Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-26
TUESDAY. JUNE 90, isss.
The Republican Nominee F"f
President.


BENJAMIN Harrison, the gentleman
who was Yesterday selected by the he-
pnbIican party as its nominee for fresi-
dent. is q man as to whose private worth
probably little will be said in deroga'ion
during the coming campaign, but who is
vulnerable politically, in a striking de-
gree. He Is probably the least distin-
vuished man who was ever nominated
for that exalted office by a great party.
His political service Is confined to having
served one term in the Senate oil the
United States, and that without any
distinction whatever, except having ar
reyed himself against the people on the
Chinese question. We do not count MS
election as Court Reporter in Indiana,
for that is non-political office when
could IN no way prepare him Tor a
great national trust. On the
only occasion, in 1876, in which
he ever came before the people OF
Indiana for a really political office, he
was beaten for Governor by blue
Jeans" Williams by, if our memory
serves us right. eight thousand major
ity-au enormous figure for so close a
State as Indiana.
Gen. Harrison, whatever may be his
merits in private life, is very objection
able type OF the American citizen. he Is
known as an aristocrat-as one OF the
silk hat and hroadcloth brigade who
have replaced in our national politics
the silk stocking aristocracy OF the old
Wing party.
His attitude on all labor questions has
been offensive in the extreme. lie has
gone out Of his way to antagonize work
ingmen, always taking the side OF the
capitalist in exciting disputes. In the
difficulties growing out Of the memorable
strikes of 1876, he advised the calling in
of the Federal troops to overawe and
suppress the workingmen.
On the Chinese question his record is as
bad as bad could be. He belongs to the class
OF publie men who not only believe in adj
mitting the Mougolian to this country,
but who are also in favor OF naturalzing
the Coolie.
There is something remarkably dam
aging in Harrison's labor record. During
the sessions OF the Chicago Convention a
prominent feature OF that body was the
presence of highly respectable delega-
ton OF the Federated Trades Of Indiana.
They represented that if Harrison were
nominated there we're fully fifteen thou
sand Republican workingmen in the
Hoosier State who would not vote for
him. His hostile record against organ
lied labor in 1876 was intensified by his
action in 1882. Governor Porter was dis
posed 10 take a pacific attitude in the
labor troubles OF that time. The
counsels af Gen. Harrison were vio-
Lent in the extreme. He himself raised
a company to put the strikers down. He
was large stockholder in the lndianapo-
lis Journal, John c. News paper, which
advocated the harshest measures against
the strikers. In addition, he is cold and
exclusive, arousing no sort of personal
enthusiasm. AS an iceberg, he is a
formidable rival to John Sherman, who,
OF late years, has made desperate at
tempt to become genial.
His nomination will fall fiat every
where. In Los Angeles yesterday the
enthusiasm which would have greeted
the name OF Blaine was utterly absent.
The Republicans can always get up a
crowd in Los Angeles, especially when
the Democrats, who on this occasion felt
like helping them, chip in, but there was
an utter absence OF the heart and of
heirtiness.
Harrison cannot possibly carry In
diana. This may be accepted as a
cold fact commemorative of the
actual standing in his own State
of cold man who is utterly with
out popular sympathies. His experience
with ''Blue Jeans" in 1876 will be his
outcome in 1883.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat, the lead
ing Republican Journal Of the Southwest,
said Of Harrison as Presidential posi-
bility that he reminded it OF a forty
horse power engine with ten gallon
tank attachment-the Office SO over
shadowed the man. To sum up the head
Of the Republican national ticket, we
may say that bis nomination is the very
best for the Democrats and the very
wors! for the Republicans that could have
been made. 1t is the silk glove and bur-
nished tile against the men OF Democratic
in4tincts and habitudes.
We have reason to believe that Gen.
Harrison S, silver record is notably wilmer
able We shall return to this phase OF
his career ut an early day. We do not
like to arraign even political opponent
without full information.
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