Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-26
The Fight RACES Hot.
Harrison, Thurman and Blaine
at the Guns.
THREE GREAT POLITICAL RALLIES.

The Republican Nominee Talks to Work
ingmen aud Regulates Some Campaign
stories-Ihurman Addresses a Host OF
Democrats at Cincinnati on Democratic
Day at the observation-disclosures Gives Irish
Proteetionists His Views.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 26-Yesterday the
workingmen OF this city and state made a
demonstration in honor of Gen Harrison
There were 2 800 men in line, representing
factories in various counties of the state
The streets were througed with spectators,
and especially about the New Denison was
the crowd dense Here the procession opened
order, and Gen. Harrison in an open car
riage. was driven through the line. He was
greeted with cheers from the first to the last,
to which were added the hurrahs of the
great crowd
AT Tomlinson hall there was an immense
audience, which, on Gen. Harrisons appear
ance, welcomed him with the most earnest
manifestations of pleasure. l. W. McDan-
iel, union printer, presided at this meeting,
and when he introduced the general the ap-
piause was renewed. The general spoke with
an emphasis that gave TO his utterances con-
force On this subject he said:
Early in this campaign certain people,
claiming to speak for the laboring man, but
really in the employ Of the Democratic cam
paign managers, prominently through the
newspaper press, and by campaign publica-
tons that were not given the open indorse
ment of the Democratic campaign managers,
but were paid for by thsr funds and circulated
under their auspices, a number OF false and
scandalous stories relating to my attitude
toward organized labor. GGreat and pro-
longed cheering The purpose of all these
stories WAS TO poison the minds of the work
ingmen against the candidate of the party
that stands in this campaign for the prin-
ciple of protection to American labor
[Great cheering | have only once, in all
the addresses have made to my fellow citi-
zens, alluded to these malicious and scandal
Gus stories; but now, and in the presence Of
this great gathering of workingmen, l do
pronounce them to be utterly false
[Iumultmous cheering, waving of flags and
banners continued for several minutes The
story that | ever said that 81 a day was
enough for any workingman, with all its
accomplishments and appendages IA voice: Il
knew it was lieHl is not a perversion of
anything | ever said-it is a false creation.
| Enthusiastic cheeringl will not follow in
| detail that long catalogue OF campaign
ISLANDERS, but will only add that it is equally
! Ease that anywhere, or at any time, l ever
| spoke disparagingly of my fellow citizens of
| Irish nativity or descent Many of them are
| now enrolling themselves on the side of the
| protection OF American labor-this created
| the necessity for the story. ICheersl
Il want to say again that those who pitch
a campo ign upon so low a level greatly I'M
| derestimate the intelligence, the sense of de.
cency and the love of fair play of the Amer
lean people prolonged cheeringl l said
to one of the first delegations that visited me
that this was a contest of great principles
thst it would be fought out on the high plane
of truth, and not in the swamps of SANDER
and defamation. IGreat cheering.l Those
| who will eucamp their army in a swamp
will abandon the victory TO the army that is
on the heights CHEERS
At the conclusion of the generals speech
the enthusiasm was intense Senator Blair,
of New Hampshire, then spoke an hour on
the issues of the campaign, the crowd dis
Fersing to reassemble in the evening, when
speeches were made by Maj Mckinley; Sen
ator Spooner of Wisconsin, Charles H
l.tchman, Jeremiah Murphy, and others
There was an overflow meeting, which Sena
tor Spoouer addressed