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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
Harrison and the Prohibitionists.
lie Phqla,lr OF yesterday pours bot shot

THE Phoiarlr OF yesterday pours hot shot
into the Harrison camp. 1t says:
The kid-glove candidate will likely find it as
difficult to command the old greenback vote as
he will TO hold the moral and religious God
fearing people to his anti-prohibition senti-
ment, and free-whisky platform. No better
man for making the issue with the interests Of
the common people could possibly have been
nominated than BEN HARRISON. The railroad
magnates, monopOlists and liquor lords are his
friends, and will be his strongest supporters.
His election would mean an indefinite extern
sion of the struggle with rum, and the triumph
OF Jay Gouldism, with all that that implies.
OF the platform it has this to say:
As predicted by the Phdldnr last week the
republican national convention maintained
absolute silence on the liquor question. The plat
form committee had the question thrust upon IL
by the anti-saloon Griflinites who, with their
chief, ALBEIT, Mrs. FOSTER, Gen. NETTLEToN,
Dr. CARROLL of the New York independent,
pleaded long and piteous for one wee little spin
ter TO stand upon. l"Give us that" they said in
effect "but II not that, then this, but il this is
too strong then just a word so We can
have an excuse for standing. by the
party" The committee wrestled with IT,
Ii sent out a subcommittee. The sub
committee wrestled. The report went out and
was bulletined all over the country that the
committee on resolutions had struck "A
snag the liquor question, and that
that perhaps the rest OF the platform might be
presented in advance. But not so. The plank
advocates were not numerous, they were not
strong, they were willing, for the partys sake,
10 suppress their convictions" and let the re.
port be made TO the convention, without pro-
test or minority report, and be adopted by
unanimous vote, silence and all.
The poor Grifinites had protested their al.
timatum before the committee met that any ac-
ton but silence would be acceptable 10 the
anti-saloon republicans. They got silence. And
more. The permanent chairman Of the con-
vention n millionaire wine-grower from
California, chosen from delegation which had
it's headquarters full 10 overlooking OF the
wine that is red" A PhdialtE reporter counted
175 cases Of wine and four barrels OF other
liquor in one room Of the headquarters.
This convention has made clear 30 everybody
as never before the absolute hold the liquor
forces have on the republican party.
One OF the claims put forth in Gen.
HARmsoN's behalf at Chicago was that his
nomination would practically dessolve the
prohibition party in Indiana. Judging
from the tone Of yesterdays Phdldnr, it
will rather strengthen and solidify il. The
Phaiaar is the organ OF tho Indiana pro-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
Trifiing With the Public.

Friday evening Col. PERRY, vice-presi-
dent of the cyclorama company, person
ally assured the editor OF THE SENTINEL
tina. Gen. HARMsoN's figure, which was
painted into the picture Wednesday morn
ing between the hours OF and 8, would
be erased, and the original figure of THEo
DAVIS, the war correspondent Of HarPer's
Weekly, restored Saturday morning This
was not done. The absurd figure is still
there, and il looks as il il was the inten-
ton OF the managers OF the cyclorama TO
keep il there.
All right, gentlemen. THE SENTINEL
can stand it as long as the cyclorama can.
II that institution is TO be employed as an
electioneering agency for Gen. HARRISON
in this campaign, it is just as well, per-
haps, that the democrats of indianapolis
and of the state should know il at once.
II art is 10 be prostituted and the truth of
history violated, and a legitimate bushes S
enterprise perverted into partisan side
show, nobody is likely TO suffer more than
the men who have their money invested.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
Building RECORDS Cor Candidates.

