The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-06-27
GENERAL HARRIsoY's RESIDENCE.

great railroad strike, when Gen. Harrison
advised the most extreme measures in
opposition TO the policy pursued by Gov.
Williams and Mayor Caven. Gen. Har-
rison's career in the senate was not par
ticularly brilliant. His record on the
Chinese question will not recommend
him to the good people of the Pacific
coast. His vote was recorded against the
Chinese restriction act, and, in fact, his
entire record is exceedingly vulnerable.
His friends will be kept busy during the
campaign in explaining and de-
tending it. At the close of
his term in the Z. S.
senate he made an active and thorough
canvass of the state with the understand
ing that he would be a candidate for re-
election before the legislature. Notwith-
standing the activity and thOroughness OF
the canvass the legislature showed dem
ocratic majority OF two, which was pre-
served throughout the session, notwith
standing the most disgraceful and corrupt
schemes set afoOt by Mr.. HarrisOn's
political friends to overthrow that major
lty. The contest was recent and familiar
to our readers Judge Turpie was elected
the L. s. senator and his election fully in
dorsed afterward by republican senate.
The questionable efforts made by Gen.
Harrison's friends to secure a solid dele
CATION for him TO Chicago are known
throughout the state and are well under
stood, especially by the friends of Judge
Gresham, who were ridden over rough shod
on every occasion. The Chicago Tribune,
the leading republican paper of the North
west, few days since published the views
OF delegate to the republican convention,
which explains largely why Gen. Harri-
son would be acceptable to one of the
most corrupt elements OF the republican
party. The Tribune says:
A delegate OF prominence and not an
active supporter OF any one of the candi-
dates, in talking to reporter for the Trib-
trle yesterday said: ut is strange that the
inside OF Steve Elkins' alliance with Har-
rison has not yet become known. They
are partners in business. When Harrison
went to Washington he struck up an init
macy with Senator Davis of West
Virginia. Elkins married a daugh
ter of Senator Davis, and
the intimacy extended to him. A few
years ago a scheme was entered into by
Harrison and Elkins for the organization
OF the Harrison cattle company of Mon
tana. Harrison's son, who is now or was
recently in Elkins' office in New York,
was made the executive head of the COM
pany and sent out to Montana. Elkins
floated the stock and bonds of the cattle
company amounting to $1,000 600. Since
that enterprise was set on foot the bust
ness and personal relations between the
two men have been of the most intimate
nature. Whenever Harrison goes to New
York he makes his headquarters in FL
kins' office, and whenever he takes his
summer vacation he goes to Deer Park in
Maryland. The cattle company has had
difficult time during the last two years,
like many others there, and it is under
stood is now in deep water. Elkins con-
trolls the affairs of the cattle company,
and if Harrison should be elected presi-
dent of the United States he would be
under pressing and strong obligations to
Elkins. This statement may explain why
Elkins stopped at indianapolis to see
Harrison, and why he is now urging Har-
rison's nomination with such pertinacity.
eff Blaine had been elected he would
have been able to manage Elkins. The
case is exactly the opposite with Harrison.
Should Harrison be elected he will be
managed by ElkIns. So great is the grip
of Elkins upon Harrison, financially and
personally, that should he become presi-
dent he might be placed at times in an
embarrassing position.
'Elkins has promoted the candidacy of
Harrison by using two sets of arguments
to the delegates who have accepted the
declination of Mr.. Blaine as a finality-
first, because Harrison was soldier; sec
ond, because he came from a doubtful
state. To the last-ditch Blaine men he
appealed that some votes be thrown to
Harrison, in order to equalize the strength
of the various candidates, and thereby
prevent the nomination OF anybody ex-
cept Blaine. He has thus succeeded in
winning the support of Charles Emory
Smith and Whitelaw Reid and other
Blaine men who were otherwise unfavor-
able to Harrison and would not be il they
knew he was the partner of Steve Elkins.
at is well known" continued the dele
gate, as he lit cigar, ''to persons who are
familiar with the business relations of
Blaine, Harrison and Elkins that the nom-
ination OF Harrison would be more TO the
interest of Elkins than would be that Of
Blaine, and hence the desire of Elkins to
promote the nomination OF Harrison. The
same is true OF Kerens Of st. Louis, Dorsey