Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-10

dered it "to shoot down laboring men,"
and that, too, after having "refused to at
tempt settlement by peaceable means y
This is more than clap-trap-it is fat
falsehood, as has in these columns been
already twice shown. For weeks the In
dianapolis Journal has kept standing a
81, 200 ofer-the money being deposited
in bank to the winners order-to who
ever will produce solitary reliable wit
ness, or any proof whatever, that General
Harrison did either of these things, and
another 81 900 for any one who can offer
ordinary proof that General Harrison ever
said 81 day is enough for the working
man. Neither of these offers have been
taken.
The attempt is being made to put Gen
eral Harrison upon the defensive in these
matters, but it fails; for beyond giving
fiat denial to the charges, he makes no re-
sponse. The integrity of General Harrison
has never been questioned and the lie he
gives these malicious stories is, therefore,
sufficient. But others who have also re-
gard for the truth may make fuller de-
NAL and take the aggressive in return.
Thus the facts are, in brief:
l. In the strike of 1877 a great many
rough characters, in nowise related to
the strike of the workers, attempted TO
make the strike the excuse for rioting for
the purposes of robbery and pillage. The
people of indianapolis became alarmed
and action in resistance was resolved upon.
3. A Democratic Mayor called citi-
zens' meeting. A Democratic statesman
afterwards Senator) presided, and the
Democratic Governor blue Jeans Will
iams) Endorsed the movement
3. A committee to effect a peaceable con-
clusion of the strike was appointed. Its
Chairman was the distinguished Democrat,
Mr.. Mcdonald, and in its membership
were General Harrison and Governor
Williams.
4. AT the conference between this COM
mittee and the leaders of the strike, Gen
eral Harrison declared that while life and
property must he protected, peace pre-
served and lawlessness prevented, he be-
lieved the railroad strikers were not suf-
iciently paid, and he advised the railroad
companies to grant the claim OF the rail
road men and give them better pay.
5. A subsequent meeting was called by
the Democratic Mayor, and a prociama-
tion was issued by the Democratic Gov
ernor denouncing the strike and declaring
that commerce must no longer be OBJ
structed by it. He called upon the peo-
pie to organize under the militia laws COM
panies to guard property and prevent vio-
lence. The companies formed and were
composed of the very best citizenship of
the city. OF one company General Har-
rison was chosen Captain That company
was sent to aid twenty men of United
States regular forces to guard the United
States arsenal, and it was done Not
shot was fired, a charge made, man in
jured or any conflict with the strikers had.
6. Governor Williams rendered the
command of all the troops to General
Harrison, and he declined the honor, to
remain with his company General Nc
Cauley was chosen to command, and he
was prominent Democrat.
I. Being pressed by hot-headed men to
provoke conflict, General Harrison en-
phatically declined and rebuked the sug-
gestion, saying he would not lift his hand
against his neighbors, except it became
absolutely necessary to do so to maintain
the laws and preserve the lives and prop
erty of the people from dangerous assault.
8. When the strike was over and two
hundred of the strikers were brought into
Court and were found guilty of obstructing
highway operated by the United States
Government, General Harrison of his own
motion arose and moved the Court TO sus-
HNA'A oS4AeNhNO anu lcl lnG ulell 20 Tree,
saying that the integrity of the law had been
vindicated and that these men intended
no harm to the community; the Court so
ordered. The defendants surrounded Gen
eral Harrison, grasped his hands and
thanked him heartily for his friendship for
them.
There the matter ended aud there was
nothing more in ii or of it. Upon such
record, one that does him highest honor
and that ought to exalt him in the estima-
tion of all law-abiding men and lovers of
free government, the manipulated work
ingmen's Democratic faction at Indian
apolis has Illuminated against General
Harrison. Let them continue to do so.
The more assaults of this kind against him
the better, for the truth vindicates him
and will win him new friends every time