Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 285, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1903 — Page 9

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1903.

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HONOR FOR -UM -ALL

MOW I.DIA.VS OFFICERS AND MEX EXCELLED AT CAMP YOUNG. Coiniipifnrr of the Former and Discipline of the Latter Especially Prnlned bf Umpire. H. B. SMITH'S ACHIEVEMENT - COLONEL OF THE SECOND TOOIC THE HONORS OF THE CAMP. State Troops' Arrive Home Tired bnt HappySome Lesmona and Healts of the Maneuvers. Thoroughly worn out, but happy from the oles of their tired feet to the tops of their dusty heads, the Indianapolis soldier boys who distinguished themselves at Camp Young as part of the Second Regiment, ar rived home at 3 o'clock yesterday morning over the Pennsylvania Railroad. The train carrying the Indianapolis battalion and Company M, of. Greenfield, was hauled to tha Fanhandle yards, where the soldiers remained until 7 o'clock. Then they were detrained, the equipments were carried to the courthouse armony, and at 10 o'clock the men were In their homes, enjoying a good cleaa-up, the luxury of a bath, home grub, and other things a soldier wots not of while in service. Their Journey home was like the progress of an exhausted snalL They broke camp at Young Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, the hour when most of the companies were supposed. to leave from Howard for home. The military geniuses who attempted to transport 7,500 men from a thumb-nail station, over a single line of -railway, made that Impossible. The result was that the Third and First Regiments did not get started until 6:30 o'clock, and It was 8:30 before Col. Harry B. Smith's command got away from the scene of their honors. By slow stages the special proceeded until the Journey's end was reached. The Indianapolis boys and companies from cities In this section of Indiana are fortunate, because a number of the far distant companies did not arrive at their destinations until late last night. The Second Regiment Band, which did such good service at the camp, will not get home in Michigan City until to-day. It remained In this city last night. All these annoyances and discomforts were secondary matters, however; the Indiana soldiers would endure any amount of hardship if they could again go through the fine experience of a maneuver camp. - WILL. GO NEXT YEAR. That the Indiana brigade will be a part of next year's divisional maneuvers Is practically assured. The probabilities are that the government will buy the sixty-four square miles of ground over which the 10,- . COO troops operated, and will send another division there about this time of the year In 1904. It is believed by army men that provision will be made for large representa- . tlons from States that were not represented this year. That Indiana will have more soldiers there Is certain. The exploits of the brigades have given the soldiers a hunger lor this sort of thing, and next time there will not be half companies. . Brigadier General V. J. McKee. after expressing to the Journal last night his entire satisfaction with the conduct of the troops under his command and his pleasure at- the high rank they obtained in work with other State troops, ventured the opinion that there would be another maneuver camp next year, and that Indiana would be better represented there in point of numLers than at the camp just dissolved. Col. Harry li. Smith also la of opinion that Camp Young has been the opening wedge . lor the particlpance of Indiana soldiers in annual comprehensive, practical military Instruction. Lieut. Col. Thayer, of Greenlield. of the Second Regiment, Major Conde, of the Second, Col. George McCoy, of the First, Lieut; Col. Bowman, of the Third, and other officer are enthusiastic about Indiana's showing at Camp Young and are eager for another chance at hard work alongside of other state guards and the regulars. VALUE OF THE CAMP. To give a detailed Idea of the practical Value of Camp Young was to Indiana's soldiers would be impossible outside the covers of a thick volume. Officers and men discovered where they are weak and where they are strong. In the future efforts will be concentrated upon rounding the organization Into a perfect whole, as much at home In scientific operations' over large expanses of ground as in drill halls or restricted camps. The umpires at Young came to the conclusion that Indiana's troops had been exceptionally well trained in company, regivmentl and brigade drill, but that larger training is necessary. They found also that Indiana's troops are exceptionally well officered. They found' that the commanders are men who know their business down to the smallest details. They did not find It necessary to sting the Indiana colonels in the same horrowing fashion that they gave It to the commander of the First Michigan and the Eighth Ohio. The prestige gained by Indiana at Camp Young Is certain, in the opinion of military men, to cause the Legislature to "loosen np" In the matter of appropriations for the "National Guard. People of the State, generally speaking, have learned more about the efficiency of their defenders from the tine work done at Camp Young than they probably ever knew before. It is believed that all this will have a tendency to dissipate the fog of parsimony that has beclouded the guard throughout it career. Indiana troops have done wonders with far less money than any other State forces with which they maneuvered at the camp. "With pUnty of funds the State will stand absolutely first, everybody who saw the work at Catnp Young believes. GOOD DISCIPLINE. In speaking of the conduct of Indiana soldiers at the camp, it is difficult to express everything that should be said. The matter f discipline, perhaps, was the most noticeable. Indiana's soldiers bore themselves in camp more like regular troops than like the ether State guards around them. The men were quiet, orderly. Instantly responsive to the slightest word of command, and with a praiseworthy respect for private property. "Little things count In discipline. For lnetance, Michigan and Kentucky enlisted men. in passing officers, frequently neglected one of the fundamental details of good discipline the salute. Whenever an Indiana private passed an officer, it made no difference whether the shoulder-straps were of his own force or not, his hand was instantly at his hat brim. Besides these things, the boys showed endurance. Intelligence of comprehension, patience and cheerfulness under harsh conditions and a facility for instruction that brought upon themselves the commendation of their models the regulars. The general opinion at Camp Young was that Indiana has as fine a body lu the ranks as any commander would care to have. Much has been said of the excellence of the officers, a poiut in which other State troops were found to be regrettably weak. Brigadier General W. J. MtKee has a rtandlng among regular army men that r.eeds no comment. He 1 recognized to b good a soldier and as capable a comrriander as any regular of his rank. At Camp Young he simply accentuated his already fine reputation. As for Harry Smith, f Indianapolis, commanding the Second, whom everybody knew to b- a fine soldier before Camp Young was thought of, the maneuvers gave him the opportunity of his life, and he carried away more solid honors than any officer who took part in the work of the maneuvers. As commander of the Second Brigade during the fierce engagement of Thursday, Colonel Smith, with his reserve, actually saved the whole blue army of 5,uj0 men from technical annihilation. Forced without a moment's warning