There is something touching in the sit
uation OF candidate who has to have a
record built for him in the first week of a
campaign. Such is the situation of Gen.
HARRISON. The principal factor of his
record, if we may judge from Gov. PoR-
TIERS nominating speech and the bio
graphical sketches that have appeared in
republican newspapers, is his ancestry;
and one would naturally suppose that be
had enough of the genuine article in that
line without adding anything fictitious to
it. 1t seems not, however. People who
are still engaged in fighting the late civil
war could not be satisfied with an ances-
try that stopped with an old Virginia fam
iy, and. besides, the dudes have long set
tied it that there is no genuine ''blue
blood" in America except it comes from
England. An English ancestor was ne
cessity, and in looking for an available
one the republican chroniclers discovered
and appropriated for their purpose the
Gen. HARRISON who was executed in 1860
for his part in the execution of CHARLES l.
This error should have been avoided, for
blue blood has its penalties as well as its
profits, and one of them is that family
pedigree becomes a matter OF public no
toriety. The biographer of the republican
candidates great grandfather, in his
sketch of that gentleman, which, by the
way, was not written for campaign pur-
poses, speaks as follows:
BENJAMIN HARRISON was born in Berkeley
IeUN 4.
not certainly known. His ancestors were among
the earliest settlers of that colony, having i'm.
migrated thither from England in the year
1910. His paternal ancestor married in the
family OF the kings suryeyor-general, aud this
gave him an opportunity 90 select the most
fertile regions of the state for settlement and
improvement Thus he laid the foundation of
that large estate which is still 1870 in the
hands of the family" lLossing's Lives of the
Signcrs Of the Declaration Of Independence,
p. lSi.
Thus it would appear that instead of be-
ing in England fighting for the people
against the king, our BENJAMIN's ancestor
was in fact in Virginia, and had been
there for twenty years, engaged in the
pleasant and profitable employment OF
gobbling up the best lands in the colony,
through the influence OF his father-in-law,
the royal surveyor. We regret spelling
this bubble OF the Anglo-maniacs, but the
truth of history must be preserved.
Equally futile is the attempt 10 build an
addition 10 his war record by painting
him into the cycloramic view OF the
'Battle OF Atlanta" 1t may possibly be
that he would have been racing around
on a fiery charger, just as he is repre-
sented, If he had only been there; but he
was not there. II, however, we are TO have
this campaign fought on artificial records,
every one should have an equal chance.
We are sure that Gov. PORTER would like
to have war record, and have no doubt
that very stirring picture could be made
OF him advancing on the foe with drawn
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
Harrison in the Senate.


Mr.. Harrison was certainly a nonentity
while he was in the senate. The only thing
that he ever did while in that body was to vote
against the passage of the anti-Chinese bill
over President Arthur's veto. A point bearing
this out is the result of the search of back
number of the Congressional Record, which
number OF newspaper men have made in order
to tell of Harrison's senatorial deeds. They
were diligent, but all they could find that was
worthy of recording was the anti-Ameri-
can vote. If the republicans were look
ing for man without a record they
certainly hit on the man when they
selected Harrison, if his work as a senatorial
legislator can be taken as a criterion. Upon
one thing there is no uncertainty, however,
and that is the temperament of Mr.. Harrison.
lie is cold and unapproachable. Sherman is
cold enough, goodness knows, but he is ap-
proachable. Ii there is any magnetism about
Harrison he kept it concealed while in this
city. What his former colleagues recollect of
him is of dissgreeable and clammy character.
A number of senators in the cloak-room to-day
were relating how feeling of uncomfortable
ness came over them whenever they were
thrown in contact with Harrison.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
Catarrhal Dangers.

To be freed from the dangers OF sufocation while
lying down. 70 breathe freely, sleep soundly and
disturbed 10 rise refreshed, head clear brain active
and free from pain or ache; TO know that poison
GUS putrid matter dehles the breath and rots away
the delicate machinery of SMELL taste and hearings
10 feel that the system does not through its veins
and arteries, suck up the poison that is 10
dermine and destroy, Is indeed blessing beyond all
other human enjoymentS To purchase immunity
from such fate should be the object of all afflicted.
But those who have tried many remedies and physl-
clans despair Of relief
Sanfords Radical Cure meets every phase of Ca
tarrh, from a simple head cold 10 the most loath-
aud destructive stages II is local and consti-
tutonal Instant in relieving, permanent In curing,
safe economical and ncver-faing.
sanords Radical Cure consists Of one bottle Of the
Radical Cure, one box Catarrhal Solvent, and one
Improved Inhaler, all wrapped in one package, with
treatise and directions and sold by all druggists for
81.
POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
Gen. Harrison and the Chinese.

