The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-22
How Wisconsin Views the Question.

How Wisconsin Views the Question.
Whitewater tWis.) Register.
The list of favorito sons seems complete and
1t must be acknowledged that the array of as
pirants for presidential honors is a goodly one.
Wisconsin for the first time seriously enters
the lists and offers Q name which il admitted by
all to be second in merit to none. in that Of her
noble Governor, Jerry kusk. And, having
waited long, there will be a correspondinely
vigorous effort on the part Of his friends to win
the prize with aud for him. Michigan hopes
much for her Governor AIger, Ohio for her
veteran Sherman. Iowa for her Senato1 Allison,
and so on down the line. Indiana, too, has her
favorite son.. but is peculiarly placed in this
Endorsement which Judge Gresham has re-
ceived as q presidential candidate from the Re-
publicans of Illinois and othor States. yet it is
undeniable that in his own State General
f hssr.''f Z. is u ssISa' TO assert .h. %o .:she m. chime"
has given the State delegation to Harrison while
the people wanted Gresham, for the evidence ID
entirely otherwise. The thirty delegates from
Indiana, representing all portions Of the State
are all earnestly and Enthusiastically for Gen
eral Harrison. II the majority Of the people had
preferred Judge Gresham, that preference would
certainly have found some way Of putting its
mark upon tho delegation
That General Harrison should be so highly
honored by the Republicans Of his State 10 not
at all a strange thing. He il q man worthy OF
all the preferment which hN most jealous ad-
herents wish for him. He is clean. honorable.
upright, fearless, able and experienced. His
be no defensive campaign: for there would be
nothing to defend. If there should be
breastworks he would be in front OF them and
not behind them. Such . man comes
very near to being an ideal staudard-bearer. and
it is not strange that the Hoosier State, having
recognized his worth and worthiness, should in
dorse him Enthusiastically and determinedly.
Such being the case is 1t not well that the dele
cations from other States be slow to ask the
Indiana Republicans to name an Indiana candi-
date who this year is certainly not the one that
they desire to honor. Judge Gresham 10 . man
whom We believe to be worthy OF all the high
esteem which he enjoys; he 10 one OF the at
~tractive and picturesque figures in tho field Of
ination Of admiring thousands in lmost every
State in the Union. And bis friends, while
admitting the greater popularity OF Harrison In
Indiana, seem to depend upon repeating the
1880 instead of Sherman. But 10 such an
expectation wise or reasonablef 1t Is . difficult
thing to duplicate q happy accident. In this
case is it probable that. il duplicated in the con-
v~ention. 1t would be a: cordially ratified at the
polls as was that otherf
Circumstances may 80 shape that Indiana will
be the real battlefield of the campaign. The
Republicans can win almost as surely with In
diana al with Now York, and observing men
are fast coming to agree that the Republicans
nVokky hato1a O00hX tAoa ~ y
can the Empire State. Should it then happen
that the convention deem il best to select an
Indiana candidate for the presidency, ought IL
not to take the one who it is assured by Indiana
rather than the one preferred by safe Illinois.
Lancaster wis Teller.
There IS sincerity in the appeal for nomina-
ton of General Harrison, of Indiana. More
than that-of the lot. he ID the ablest. the most
honorable, and the most worthy of Republican
and patriotic support, and those who most SIN
cerely desire honest government and the good OF
the people. Still more-when the canvass Is
made and the people come to know the facts, he
will draw their votes as none OF the others can.
He is the only ono who when weighed in the
will not be found wanting.
Who can carry New York; is the question
with the Republicans. Why is it that New
York 10 not a Republican State! The
They are facts. calmly stated. Will any one
dispute theml If they are facts do they not
signify any thingi Do they not show that New
York State has . very large party OF the most
exclusive and determined Blaine voters who will
forever refuse to know a party that will not know
them-and they are Republicans who were
always Republicans. But if Gresham,
of all the candidates, is made the nominee. why
il he selected Is it not so as TO eetrid OF Blaine.
and to hoodvink Blame votersl 1t IL with the
0&DNSbokiOa saos - hotoO ~ 80 80 e~~
insults heaped upon them 1t is to ignore them
with the expectation that they will not know
they are ignored. some may be taken in thai
way but it seems 70 rs the past shows there are
enough who will not, in New York, TO swamp
any unsatisfactory candidate under many
thousands of votes. The convention that for
gets them in making MP it, jewels will get lef,
1t does not follow that Blaine must be nomi
mated. We believe that Blaine could get more
votes in New York than any other man on earth
but We count him out Of the race. We have not
the sliehtest expectation in his nomination.
But We do not believe that any Republican
brought out with tho view Of getting rid Of
Blaine can carry New York. OF the lot namet
in this article Gen. Harrison II the only one no
in that boat. He was always . conscientiouI
Republican. He led the Indiana delegation fol
Blaine in 1850. If he could Do made the candi
date all Blaine Republicans could be brought Il
his support. and a. for the other wing he wa
never in an offensive attitude towards them
And the muewumpsl We count them inhni
tessimal in politics, but, IS . civil-servtce r.
former, Gen. Ben Harrison In perhaps the onl,
man on record IN Congress Ia q speech declariul