The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-26

Fx<s3Sexzon. This state u Mh<n<f u IS
lar rem0ved - possible Sfozn TIT %
which Indiana Republicans are dad
fxssty supporting General Harf1sca.
They know thxf
Hx<sx cAExs fspz*sA.
TAas Is one al the things which Is set
tel. And mo-eeve-. on fssss point the
ret of the country agrees with thena-
HIS most rFesrssirrd adversary has
never ercr limited AZ shs possibility that
be might lose his oxn state Indiana
is bis. Hou and In November II is no
choice Of any candidate Tor the ysce-
presidency. Bat win venture merely
n observe in passing shas the posssbiii-
Harrison and Phelps. or Harrison ard
HaNiey are sxceiiagis pleasant 70 con-
ten plate
/ hare naturally written first Of
General Harrison in his relations to the
Indiana canvass, With hare aIlu~ion
70 his strength else sehere. but have
no CONCESSION in reserve Icsnnos de-
fect In any quarter the growth OF .
respectable conviction that his selec-
ton would imperd any existing chance
OF Republican success. He has the
requisite capacity and
THE REQUISITE AVAILABILITY.
For the pleasure OF eonsigning TO It's
own place the sheer with which this
word is sometimes uttered desire TO
say that to be an available" Repub-
lean candidate for the presidency IS TO
be al that man can reasonably hope
10 make himself in this world, by way
of preparation for . world TO come.
II Is to be brave. sincere. high-minded
and humane, ambitious and competent
70 grasp the rewards of ambition. Ii
IS, besides this. to have impressed upon
the minds and hearts Of many men in
many places the sense Of confidence,
Of admiration and gratitude. II is in
such an attitude and on such an emf
nence that General Harrison's career
and character have placed him before
the people This Is . family discussion,
and We all want to reach the truth be-
fore it Is ended. Let us therefore look
across the continent and see what there
really is in the talk about q dangerous
hostility TO General Harrison on the
Pacific slope. 1t has suited the con-
venience of few of our brethren,
whose intentions are more apparent
than their discrimination, to raise q
cloud of suspicious dust around the
Chinese question. with the expectation
that others will not care to strain their
eyes in the effort to see through it. l
have noticed that they viii not demean
themselves by descending TO partieu-
lars, and that | may not annoy them
needlessly. and because my time is
short. ! win deny myself the pleasure
OF expounding the record. General
Harrison has no reason either to fear
or regret his attitude on the Chinese
question II at any time there was a
disposition on the part of Some who
feel deeply but do not always see
straight to put an imaginary interpre-
tafion upon the purposes of a states
man who has enjoyed the somewhat
rare advantage of bringing both
CLEAR CONSCIENCE AND A CLEAR HEAD
To the solution Of problems which in
voiye the future, that time has passed.
and with il have disappeared the pas
sion and the prejudice which clouded
the issue. The Chinese question has
been settled for many years to come by
treaty stipulatioas, and is no longer an
affair for practical politics to deal with.
The Pacific coast will unite cordially
in the sentiment which is impelling the
nearer western states to recognize in
the candidacy of General Harrison a
unique combination of advantages.
have alluded to the cheerful pros
pect which happy combination with
General Harrison as the head of the
ticket affords. The capture OF Indiana
and New Jersey from the enemy's col
umn would make the result in New
York matter of practical indifference
at the end OF the campaign. But am
not Jealous to reckon on so small a
margin. Allowing. for the sake of ar
gnment. that the Empire State is in
dispensable, is there candidate in the
field who dares claim for himself. or
whose friends dare claim for him. that
he can poll more votes than Harrison ?
Is there one who does not see himself
confronted on the threshold OF the
struggle with some element OF opposi-
ton that can be neither laughed nor
argued out OF sight? Whether it be
the ghost OF Roscoe Conkling, or the
trail OF corporation, or the favor or
enmity of Wall street, or the appre-
hension of industry, there it is-a very
ugly object for nervous man to be-
hold. But Harrison is obliged to make
no such disquieting confession. He is
neither the protegc nor the bete noir Of
faction. He represents in New York
as completely as in Indiana the record
and the aspirations of united party.
He Is not victim of the fatal deiusion
that a candidate is strong in proper
ton as he caters TO the flag end of this
or that class or nationality. His ad-
yocates expect him to poll the full vote
that properly belongs 70 the unmis-
taxable embodiment of Republican
principles. That vote has not been
potied in recent years. When it is.
the man for whom it is cast will be
elected.