We print this morning for the informa-
ton OF workingmen and all others who
are curious on the subject, the complete
record of BENJAMIN HARRISON. in the senate
on the Chinese question. 1t is ac-
companied by references to the volume
and page of the Congressional Record, so
that all who desire. may verify it. 1t
shows that Gen HARRISON was, through
out his senatorial term, a consistent and
determined opponent OF the restriction OF
Chinese immigration. Doubtless he voiced
his honest convictions when he voted
against the Chinese bills, but if so he ought
to have the manliness to face the conse-
quences without finching.
1t is claimed for him by some of his
friends that he opposed these restrictive
measures because he believed them to be
in contraventIon of then existing treaties
with China. That this is merely an after
thought is shown by the fact that he
never, in word or syllable, during all
the time that the subject was
under consideration in the senate,
placed his opposition upon this ground.
Nor would it have been tenable, because
congress has the power to modify or re-
peal a treaty at any time, and as matter
of fact, has often exercised such power.
The truth is that Senator HARRISON
voted against the restriction of Chinese
immigration because he didn't want it re-
stricted; because he thought the gates
should be opened wide to the Chinese as
to all other nationalities; and because he
was not in sympathy with the demand of
American workingmen for protection
against competition with the Asiatic
hordes who have reduced the standard
OF. wages on the Pacific slope to the pauper
level
His record upon this question is before
the people. He must stand or fall by it.
The manly and straightforward part for
him is to meet it fairly and squarely, and
not attempt to evade it by subterfuge or
pretense. The people will forgive almost
anything rather than cowardice. We adj
wise BEN HARRISON to face the music upon
this question and frankly confess that if
he could have had his way the Monaghan
invasion of the United States would never
have been checked.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

THE Harrison campaign in Indiana be-
gan with the tearing down of Cleaveland
banner by a gang of republican hoodlums
on prominent thoroughfare of Indian
apolis. We wonder if Gen. HARRISON is
proud of this achievement. And we wonder
if his boomers suppose that his fortunes
are to be promoted by such outrages?
If there is any democrat in Indiana whose
"state pride" has led him TO think for a
moment of voting for HARRISON, such dis
plays of intolerance and rowdyism by the
latter's partisans ought to put him right.
And they will, too.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

Some OF these unfortunate gentlemen are
democrats, but they will have to console
themselves with the reflection that they
are simply the victims of misplaced con-
fidence," and try to accept the wisdom
gained by experience as more valuable
possession than the dividends they so
fondly anticipated would have been.
There is nothing like being philosopher
under such circumstances.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

GEN. HARRISON cannot reasonably ex-
pect any honest prohibitionist to vote for
HIM, standing on the platform he does.
Mr.. CLEVELAND, we are sure, does not
ask nor expect the support of men who
sincerely believe that the great issue OF
the day is the liquor question, and that
prohibition is the only way to settle it.
Both the great parties are opposed to the
policy of prohibition-the democratic
party in an open, manly way, the repub-
lican party in a sneaking hypocritical
fashion. For the honest prohibitionist,
whatever his partisan antecedents, there
is no resource this year but to support
FISK and Brooks.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
Tippecanoe's Grandson.
TChicago Times.l

Benjamin's selection may bring out recol-
lections of grandparent and revive the pic
turesque methods of the log-cabin campaign
when Tippecanoe and Tyler, too, coon skins
and hard cider, glee clubs and crossroads
mass-meetings held the attention of the coun.
try. But the situation is entirely different
There was then tariff tax averaging AZ per
cent. on the necesSaries of existence And
while hard cider was plenty it was not pro-
posed to make whisky free and clothing dear
If any serious purpose is developed to play the
recollection of the grandfather for the benefit
of the grandson the appeal to the tomb will
but disclose the unilial character of the heir
William Henry Harrison lies buried at North
Bend on the Ohio. His grave is in state of
utter neglect. The Harrison tombstone will
not figure happily in the coming campaign.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