to repair a blunder of which he had not been apprised, he threw his brigade into battle line with marvelous rapidity, taklrg advantage of every point of position, and so shattered the Brown brigade which had hurled itself upon him that the umpires gave It losses of over 300 men and stayed Us advance, thereby destroying its first success gained by piercing the Blue advance. This might Just as well have occurred In real war as on a practice field. The point was that a totally unexpected condition was instantly comprehended and taken advantage of In the best possible way. In real war Colonel Smith would have had a full brigadier generalship for this achievement. INDIANA'S FINE OFFICERS. The other regimental commanders. Col. George W. McCoy, of Vincennes, commanding the First, and Lieutenant Colonel Bowman, commanding the Third, in the absence of Colonel Studebaker, of South Bend, gained their laurels in the advance guard maneuvers of last Monday. They so handled their regiments that In time cf actual hostilities the main columns following would not have been delayed or crippled without appreciable loss to their own commands. They exhibited qualities of quick thinking. In addition to military technique, which gained them the commendation of the umpires. As for the commissioned men lower In rank too much can hardly be said. Lieut. Col. Edwin P. Thayer, of Greenfield, was given a chance to show the stuff that is in him as commander of the Second in the big fight of Thursday. The skill and speed with which he threw the Second Regiment Into battle line, and the strategical genius exhibited by him, opened the eyes of some of the regular army umpires who saw the engagement. The three majors of the Second. Henry T. Conde, of Indianapolis, John J. liackman, of Aurora, and John II. Tarlton, showed that the business of handling a battalion under all conditions is something they know perfectly. In camp they took care of their men like fathers; in the field they led them like men of brains Instead of shoulder-strapped automatons. A finer lot of company commanders than those of the Second would be hard to find. There is that veteran Captain Charles A. Garrard, of Company A: George S. Harney, of Crawfordsville, one of the best all-round soldiers In the State; Taylor C. Power and William G. Comly, of Indianapolis, Companies C and D, both clean-cut young men, soldiers to the bone; Captain Harry Franklin, of this city, of Company H, one of the most popular officers with his men of any in the regiment; Captains Mlddleton, of E; Jericho, of F; Griffls, of I; Klnter, of K; Caldwell, of L, and Bragg, of M. all men who showed at Camp Young . that they know their business. ESPECIALLY COMMENDED. On the regimental staff Maj. Frederick R. Charlton, who looked after the sick men of the brigade; Capt. Homer I. Jones, the assistant surgeon; Capt. Hoyt N. McClaln, regimental adjutant; Capt. Raymond P. Van Camp, regimental quartermaster, and the other staff officers, Lieutenants Moorhead, Maltby, Unversaw, Bridges, Naftzger and Sears, gained the commendation of their colonel for efficient services. They took the hard with the soft, the fair with the foul, like, good soldiers, and helped to form the Impression that everybody gained at Camp Young Indiana's men are not tin BOldiers, but the real thing. Ail this may be said with equal reason of the officers of the First and Third regiments. Colonel McCoy's majors, Theodore J. Louden, William J. Coleman and Thomas B. Coulter, as well as Lieut. Col. James F. Fee, manifested ail the qualities of good officers. One of the finest young soldiers in tho First is the adjutant, Capt. David R. Gebhart, of New Albany. To his efforts Is due largely the efficiency of the First. In the Third Majors Kuhlman and Harrison were given especial opportunities for distinction, and they took advantage of them well. M'KEE'S ENERGETIC STAFF. On General McKee's brigade staff four men were especially hard worked and commended. Lieut. Col. John T. Barnett, assistant Inspector general of the guard, and appointed brigade observer by Major General Bates for the maneuvers, is a former officer of regular cavalry, having served ten years with the Fifth Cavalry, resigning his commission in the late eighties. Colonel Barnett's experience has been of great value to the troops. He was always on hand at the right time, and was one of the most energetic, indefatigable workers in the

camp. Major William II. Kershner, chief commissary of subsistence, had a hard job, but he looked after It with signal ability. There were all sorts of compliments ,for Lieutenant Alfred B. Schanz, General McKee's aid-de-camp. Of the younger men perhaps the one who worked the hardest in staff duty and who made a fine record is Lieutenant Robert Tindall. of Battery A, who was on detached duty as acting brigade quartermaster. His was the most vexatious job, perhaps, of the lot, but he handled It with the Intelligence and skill of a veteran quartermaster, saving the State hundreds of dollars, without exaggeration, by his careful conservation of supplies. Indiana's soldier boys, to a man, are praying that rthey will have the same chance for hard work next year. SHORT CAREERS OF FIGHTERS. Pugilists Who Are "Has Beens" Bev fore They Are Thirty Years Old. New York Sun. "In former years a pugilist was not con sidered in his prime until after he had passed thirty," said a veteran follower of the prize ring recently. "Nowadays, however. It is different. A fighter who is still at the top of his class after his twentyeighth year Is considered a wonder. Of course, there are exceptions, as in the case of Bob Fitzslmmons. He is certainly a wellpreserved man, and It will be many moons before we find another like him. Fltz Is nearly forty-two, but he can fight as well as he did ten years ago. Then there are Tommy Ryan, Joe Choynskl and Joe Walcott. Choynskl was never a champion, but he is a great pugilist for all that. "Take the old-timers, such as 3arney Aaron. Jem Mace, Dooney Harris and others. They did their best righting after they were thirty. Then there were Joe Goddard, Frank Slavln, the late Peter Jackson, Billy Kdwards and Pete McCoy. John L. Sullivan was all in, so to speak, before he was thirty-four. Kid McCoy Is under thirty and has been forced to retire, because, according to his own admission, he cannot fight any more. George Dixon lost the featherweight title to Terry McGovernwhen he was in his thirtieth year. McGovern, in turn, was defeated by Young Corbett before he was twenty-two. Pedlar Palmer won the