Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-26
Harrison Before and After
Nomination.
NOW POSING AS LABOR'S FRIEND.
He Finds 1t Necessary to Deny the
DOllar-a-Day and Other
Epigrams.

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in some of its features was the mos
notable in the campaign, though not tn,
largest. The management of the affail
was entirely in the hands of labor repre-
sentatives, chief OF whom were Charles
H. Lichtman, ex-Secretary General o.
the Knights of Labor; Robert D. Layton
of Pittsburg; Eccles Robinson, Master
Workman Of the Glass Workers Assem-.
bly,, of Pittsburg, assisted by John r.
Rankin, Marshall G. Woods and
other prominent local labor leaders.
Hon. VIM. Mckinley and Senator
of the day, arrived early this morning
depot The former called upon General
Harrison during the morning, and the
General took him for drive about the
city. In the afternoon a procession
formed, and after marching through the
sons residence, where the column
carriage, with escorts, passed down
through the enthusiastic line to Tomlin-
sons Hall. The big auditorium OF the
Hail was idPiuIy Ailcu " OVER
flowing. Many ladies occupied seats
on the stand, among them Mrs. Harri-
son. The front seats Of the
stage we're occupied by the color bearers
OF the various organizations, their ban
ners presenting novel appearance. The
marchers carried their flags and labor
emblems into the hall with them, and as
General Harrison appeared, accompanied
by ex-Secretary Lichtman, the vast audi
ence arose, and shaking their flags and
hats they cheered franiically for full five
minutes. In point of enthusiasm but
one other demonstration surpassed that
Of to-day. L. W. McDaniels, locally a
prominent member of the Typographical
Union, presided, and in his address,
among other things, said:
"We are here to repudiate the author
ity claimed by few professional men
who speak for the wage-workers of Indi-
ana; to deny the truthfulness of their
statements, and to contradict the asser-
ton that there is other than kindly
feeling among the workingmen Of Indi-
ana toward General Harrison. General
Harrison has never acted the blatant
demagogue by making loud professions,
yet we have evidences OF his earnest
sympathy and sincere friendship on
more than one occasion, notably his
advocacy, while in the Senate, of the bill
making arbitration the means of settle
ment Of labor troubles, and excluding
contract labor from our shores cheersl
also the bill prohibiting the use of con-
vict labor on Government works, or the
purchasing by the Government OF any
products OF convict labor.
McDaniels closed by pledging the sup
port Of those present.
AS the General rose to respond there
was a demonstration. He appeared
greatly moved. He spoke with great
earnestness, and began by saying that
he had listened during the summer and
fall to many an address full OF expression
toward him, personally, but among them
all, none had peen more grateful, or had
more deeply touched him than this great
assemblage OF the workingmen of In
diana, and the kind words addressed
him in their behalf. Early in the cam
paign, continued he, certain people
claiming to speak for the laboring men.
but really in the employ of the Demo-
cratic party managers, promulgated
through the newspapers and by cam
paign publications that were not given
the open endorsement of the Democratic
campaign managers, but were paid for
by their funds and circulated under their
auspices, number of false and scan
dalous stories relating to my
attitude towards organized labor.
The purpose of all these stories was to
poison the mind of the workingmen
against the candidate OF the party that
stands in this campaign for the princi.
pies of protection to American labor. l
have only once in all of the addresses |
have made to my fellow citizens, alluded
to these malicious and scandalous stories,
but now, and in the presence of this
great gathering of workingmen, l do pro-
nounce them to be utterly false. Tumultu-
GUS cheering, waving of hats and flags and
banners, continued for several minutes. J
The story that ever said one dollar
day was enough for workingman, with
all it's accompaniments and appendages
"a voice, II knew it was a lie"), is not a
perversion of anything ever said, 1t is a
false creation. L will not follow in detail
this long catalogue Of campaign ISLANDERS.
but will only add that it is equally false
that anywhere or at anytime I ever
spoke disparagingly Of my fellow-citizens
of Irish nationality or descent. Many of
them are enrolled on the side of the
protection of American labor. This
created the necessity for the
story. I want to say again that those
who pitch the campaign on so low a
level greatly underestimate the intelli-
gence, sense of decency and love of fair
play OF the American people. Pro-
longed cheers. said to one OF the first
delegations that visited me that this was
contest of great principles, that it
would be fought out upon the high plane
of truth and not in the swamps of slandeI
and defamation. Those who will encamr
their army in the swamp will abandon
victory to the army that is on the
heights. The Republican party stands
to-day as the bulwark and defense
of the wage.earners of this country
against competition, which may reduce
American wages even below the stand
ard they falsely impute to my suggestion
The policy of the Democratic party, the
revision of our tariff laws as indicated by
the Democratic party. tariff for revenue
only, or progr essive free trade, means 9
vast and sudden increase of importations
Is there man here so dull as not tt
know that this means diminished work
in our American shops? lCheerl
and cries of "No, No."] II some
one tells me labor is not sufficiently
rewarded here, does he hope II
have it's reward increased by strikin,
down our protective duties and compel