan's kackei:?. The Democratic candidate for Mayor will draw his Inspiration from four hundred saloons and four hundred saloon-keepers. Dy the way, what would become of the Democratic party If it were not for the saloons, and what would become of the sal o js If It were not for the Democratic party! There is another (Uty that will confront tLe Council and the Mayor. We have heard a rreat deal in tho Democratic newspapers recently In regard to corporations. o would suppose in reading the hentinel aud the News thut the corporations had swallowed the Kepublican party. What corporations are to own and controi tho Kepublican Major and Kepublican Council if they should be elected! Think about it. What is the creat- st crlorate interest in this city! Is it not the streetrailway company! Now, we know that this corporation has been for the past few years makInir dcsierate eliorts to extend Its franchise for a long term of years on the mosr. favorable terms It can secure. This company in not orpanlcd and carrying on butdneea to put money i:i your pockets, but for the purpose of getilntr as liberal contributions as It can pof-aibly realize. Capitalist In Chicago own this property, and they are in it to put money, not In your pocket, but in their own. Who has this company got to insnnpe Its affairs! Who is at the head, a Kepublican! John P. Frenzel. From these Democratic newspapers vou would be led to infer that the street-car corporation had elected Mr. Frenzel its president and chief manager for the purpose of controlling a Kepublican Council and Kepublican Mayor, should they bo elected. 1 Laughter.! I know Mr. Frenzel very well. He is a man of tirelef s en-er-y and sleepless vigilance, and when he sets about anything he does it with a view of getting there. The stieet-car company, as I have said. Is here for business, to make money for Its owners. We know its present purpose is to leave no stone unturned to secure an extension of It charter for a long term of years. It is the business of the oliicial representatives of the city to see to it that wo get tho very best bargain out of the street-car company that we can secure. Mr. Frenzel has entered Into an arrangement to serve tho street-car company not to serve you. It is his duly to sorve those who have employed him. It is the duty of the people of this city to take care iof their own Interests. There are two parti e to this transaction, and the bentinel and Sews would try to make the people believe that the street-cur company Is trying to reach Its end through Mr. Frenzel and the Kepublican party. Hitherto Mr. Frenzel and the Kepublican party have not pulled very harmoniously together. When Mr. Frenzel wants to accomplish a political end he doesen't come to Kepublicans. I want to predict right here that if the Democratic party succeeds next Tuesday in electing Mayor Sullivan and the City Council the franchise of this street railway will be extended for a long period of years on terms that will be disastrous to the people of this city. If I should be mistaken I would cheerfully take my medicine as a false prophet. Tho reporter of the Sews came to me early last spring, or during the sitting of the Legislature to interview me. The question was, 'For how long are you in favor of extending the charter of the street-car company, and I said, 'not for one hoar. 1 haven't changed my mind about that matter yet. A gentleman who is well Informed In scientific matters informs me that he bas recently seen articles from Edison In which he said he had made discoveries that would enable him in a short time to operate street-car lines by electricity at a merely nominal cost. If this is true It ia the part of wisdom for the people of this city to wait while these improvements and developments go on. If.this is true, witLln the nine years thatthe charter of this company has to rim such Improvements will be made that street cars will be operated at half the present cost and the benefit will remain In your pockets and not be paid over to this corporation. Another thlug about these Influences that are about Mr. Sullivan. I think you uuderstand how and wheie the street-car influence is to bo exerted. Vou rosy have noticed In the papers yesterday that Mr. Cox, representing Cincinnati capitalists, was here asking for a franchise to operate aline among some of our streets and out to Broad Kipple. Sow the present comEany's charter runs for nine years. It has ten decided by the courts that, under Its charter and contract. It Is not compelled to pave and Improve it tracks between the rails; that