bantam championship of the world from Billy Plimmer when he was twenty and gave way to McGovern four years later. Although Palmer is twenty-eight he has been regarded as a 'has-been for some time. Billy Flimmer was compelled to quit the ring before he was thirty. Kid Lavigne, one of the best lightweights the arena has produced In the last decade, was all in before he was twenty-nine. Frank Erne, who succeeded him at the top of this class, went down before Joe Gans, the present lightweight champion, in his twenty-seventh year, and now he has retired. Jim Corbett was knocked out by Bob Fitzslmmons and lost the h'-avywelght championship when he was thirty-one. Tom Sharkey, although only In his thirtieth year, has been out of it ever since his last right with Jim Jeffries,, in 1S99. Sharkey always paid the strictest attention to his health, too. Starlight, the veteran Australian middleweight, who has been the trial horse for a number of the foremost Australian heavyweights, past and present. Is still fighting. Starlight is nearly fifty, but the youngsters have all they can do to beat him in decisive fashion. "Harry Forbes, who Is only a youngster, having been born In 1S79, lost the bantam title to Frankie Nell a few months ago. Forbes has been fighting ever singe lfcü7. Jack McAullffe was not more than thirtyone when he retired. Gus Ruhlin, who was born in 1S72. is still In the ring, but he has never shown much form since he was put to sleep by Bob Fitzslmmons three years ago. Peter Maher has been out of it for years, although h is still a young man. He was born in ISCSr. The Sullivan brothers. Spike and Dave, have been receding in form for years, yet neither of them Is over thirty. Kid McPartland, of this city, who was expected to fill Kid Lavigne's shoes wme day, has retired from the ring. McPartland was born In 1S73. but he was forced to quit boxing a year ago, when he was knocked out by Joe Gans. "The method of modern pugilists in training and looking after their health is different from that which the old-timers used to undergo. Present-day scrappers make twice as much money as some of the champions did in the past, and they live only for to-day." Cltlsenn LfORne Mistake. Stone City (Ind.) News. The Citizens' League committee at Indianapolis made a mess of things In their report on the candidates for city office. They contradict themselves several times. But. worst of all. they plainly show their malice toward some of the candidates. Such "independent" methods cannot purify politics.

PRAISE FOR THE CITY

ARTICLE IX 3IUXICIPAL JOURNAL AXD ENGINEER OF SEW YORK. "Indianapolis! the Convention City' the Feature of the Current Issue of the Publication. MR. BOOKWALTER COMMENDED AXD INDIANAPOLIS SPOKEN OF AS A WELL-GOVERNED CITY. "Law and Order Prevail," Snys the Article, Which Was Written by Theo. A. Randall of This City. The current number of the Municipal Journal and Engineer, published In New York city, contains an article by a resident of Indianapolis who "stands up for Indianapolis" In a way that counts. Theodore A. Randall, editor of the Clay Worker, of this city. Is the author of the article, which Is entitled "Indianapolis; the Convention City." The article sets forth in a breezy. Interesting style the many attractions of Indianapolis and presents the city in an altogether favorable light, strangely In contrast with the ugly things that have been said concerning the city by Mayor Bookwalter's opponents during the present campaign. It Is pointed out by way of explanation of this contrast that Mr. Randall wrote the article in a spirit of pride and that he was not dominated by political prejudices. PRAISES BOOKWALTER. . The article praises Indianapolis generously for her beauty and cleanliness, physical and moral, and likewise praises every feature of the city government. The following tribute is paid Mayor Bookwalter: "Indianapolis is a well-governed city. In 1S91 a new charter was secured, under which the mayor Is the controlling power. All the boards of control and heads of departments are appointed by his Honor and subject to. his direction. It is a one-man government, so that when anything goes wrong there is no doubt as to who is responsible. The present mayor, Charles A. Bookwalter, is a rare combination of energy and executive force. He is essentially a man of action. He has Ideas and the courage to put them into effect. As a result his is a strenuous administration, and, as might be expected, he has aroused those who differ with him as to policy, but he has accomplished results. The city Is progressive and up-to-date. Improvements are made where needed and modern methods prevail in every department. When the officers of other cities composing the American Society of Municipal Improvements gather here and examine into the workings of our city they may learn some things to their profit." ENFORCEMENT OF LAW. Referring to the police department and the enforcement of law the article says: "Law and order prevail in Indianapolis, and her police department will compare favorably with the best. It Is under the control of the Board of Safety. The latter con sists of three commissioners appointed by the mayor, each receiving the nominal salary of JoOO per annum. The chief executive officer Is the superintendent of police. He, too, is appointed by the mayor and draws a salary of 52,000 a year. The present incumbent, George A. Taffe, has been connected with the department for more than a quarter of a century and was appointed superintendent, or chief of police, with the advent of the present administration." Pictures of Mayor Bookwalter and of the notable public, and private buildings of the city illustrate the article, which is made the feature of this Issue of the Muncipal Journal and Engineer. MAYOR BOOKWALTER'S SPEECH (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) court of public opinion with the clean hands demanded In the court of equity the presiding magistrate of the court of public Opinion will rule that he has no venue there. Just like the judge on the bench will rule that the individual with unclean hands has no venue in the court of equity. Applause. ' LIKES HIM PERSONALLY. I like my friend Mr. Chambers personally. I would not say very many mean things about him If I could, and I don't believe I could say very mary about him If I would; but when he seeks to lead you citizens of Indianapolis along the line of true duty to yourselves and your city, then he, speaking as a citizen, must come before you having discharged all the obligations of a citizen. Standing in Masonic Temple last Thursday night, lecturing you upon your duty, denouncing me for dereliction of duty, Mr. Chambers spoke from the standpoint and viewpoint of a good citizen, but at the same time folded away somewhere in his pockets because he hadn't had time to change his clothes folded away somewhere within his pockets was the tax receipt which he secured at 4 o'clock on the afternoon before he made the speech, although those taxes had been delinquent for over two years. Applause. So also come my friends of the Indianapolis News. .Before