Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-12-27

lt b quite new thing 10 have pres
1Asnt-clect who Ii furnished with son
a mature years. The presidential fami-
~ have been very small; often there
boing even no wife In the house, and
nsver in our time have there been grown
NJ sons and daughters. And everybody
knows that children count In the order
ing OF the paternal movements. And
when We see Mr.. Russell Harrison NOV
ing around among the politicians Of New
York and Philadelphia, getting points
Tor his dad, we will need to confess that
Il Il the most natural thing in the world
and just what may be expected. We have
elected father and son to the presidency ;
how much OF SON and how much OF
1Ather depends upon the respective quality
and calibre of the two. 1t may be that
tho father will be president all over, and
the son dutiful slave, or 1t may be
otherwise; and probably will. Mr.. Rus
sell Harrison is said TO be clever young
man; and IL 30, he will have much In
Z fluence over his fathers administration.
Is may be as proper an influence as 1t
will be natural one; but what Is
clear Is that there Is new situation,
With this new president, which we
have not had before in our time.
We will have q presidential family with
moro than one political figure In IT,
Wewill havea prince In the royal house
the president will have second self to go
ont among the people, where he cannot 60,
and bring into him Itheir murmurs and
their thoughts which may he deemed an
advantage to him. And the people will
have an intermediary with the president,
which may be an advantage to them,
The president will trust his son; and The
people will rely upon him. If young Mr.
Harrison Is the right sort Of ayoung mar
TO supplements wise father, the arrange.
ment may be lovely and work with fn'
results. And If not it will be just as bat
as IL would then be good.
Mr.. Russell Harrison is pressed earl,
into service by his father which show
shat he has great confidence In him. ii,
is collecting information that will enabl'
the president-elect to select his cabinet
With all the diverse counsel he must bt
getting In an energetic way on the sub
ject of Blaine and Sherman, Platt
Miller. and all the other contendinl
: spoilsmen Of his party, young Mr.. Har
rlson will find himself an electro
storage battery Of high power when h
goes back to indianapolis to report to hi
sire and there is danger that he will
give the old man an electric shock tha
may finish him, AS his grandfather wa
finished in the long ago.
Young Mr., Harrison, In getting aroun'
among the emphatic opinions that ar
now pouring into him, is likely to be i'm
pressed with a decided leaning one wa
or the other unless he is oppresse
with the conviction that thar
/, no safety in going either way
He may be muddled as badly as his fathe
> Il said to be getting to be, who starte
out holding Blaine to be an impcs,ibiity
but now seems TO be weakening in thi
opinion. Mr.. Russell Harrison is proba
bly, responsible for any new view his sir
may take more favorable to Blaine. II
moves with that crowd. Elklns is b
friend. His youth makes him good stu
for the Blaine permeation. 1t takes
pretty wise Republican to revolt ut Tn
Blaine rottenness and perchance tn
firm Of Harrison 4 Son will not betwee
them have wisdom enough to stand ou
against II. Let us see.