the property-owners must pay for improvements clear across the street, notwithstanding tho street-car company uses that part covered by its tracks, fclnco that decision has been made the company has manifested a disposition to live right up to the law. Laughter. Mr. Cox went be; ore the Board of Public Works, and asked for a franchise for ten years. The board said .to him 4 Yon cannot occupy these streets unless you do what this present company does not have to do, that Is, Improve the space ocoupied by the track. That's the ,way the Board of Public Works invited competition. (Laughter and applause.) What kind of business is it to shut out all competition! If the Board of Public Works exclude all competition and allow this company to control ail business, you will find it a very different thing at the end of nine years from what it wonld be were competition invited and encoursrnd. In regard to Mr. Ilerod. the Senti

nel and Sews said he was opposed to public lm-. provements and to the city charter. What grounds are there for this charge! He has explained himself over and over again, and has been continually misrepresented. The Judge In conclusion showed the misrepresentation of the Sews and that according to Mr. Woollen's estimates, the expenditures for the year would be nearly $123,000 more tban during the last year cf Mr. Denny's administration. Mr. W. P, Fish back was then introduced and spoke as follows: I appeal to-night to your sense of decenoy and fair piay. While there should be no restraint upon the liberty of criticism of the official conduct of public servants some sort of respeot is due to tho private character of those who are selected by their fellow-citizens as candidate for othee. I remember that during the campaign of slander and personal uetraction In 13?4, Senator McDonald said that when a great political party, composed of nearly oue half of the entire voting population selected a person to represent It, It ought to be taken for grauted that the candidate wa.H at leant personally lit lor tho place. I ask you If it is not true that throughout this city campaign the political adversaries of Mr. Sullivan have abstained from assaults upon his private personal character. Ills official act?. . his public utterances have been freely and f earlesMly canvassed, and this Is ns It should be. Delolme, in commenting on the English Constitution, said that It is the right of canvassing, without fear, the conduct of our public servants, which constitutes a free state. It la a right which should never be abridged. It was the attempt to abridge this light by tho infamous allcu aud sedition laws, which punished men for criticising public ollicers, that defeated and destroyed tbo old Federal party. And while I claim the right as u Toter aud taxpayer to say that this or that official act of a municipal oflicer docs not meet my approval, I protest against that unbridled license of tongue or pen which drags into the arena of public debate matters which havo no place there. Applause. 1 ask you, fellow-cltleus of the Third ward, if you are willing, by your votes, to put the seal of your approval upon the assaults that havo been made on our neighbor, Mr. Herod! He Is no stranger to us. . We know him quite as well as he is known by the eminent citizen of Woodruff Place who made a journey to Columbus with his dirty muck rake in the hope of fishing up some scandal that would discredit our candidate. I have known Mr. Herod, and his father before him. for over thirty years. I know his former law partner, Mr. Winter, aud the fact that Mr. Winter and Mr. Herod were associated as law partners lor many years, shows that. In Mr. Winter's judgment at least. Mr. Herod was not the shyster and raecal the supporters of Mr. Sullivan would have us believe. I remember quite well when Herod and Winter came up to Indianapolis from Bartholomew county ana cast their lot with us here lu the capital city. They have won and maintained the confidence of our people. Applause.1 In the very matters about which so much clamor is made, and by which it Is attempted to smirch Mr. Herod's professional character, Mr. Winter was an active participant. It is a public duty to denounce such asnaults upon private charcotcr. Many a reputable citizen is deterred from accepting a candidacy for public ofllcc simply because he doe not choose to be made a target for the poisoned weapons of r artisan malice. o long an this style of warfare proiltable It will be carried on. The way to end it U to show tbo men who resort to it that they loso votes by It, applause. C 