The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-09-28
The Indiana Campaign.

The campaign in the Hoosier State is
approaching the red-hot stage. with six
weeks more tor work. Indiana casts a
little in excess Of half million of VOTES
and OF late years it has been rare that
either party has bad much over 6 GOO
plurality. In 1876, Tiluen had 515.
in 1880, Garfield had 6.G4I. and 1884
Cleveland had 6,5l2. In the S.ate CON,
test OF 1856, on local issues. the R-pub
licans carried the State by 3 324 In
all these elections there has been a Ia
Dor or Greenback party polling as bjgb
as 12,OOO votes and Prohibition vote
tha: has reached 9,0OU. The latter is
an increasing force IN the State and the
former a diminishing one, with the
prospect the LaOor vote will go largely
Democratic this year. because of Gen.-
raj Harrison 8 radical course during the
sItlAes OF loIf ana later in opposing the
interests OF the wOrkingmen ard taking
sides with corporation employers. who
favored him with big TetaIners. He
served them as counsel on the field Of
politics and raised a company of militia
~ to eaforce their rights - All this
Is telling against the Republican candi.
date al this time, especially i'm connac.
ton with his pro- Chinese record. which
VIII not ont. The Republicans like
Lady Macbeth, have come to consider
II A damned spot -
The workingmen of the State are do
ing good work for the DemOcrar,e ma
tlonal candidates. No tariff scare was
posslo's IN Indiana at any time. Ii is a
llItle too far west, and the Republlcans
are rather avoiding the issue raised bv
President Cleveland on tax reduction.
4hsy don't want 10 bother with il. An
indianapolis special gives this report.
showing the tendency of the labor vote !:
IN INDIANA she woIkingmen are doing
gOOd work FOR the Democratic national
ticket. A number of the documents which
. nave been circulated by them were received
at national headquarters this morning In
these documents the record of General Har-
rlson during the railroad strikes of 1887 and
as attorney for the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad previous to that time are set forth
In one OF them a hGhOgraph fac-simile of
the account rendered by General Harrison
as attorney for the road is printed in which
ne alleges that the services of himself and
: otner attorneys associated with him were re-
CURED Tor one week, and that such services
were worth al 900 for each of the counsel
thus empioved- Another lithopraphic conv
OF Teceipt showing that General Harrison
was paid s2lOOO for his services is added.
/ and at either side of these letters Is printed
a statement that this Is the reason yhv tbe
4 Ohio aud Mississippi road refused the de-
nlaho on the part or the train men on the
road for more than 81 day for their work
/ Ihey are also circulating a lithocraphic
. copy OF the receipt signed Dy General Har-
tisoD as Captain OF Company 'tC'' of the
lndiana Legion, provisional regiment
raised during the strike In 1877, for $50 for
four days service at that time.
This illustrates the drift of the cam.
paIgn. General Ha-rison's daily ora
tions, running into very dull platituGes,
DO nos meet the case and the Repub.
iIcans seem to be growing desperate, fol
on Saturday night at Indianapolis they
asSailed Democratic procession, and
there WAS near approach to danger
Gus riot. AS an argument this is hard
" superior to the free trade" yawp.-
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