St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-01

armies of the Union when our national
life was in peril. am sure you will be
glad to make broader the welcome l
have given him, and to show him that
he has warm place in the affections of
our Indiana people. Let me present to
you Gen. Alger, of Michigan. pro
longed applause and cries of whats
the matter with Alger?'0
Gen. Alger responded as follows:
GEN. ALGER's SPEECH.
Gentlemen: l thank you very much
for this cordial greeting. l thank you
very kindly, Gen. Harrison, for the
pleasant words you have said of me
personally. | wish to say-as you
would know if you lived in Michigan
that am not speech-maker. l COM
posed few speeches some weeks ago,
and Gen. Harrison has been delivering
them ever since. Laughter After
reading his speeches carefully, each
one of them gem of concentrated
Thought, l have made up my mind that
the Chicago convention
MADE NO MISTAKE.
We have not held any post mortem in
our state. We are glad that we have
such a gallant candidate. a man in
whose composition no flaw can be found,
III whose life no act or word can be adj
yersely criticised. We are as proud in
Michigan of your candidate-who is our
candidate also as we could possibly be
were any other man in the universe
named. We are all Harrison men in
Michigan now, and the place he has in
our hearts is just as warm as though he
lived
WITHIN OUR OWN BORDERS.
You HoosierS have no patent upon
this: Applause.l The people of the
United States have great crisis before
them. The question as to the life and
prosperity of our inustrial institu-
lions is at stake. We have, as we
have always had, since this country was
worth caring for, the opposition Of the
day, standing shoulder to shoulder be-
side the Democratic party, and combined
they expect to capture
OUR MANUFACTURES.
Another question needs careful
thought. 1t is the possibility of the
future of the supreme court of the
United States. Two Republican men,
bers of that court are well along in
years. The Oldest is seventy-five, the
next seventy three, and all ex-
cept one are above sixty
four. Ii a Democratic presi-
dent is elected this fall, five years
nearly will elapse before it will be pos
sible to change the government from
the hands of the Democracy to the
hands OF the Republicans. Both prob
ably will be retired within four years
from the 4th of next March. To my
mind it is a great danger. The four
teenth amendment of the constitution
provides that
NO CLAIM FOR SLAVES
shall ever be presented and paid by the
United States: but as | read it, it does
not provide that the claims of millions,
which would be brought up for the
devastation of the Southern states by
Northern armies, shall not be paid. The
safest way for us is to elect a Republic
can president.
AT the conclusion of the speechmak-
ng, Gen. Alger shook hands with the
crowd, many of whom entered the
house and were entertained by Gen.
and Mrs. Harrison.
Among Gen. Harrison's callers later
in the day was Hon. Patrick Egan, one
Of the delegates at large from
Nebraska to the Chicago con-
the Irish National League of America.
He was accompanied by Mortimer Scan
Ian, 'of Chicago, and other gentlemen.
They spent half hour with Gen. Har-
rlson. Gov. Alger left this evening for
Cincinnati to attend the exposition.
In an interview with the correspond
ent of the Associated Press he said,
among other things, that the Republi-
cans of Michigan would make an effort
to get Mr.. Blaine to stump that state,
and in response to a query he smilingly
denied that he had recently left his
check, while in New York, with Chair
man Quay for 100000 OF an y other sum.