1 1 A RTF. K G U V E li N M K XT. It does not follow by any means, as seems to bo assumed by the papers which oppose Mr, Herod, that a man who votes for him votes ayalnst the new charter. Sor is it atay mark of j inconsistency on tho part of any one that ho at J onetime approved th appointment of a given person to o!lico. and afterward found fault with his oniciji conduct. i i.cUove. in politics at lca.it, that there is such n tiling as fallicg from Tice. When tbo ; reutincl find fault with Mr. Coy. who is a Demoi cr.ttlc otttclal. rorbUIack of zeal tor Mr.fuliivan, what is it init rm umatratbju of the fact that human confidence. Is olten betrayed, even iu j h) lit us. And if in that era of good tclln'. which caice mo suddenly upon tho heel of our hi.Ci fSJ in winning the charter fraia theIUi lature, some of us were somewhat e?.udveaud ! made heav3- draft of rc-iitnler.ee i;pou the Board of luhlic Work ui.d tho lcoard of Public rsitety draft that have not been duly honored is it auy discredit tou! I think not, though In this I have the uibfortun to dlSer from the Sews and the Sentinel. Is it unkind to IhJ editor of theie paper, whom I like personally, to say that I doubt their

infallibility, nnd that, sitting in the seclusion of the sanctum, knee-deep iu exchanges, flanked by pate-pot and sclor. they do not nlwayR ee clearly or think straight? I speak from personal experience ben I say that it is tho iuisrortnne of a partisan editor - iu the '.ithf of -a campaign comettmes to r.rtz'.ozt tho) amenities and courtesies which tend so much to Kdteuthe asperities id political life. Looking iirr - the I order of car etale. bow tU aMUit to see the two leader. Cuinptell and MeKinley, upon the same pintlonn. treating e ach, other as gi-ntlemeu. onietody hands Major MeKinley a newspaper item which purport to be an interview with tiyvernor Campbell. Major MeKinley Kays: "(Jo senior, look at this aud see if it is correct." "it is luaccurate," says Governor Campbell. "Very well. I will not read it." When we rend such things we know that courtesy is not dead yet. aud that it can be maintained even In the midt of n heated party contest. The opponents of Mr. Herod are not keyed up to thia nigh-toned decency. The scavengers go to Columbus, nil their bucket with lop band it over to the editor of thetrentinel, who discharges its contents upon the headof our candidate. The inventors and purveyor of tLee scandals did not ask or car to ak Mr. Winter or Mr. Ilerod whether the stories were true or false. NASTY POLITICS REPUDIATED. S'ow, I ask you, in the name of fair play and decency, whether you, as neighbors of Mr. Herod, indorse such conduct on the part of hU assailantsl ("So, SoIMl Nor ii it truthful to say that thoso who support Mr. Herod are opposed to street improvements. I say it in no spirit of boasting, but I bellevo I have never opposed or remonstrated against a proposed improvement of a street fronting on property owned by me. Can Mayor MUlivun say as much.' I may lw pardoned for doubting whether our Board of Public Works know ail that is to be learned on the subject of street Improvements. When I know that in the oldest cities of the civilized world the public authorities are still experimenting with wood, and stone, and brick, and asphalt. 1 cannot be sure that the three gentlemen who now compose our Board of Public Works possess all the knowledge that it. is possible to obtain ou tlie subject. If lightning should strike them next Tuesday and tho places which now knw them should know them no more forever till tho world would go ringing down the grooves of time. Others would rise up to tako their places aud city improvements w ould still go on. We make a great mistake sometimes when we imagine that the welfare of a nation, or a state, or a city rests upon tho shoulders of one man or u few men. Wheu that idea pervades a com muni 13, bossism prevails. Wo then havo that insolence of olhce which drove Hamlet to tho vergo of suicide. Our public servants selected to do our w ork turn upon us and snub us as If we were underlines. We have a right to expect better thincs of them. We do not think of committing suicide though a neighbor of mine who has been lu many n battle says ho would rather charge a battery than go before tho Board of Publio Works with a grievance. Nobody, man or woman, likes to be snubbed. We all have a sort of sympathy with the poor devil who, being badly treated by a friend, said: It was all very well to dissemble your love. But why did you kick me down stairs! It did

