Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-28
Several Old Tlppecanoe Men in the
Delegation. Also Two Hundred
Female Voters.
The Sioux Remain Antagonistic Toward
the Opening of the Reser7ation-NO
More Black Hills Business.
in the COrean Peninsula in
Danger = Cholera Playing Havoc
Among the Celestials-Niscel-
laneous News.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 2I.-Another thou
sand people paid their respects to General
Harrison today This time the pilgrimage
| came from the northern portion of the
state, principally from Warsaw, Wabash
City and other points in kosciusko and
Wabash counties. At half past 3 General
Harrison received the delegation at Uni
yersity park. He said in part:
While we have much that is cause for
congratulation, we are not enjoying the
full quality of civil rights in the state of
Indiana to which we are entitled. Our
government is representative govern
ment. Delegates in congress, members
of our state house and house of
representatives are apportioned to
districts, and the national and state con-
situations contemplate that these districts
shall be equal, so that as far as
possible each citizen shall have. in his
district, the same potency in choosing a
member OF congress or of our state legisla-
ture, as is exercised by voter of any
other district. We do not today have that
condition Of things. The apportionment
of our state for legislative and congress
sional purposes is unfair, and is known TO
be unfair. Ito all men. No candid Demo-
crat can defend it as fair aDportionment.
1T was framed to be unequal, it was design
ed to give to the citizens Of favored dis
tricts an undue influence. 1t was intend
ed to discriminate against Republicans.
1t Is not right that it should do
so. l hope the time is coming,
and has even now arrived, when the great
sense OF justice which possessed our peo-
pie VIII teach men of all parties that party
success Is not 10 be promoted at the eX-
pense OF an injustice to any of cur citi-
zens. Applause. / hope this question
VIII not be forgotten by our people until
we have secured Indiana d fair appCrtion-
menJ for Legislative and congressional
purposes. [Cheers.l When the Republi-
cans shall secure the power Of making an
appOrtionment, hope and believe that the
experiment OF seeking party advantage
by public injustice viii be repeated.
[Great applause, and cries of good,
good y There are some other questions
affecting suffrage, to any of
which my attention has from
circumstances been particularly attracted
They are in the northwest, where several
territories have been organized under
public laws. with defined boundaries. They
have been filled up with the very elect of
our citizens, the brave, the enterprising,
the Intelligent young men from ali the
states. Many OF the veterans of the late
war have sought under our beneficient
homestead law, new homes in the west.
Several of these territories have been for
years possessed OF population, wealth and
all the requisites for admission as states.
When the territory of Indiana took the
census which was the basis of its petition
for admission TO the union, we had
less than 81 O0G people; we
had only thirteen organized counties
In the territory of South Dakota
there are nearly half a million people. For
years they have been knocking for admis-
sion to the sisterhood of states. They are
possessed of all the elements of an organ
lied and stable community 1t mas more
people, more miles OF railroad, more post
Offices, more churches more banks more
wealth than any territory ever possessed
when it was admitted TO the union It
surpasSes some of the states in sonic OF
these particulars. Four years ago, when d
president was to be chosen, the committee
on territories II the senate, to meet the ob-
lection of our Democratic friends that the
admission of Dakota would add a disturb
ing element to the electoral college. pro
vided III the Dakota bill, that its organ-
triton should be postponed until at
ter the election. Now four years more
have rolled around and our people are
called again to take part in Il presidential
election and the intelligent and patriotic
Dakota people are again to be diprived of
any participation. ask you why this is
so. Is not the answer obvious: (Cries of
yes" They are disfrauchised and de-
prived of their appropriate influence in
the electoral college only because the pre-
vailing sentiment in the territory is Re
publican. Cries of that's right, that's
the reason."l The case of Washington
territory is more recent but not
more fragrant If we appropriately express
with the cause of Irish home
rule, shall we not also demand home rule |
for Dakota and Washington and insist |
hat their disfranchisement shall not be
prolonged. [Applause.l There is a sense
of justice of fairness, that will assert it |
self against these attempts to coin party !
advantage out Of public wrong. The day |
when men can be disfranchised or shorn of
their political power for opinions sake |
must have an end in our country. |
Cheers.
There were a number of old Tippecanoe /,
veterans among the visitors and one of the |
of the delegation from Warsaw |
was a club of about two hundred maiden |
voters.