we recognize Its right to place the people of Indianapolis in leading Btrings before we will admit that we are to be tied to its apron strings we want to know, have you performed your full duty as a citizen? Applause. Now, this Is not said harshly. Laughter. J I am merely repeating facts. These estimable gentlemen, and personally they are estimable gentlemen I have had very many pleasant hours with one of them, and 1 really entertain a regard for him outside of his office, and I tnink he retains a regard for me outside of my office laughter, although in view of what he has said, that is a rather violent presumption on my part these estimable gentlemen came to Indianapolis and paid practically a million dollars for that property, and within twelve months returned it for taxation at less than $50,000. It has been gradually raised, but is still far under unless I am mistaken a hundred thousand dollars; and still with that record, contesting in the courts every step that Is taken to make them bear with you their full burden, and when they bear that burden it will lighten the load that you now carry, resisting and fighting at every step they have gone through the courts of the county and the Supreme Court of the State, and are on their dreary way to the United States Supreme Court to escape a burden which they owe to you, in common with every citizen of Indianapolis a burden they deny the right to have laid upon them by the people whom they seek to control, lead and advise. Applause. While 1 have made a good many political talks in my career, considering it luis been rather brief, I never have been called upon to mention specifically a particular newsfaper,. and I don't like to do it now; but never believed from the time I was a boy that when I am righting a man who carries a slug shot or a dirk knife or a bludgeon that I am bound to tio pillows on my hands when I meet him. Applause. THROWS DOWN GAUNTLET. So to-night, recognizing the great power of the press, realizing how much it means for a man to be praised and how serious for him to be criticised, recognizing the fact that I take my future in this community In my hands, I fearlessly say to that newspaper that so long as I am the chief executive of Indianapolis there shall be government by the people, and not government by the papers. Great applause. Now, suppose I go down in this fight (cries of "Oh, you won't," "you won't.") Well, suppose I go down In this fight (cries of "That's not a supposeable proposition"), I. of course, am as good a loser as I am winner. Applause. And I will not be slow In recovering from the sting of defeat, but the people of Indianapolis, irrespective of party, will suffer equally with me, something other and more serious than the sting of political defeat. And what is that? If this Influence, net of the newspapers, but if this influence of a paper is now to prevail over the only man la

public, or private life that ever had the courage to defy it, for all time in Indianapolis no citizen, public or private, is safe in the possession of his good name or reputation. Great applause. That is the true issue, and while I am running on my record, I intend to hold them fast to the issue. Applause. Last night, in a desire to seize every pretext to discredit this administration, an editorial of a half column length was printed relative to the release of Thomas Russell from the Marlon county workhouse, and they quote Mr. Russell, after insinuating that a political pull was at the bottom of his release they quote Mr. Russell as saying: "I am looking for a man to thank; I was walked up here, and on Sunday I said to the doctor. 'Doc. what am I doing here? I am a good Republican, and I belong to the same lodge with Charley Bookwalter, and I haven't any business to be here at this time or any ether time;' " and somehow or other, he said, the gates of the workhouse swung open and he was released; and then follows sneer after sneer on the proposition that politics and "gang politics" had a controlling influence In the release of Thomas Russell. I say I desire always to spare the feelings of a woman or the feelings of a child. Applause. 1 would not thus publicly have mentioned thi3 fact and caused that good woman because I know her to be a good woman I would not have caused her to be thus publicly -brought before the people of Indianapolis; but now that this paper has brought her here, I am going to tell you why Thomas Russell was released. She secured the release of her husband, and it Is she to whom that husband owes thanks for that release. BELONGS TO KNIGHTS. It is true that I belong to the Knights of Tythlas applause; it is true that I was outer guard, inner guard, prelate, master-at-arms, vice chancellor and chancellorcommander In my local lodge; It is true that 1 filled every successive station In the Grand Lodge of Indiana and have been elected grand chancellor of the 50.OU0 knights of Indiana applause; it is true in all those years that I was being taught the cardinal principles of that order, friendship, charity and benevolence; it is true that I did see Thomas Russell standing by my side many a night in the lodgeroom; and when a poor, suffering woman came into my office and with tears streaming down her face, said "Brother Bookwaiter, I want you to secure Thomas's release from the workhouse," I said: "What is he there for" I never knew he was there she said: "He Is there for striking me." I said: "Mrs. Russell, I cannot interfere in a case of that kind; It Is In the province of the judge; and anyhow, a man who would strike a woman is unworthy of the consideration of any decent men." Applause. "Oh," she says, "but Tom Is kind to me when he is sober, and he has told me on his word of honor that if I will get him out of this place he will go before the priest of our church and take the pledge." And further, she said: "I have been working until midnight at my sewing trying to support our children, and we need the services and work of their father." I care not who may criticise that action now. I set to work the machinery of the office and brought this case to the attention of Judge Whallon, a warm-hearted. Impulsive, Scotch-Irish boy applause, through whose heart Jumped and pulsated the warm blood of his ancestry, and I asked him to release this man to his wife applause, and he walked out of the workhouse, and if he Is looking for some one to thank for the fact that he is out he 'don't want to look my way, he don't want to look to any ward politician, he don't want to look to any precinct committeeman, because we do not enter into the equation, but he wants to look directly to the little woman who, even though he was serving a sentence for striking her, was still anxious to secure his liberty that she might have his support. Applause. TALK OF REFORM. Now, we have heard something In this campaign about reform. Laughter. I will quote again: "The devil was sick,' the devil a monk would be; The devil was well, and devil a monk was he." We hear so much about reform. From whom and from what source? I cannot consume your time in pointing that out.

