The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-25
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
Sense and Sentiment Regarding the Situa-
tion of Affairs in the State of Indiana.

Why Gen. Harrison Should Be Nominated
Winchester Herald.
But two things can concur. need be taken
into consideration in the nomination OF q Presl-
dent One is. what is right Another, what IS
pointer Looking to the first query the mind OF
every Republican would probably answer, John
Sherman. After him comes General Harrison
AS 10 the second consideration, our own dlst1n-
guished Statesman comes first And this Is
truly epublican-characteristic of our party.
1t becomes the Democratic party to nominate .
man without q record. They must do II 1t 10
matter of necessity IT they nominate man
with record. it must either be loyal or dis
loyal one. If loyal. the larger portion of the
Democracy will only render him strained al
legance and support.
Two more loyal men were never nominated
by any party than Horace Greedy and General
badly beaten, and this simply because of their
loyalty. They must nominate Cleveland, a
man unknown. with unknown ideas, unknown
policies and unknown principes-if any at all.
This is essentially Democratic. Not so however,
the Republican party. It will and should nom-
mate a man with q record, a man with past.
man with policy, man with principles. 1t
should nominate man with brains enough to
formulate policy and courage enough to defend
it. 1t should have q man acquainted with the
wants of the people, with the crying needs OF
tho hour. and a man with force and ability
enough to right those wrongs.
The Republicans want q Republican-past,
present and future They want man who has
grown with the party. who struggled with 1T IN
its dark hours. who has been constantly identi-
fed with its interests, who has shared its VIC
tories and borne it's defeats. and who has never
finched in his allegiance to the Republican
party.
"Men are nothing and principles everything"
but men are this embodiment of principles,
parties are crystalized about principles, and
man who knows these principles and will rep
resent them is the man for the great progressive
party of America. General Harrison is man
of marked and distinguished ability. who has
made . record of which any man might we'll feel
proud. He was a soldier, and he represents the
ideas and desires OF the ciiizen-soldiery of our
country. He is .'bloody shirt" Republican,
and wants every man in America to possess the
right to vote and the right to have his vote
count one.
His record as Senator is before the country,
and all may know it to be of that bold and fear
less character that challenges our admiration
and ELECTS enthusiasm. Indiana is a doubt
full State-General Harrisons nomination
would render it certainly Republican. Indiana
is to be the battle-ground in the coming cam
paign. We want the General on the battle
field. one that has fought over the same ground
and achieved a great victory in the same
field We want man who carry Indiana,
and that man is Ben Harrison. Give us Cen
eral Harrison because he is able statesman,
a shrewd politician old soldier and an Indi-
ana man. and with him we will be assured of
this State