The Portland daily press., 1888-09-27
WHAT THEY DIDN'T WANT IN 40,
An Interesting Letter Read to Tippe-
canoe Veterans.
What General Harrison's Friends saw
of His Speeches.
Instances Which Show How the
Wind Blows In New York.

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respects to Gen. Harrison today. In his
speech to the visitors Gen. Harrison said:
''In looking over. the other day, publica-
card signed by fifteen Democrats of Orange,
| N. j.. giving their reason for leaving the
Democratic party. 1t occurred to me it
might be interesting i.qr to some Of these old
gentlemen" Cries OF I'VE want to hear it."
and Read it,
1t was as follows:
We might give many reasons for this change
in our political opinions. The following, how
We do not believe the national debts a national
| blessing. Laughter and applause.l
40 be 10 Sa labor n free
scribed by the despots in foreign country. ZAP
We do not believe in fighting for a country and
being unrepresented IN the councils Of that
country. IA cry That's lt.nl
We do not believe In an exclusive hard
metallic currency any more than we believe in
hard bread or no bread. ILaughter]
trainers Of he cons1on than tbe qessn 81 ae
should occupy his time during his first term In
electioneering for asecond. [Applause.l.
Continuing Gen. Harrison advocated the
| disposing of the twenty millions of surplus
by returning to the States the amount of the
direct tax paid by them during the war; The
usual handshaking followed the address.
Chairman Houston, of the Republican
state Committee, announces that Mr.. Blaine
igan canvass. The following are Mr. Blaine's
Indiana dates: At Goschen, Oct. 10: Indi-
annapolis, IL !; Evansville, 10; New Albany,
| 10; closing the canvass at Farecue, on the
T1ppecanoe battle ground, Oct. II.
General Harison's Speeches.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept 26.--It has be-
come apparent to General Harrison's friends
that tits throwing too much of strain upon
him to permit delegations to flow in upon
him continuously, and it has been determin-
ed to have only three reception days each
week after this month. The handshaking,
although trying ordeal, can be endured
easily, but the demand for speeches, num-
bering as many as four on some days, is
simply unreasonable. Yet, under the
pressure of circumstances, he has several
| tlmes delivered pleasing and pointed adj
dresses, eliciting the highest praise, when,
| as ne mas afterward confessed, he really did
not know up to the moment of beginning to
| speak what he should say. This was the
case last week, when he addressed crowd
from lroquois county, H., and Laporte
| county, Ind, giving utterance to what many
regarded as the most forcible speech he has
dellyered. AS he alighted from his carriage
| at University Park, where the visitors had
assembled, he remarked to member of his
family: We'll, really l don't know what
to say to. these people today" However,
d
effectively pointed presentation of ideas that
ne has expressed repeatedly, in his en-
deavors to impress upon his hearers the few
really important issues of the campaign.
A Troubled District.
WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 26-Last Satur-
day the Republicans opposed to the regular
nomination of j. FL. Walker in the tenth
Congressional district, unanimously nomin-
ated Hon. T. C. Bates as the straight Repub-
lican candidate. They wrote to Bates let
ter setting forth at length their grievances.
Mr.. Bates replied, reviewing in a caustic
tone the history for two years of the politics
In the district, but declining the nomination,
as chairman OF the committee Of the district
and a faithful Republican. He regards ma
tional issues and the need Of the district for
hepabllcan representative as the reasons
why he should not do anything to imperil
hePInibllcan success; This is the strong Re
publican district which elected John E. Rus |
SELL Demaerass m,1.ssn Bates, Srs ago. owing to a
publican nomination, and, and ex-C0ngress-
man Rice, who wanted denomination, and |
got it.
Priest Against the Saloon Party. |
CANAJoHARIE, Sept. 26.-Father McIn- |
crow. pastor of st. Mary's church at Amster- |
dam, the largest Catholic church in the Mo- |
hawk Valley, said today: Il can't drag pol |
itics into the pulpit, and think it wise to |
avoid the discussion of political matters |
there. except when they involve social and |
moral interests, and then l think it is a mat |
ter of duty for priests to speak. / think the |
falls election is a controversy between the |
influence of the church against those of the |
saloons. Inasmuch as Warner Miller was |
honest, candid and courageous enough to |
make the issue openly this fall, he should be |
supported by every Christian voter in his |
determination to crowd out the saloons of |
the lowest character, make the traffic pay its |
just share of the taxes and give the people in |
certain places the opportunity to vote for |
prohibition"
The Big New York Meeting.
NEW YORK, Sept 26.-Ever since the big |
mass meeting that is to be held at the Polo |
Grounds on Saturday night was announced, |
the Harlem Republican Club which has |
charge of the affair. has been deluged with |
letters asking all sorts of questions, contain |
ing requests for tickets to the speakers |
stand, and informing the club that hundreds |
of organizations from the surrounding towns |
intend to attend the meeting. large num- |
Der of clerks are answering these letters and |
from all indications it will be one of the lar
gest and most enthusiastic meetings ever held |
in this city.
Aplatform 50 by 10 feet will be erected in |
front of the grand stand and 100 feet from it |
so that persons sitting on any of the 5000 |
seats in the grand stand ann ON the ''bleach- |
ing boards" will be able to hear the speakers
plainly. Other stands will be erected in
different parts of the Polo Grounds, so that
If the crowd is too great to get near the main
stand they will not be deprived of listening
to some of the eloquent and leading Republi-
can visitors. II it should rain arrangements
have been made to hold the meeting in
Coliseum Hall, at One Hundred and Seventh
street and Fourth avenue. 1t is not the in
tention to attempt to make much of a parade
but taere will be short one from One Hun
dred and Twenty-ffth street to the Polo
Grounds preceding the meeting. Cappa's
| Seventh Regiment Band will furnish the mu-
sic.
All of the speakers that were first an
nounced to speak will be on hand, except
| B. K. Bruce. He is speaking in the West and
does not think it advisable to come so far to
make one speech especially as his services
are in so great demand in the West, and par
| ticularly in Indiana, where he will speak
| on the night of the meeting here. Following
Blaine, Chauncey M. Depew, j. b. Foraker,
William Mckinley, John Finnerty, Gen.
Adam E. King, Benjamin Butterworth, w.
| G. Plummer, W. Z. Mason, Stewart l.. Wood
| ford. A. W. Tenney and James p. Foster.
Westchester county will be well represented.
A number of clubs will come from Mount
Vernon under the command OF Col. Henry
| Huss.
Leaving the Prohibition Party.
AUBURN, N. Y. Sept. 26.-These are
dreary days in the Prohibition camp in this
| city. The deserters from the Prohibition
party have been more numerous since the
nomination of Gov. Hill, and just now they
are breaking rapidly for the Republican
camp. A few days ago Walter G. Robinson,
| the edesigner of the Seward statue, who had
| voted the Prohibition ticket at one or two
| elections, came out for the Republican ticket
| lie showed how free marble would injure his
business, and did not propose to vote for it.
| Today in a published letter, Rev. +. III. Hin
| man. of the Calvary Presbyterian church Of
| this city. announced that he would vote for
| Warner Miller and for Harrison and Morton.
| He has voted the Prohibition ticket since
| 1885.
| The Red Mans Friends,
LAKE MOHAWK, N. T., Sept 26.-The
sixth annual meeting Of the Lake Mohawk
Conference of Friends of the Indians assem-
bled this morning Gen. Clinton B. Fisk,
| nresident of the board of Indian commits