The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-08-29
GEN. HARRISON.
Thousands Welcome Him to the Ohio
City, Who're He Delivers
Telling Address.
The Voters Asked to Work For and
Support American Principles
and Protection.
TroIEpo Observation-Disclosures. !

CONCENTRATION
occurred at Kokomo hfty-four miles from In
6ianapolis where hundreds OF workmen and
railroad employees had congreyated awaiting
Gen. Harrison's arrival. They cheered the Cen
eral. and went to the rear platform and shook
hands with him. The General made no address.
just before the train arrived a. Peru II stopped
at the shops of the Lake Erie and Western Rail-
way and the workmen. In their aprons and soiled
hands, ran out TO greet the General, who stepped
down In their midst and shook hands during the
brief stop.
At Peru crowd OF nearly 1000 greeted the
General and his party as they alighted. 1t was
with great deal of difficulty that the General
made his way TO the wating room OF the depot,
whore he received the people
From Peru to Fort Wayne, ffty-six miles, the
trip was made without special incident, every
little station furnishing its crowd TO satisfy
whom the General appeared on the rear plat
form. In the meantime the occupants OF the
car passed the time chatting and reading, the
women enjoying game OF euchre. Gen. Harri-
son read the newspapers. There was no demon
stration at Fort Wayne, and people ut the depot
were in ignorance of the General presence until
the arrival OF the train. The General alighted
there and shook han with the few that were
on the platform and then walked back and forth
exercising himself until the train started.
the depot In Toledo when the train steamed in,
and when Gen. Harrison stepped on the platform
he was received with deafening cheers. He was.
escorted to the residence OF MIR. VIM Cummins.
subsequently public reception was given the
General in Memorial Hall where an audience OF
10000 TO 100 assembled The appearance of
tremendous chsering.
j. NJ. Brown, President of the Executive Com
mittee OF the United Republican Clubs Of Toledo,
made brief speech explaining tue circumstan.
ces under which the guest of tho evening APP
peared before they nfter which he introduced
Gen. Harrison. Prolonged che ring greeted the
latter, WHO then spoke follows:
My FRIENDS; You have already been told
that this reception was not planned by me- and
yet L do not regret that have yielded TO the
earnest solicitation OF your Representative and
20 n fay ata in
tho presence OF this magnificent and instructive
audience. / say instructive for that public
man is dull indeed who does rot gather both in
struction and inspiration from such meetings
as this. / thank you for ary measure of per-
sonal respect and interest v hich ,ur coming
here tonight may witness. Blu do not SEQ Ia
this immense gathering any testimony that Is
personal TO me- prefer TO regard il 3 another
witness added TO tho long numb r | have seen
before OF tho deer- seated and earnest interest of
our people in the public questions that are TO be
settled in Nov mber. / choose ras her 10 regard
il as pledge that this interest which You mani
fest TO me tonight will not stop here, and is the
ploige Of continued and earnest personal v ork
by each one OF you for those principles which
have won the cons mt of your miads aud the
love of YOUR hearts
cannot enter into any detail in the discus
sion OF public questions; l would not at all put
myself between you and these great important
issues L would ia sll may say put them to
the font. We are ho-e, citizens of a great and
prosperous and magnificent nation We have
common interests. We hero charged with
Ino common duties 10 perletuate, II the
prosperity and 10 maintain ihs honor OF this
great republic We here tonight in the
enjoyment of free government We ars here in
the individual possession OF better opportunities
OF development, of larger prosperity, and OF more
individual comfort than are possessed by any
other people in the world. The grsn. economic
question as to what sha.i be our future lesisla-
tive policy is stated with a distinctnness in this
campaign that IL has never had before, an be-
Jieve the verdict and decision will have an en-
phasis and finslity that it has never hai before
ia f,r1oh D,,fst 4ho.
knows OF any land that spreads more promis-
ing sky of hope above the head of The poor and
the laboring man than this would lie glad II he
would name IL. The one fact that do not need
TO demonstrate by statistics the one fact that
could call out OF this vnst audience hundreds OF
witnesses TO support by their personal testi-
mony is hat the scale OF American wages ia
higher than that OF any other country in the
world II this were not true, why is II that the
workingmen and the workngwomen OF the older
lands turn their faces hith srverd-if there is a
better country ono that offers better wages,
fuller hopes than this? Why is it that those
who are IL quest OF such better things have not
found 1t out and turned their faces thither-
ward? Now, If that is true, then why is il
true and how Is to be continued the condi-
tion OF our county? IL is because, and
only because, we have for years, by our pro-
tective tariff. Disseminated in favor of American
manufacturers and American workingnlen.
Strike down this protective tariff, bring
workingmen and workingwomen into equal
competition in the products of their toll with
those who labor abroa I, and nothing il clearer
than that these mills and factories must reduce
wages here TO the level with wag 8 abroad or
they must shut down You have the choice to
make-you the free citizens of this country.
whose ballots sway its destiny, will settle these
questions in November. 1 ask you how? Don't
be deceived by the sugg stons that this is any
contest over per cent. reduction in
a ieriff schedule We are lowed now TO say, L
think that all those who entitled to speak
for the Democratic party have declared that IL is
opposed TO protection. That being so, the issue
10 Overwhelmingly, strongly drawn. l beg you
oil, not in my interest, but your own in the in
terest of v ur families and the country You love-
to ponder this question; TO think upon il with
that seriousness its importance deman is and,
when you have thour ht IL ont. title IL settls it
In November, that shall be free for years
TO come from this agitation in behalf of free
trade.
thank you agnin for this kindly demonstra-
ton. l beg you TO accept these brief suggestions
as the only but inadequate return tina. can
make you for this kindness.
The following morning Gen. Harrison and
party left for Middle Bass, going on Col. s. G.
Reynolds steam yacht, the sigma, the finest
vessel of the kind ON the lax s. They viii be the
guests of William Cumming, while at the island
They will occupy the beautiful COTTAGE belong
ing to Peter BerJan OF this city, who has placed
ii at their disposal They will take their meals
mt the Middle Bass Club House. The length of
their stay is undete mined, but is left to DO
dictated by circumstances. The Middle Bass
Club desire the request made public that Gen.
Harrison shall not be disturbed by visits OF
delegations while at The island, in order that he
may be able to recuperato from tho int
strain TO which Re Las been subjected ever since
his nomination.