but let me say to you that a public official Is like an individual; he is judged by the company he keeps. A candidate is like any other man, and when he presents himself to the people for their suffrages he should as a candidate keep his garment just as free from the contamination of improper association as he should as a public official; but on last Friday night and this one statement will tell as much as a volume could tell last Friday night, as the guest of the Jewish citizens of Indianapolis, I went to Germania Hall to a ball, after a rather strenuous existence in the precincts; I went there as the mayor of Indianapolis to visit respectable people and was presented to the wives and children of my Jewish neighbors. I saw come into that hall the apostle of reform, Mr. Holtzman laughter, accompanled-by the members of the Citizens' League? No. Accompanied by the gentlemen of eminently good character and Republican antecedents who are supporting him because he is a reformer? No. But accompanied by these four eminent disciples of good citizenship Fred Heier, Jack Shea, Ed Beiser and Jim Keach. Laughter and applause. Are you going to gather figs from thistles? Will the stream rise any higher than its source? and if the term of office of a mayor finds its source in that sort of environment, how much higher in general tone and purity Is the term of office of the man to be after he is elected? ADMINISTRATIONS WORK. Now, we have done something in this administration, and I am not going to consume your timo to tell it; because it. has been told you by others more effectively than it would be possible for me to do it; but I want to call your attention to one work we have done during this administration that but few people in Indianapolis understand and realize. We have built a park around the City Hospital grounds and paid for it out of our current revenues. We have built the Irvington engine house and paid for it out of our current revenues; we have built the engine house at Kenwood and Thirtieth streets, and paid for it out of our current revenues; we have gone on ard made all these improvements in the condition of the city property out of our revenues and you haven't known it was being done, because we didn't come and ask you for a bond issue in order to make theae improvements, demanded by the growth of Indianapolis. Applause. And here to-night in this building, which, as you well remember, was a dreary old barn, you can see what we have commenced to do. You cannot see that which we will eventually do because the work Is not completed, but this structure is to be rescued from the dilapidated condition in which we found it, and from a place where cheap dances are mostly given we expect to convert it into a thing of beauty, a music hall worthy of the city of Indianapolis, where the people can come as you have come tonight and be cheered and pleased by pleasant surroundings. My friends, I cannot talk to you any longer, but 1 wish to renew the pledge I made to the Republican party two years ago. My critics say that there have been sins of omission and sins of commission. True. Did you ever know a man who was virile enough to do things that didn't do some things wrong while he was doing many things right? Did you ever hear of a man whose time has been demanded, not through the day alone, but through the night, in rinding some path through the financial wilderness in which I took possession of Indianapolis who didn't have some offenses of omission? But I come back to the Republican party and say that I am not content with all things done, and I am not conceited enough to believe that they cannot be bettered, and I pledge to the people and more, I pledge to you and through you to the people, because to you and through your work shall the duty devolve upon me to answer to the people I pledge to you that during the ensuing two years it shall be my earnest purpose and honest desire to render to the people of Indianapolis not Identically what you have had. but, in the light of experience, to go on not only with the improvement in the physical condition, but with the improvement of the moral condition of the city of Indianapolis. Great applause. SPEECHES NOT PRINTED. Oh, but, say these people, or they will say and I wish to say to you that my good friends of the Indianapolis News have followed me from one section of this city to the other with their stenographer during this whole campaign hoping against hope that I might say something which they could seize upon and turn to their advantage; but notwithstanding that all of these speeches have been laid upon their table at 7 o'clock in the morning they have not printed them and I have defied them to print them, and I defy them even to print this one that 1 am making now in their paper Monday night. Applause. Understand, I have no quarrel with the newspaper. Laughter. 1 want when I have left this office if no other encomium is passed upon me other than that I have given Indianapolis a good financial management and have improved local conditions, I want tMs encomium passed that at no time did X V pU myself to degrade the

position that the Republicans of Indianapolis had trusted me with. Applause. I say to you that I am not angry and I am not going to permit myself to get mad, but now, in this connection, I want to tell you a story myself it is almost as old as the stories told by my two distinguished predecessors. Laughter and applause. I will say three, because the. stories that Mr. Taylor toil were even older than those told by the tvo gentlemen who preceded him. Some remark has been made of the fact that one time I was in the newspaper business. I was. I filled the highly honorable and exceedingly interesting position of printer s devil for three years before I graduated as a two-thlrder and subsequently as a full-Hedged Journeyman. While I was serving as the printer's devil, whose principal duty it was to sweep out the editorial room in the morning 1 was on a Democratic paper, understand, but I came out of it unscathed laughter and am a pretty good Republican while I was serving as printer's devil, the proprietor of the paper came In one morning with the opposition sheet clutched in his hand that way, not even folded up. SMALL TOWN NEWSPAPER WORK. In a small town the newspaper business is almost as personal as It has become here In the last two or three weeks. Laughter. And when a newspaper got Into an argument with Its competitor it never contented itself with characterizing the other paper as a scurrilous sheet, but it would go for the editor of the other paper, and the opposition morning paper had gone for the editor of this particular paper in a way that was not pleasant nor was It edifying to his friends, and he walked into the office with it clutched In his hand like that, and he slammed It down on the tabla and he says, "Look at that. Look at that. See what that fellow says about me," and he put some words in front of the word fellow that would not sound well here and would not look well in print. But the editor took it up and read it over and laughed and laughed. "Why," he said, "John," or something, "what is the use getting mad over a thing of that kind? Are you not old enough to understand that a man makes a fool of himself when ho gets mad at a pack of lies?" Well, the other man looked at him, and his eyes were fairly wild, and he says, "Lies! Who said they were lies? The blamed things are true. Laughter and applause. The blamed things are true and that's what hurts." Great applause. Now, in this case, I am not getting mad. They are lies all right and they don't hurt. Applause. I renew again the pledge to you that if I am elected we shall have government by the people, the people shall be supreme, the people shall be my guidance, from the people shall be, drawn the Inspiration for my public acts. To the people I shall account, and not to any individual, to any special coterie of individuals, nor to any newspaper, or any combination of newspapers. Applause. My friends, I thank you. ' ON EVE OF VICTORY.

