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The following letter from. l.l9a
inent Democrat in Iilsl; -. s..
ly editor of the Vincennca San a4.
now holding a prominent oiIice
will be Of interest 10 our reader.
10 lion. W. II K%enaan. Mexic,, No.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Oct. A.
Your letter has been in my desk
Unanswered for many weeks. When
it was received the people of this
State were in a turmoil of excite
ment and misunderstanding
like the noise and consequences Of
opening a bottle of ginger ale.
Sober reason and eommon-sense
men have resumed their appropri-
ate position and l am better pre-
pared to answer the question pro-
pounded in yours as to Harrison's
strength at his own home, and the
possibility of the electoral vote of
Indiana being cast for him. Gen.
Harrison will not carry Indiana
for the following reasons First,
in a fair vote and no fraud, Indiana
is a Democratic State. Second,
Harrison's cold-blooded manner,
his studious attitudes of opposition
to everything which the so-called
"aristecrat" calls common" his
Indifference to people-those who
are called common people" and
those who work for wages-theetin
bucket brigade !" the men who
commence their labor at 6 o'clock
a. m. and leave at 7 p. m. In the
past he has had no recognition of
this class, mo speaking acquaintance
with them, no sympathy with
them. Now he pets, caresses and
fondles them, speaks honeyed
words of praise to them as they
stand outside the door of his pala-
tial residence on North Delaware
street, invites them to parade
through his residence, after he has
placed cloths over the carpets ; at
tends funerals, kisses children, and
even Mrs. Harrison goes to market
at daylight sits up all night with
sick people I; takes fretful babies
from the arms of fatigued mothers
at railway stations and walks with
them in her arms until the babies
are quiet and asleep. Such be-
nevolence, philanthropy, kindness
and love for poor people as are
coming to light now astonish us
who knew the Harrisons. The
present does not "cawnsist" with
the past. Third, his expressions
among the Greenbackers-the
"Idiot" speech which is of record
being distributed by the late
Greenback remnant" Fourth,
his insulting remarks concerning
the Irish, at Bloomington, Ill.
his personal attitude toward
the railway strikers in this city in
1877. This is the most important
of all against him in his own State.
This will damage him fatally.
his record On the Chinese
question.
We will beat him in Indiana and
there is a possibility that we will
carry this county against him.
In 1880 Garfeld's majority in
this (Marion) county was $500.
In 1882 we carried it by a small
majority on the question of Prohi-
bition. In 1884 Blame received
less than 800 majority and we Sc
as we did in 'S2, all the
county judicial and legislative
positions. The same happened in
'S6, though we lost the State.
Blaine, in 1884, was a stronger
here that Harrison is this
year. Our people are confident
and such a perfect organization
has never been known in Indiana.
We have young men at the head
of affairs all over the State. Gov
ernor Gray's personal following is
Just as enthusiastic and doing as
a work as if he was On the
1t is no trouble to get peo-
Pile out at meetings. There are
no grievances, no kickers, no dis
no d~isgruntled Demo-
Gratis in my line of vision. In the
language of an enthusiastic Demo-
crat
There are no flies on Grover,
There are no flies on Grover.
Chinaman Ben has nine or ten,
But there are no flies on Grover"
Look for a good report from
'Hoosier." OF course old Mis-
souri, will do her duty.
Very Truly, -.