not raise Boss ttwecd in tho estimation of Ids fellow-citizens when ho said to the tax-payers ho was robbing: "What are you going to do about it." Sor will It Increase anybody's popularity to be damnicg public opinion. So; an oihcer, be he President of the united states or member 01 the Board of Pnbllo Works, can afford to .bo polite. Young man," said a gentleman to a youngster once, w ho was guilty of a piece of impoliteness. "treat a man always as 11 you expected to meet him again." At the conclusion of the speaking the entire andience, headed by the Brotherhood Band, marched to tho residence of Mr. Herod and gave a serenade. Mr. Herod was not present, being oat in the Fifth ward tilling an appointment, but the assembly were made welcome by the family. The (ilee Club sang several songs, after which the serenaders departed. AN INSULT 11 V KERN. Disgraceful Slap at the Ministers the Feat ure of the Closing Democratic Rally. The final beating of tom-toms and toot ing of horns for this campaign was gone throngh with by the Democracy last night at Tomlinson's Hall. It was a mechanical and perfunctory aortof performance, with a poor show of that enthusiasm that should characterize the close of a red-hot campaign. As a means of stimulating a show of ardor and enthusiasm, the Cleveland, Gray and Hendricks clubs, headed by a brass band, paraded tho principal streets and brought np at the place of meeting. The speakers and candidates who had hoped to see Tomlinson Hall tilled were disappointed. The gallery was well filled, but tho lower atory'a capacity was not nearly occupied. The total attendance, including the clubs, was about fifteen hundred or two thousand people. The stage was well peopled with the lights of Democracy, conspicuons among the rostrum ornaments being .Hicklin, Markey and other choice specimens culled from the gang. On the front tow, in prominent relief, were the whiskers of Mr. Morss, who lost his vote by moving from his precinct, the diminutivo form of Mayor Sullivan, the heroic proportions of J. E. McCullough, John Y. Kern and John W. Healing. Chairman Taggart rapped the meeting to order and Introduced Mr. Morss as roaster of ceremonies, and Mr. Moras, without much ceremony, introduced ex-Governor Gray. The speech of Governor Gray, like ail the other, was very short . lie called attention to the importance of the campaign and exhorted Democracy to do its whole duty. The audience, at the close of Mr. Gray 7a address, called for Sullivan, but the master of ceremonies gave them Kern. Mr. Kern, in the course of his remarks, became facetious, and in describing the Kepublican procession said: "See them! There they come. Pink Fish back and Sim Coy in the lead; Judge Lamb and -Lang, John Griffin next, and following them the Kepublican preachers arm in arm with the proprietors of epeak-eas3' saloons." Mayor hullivan then uttered a few sentences, expressing gratitude for the support given him and the kind things said of him. The impression made by Mr. Sullivan was that of a man who is exceedingly tired, and who will be very glad when the agony is over. John V. KealingTwas the next speaker. Mr. Kealing's most notable point was when he said. "This has not been an honorable calupaign.;, which probably had reference to tho villainous tactics of the Sentinel in its treatment of V. V. Herod. At the conclusion of his address Mr. KeAling announced that the Cleveland and Hendricks Clubs had last night, by a unanimous vote, expelled Sim Coy from membership. At this announcement there was a great show of applause from half the house. At the announcement of Coy's expulsion the crowd got up and commenced to leave, and during the few minutes that Judge Turpte spoke there was such confusion that he could not bo heard even by the few who retained their seats. FIFTH WARD MEETING. Gathered About a Wrecked Monument of the "Business Administration. The meeting across the river at the corner of Vermont and Linn streets last night was well attended. A platform had been erected alongside of the holo that has remained there sinco last March, when the fire cistern blew up. Ked lights have been placed at the ends of tho gulf, which is big enough to bury two ordinary houses in. every night for months past by the citizens in the neighborhood to prevent accident, this "business administration" never having found time to rebuild the cistern, or take any steps to protect the lives of the people who travel tbo streets after night. The hole is right in the center of the two streets. C. S. Denny was the iirst speaker, and gave an exhaustive review of the issues, dwelling