Wichita eagle., 1888-10-28
GENERAL HARRlsON'S CALLERS.

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GENERAL HARRlSON'S CALLERS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 27.-The parade OF
the railroad men tonight was witnessed by
twenty to thirty thousand people. Clubs
composed of railroad employees came from
Terre Haute, Richmond, Logansport ana
New Albany. Those, with the lndianapo-
lis Republican Railroad club, the Column
bia club and other local organizations
made fine display with their colored Ian
terms, their locomotives and numerous
uransparencies Several of the lnscrp-
lions referred to the Sackville- West letter
and elected applause at times along the
line. This was usually the case with the
transparency entitled "Cable No. l, (which
read as follows: Dear Vic: Your rep
resentative in Washington has given your
snap away. Call him in. GROVER.
General Harrison reviewed the parade
from the balcony of the New Denison and
was vociferously cheered by marchers and
the great crowd congregated below. Mrs.
Harrison and her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Russell Harrison, were among the spec
tators on the balcony.
1t was late when The street demonstra-
ton concluded, the head of the column
reaching Tomlinson hall shortly before 9
O'Clock. The galleries were packed with
city people, many of them ladies, but the
main floor was reserved for the political
clubs. AS they entered the great room
with their lanterns and drum corps, the
enthusiasm ran very high. Not foot of
standing room was unoccupied and nearly
seven thousand people were present.
When General Harrison appeared there
occurred another one of those remarkable
nd noH b1rstS that have char
acterized his home campaign. The
VAST audience arose and set up
an Understandable din and uproar
with their drums and horns. One thou
sand red, white and blue laterns tranti-
cally swung in the air. This was novel
feature of the outburst and viewed from
the reportersestand while the tumult was
at its height it was the richest and most
inspiring demonstration of the cam
paign, lasting fifteen minutes and fittlngiy
celebrating the close of General Harri-
sons campaign as regards public ad-
dresses. 1t was his seyenty-ninth speech.
The audience had grown so excited that
General Harrison began speaking at a
high tone to drown the noise and 1t was
several mi"utss before he could be heard
by the auCi nee. He said:
Ny frienus of the Railroad Republican
club. of Indiana-Before your committee
waited upon me to request my presence
here tonight l had resolutely determined
| would not make further addresses in this
campaign, but when they presented their
suggestion that ! should meet my railroad
friends, said to them that the kindness
which has been shown to me from an early
period in this campaign by the railroad
men of Indiana, has been so conspicuous
and so cordial that [ could not deny any
request that is presented in their name
Icheersl and so / am here tonight, not to
speak upon any political topic, but only
to express, if | can find words to
express the deep and earnest thankfulness
j feel toward you who have shown so much
kindness and confidence in me lCheersl
Very early in this campaign there were
those who sought to make a breach be-
tween me and You A voice, they didn't
do it'll. You didn't wait for my answer,
but you made answer for yourselves
ICheersl / have witnessed that your
faith toward me and toward the men who
toll tor their living was one of friendliness,
and that the principles which | repre-
scented and have always advocated were
those that promoted the true in
terests of the workingmen of Amer
lea Prolonged applausel. l have always
believed and held that the prosperity of
your country, that the permanency of its
institutions in its social order, all de-
pended on pursuing such a policy in
our legislation that we should have in
America a class of workingmen earning
adequate wages that would bring comfort
into their homes and maintain hope in
their hearts [Great laughterl. A despair
ing man, a man out of whose horizon the
star of hope is gone. is not a safe citizen in
a republic [Applausel. Therefore. would
preserve against unfriendly competition
the highest possible scale of wages TO our
working people lGreat applausel
know the stout hearts, l know
the intelligence, 1 know the enterprise of
these men who man railway trains and
push them at lightning speed through
darkness and storm; / know the skill and
faithfulness of those who sit at the tele-
graph instrument holding in their watch
fulness the safety of those who journey;
know this fidelity of the men who con-
duct the business which has grown to be a
system as line and as perfect as the finest
product OF the mechanical shop lap
plausel, and so | appreciate this evidence
of your cordial esteem, and let me say
that whatever may happen to me in the
future, whether shall remain citizen of
indianapolis to bear with you the duties
and responsibilities of private citizenship.
or shall be honored with Office | shall
never forget this demonstration and YOUR
friendliness. lGreat and prolonged cheer
ing]
After General Harrison's departure
speeches were made by Matt O'Doherty. of
Kentucky, A. f. Potts and John L.
Grifiths.
SUMMARY OF HARRIS0NS'S WORK.
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