, 1888-09-16
A Lively Day for Harrison.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. Is IA company
of Missouri veterans under command of
Capt. Brady, of Kansas City, called on
Gen. Harrison this morning. Shortly
afterwards a delegation from New Al
bany, numbering 1000, called to pay
their respects to the General. In reply
to the spokesman of the delegation, Gen.
Harrison made a short speech, in which
he said:
II have heard it said that some leaders
of the Democratic party thought that the
reduction proposed by the Mills bill and
the further reduction which some are
candid enough to admit they contemplate
will stimulate American production by
opening foreign markets, and that the
interests of our Indiana manufacturing
establishments would thus be promoted,
but those who advance this argument
also say it will not do to progress too
rapidly in the direction of free trade; that
we must go slow, because our protected
industries mo stand too rapid an ad-
vance; it would not be safe now My
countrymen, if this plan of revenue re-
form is to be promotive of our manufac-
tuiihs iuOOiOoto, why BO olOM w ny uOl
open the gates wide and let us have the
promised good all at once? Is It that
these philosophers think the cup OF pros
perity will be SO sweet and full that our
laboring people canaot be allowed to
drink it at n draught? No, my
countrymen, this statement implies what
these gentlemen know to be true, that the
effect of the proposed legislation is di-
minished production and diminished
wages, and they desire that you shall
have an opportunity to get used to it,"
About A o'clock this afternoon a train
arrived bringing 300 members of the
lrish-American Republican club from
Chicago. They were met at the depot
by the local Irish organizations and es-
corted to the Dennison Hotel. On account
of rain the march to Gen. Harrison's
residence was abandoned, and the recep-
ton took place in the rotunda of the
hotel. AS Gen. Harrison appeared on
the stairway, escorted by the local COM
mittee of the Irish club, he was rendered
an ovation which concluded with the
familiar response: He's all right"
John f. Bags acted as spokesman.
After touching upon the political issues,
he concluded:
Gen. Harrison, by your noble utter
ances In behalf of the down trodden peo-
pie of Ireland, you have assisted much in
building up the strong public opinion
which exists to-day in America and which,
beyond doubt, will in the near future
solve the question of the right of the
Irish people to self-government, and for
this you are entitled to, and have, our
most grateful thranks.
Gen. Harrison, in response, said:
My friends of the Irish-American Re-
publican club of Cook county, Ills.-You
are Americans -Irish-Americans- and
though you have given the consecrated
loyalty of your honest hearts to the flag
of your adopted country, you have not
forgotten to love and veDerate the land of
your birth. What if a sprlg of green was
found upon the bloody jacket of the Union
soldier who lay dead on Missionary ridge,
the flag he died for was his flag, and the
green was only a memory and an inspira-
ton. The native and Irish born join with
the Republican convention in the hope
that the cause of Irish home rule, pro-
crossing under Gladstone and Parnell,
may yet secure for Irel and that which. as
Americans, we so much value-loyal home
rule. | am sure that you will not falter
in this great civil contest which YOU
spokesman has so f%ttingly described.
AT the conclusion of the reception the
visiting clubs marched to Tomlinson hall,
where a largely attended mass meeting
was held tonight. Elk Governor Porter
and several members of the visiting dele
cations spoke on the issues of the cam
paign