at length on the tax questions and exorbitant estimates recommended by Mayor Sullivan and his controller. He showed that with an increase of over 000 a year in the tiro department and $-'4,-700 a year iu the polico department their efficiency had in 11c way been increased, but had been demoralized by the partisan inthiencea introduced into them by the Board of Public Safety. He said a change was demanded by every consideration of public policy. Mayor Sullivan was too weak to turn out the members of this board, and the only remedy left was for the people to turn him out on next Tuesday, which he thought would be done. .Mr. Denny closed his speech by explaining the changes made in the election law, and the mode of preparing the ballots. iiy the time Mr. Denny got through, Mr. Herod arived, having como from his meeting in the northeast part of the city, ufter peaking there. He spoko for about a half hour, nltnough very tired, and made an excellent impression. J. F. McCrav.thcn made an excellent tliirty-uiiuutcs speech, aud th meeting adjourned in good humor and spirits.The- people west of the river are tired of this "business administration' They call it a "bad business administration,"' and are

determined to do their part in turning ont. They say they want some' oner ar tha head of a flairs who will not repeat the dozen or more violations of the charter 'whieh Mr.. Denny pointed ont bad' been committed by tho present-administration in the past'tdx months. Alter listening ito Mr. Herod. -they fdt that they had lound the right man to correct the evils now existing. " IN THE FIRST-. WARD.

Enthusiastic Reception to Mr. ilerod by. Young Republicans. Mr. Ilerod spoke before an enthusiastic crowd ofyouog Kepublicans at Columbia and Home avennes last evening. 'Squire Alford was chairman of the meeting and made tho opening address himself, in which he referred brielly to the time of tho last Democratic convention, in which Mayor Sullivan said that there would bo no issues in the ensuing campaign, but that everything would be worked out on purely party doctrines. Mayor Sullivan l-"uml. however, that before he bad gone far in the campaign he had nn issuo to contend with in the bones of Sim Coy. The little refereno was received with considerable laughter. Tho 'Squire then introduced Mr. Herod. The Kepublican candidate was very hoarse, and it was with considerable diihculty that hecould speak at all. Mr. Herod spoke of the vacation of Alabama-street, and said that very likely some day tho city would have to answer.in a big damage suit for that act. Mr. Herod's voice became very hoarse atter speaking but a short time, and he excused himself ou account ot inability to further continue, as his throat was troubling him very much. He wns followed by Thomas B. Linn, candidate for Council from tne First ward, who spent most of bis time in explaining how to vote the ticket as it appears printed on the green dodgers that have beeu scattered about. Ho began at the top and went through, taking each name one by one, and giving a brief review of the publio career of each man. SOT A SEW TRICK. Democrats Once Before Incited a Real Segro Riot to Solidify Their Own Vote. The recent episode at the Yellow bridge, where A. K. Manning. J. T. V. Hill and other colored Democrats attempted to speak and were .frightened away by a shower of old eggs, mud, etc., thrown by a crowd of colored hearers, is not without a precedent as a Democratic trick. The effort to hold tho Kepublican cam paign committee responsible for treatment given the speakers pugns, in tho iirst place, intelligence of the reading public. the It is not the Kepublican party that bas dis couraged and butleted free speech, and it is not a weakness of the party to engage in maneuvers that would prove reactive and rellective in eliects. Kepublican tactics have never had cause to blush for honesty, nor for lack of expediency aud success. It must therefore follow that the recent negro disturbance, if not spontaneous at the sight of apostate negroes, must have bad its incentive intheablemanagcment of Mr. Tom Taggart and his co-laborers. It will be remembered that Taggart, in his campaigns, has had the support of the tew of that class of negroes who participated in the Yellow bridge incident. It is an old Democratic trick. The tiles of the Journal contain a three-column account of a riot that occurred about the time of the city election of lb?5. The trouble began at the Yellow bridge, just as this one did, and was directly chargable to, Democratic provocation. That .party bad indulged