The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23
HOOSIER EDITORS CONCI6vE.
Ben Harrison 20 be Urged for tlns
PFeeidaneT

Ho1 A4KEAe0m 20 be Urged for tina
Presidency.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 16.-The meet
ing of the Indiana republican editors
to-day drew out large attendance
from all parts of the state. The gem
eral sentiment favored making the
campaign in favor of protection, free
ballot and fair count, the latter
features being given precedence. While
no official expression was given, it
was plain that there was a strong
feeling in favor of pushing ex-senator
Harrison as Indiana's candidate for
the Presidency. Speeches were made
by Hon. Richard Smith, of the Cincln-
natl Commercial Gazette, ex-senator
Harrison, Ex-Governor Porter, Lieu
tenant Governor Robertson and others.
Mr.. Smith, In the course of his speech,
said he was proud of the republican
party because it has always had a
policy and at the same time
the courage of its convictions which
enabled it to do great work, and it
was now destined to manage the at
fairs of the government. If these are
to be well managed by a wire scratch
on one side and the suppression of legal
ballots on the other, Cleveland was
elected. The house of representatives
has been democratic, but the result of
the Cleveland administration has
been disappointing and grows
more so every week. He set out with
the purpose and under promise made
in his letter of acceptance and repeated
in his inaugural that he would carry
out the provisions of the civil service
law prepared by democrat and
adopted by republican congress; that
was the excuse many Republicans,
commonly called ''mugwumps,"
gave for voting for him. What
has become of that promise?-
Look at our deranged mail service and
the general falling off in the degree of
service in all branches of the govern
ment. The promise has gone with the
civil service rules and to keep COM
pany with that other promise Mr..
Cleveland made in the hours of sur
prise, over his nomination, that he
would not be candidate for reelection.
The platform on which the President
goes to the country is simply to keep
the duties on what we grow, and take
them off of articles that come in COM
petition with our products; this is the
way he proposes to dispose of the sur
plus revenue. Thus far, however, his
party in congress has not adopted his
free-trade policy, and it is not likely
that it will. Congress will
leave off where it began
without any settled policy upon
the questions that SO deeply and di-
rectly affect the industries of the coun-
| try. The speaker argued strongly in
support of protection, devoting con-
siderable portion of his address to that
topic and giving many illustrations of
| the beneficial working of the tariff. In
closing his address he said the demo-
cratic party had beyond question shown
itsincapability. 1t has had no policy for
thirty years, but a bad way of doing
| things, The wisest men in the party
are protectionists. but they are in a
minority and are powerless for positive
work. but the time has come when it
should be turned out and that is what
we propose to do. We may differ
about men but when the convention
shall speak, we shall be ready to
fall into line. The Republican party
is more united and strong than it was
four years ago and strong pull and a
long pull will send the democratic
| party once more to the rear, encour-
age our industries and secure to the
country another period of great pros
| perity.