THE Chicago Tribune prints dispatches
from a number Of German editors in re-
gard to German sentiment in their re-
spective localities touching the republican
nominations. A majority of the kilograms
say that HARRISON is not popular among
the Germans, and that he will lose a con-
siderable number of German republican
votes. The average German is against the
high tax policy which HARRISON repre-
sents, and distrustful of his party on the
LIQUOR question.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice, hav-
ing had placed in his hands by an East India
missionary the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of
Consumption, Bronchitis Catarrh, Asthma and
and radical cure for Nervous Debility and an
nervous complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of
cases, has felt il his duty to make il known TO
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this mo-
tive and desire 10 relieve human suffering
will send, free of charge, to all who desire il,
this recipe in German, French or English, with
full directions for preparing and using. Sent
by mail by addressing, with stamp, naming this
paper, w. A. Noyes, 149 Powers Block, Roch.
ester, n. Y.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

To THE EDIToR-Sir; speak as a soldier
of the union army, and if Gov. Foraker of
Ohio denounces Mr.. Thurman and his
wife for feeding rebel prisoners, he must
denounce me and many other union
soldiers. While guarding rebel prisoners,
/ gave them food and tobacco. ! am
democrat; take THE SENTINEL straight
and intend to vote for Cleveland and
Thurman. UNION SOLDIER.
Glenwood, June 20.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

B. F. JONES, chairman of the republican
national committee, and a blatant high
tariff man, is the head OF one of the great
iron-works of Pittsburg whose employees
have just struck against a reduction in
wages. The protective tariff has made
JONES a millionaire. What has it done
for the men who work in his shops, and
who are now forced to choose between
idleness and a reduction of their already
meagre wages?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

HARRIsoN's nomination is colby received
in California. The republican papers do
not attempt to conceal their chagrin, and
they damn the candidate with the faintest
of faint praise. The democratic press is
jubilant and declares that HARR1soN's
nomination insures the electoral vote of
California to CLEVELAND and THURMAN.
There is every reason to believe that Cali
fornia will be found in the democratic
column next November.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

HERE is the republican candidate as he
was dished up in the Chicago Tribune of
last Saturday:
HARRISON, unpopular at home, disliked
abroad; not supported by any German news
paper or recognized by any German leader in
the United States; not numbering among his
close friends one man who ever served with
him in the senate of the United States; hated
in California because he voted fourteen times
against the restriction of Chinese immigration;
opposed In his own state because he
is cold and distant in his manner and identi-
fed with every public act that has ever been
adopted which could wound the sensibilities of
voters not numbered among his own particular
clique in the republican party; having strong
support among politicians, but little among
the rank and file of the party; never elected
TO any Office save that of reporter of the
supreme court by the popular vote, and it is
not probable that he everwill be; the residuary
legatee of the president of the New York
Central railroad.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
cReMArEp HER HUSBAND.
A Chicago Woman's Method of Getting Rid
of a Drunken Life Partner.

CHICAGO. June 1.-The mystery concerning
the death of Matthias Schriener, who was
burned TO death Monday near his house has
been cleared up. His wife, Mary Magdalen
Schriener, has confessed TO the police that she
poured kerosene oil over her husbands cloth
ing and deliberately set fire to it. She says be
was chronic drInkard and that for six months
past she had quarreled with him every day.
He came home last Sunday night drunk and
sent for more beer after his arrival. She re-
tired about midnight and on awakening an
hour later arose and found Schriener asleep in
the alley. Seized with an uncomfortable desire
to rid herself of her troublesome husband she
poured the oil over his clothing and then
dropped lighted match on him. Schriener
soon rushed into the street screaming and the
neighbors smothered the flames with blankets.
but too late TO save his life. Mrs. Schriener is
about twenty years of age. She has a six
months old babe "a and her only anxiety is con-
of numbering her husband tomorrow.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