in a great deal of . incendiary talk during the campaign for the purpose of intimidating the negroes. At a gathering of colored men at tho bridge, a messenger arrived iu great haste, and stated that an attack had been made on somo colored men on the South Side. The crowd rushed pell-mell to the rescue of the colored men. but the alarm proved to be false, and the design merely to have an excuse to attack the negroes. A running fight occurred on Illinois street, in which a numberof Democratic healers and the police, then under Democratic management, took part. The police tired indiscriminately into the crowd killing two negroes and wounding a numberof others. None of the whites were arrested, but every colored?- man that a charge could be brought against was lodged in'the station-bouse. Eye-witnesses who were interviewed by Journal reporters told incidents of the most outrageous treatment of colored men. The riot was undoubtedly precipitated by the Democrats, jnst as this recent trouble was. It is an evidenceof design when Sergeant Kurtz and a number of other Democratic oClcials refused to nip the swelling trouble in the bud. ' Detective Thornton Is authority for the statement, in an interview in the Sun. that; Kurtz, by a timely arrest of a drunken negro, could have stopped the whole proceedings. He stood around, allowing the negro to dare him. to arrest nira, in the most insolent way. It was clearly not ! the purpose to prevent trouble, nt after it began a feeble attempt was made to arrest one or two bystanders, who stoutly proclaim their innocence. BUXLDOZING THE STREET FORCE, Perrott's Parting? Injunction ta Tote the Straight Ticket. Deputy Sam Perrott had a large supply of sample ballots on hand yesterday afternoon when the euCnt-cleaners applied for their warrants on the treasury for their week's work. As the warrant was handed each Irish without exception the deputy would say: 'There you are, Pat, or Dennis," as the case might be, "a sample ticket, stamped for a straight Democratio vote. Take it home with yon and study, soyon will know how to vote, lie at the'polls early in the morning, and vote a straight ticket." The streetmen were, of course, nil Democrats and had little need of the injunction. But still the tone and Sammy s record meant that it would be useless to expect future favors, if tbe ticket was not voted as the bos said. The street pay-rolls of tho city show that the color line has been been drawn by Harrold. as strictly as in the social world of tbe South. Colored men have had no chance for work . nnder this administration, and will be shut out entirely in the next two years, if the gang is returned to power. Repudiates the Sentinel's Course. Mr. Willian Beatty, a prominent Democrat of tho Fourteenth ward and a former resident of Columbus, Ind., was asked by a Kepublican, yesterday morning, what he thought of the Sentinel's campaign of falsehood and mud-slineing in its frantic efforts to disparage Mr. Herod's reputation as a citizen and lawyer at Columbus. Mr. Beatty said: ,I was well acquainted with Mr. Herod when he was in Columbus and I know that he was honored and respected by all who knew him. His reputation as a lawyer is unimpeachable and tho Sentinel has made a great mistake in making this attack upon Mr. Herod, because all fair-minded Democrats will repndiate it. I don't bellevo in that kind of a campaign. It is nnjnst and unfair. It will not drivo any Kepublican votes from Herod, but it will lose votes for Sullivan." flow Taxes Are Decreased. "Why of course the new Democratio law decreases taxes. This year Charles and D. Kugenstein paid SlLbS; next year it will bo $23.31. This year Fred Struckman paid $31.85: next year he will pay 24. TO. This year George H. Koers paid $S.0&; next year he will pay $14.54. Shot by a Chinaman. Sam Wah, a Chinaman, shot Dave Hennessy in the thigh at midnight last night, claiming that Heunessy was trying to rob bim. Henuesy knocked Sam down iu his laundry, at Washington, and Alabama streets, and Sam pulled his gun and plunked him one just for luck. Both were arrested. Church Notes. Kev. Dr. Cleveland willnreacb both morning and evening in the Meridian-street Chu rch tn-da3 Dr. Tevis will preach at Seventh-street M. K. Church this morning upon "Church Discipline.'. Mjftteriout Sudden Death. Fpeeialto the Iiidianapolis Journal. J. Columiics lnd,4 Oct. 10. Qr ; :Mrs. Matilda J. Lewis, of Cinci ine week ago :innati, came here to visit her only sisler. Mrs., Harry Williams. About 8 o clock last night sho was taken suddenly ill, and died in a few hours.