(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) In this connection a point may be cited Illustrating the care taken in perfecting the organization. At headquarters a map stuck full of pins is an object that meets the eyes of those who penetrate the inner office. The Indianapolis News, in its efforts to show that the Republican cause is precarious, overreached itself Saturday by advancing the following explanation of the map and pins: "A large map showing the wards and precincts has been cut into wards and the ward maps are stuck full of pins. The pins represent the Republicans who are polled on the Bookwalter poll books as doubtful or outspoken against Bookwalter. There are hundreds of the pins In the various maps, especially those on the North Side." As a matter of fact the pins mark the residences of the numerous Republican precinct committeemen and precinct workers. Each pin represents an active party worker and marks the exact place where he can be found at any and all times. The map, or, rather, the number of pins, grew slowly as the organization was perfected, and the map to-day shows the result of long, hard and systematic work. The plan for locating and working with the doubtful Republicans, and no one about headquarters represents that there are no doubtful Republicans, has been entirely different and the evidences have not been left about in plain view of visitors to the rooms. DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION. Considerable doubt is expressed, on the other hand, even by Democrats, concerning the efficiency of the Democratic organization. Chairman Keach has conducted the campaign along his own ideas and his organization is a personal one. He has more at stake than the mere election of the Democratic city ticket he seeks to retain control of the party machinery, and with that end in view has built an organization that is for Keach, first, last and all the time, and for party success incidentally. Chairman Keach Is not staking his all on the election of the man nominated for mayor. His political fortunes depend on his remaining at the head of the party in Indianapolis indefinitely. He has enthroned himself as boss, and purposes to retain every inch of the ground he has gained. The first thlrg he promised himself and his friends when he was elected chairman was that he would never be caught napping, as Thomas Taggart was caught, and ousted from control of the organization as Taggart was ousted. Consequently he proceeded to weed out the city committee until to-day he has a committee every member of which is a Keach man, who will be a Keach man for all time to come and will vote to retain Keach as chairman. Of course Keaeh is working for Democratic success at the polls. It will aid not a little to his prestige as an organizer and boss if he can win his first fight. However, he looks beyond the city election this year, and the men who are behind him Sterling R. Holt and John R. Wilson likewise have their eyes to future and greater things. Keach sees a mirage of the day when he will bo a State boss, as well as boss of the local Democracy, and Wilson is credited with ambitions to succeed Thomas Taggart as a member of the Democratic national committee from Indiana. Under these circumstances the personal equation enters so largely into the problem the local Democrats have to solve that the party workers who are not part and parcel of Keach's personal machine are filled with doubts and questionings. Under cover they predict freely that Keach's organization will prove wholly Ineffective at the polls to-morrow, and, what is still more to the point, they are inclined to sit back and let Keach "run things" so that when the crash comes, they will be absolved of responsibility. As has been said, there is some Republican disaffection, but the trouble in the Republican ranks is not a marker to the trouble among the Democrats. A few Republicans who were opposed to the renomination of Mayor Bookwalter last spring, or who at least insisted that the convention be deferred some weeks, have lined up with the Hitzltes and the Democrats to bring about the defeat of the Republican ticket. But. on the other hand, not a single one of the candidates against Holtzman for the Democratic mayoralty nomination has lined up to work for Holtzman. James F. McCullough, Robert M. Madden and W. A. Moore and their thousands of friends have not stirred a hand to help the Democratic ticket. A half-hearted statement was wrung from Mr. Moore early in the campaign to the effect that he would support the ticket, but all the pressure that could be brought to bear on McCullough and Madden failed of like result, and there have been no evidences that Moore is zealously working for Holtzman. Democrats who resent the domination of their party by the Keach-Holtz-Wilson machine are outspoken In declaring that where there may be one Republican who will not vote for Mayor Bookwalter, there will be three Democrats who will not vote for Holtzman. Furthermore, many of the discontented Republicans will go to Hitz, while the Democrats, almost to a man, will vote for Mayor Bookwalter. m PtXPIT ELECTIONEERING. Rev. Robert Storra Osgood's Effort ! Severely Criticised. The Rev. Robert S. Osgood, pastor of Mayflower Church, was out of the city yesterday, but in his absence a letter from him to his congregation was read at the morning service that provoked much comment among the members of the church. The letter set forth that the "fair city of Indianapolis to-day faces a solemn municipal crisis," cited the resolutions adopted recently by the ministerial association and urged the members of the congregation to "exercise their utmost diligence for the election of those candidates for the mayoralty, the city clerkship and the various aldermanlc positions, who, in their conscientious Judgment, will best succeed in giving us the conditions that we so much desire." While the letter did not solicit votes for any one of toe city candidates, it Is con

