National Republican., 1884-07-22
One OF the "Truiy Goods

Mr.. J. c. S. Harrison is Tor was) an In
diauapolis banker. Ten years ago he was
government director in the Union Pa
cifc railroad. Ho came prominently be.
fore the country in 1876 in connection
with certain charges against Mr.. Blaine
which were being industriously worked
up by syndicate Of western newspapers
to prevent his nomination for the presi-
dency. Mr.. Harrison was everywhere
quoted as authority for the statement that
the late Thomas A. Scott, when president
of the Union Pacific railroad company,
took certain bonds Off Mr.. Blaine's hands
to save him from loss ON account of their
depreciation, and subsequently charged
the loss to the Union Pacific company.
Mr.. Scott was alive when this publication
was first made. Ho promptly denied it,
and explained the whole transaction to
the satisfaction of everybody. and the
complete vindication of Mr.. Blaine.
When Mr.. Blaine was nominated for
tho presidency by the Chicago conven-
tion Mr.. Harrison was one of the first re-
publicans to announce that ho would
not vote for him, and this gave all tho
democratic newspapers in the country an
opportunity to say that "Mr. John G. s.
Harrison, a a'gentleman of high character
and lifelong republican, has bolted the
republican nomination" and to follow
this up with the old story which Mr..
Harrison gave to the public in 1876, Mr..
10 In fG nd fnr "a
the charges relate to him their repetition
must remain unanswered. A little Cit
cumstance has occurred in the meantime,
however, which very seriously effects the
credibility of Mr.. Harrison as wit ness.
The certificate Of high character" which
the democratic press has been giving him
will avail very little in the presence OF
the developments which have been made
In the past few days in regard to Mr.. Har-
rison's financial transactions.
The man who has been posing as a
patriot too pure to vote for Mr.. Blaine
for president will be obliged to spend the
remainder of his life defending himself
against charges Of all manner of fraud in
connection with his banking business
The bank which he conducted for great
many years suddenly collapsed, and the
swindled creditors and depositors have a
very poor opinion Of his personal integ.
rity. For q day or two after the run
on his bank began he kept the doors
open, but refused to pay checks, aud
occasionally ordered a particularly impor.
tunate creditor to leave the window.
This little game of bluff could not be KEEP
up very long, and Mr.. Harrison wa
obliged to succumb. His bank is now il
the hands of the sheriff.
There is such an utter deficiency o
assets that nobody can be found who i
willing to act as receiver. The morbid,
conscientious Mr.. Harrison managed t,
get away with great deal of money be
longing to other people. 1t might b.
supposed that man with SO fine q sens
of political morality would be scrupu
lously exact in his business methods, bu
strange to say Mr.. Harrison was not un
like Mr.. Ferdinand Ward [of Grant (
Ward) in Lis idea Of the functions of
bank. He took in all the money he con \,
got and paid nothing out. When Mr.
Harrison first thrust himself before tn
country in the character of a politica
periectionist a great many people sus
pected that he was an arrant fraud, an,
the developments of the past week hav
more than confirmed the suspicion.