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the new Denison hotel AS General Harri-
son appeared on the stairway. escorted by
local committee of the Irish club, he was
the familiar response. ''He is all right.
President Brady, OF the local
club: being absent, John Beggs
acted as spokesman. After touching
upon the political issues he concluded:
General Harrison, by your noble utter
ances in behalf of the downtrodden people
of ireland you have assisted much IN
building up the strong public opinion
which exists today in America. and which
beyond doubt will in the near future solve
the question of the right of Irish people to
self government, and for this you are ell
titled to have our most grateful thanks.
General Harrison said: My friends,
you were Irishmen; you are Americans
fCheers. Irish-Americans and though
you have given the consecrated loyalty OF
your honest hearts to the starry flag and
your adopted country you have not and
ought not forget to love and venerate the
land of your birth. lGreat applause Ii
you could forget Ireland, if you could be
unmoved by her minstrelsy. untouched by
her appeals. her splendid oratory, unsym--
pathetic with her heroes and martyrs, l
should fear the bonds Of. your citizenship
would have no power oyer hearts SO cold
and constituencies, SO dead. Cheering
What if sprig of green was found upon
the bloody Jacket of "a union soldier who
lay dead ON Missionary Ridge,
the flag he died for was his flag and the green
was only memory and inspiration. Ma
tives or Irish born join with the Republican
convention in the hope that the cause of
Irish home rule, progressing under the
leadership of Gladstone and Parnell upon
peaceful and lawful lines, may yet secure
for Ireland that which as Americans we SO
In rtI1a
cheering / am sure you who have given
such convincing evidence of your devotion
to the American constitution and flag and
to American institutions will not fail in
this great civil contest. Who, If not Irish
Americans, versed in the sad story of COM
mercial ruin of the Ireland they love,
should be instructed in the beneficent in
fiuence of the protection tariff? Loud
and continued cheering Who, If not Irish
Americans should be able to appreciate
the friendly influence of the protective sys-
tenn upon their individual and upon their
home life? Applause. Contrast the
American mother and wife burdened ONLY
with the cares of motherhood and the
household with the condition of women in
many countries of the old world where she
is loaded also with the drudgery of toll in
the field. Applause. / know more,
that Irishmen VINO are SO characterized by
their defense for women and whose women
have SO fully illustrated that which is
pure in female character, will value this
illustration of the good effects of the
American system upon home life. Long
continued applause.l These nations across
the sea who are hungry for American mar
kets, they are waiting with eager eXpecta-
ton for the adoption of the free trade
policy by the United States. [Cries
of THAT will never happen."l The
English manufacturer is persuaded that
an increased market for English goods in
America is good for him, but L think it
will be impossible to persuade American
producers or American workingmen that
it is good for them Loud applause and
cries of THAT is right.'l l believe that
social order, that the national prosperity,
are bound up in the preservation of our
existing policy. Loud cheers and cries of
'You are right."l | do not believe the
republic can live and prosper whose wage
earnerS do not receive enough to make life
comfortable, who do not have some up
ward avenue of hope open before them.
" hen the wage earnerS of the land lose
hope, when the star goes out social
order is impossible and after that anarchy
or the car. Cheers and cries Of THAT'S
it,
Each one of the visitors was then pre-
scented to General Harrison, who also
shook hands with a large number of yet
Grams congregated in the city, en- loute
home.
At the conclusion of the reception Cen
eral Harrison returned home and the visit
| ing clubs marched to Tomlinson'S hall,
where a largely attended mass meeting
was held. Ex-Governor Porter and sew
eral members of the visiting delegations
spoke on the issues OF the campaign.