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ceded that it was directed against Mayor Bookwalter and the Republican ticket, and for this reason many of the members of the church grew greatly Indignant and were outspoken In their criticism of the Rev. Mr. Osgood. The church members, while conceding that their pastor had every right as an individual and citizen to work for such can didates as he might select, hold that he had no right to carry his electioneering Into the pulpit on the Sabbath and they resented his action accordingly. No little caustic criticism was indulged in at the expense of the minister and the opinion was freely expressed that in his zealousness he had overreached himself and had really Injured the cause he desired to further. JUDGE LEATHERS'S POSITION. Will Vote for Mnyor Hookvrnlter Instead of Former Law Partner. Judge James M. Leathers, of the Superior Court, and John W. Holtzman, the Democratic mayoralty candidate, were law partners for a number of years, and during the present city campaign the judge has been frequently twitted by his friends and acquaintances a's to what he would do when it came to a decision between his friend and Republican candidate. Mayor Bookwaiter, and his former law partner, Mr. Holtzman. Last evening the subject wast brought up in a group of which Judge Leathers made one, and when the question was put to him direct he replied that he would do what every good Republican should do vote for Mayor Bookwalter and the remainder of the Republican ticket. "I know of no man for whom I have greater esteem and respect than I have for Mr. Holtzman," said the judge. "He is a strong, clean, able man. He and I were In partnership for thirteen years, and I know his excellent qualities. But, on the other hand, Mr. Bookwalter la my friend, and I feel Interested In his success. I have the utmost faith in his ability and integrity. His administration, as a whole, has been a creditable one. His political enemies absolutely ignore the many good things which have been accomplished during his term as mayor. I can see no reason why any Republican or citizen of this city should not support and vote for Mr. Book alter; and it will certainly give me a pleasure to do so." Trail of the Democratic Serpent. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The trail of the Palmer and Buckner serpent appears to be "over it all" in the present campaign as far as the Democratic party is concerned. Did Keach, Wilson and Holt frame the recommendations of the so-called Good Citizens' League? Did they approve the recommendations of the Indianapolis News concerning candidates to be balloted for to-morrow? Appearances indicate that they did. Of the men recommended not one was a Bryan Democrat. Every man on the Democratic ticket recommended was of the bolting crew in lböß and 19u0. Not one who stood faithful to Bryan has the indorsement of either the Good Citizens' League or the Newa. It doesn't take a mind reader to understand the situation. T. AI. GRUELLE. Indianapolis, Oct. 11. NEWS IN SUNDAY'S JOURNAL. Brief Summary of Chief Events Recorded In the lune of Oct. 11. Political speeches were made by Secretary Shaw and Senator Allison. Creditors of the shipbuilding trust want a receiver for the Bethlehem steel works, Charles M. Schwab's pet property. Arguments in the Tillman murder trial in South Carolina will begin to-day, and the case will go to the Jury Wednesday. The militia at Camp Young was delayed In leaving for home on Saturday, owing to Inadequate transportation facilities. A terrific gale sweeps the eastern coast of the United States, blowing at the rate of seventy-two miles an hour at Cape Henry. Mrs. Lambert Tree, wife of the famous Jurist and diplomat, died on board ship returning from Europe with her husband. A Chicago girl surrendered to the police her diamond engagement ring, which, it is said, w as stolen by her sweetheart from his employers. An attorney associated with the defense of Albert J. Patrick, now under sentence of death, says the statement that he will be freed on a technicality is absurd. A brilliant reception was given Lord and Lady Denbigh at the White House, after President Roosevelt had inspected the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of London. Judgement for J2.500.000 and interest is given by the United States Circuit Court at Cincinnati against E. L. Harper, a former bank president, who allows the case to go against him by default. The flood in the Delaware river is the worst In many years, many bridges having been swept away, while railway traffic between Philadelphia and New York was interrupted part of Saturday. Much damage was done at Paterson, N. J. Indiana Happening. The private bank of Jesse J. Fry, at Rose Lawn, has closed. Negro miners complain that they are discriminated against. A portable "blind tiger" is worrying the good people of Paoli. The Holiness Christian convention at Elwood has adjourned. The home of William Wiley at Barney, Johnson county, was dynamited by unknown persons. John C. Brockenbrough was thrown from a buggy in front of a trolley car at Lafayette and probably fatally Injured. Sportlns News. Boston defeated Pittsburg In the seventh game of baseball championship series. Illinois University freshmen won first honors in the annual fall handicap athletic meet. Major Delmar and Lou Dillon successively break the world's trotting record to wagon at Lexington, and Prince Alert paces a mile in 1:59&. Saturday Football Scores. In Indiana. Logansport 11 M. T. H. S ö Carmel 4S-M. T. H. S. (2) 0 Bhortrldge liE Franklin 5 Bhortrldge (2) 12 Shelbyvllle o Indiana iW Earlham o De Pauw 11 Mia ma 1.. o Culvr 12 Wabash H Notre Dame 1W Lake Forest Pittsboro Ü7 Brownsburg- o Westfleld O-Lapel o Wabash 17 Huntington ß Covington O Crawfordsville o Valparaiso lfer Chesterton o Washington O Vincennes o Columbus 17 Bedford . o In the West. Illinois Ott Rush M. C o Chicago 22 Purdue o Wisconsin 40 Lawrence o Michigan 7l Blolt Iowa 22 Drake o Minnesota ; 4(1 Ames o Northwestern 22 Washington Unv o Nebraska 10 Denver Unv o Kentucky 17 Her. o Ohio State 24 Denison ß Wittenberg G Unv. Cincinnati o In the East. Amherst f Harvard o Yale 22-Springfield o Cornell 12-Colgate o Princeton 21 Brown o Pennsylvania Uli State College o Phillips-Andover ....27 New Hampshire' o Navy , O-Vlrglnia o Columbia 5 Williams o Lehigh 41 Urslnus ) Phillips-Exeter IS Bowdoin o Dartmouth 34 Union o Wesleyan O Holy Cross o Carlisle 30-P. and M O Georgetown St. Albans O W. and J 42 Western Reserve O Indianapolis, City Controller Breunls paid all the October bills. Structural Building Trades Alliance elected Its ofilcers. Much Bookwalter money was wagered on the betting boards. Closing meeting of the Republican campaign was addressed at Tomllnson Hall by