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Young Bowman, the llanoverFreshieTA'hom the "Sophs" Tried to Lynch, Talku. Special to the Xndlan&pciU Journal Madison. Ind.. Oct. 10. Jesse Bowman, the freshman victim of tbe outrage at Hanover College, is in town to-night and fully confirms tho facts already stated. He had received vague hints of an intended attack and prepared himself accordingly with a short spoke, which be used to advantage. There were thirty of the "flopbs'and "preps'' concerned, und over twenty participated in the street attack. While the freshmen were at the party which was given in their honor at Kev. Mr. Chamberlain's house, the rioters besieged the premises, making threats and breaking windows. They notified three freshmen. Bowman, Gagle and McCoy, that they were after them, and when the party was over these three young men were tho second crowd to start away. Kowman was suddeuly seized by the maskers, who pinioned his arms to his sides and threw a rope about his neck, attempting thus to drag him over the fence towards a tree. Struggling desperately, ho linally loosened his right arm so as to enable him to draw his club, with which bo hit several of the attacking party and was about to free himself from their clutches, when Mr. Chamberlain came to bis rescue aud they retreated. The college authorities will attempt to ferret out and punish the perpetrators, but llowman declares his intention to settle it personally with them, as he knows some of them, despite their disguises. PARSELLITES FULL OF HATE. Concluded from First Tasre. Ho is entitled, it is true, to rank as a statesman of unusual force. His greatest feat was the convincing of a great English party that ho, who had sworn never to rest until Ireland should be free, was not an enemy of England, lie may have been a patriot, but he was most affected by the feeling which moved Franklin, which has moved other colonists of English blood. incurable hatred of England.. We seriously doubt if bis death will assist Mr. Gladstone. The Catholic sway in Ireland in now greater tban ever and is. sure to hamper the Liberals.' There will not be an honest cohesion between the ultramontaues of Ireland and modern radicalism in England. The lion and the lamb way lie down together in the millennium, but Christians are not bound to believe that Archbishop Walsh and John Morley will ever dwell in peace together. Mr. Gladstone will not find Archbishop Walsh so easy to manage as the cool skeptio who has just died." Canon Doyle, the first priest who denounced Paruell and who has assisted the anti-Farnellites in all tbelrrecent elections, fmblisbes iu the Wexford newspapers a ettcr which bids fair to set all Ireland by the ears. He throws the blame for the scandal which marred Parnell's later career upon tho entiro Irish party, with but few exceptions. He charges that they willfully condoned Parnell's immorality for years and adds that the reason they scorned to notice tbe moral aspect of their leader's life was that they themselves were steeped to the lips in the same cesspool. He continues in this remarkable language: "Mind what I say and know that I can prove; that Ireland is disgraced in London by a filthy gancr. of Irish blackguards. This augean stable must be cleaned out. The Irish wolf-dog must not be displaced In the esteem of our representatives by the lap-dog of London actresses." The Canon threatens to expose the men his diatribe is aimed at if they no not reform. OLD WHITEWATER ACADEMY. The House Where Governor Morton Got Some ! of Uis Schooling Laid In Ruins. Feecial to tLe Indianapolis Journal. Centerville, Ind., Oct. 9,The old Seminary building that was burned here last night and now lies a mass of smoking ruins, is fondly remembered and justly celebrated for the famous sons of Indiana who, at one time in their lives, were in some' way connected with its history. First of all it was the old Whitewater College, and Academy where Governor Morton received part