Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-07-05

GlNlRA.. HALE.soH-The n York
ST., lac the following to say about
TIL Chicago uominee
General Harrison has many person
al pecul!aT!t.es, among them being a
ilslnClnation to shake hands. He
has poor memory for names and
faces, and il il related Of him that
prominent men in his own State have
been introduced TO him three times
In one day before he could recognize
them. lie owns a handsome house in
Indianapolis where he lives. He
married laughter Of Professor Scott
OF Oxford, by whom he has son and
a daughter. the latter OF whom Is
married. The son is already in the
politics o. Montana Territory ten
eral llarIisou = member of the First
Presbyterian Church Of indianapolis.
Thirty years ago it was well nigh
impossible for man TO practice law
IN Indiana without also taking part
in politics. Harrison, as already
stated. took the stump for Fremont,
and again Tor Lincoln IN 1860. Har-
TIson Was Republican, and he threw
himself into the new party with earn
estness and enthusiasm. He is not
an orator, though he Is an effective
speaker. His greatest successes have
been at the bar, where learning and
logic counted for more than rhetoric
and wit. OF late years he has cult.
waited the quality of entertaining as
We'll "a convincing. The only genius
which his friends claim for him is the
genius OF application. He is of cool
temperament, and, unlike Blaine, is
entirely devoid OF that happy quality
of s'nia!lty which attracts men. He
has never had any opportunity to
cultivate social 8races.
Genera Harrison has besn for years
intimately associated with the Stand.
art o.. interests IN his State, and is
wei. known as a TREND Of the railroad /
monoroiles. Throughout the entire
West he If regarded a. the intimate
OF the tactic railroads and the North
western system, and his defeat at the
polls Will bc one Of the most crushing
known N history. He Is a weak man
IN All respects, the weakest that could .
have hcen selected He Is known as
the kld glove candidate all over the
country and represents the manufac.
turers ani money interests. He had
an English ancestor who was a sener.
al in Oliver Cromwells army, and
who suffered The extreme penalty for
having been Of those who signed the
death wArgan: Of King Charles l.
Daring MS entire career General
Harrison has Dee l. pronounced Know
Nothing an! an undlsguised enemy of
the best elements Of the foreign
population. He has expressed HIM
self 70 that effect. and never missed
an opportunity o; showing his antas.
onlsm to Irish and German citizens and
their descendants. In his cold, cynl.
al way lie has sent home the enve.
nomed lance O! his sarcasm many
time, and drawn r.iicule upon them
and their ways Of life. When more
liberal and enlightened men preceived
he mistake that had been made in
the Burlinsame treaty with Oh ina.
and /; was proposed TO break IL. he
stood UE boldly for the Chinese aud
voted 10 give them the freedom Of
'ntry into this country.
He announced himself As believing
hat coolie from the sluus Of Hong
Kong was a. good ~ a citizen OF the
irecn Isle ., the Fatherland, and he ,
wanted them admitted to contend in :
he oreu market Of labor with these |
enthusiastic and hardy sons Of the ,
Republic. These facts are on record, 4
nj are only repeated here as matters
history. The darkest page in the :
ook Of American politics is that on a
Ihich is written the story of Know s