HARmsoN's nomination was a direct
slap in the face of the workingmen. A
large number of their representatives
were at Chicago last week, and they de-
clared that any other man before the con-
vention would be less objectionableto them
than he. The convention, in obedience to
the dictate of CHAUNcEY DEEPEN, ignored
their wishes and nominated HARRISON.
But they will be heard from at the polls
in November
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS says In Hdr-
per's Weekly:
No friend of a reduction of the surplus by
moderatinG the tariff tax upon the necessaries
of lite and raw materials could support Gen.
HARRISON unless he feared some grave peril
from the success of CLEVELAND. This is an
apprehension, however which, although strong
and natural in 1884, has now disappeared. Mr..
CLEVELAND made his own platform in his
message, and there has been nothing in his
administration which has alarmed the business
interests of the country. Gen. HARRISON APP
pears in the canvass as the representative of
high and higher protection, and of free whisky
and tobacco rather than of a lighter duty upon
any class of articles produced in this country.
In other words, he is for an average tariff tax
OF AZ per cent instead of 40 per cent, and OF a
profuse and consequently demoralizing expen-
diture of a surplus instead of leaving it in the
pockets of the taxpayers.
CLEVELAND will receive the entire mug
wump vote, and it will be two or three
times as large as it was in 1884.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
Heavy Loads to Carry.
st-DispatchI

lfost-Dlspatchl
Harrison would run better if he had not
owed his nomination to the Pacific railroad at
torneys and to Depew and Elkins Mortons
mOney-bags will also be something of load to
carry The big campaign fund that Morton
will be expected to collect from Stanford,
Huntington, Gould, and the trusts is one of
those weapons that sometimes hurt more than
they help in a national election.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
where Harrison Is Weak.
rSpringfeld Republican.l

A New York man offered TO bet $50 to 500
in the Hotel Warwick corridor last evening
that Harrison would not carry state on the
Pacific slope, and, receiving no takers, offered
even money, with the same result
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

Covernor-CoURTLAND c. MATsOS.
nant-Governor-WILLIAM r. MYERS
Secretary OF Saskatchewan w. MIERs
Auditor Of State-CHARLES A. MUNSOS.
Treasurer Of State-THOMAS B. BYRNES
Reporter Supreme COurt-JoHN W. KERN.
Attorney General-JoHN r. WILSON.
Superintendent Public Instruetion-E L. GRIF-
fITH.
Judges of Supreme Court
First District-W E NIBLACK.
Second DistriCt-G v H0wK.
Fourth District-ALLEN COLLARS.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
At Iarge-THOMAs r. COBB and JOHN r LAMB.
First district S b. VANCE; Second district, c. ;.
DoBBINs; Third district CHARLES l. JEWETI;
Fourth district, NICHOLAS CORSET; Fifth district,
JOHN r EAST; Sixth district. THOMAS J. STUDY;
Seventh district, DAVID 5. GOODING; Eighth dis
trict, :. B. PUETT; Ninth district JOHN j. Nc
HUGH; Tenth district, u. ID. DYKEMANi Eleventh
district JOIN y. TURNER; Twelfth district, JOHN
H. Bass; Thirteenth district. NJ. A. 0. PACKARD.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

During his political career" says the
Enquirer, "Gen. HARRISON has never dem
onstrated his ability to carry Indiana
against a united democracy" Correct.
And the Indiana democracy is united this
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

saber. The manager of the cyclorama
ought to arrange so that any candidate
can be painted in the picture in heroic
attitude, on payment of a reasonable con-
sideration
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

tSt Louis Republic.l
The Immigrant railroads selected the repuli-
can candidate for the presidency and the con.
federated trusts framed the platform. The
verdict of the people on both will be heard in
November.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
Dear Clothes, Cheap whisky

We don't see anything in the republican
platform about the saloon in politics. The
republican anti-saloon movement gives up the
ghost to cheap whisky and dear clothes.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04

A GOOD many members OF Gen. HARRI-
sons old regiment, the Seventeen In
diana, among them not few republicans,
will not vote for their old commander for
president this year. They don't like his
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-04
Republican Logic.
TChicago Herald


Whenever Mr.. Harrison has undertaken to
carry Indiana he has failed to do it. This ap-
pers TO be the only reason the republicans
have for believing that he can carry it this fall