Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-23

backer in the State, and he it was who
gave the casting vote against Harri-
son for U. S. Senator in the Indiana
Legislature last session. 1 deem it
safe to say that 5000 Green
bakers will vote for Cleveland
some OF them because they hate the
recrod of the Republican party on the
finance question, others because they
favor tariff reduction, and others merely
because they want an opportunity to
punish Harrison for the bitterness and
contempt he has evidenced toward them
You remember, if you do not the Green.
hackers do, that Harrison's expressed
idea has always been that an idiot
asylum ought to be erected by the State
expressly to confine the Greenbackers.
The Union Labor party was born at Gin
clnnati in February, 1887. Some of the
leading men in that convention were
frym Indiana, Allen of Terre Hante,
Gruelle OF Indianapolis, Mackey of Sui
Ivan, Bailey of Vincennes, and others.
Ihey have a partial organization in
this State, and have a State ticket.
Their strength is hard to estimate, be-
cause it is their first venture in State
politics in this State. Rankin of Terre-
Haute is a member of their National
Committee, and is controlled by Allen of
the same city.
| About one-third to one-half of the old
Greekbackers belong to the Union
Labor party, and they get some strength
from labor unions and Knights of Labor.
Like the Greenbackers, they are honest.
well meaning and jealous, but they lack
| organization and money, and besides
there has from the first been an utter
want of harmony in their ranks. They
hate Harrison on account of his attitude
toward laborlng men at various times,
and no newspaper in the State is doing
Harrison as much harm as the Signal,
edited by Gruelle, l will send you
copy OF it. A large majority OF
the Union Laborists are in
favor of tariff reduction, and some
of them are absolute free traders. If
they keep an electoral ticket in the field
for Streetor and cunningham it will not
poll to exceed 1000 votes in the State.
Gruelle is tariff reformer and will vote
for Cleveland, as will majority of those
who hold nominal membership in the
Union Labor party in this State
The Henry George men in this State
have no organization and no ticket in the
field and will not hold a Convention
They, of course, are absolute free traders
and will almost to man vote for Cleve-
land, because he represents the idea OF
tariff reduction. There are about 5000
Henry George men in the State. Their
newspapers and orators openly support
Cleveland, and they are, for their "size,"
quite active in speech-making and dis
tributing literature. Many of them
belong to the Knights of Labor.
They repudiate the Cowdrey and Wake
field ticket and it will not get vote in
the State. They, like the Union Labor
party, are anew element in Indiana pol
itics.
Lastly come to consider the Mug
wumps. They number perhaps 1000 in
the State. A few of these will vote for
Cleveland because they are free traders
but most of them will vote for Harrison. |
So far as Mugwumps in Indiana are con- |
cerned Harrison will make a gain over |
Blaine.
The cry OF free trade does not have the
terror in it now that it had in 1880 and |
you will be surprised to be here and see |
what sentiment there is among wage |
workers in favor of tariff reduction. The !
conclusion to be reached, as things now
appear, is that Cleveland will carry In
diana think. Truly, etc. -
GENERAL HARRISON ON STRIKERS.
The Signal referred to in this letter
contains full exhibit of General Harri-
sons attitude towards the strikers. The
HERALD intends to publish it at an early
day.
A Pension Bill.
EDITORS HERALD-There has been a
good deal of talk in Republican newspa-
pers detrimental to President Cleveland
on account OF his many pension vetoes.
Whether justly or unjustly, he has been
magnified into an ogre to scare innocent
voters because, forsooth, he is opposed
to giving a pension to a soldiers
widow (?) whose husband is himself
drawing a pension in another State, or,
perhaps, because he thinks it wrong to
pension Union deserters.
For very good reasons the President
has vetoed numerous private pension
bills, but We have yet to hear of just
appeal that was unlistened to.
Mr.. Henry Heiss is a Union veteran
who has lived in Azusa, as we'll as I can
remember, since last November. He
came here from Burlingame, Kansas.
He is an invalid whose ellis and woes"
are a direct heritage of the "late un-
pleasantness." When he arrived in
Azusa he could not walk, but is now able
to get around with the aid of a stick.
l will give his story as near as possible
in his own words:
eyes, sir, for about six years previous
to Cleveland's election l had tried to
get pension. but for one reason or an
other failed to do SO. Shortly after
CleI Glands Inauguration conceived the
idea of writing to the President himself
about the matter. did so, and received
the following reply, which is now in my
possession and can be seen by anyone"
EXECUTIVE MANsIoN,)
WASHINGTON, D. G.,
March 25, 1885,.
MY DEAR SIR-The President directs
me to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 21st instant, and to inform
you that it has been referred for the at
tention of the Commissioner of Pensions.
Very respectfully yours,
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