of his education. Geo. W. Julian, Jacob B.Julian and many other noted men also obtained instruction within its four walls. Among the first teachers there was Samuel Hoshonr, who taught for years afterward in Indianapolis. Other men who taught there and who afterward took high rank among Indiana educators were Kev. Thomas Lynch, Cyrus !Nutt and George W. Hoss. Most of those named are now dead. Solomon C. Meredith, afterwards General Meredith, was also one of tbe landmarks of this historic pile that went up in smoke. Big: Fire In "Jag; Town." DwiaiiT, I1L. Oct. 10. A disastrous fire broke out this morning in the rear of rCepplinger's block, destroying fully $20,000 worth of property. George Kepplinger is tho heaviest loser.' He owned the hall and several other buildings. His loss was fully $10,000, insnrsed for $500. The Strufe House, which was built this summer for the accomodation of Keely patients, was entirely destroyed. Loss, . $4,500. The Perry House was also destroyed. Loss. $4,000. The other losers are C. A. Stuck, owner of the North Star; J. Crocker, W. Khinehart and Mrs. Koehlein. The streets presented a queer sight, drunkards from all over tho United States assisting the town people in saving goods. The Bicholorideof Gold Club was to bold an entertainment in Kepplinger's Hall to-night. Had the fire occurred during the entertainment great loss of life would have resulted. The fire is supposed to have started from overbeating of boards over an engine. ' Fire departments from the neighboring towns ot Odell and Pontiac aided greatly in arresting the flames. Two of the Keeley boarding-houses were burned, but tbe company has made ample provision for patients. ' Other Losses by Fire. Muncie, Ind., Oct. 10. Franklin Bros.' large ice-house was destroyed at midnight by fire. Loss about $2,000; no insurauce. There is no explanation of the tiro but incendiarism. Washington. Ind.. Oct 10 The postoffice at Epson was burned last night, together with G. W. Myer's general stock of merchandise. Loss, $0,000; insurance, 52,000. The door was battered down and tbo building fired from within. Caught in a Freight Car. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Anderson, Ind., Oct. 10. Conductor William Kane, who runs on the Big Four, bagged a freight thief last night in a very effective and novel manner. As his train was about to leave Brightwood he saw a man break tbe seal on a car, push the door open and climb in. - Conductor Kane went to the car, closed the door, locked if, and nailed it shut. He then telegraphed to this city to havo a police officer at the station, and as the train pulled in a little after midnight, they opened the cage and took out their "bird"' after slipping a pair of "nippers" on him. The fellow gave bis name as Charles Noble, and bis home at 810 West Washington street, Indianapolis. The car was loaded with valuable freight, consigned to Anderson and Muncie merchants. Dutttr and Egg Merchant Absconds, Special to tbe lodlacapolLs JourcaL Columbus, Ind., Oct, 10. Charles Barringtr, a prominent and well-known butter and egg shipper from this city, is missing. He was last seen on- Thursday. His strange disappearance was unaccounted lor until to-day, when it was learned that a large number of rreditors are auxiously inquiring for his whereabouts. Barringer bad the confidence of many capitalists in this locality, with whom ho had dealings for years, nnd who have trusted htm for almost any amount. Strange Co of Mr. Steven. Moorl's Hii L, Ind., Oct. 10. Mr. James 1 Stevens, one of the trustees of Mooro's Hill ; College, is suffering troth the most puzzling affliction. He bus beeu in declining health for many mouths, but tho peculiarity 1:1 bis case is that during the List three mouths his heart has registered only twenty-eight beats, per minute, while his temperature stands at 1)0. Physicians say the case is unparalleled. It is attributed to a steady heart failure.

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