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Thürs , Frt.?at., -Heart's Adrift." AMISE3IENTS. To-xiGHT-One Night Only Frei. K. Wright' Hpeclal Production The BEAUTY DOCTOR Musical KxttavMgttiz by C Herbert Kerr and Howard Shelley. 50-tmiUINAL CAST AND CHOKUS-50 Hear the Latest Song Hits. Prices, ti.W. J1.00. TSc. SOc. 2ic Seats now selling. Tues., Wed., Oct. 13-14-Mat. Wd. CHARLES FROHMAN'S Cmpire Thtiter Co.. of New York, wi'.kF AT DAVIS, ft LADY ROSE'S DAUGHTER Prices, JLW, JL00, TjC, 50c. 2ic. Seats now selling. Thürs., FVl.f Oct. 15-16-rr Ifjfcfi 0sf JVXl-i. L15MOYX15 In a Magnlücent bee nie Production of LADY BERINTHIA'S SECRET Pricc4-?1.50. 11.00. 7ic. 50c, 25c Beau ready to-day. Special Announcement The management of English's Opera. Hoest takoj pkFure In announcing the engagement on Saturday Matinee and Night. Oct. 17, of the distinguished actress. MAKY M1AW, who will appear in the greatest success of her career, lbs-n s widely dicused drama. ti IIO STJ4." Seat sale commences Monday. Oct. 12. Prices. 25c to 1.50. On account of th great- Interest already shown in Miss SUA W.s engagement It has been decided that applications for seats made before the regular opening of the sais wtil be filed in the order of their receipt. iW GIvrfD Fashionable Vcadevda Robert Hilllard and Company MAX WALD0N MR. AMD MS. WAJtOUl VtKKO-i MM CALCWm HARRY TOMSOS THt BROWKlHtS THE BIO SCO PL Matinees Daily, lOo, 20o and 25o. EMPIRE THEATER Ä". Commencing Monday Matinee, October 12 TWO SHOWS DAILY Scribner's Gay Morning Glories A Beyy of Pretty Girls and Comedians rrlcee of Admlislon ICc. 15c, 2Sa. lOo. Next Week Moonliiht Maids. Election Kt turns Tuesday by Special Wir Telephone (1317) New. UNIQUE THEATER 130 E. Wash. St Opp. Pembroke Arctic Opens Monday, Oct. 12th As a Family Theater, with Refined Vaudeville and Moving Pictures. AtlmlHHiorx - JO Centn Treasury Statement. Monthly statement for September, 19C3, showing balance in the State Treasury atthe clo.e of business Sept. SO, aa appears In the office of Auditor and Treasurer ot State: Balance In treasury Aug. 31, 1M3 $GW.SS6.22 August receipts 415.II9.4S Total ..: J1.1I5.005.78 August disbursements .. 570,2ü0.44 Italance on hand Sept. SO, 1303 44.$05.?l Balance by Funds. General fund $324,443.86 School revenue for tuition S8.S6.08 College fund principal... 74.SS9.a-. College fund Interest 3.SULCS Permanent endowment fund principal 8.2S5.30 Permanent endowment . fund interest 10,787.a Sales university and college fund lands 7,630.13 Sales permanent endovment fund lands 13.53S.47 Excess bid sinking fund 1.933.25 Unclaimed estates 30.361.44. Sales state lands 9.246.37 Swamp land funds 13.C2S.55 Common school fund.... 5,732.70 Escheated estates L1S3.26 State sinking fund 487.7S Surplus revenue fund.... 600.00 Total 544,805l Outstanding warrants, J1.316.S5. NAT. U. HILL, Treasurer of State. D. E. SHERRICK, Auditor of Stat. 8 A FC DCrOSITl. S. A. FLETCHER & C0S Safo Deponit VcmtAlt 30 En at Waahtnffton Street. Absolute safety arainst fir and burrlir. Policeman day and night on ruard. Designed for afe keep inj: of Money, Bonds. Wills. Deeds. Abstracts. Silver Plata, Jewell and Tal ua tie Trunks, Packages, tc Contains 2,100 boxes. Rent lf3 to $13 Ter Year. JOHN S. TAIUCIXGTOX - - Blanaer. 8AW8 AND MILL SUPPLIES. ASK FOR ATKINS SAWS FINEST ON EARTH Hand, Crosscut, Batcher, Kitchen tad Mill tars SOLD EVERYWHERE BARRY 5AWS Mill SupplUs of All Kind Senator Fairbanks, John L. Griffiths, W. L. Taylor and Mayor Uookwalter. Mortimer Leverlnpr will manage Illinois estate and move to Chicago. I103IAXTIC STORY OF UTA II. How the Pioneer Settlera of the Weft Started the State. John Mathews, In Leslie's Weekly. The migration of the ilrst Mormons across the broad, unknown vast that lay between the Missouri river and tn 2lley of the Great Salt lake was an uudei takln of extraordinary daring, an exptdlt'on seo ond. perhaps, to the coming of tne pilgrim fathers. Just as the pilgrims launched lhlr ships upon a terrible and unknown sea, these first pioneers of the "West ventured Into a vast, strange land about which they knew litt! aside from the knowledge of the constant presence. , The people of Utah were the first to establish themselves In the West. Oregon, In 1S47, was disputed ground. Callfor nia belonged to Mexico and the '49-ers. the lirst American pioneers of that State, did net traverse the prairie until tv.a years later, and after Utah was a settlement with several thousand people. So that Utah was then the very border land. It was there that the West took root. The leaders of the Mormons had decided upon the far distant West a the future home of their people. They had no more delinlte plan than that. They had read of the valley of the Great Salt lake in the reports of Gen. John C. Fremont, the "pathlinder," who had seen the region in 1M3, They had heard, too, of Oregon, and they had considered Vancouver island. Iut not until the expedition was well on Its way was the exact destination dennltely determined. There were three main bodies of emigrants who moved from the camp at winter quarters on the Missouri river to the valley tx-yond the Rockies. The first party numbered 14$, Including three women und two children, and made its journey in the spring of 1M7, with Rrigham Young at its h.eaj. Then followed in the summer of the same year the 8x"0iid body of pion?ers, nearly 2,u in all. among them many of the women and children of the?e first pilgrims of the prnlrie. under the direction of John Young, a brother of the chief. Then Uricham Young returned to the Missouri and the following year guided to the new laud all the remainder of his people, about of tue. ... -