The Washington critic., 1888-09-04
RICHARD ii. SYLVESTER. ....., Editor
WASHINGTON, September a, 1858.

LIE FOLLOWING EXTRACT Is from ~
seven column speech delivered by Mr..
Leon o. Bailey of Indianapolis in that
town last week, giving points to work
ingmen on General Ben. Harrison, Mr..
Clevelands opponent for the Presidency:
have reclted a record bristllng with facts
which must sting the consciousness of working
men like the lash of scorpions. have painted
no fancy sketch. have not drawn upon my
imagination to make case against General
Harrison. / have placed General Harrison In
attitudes deliberately chosen by himself We
see him first in the posture of swollen, pompous
arrogance, vengeful as an autocrat, denouncing
workngmen driven TO desperation by oppres-
sion and bidding them rs If they were chattel
slaves, to return TO their tasks We have seen
him oounselling armed force and threatening
vengeance If his words of terror were disre-
gardod. We have heard his feattuned voice
calling men to arms and have seen him in battle
array trampng up and down the streets of In
dianapolis trigged ont In swords and cap and
shoulder straps at tho head of an
armed force impatently awaiting opders
TO make tho streets red and slippery
with the blood Of workingmen. And when, by
wiser oounses, the storm had passed and not
life was lost nor dollars worth of property
destroyed we have seen this man Harrison,
with vengeance unappeased, and the fires of his
wrath unquenohed, enter the courts aud vol
unteer his services, and with sleuth-hound
ferocity pursue his victims until they were be-
hind prison doors and prison bars. N all this
dark and repulsive record, bleak and ruthless
there is not to General Harrison's credit one
word of sympathy for these impoverished
woTkingmen, no word of kindness betokenlng
noble soul, no tone In harmony with suffering,
not one expression to help the down'trodden
to hold up their heads In the conscious indie
pendence of an American citizen.
Mr., Bailey is the Assistant District At
torney for the Seventh circuit of In
diana, receiving a salary of 81 800 per
annum, and one might infer from the
tone of the remarks above quoted that
he had General Harrison on trial before
him for high treason or some other
grave misdemcanor
Mr.. Bailey has q trenchant style that
must be very effective before jury,
Regarded from a Civll-Surface Reform
standpoint, however, it would seem to
approach the confines of offensive parti
sanship and entitle Mr., Bailey to dose
Of Executive discipline.
If we recollect Alright, Mr.. Maecenas
E. Benton, United States District Attor
ney for the Western District of Missouri
was subjected to good deal of bother
and harassment for making speeches oil
the stump of far less personal and In
temperate character
We could never, indeed, quito COM
prehend why Mr.. Benton was put to SO
much trouble, but Civil Surface Reform
was fresher then than it is now, and
there was greater demand for its ex.
emplary enforcement,
AS for Mr.. Bailey, we do dot, say ttha
he ought to be bounced as matter O
reform, , but we do think that hi
speech was in shocllingly bad taste anc
that the speaker should be reminded in
some way or other that until Mr., Harri
son is indicted or impeached and brough
into court to be tried, an assistant dis
trict attorney has no business to go out
side of his Office to indulge in such in
flammatory hortatons and demag ogi
fustlan in the interest of ticket.