The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-20

swell the Republican majority in this State for you
pledge to you our friendship for you personally and
renew our pledges of loyalty to the party which mas
chosen you for its stsnd.r6-ee:rer As the Demo;
district. we now have three HieHarrison. Hovey
and Hayne-
Ia responding, General Harrison spoke even
msss deliberate and impressively than usual.
Hes said:
sMy Illinois and my Indiana Friends-If I
needed any stimulus to duty, or 70 have my
Impressions of the dignity and responsibility Of
in such assemblies al these, and in the kind and
thoughtful words which have been addressed to
me on your behalf The American people,
Under our system Of government, have their
public interests in their own keeping. All laws
and proclamat,ons may be revoked or repealed
by them. They viii DO called upon in Novem-
Der to mark cut . revenue policy for our gov
eminent BY choosing public officers pledged to
approve. Fortunately you have now an issue
very clearly drawn and very easy TO be under
stood In previous campaigns we have not
quite known where our adversaries stood. Now
. protective tariff IL robbery. You see this
written at the head OF campaign Tracts circu-
lated by their committees. You hear il said in
the public speeches Of their leaders. You have
not once. / think. in the campaign
that sven . low protective tariff was
desirable. Those who, like Mr.. Randall, have
in former campaigns been used to allay the ap-
prenension OF our working people by talking
protection, have been silsnced. On the other
hand, the Republican party declares by its
platform and by its speakers that q protective
tariff is wise and necessary. There is the issue.
Make your own choice. IL you approve by your
votes the doctrine that q protective tariff Ia pub
tic robbery. you will expect your representatives
20 stop this public robbery, and IL they are faith
full they Will do it not 2 per cent OF
il, but All Of IL. Applause and cries Of
That's it, So that ! beg you all to recollect
principle OF protection. You are invited to q
feast Of cheapness. You are promised foreign
made goods at very low prices, and domestic
competing goods, il any are made, at the same
lower wages will also attend the feast. lap
plause ard cries Of That's sol Inevitably, as
certain ~ the night sollows the day, the adoption
OF this policy means lower wages. Choose, then;
but do not forget that this cheapening process
may b pushed SO far as to involve the cheaper
ing of human life and the loss of human happi-
ness. Applause
sAnd now . word about the surplus In the
treasury. Our Democratic friends did not
know what else 70 do with il and 20 they have
deposited is IN certain national banks. The
government gets no interest upon II, but II il
loaned ont by the banks 20 our citizens at in
tsrest- Our income il more than our current
expenses. There is no authority for the Secre-
tary o. the Treasury to lend tbs money, and so
only three methods OF dealing with IL presented
themselves. under the law. First, to lock it up
In the treasury vaults; second, to deposit IL in
she banks without interest, or third,
to use Is in the purchase OF
our bonds not yet due. The objection to the
fret method was that the withdrawal Of so
large O sum might result in a monetary strin-
gency. The second obviated this objection by
allowing the banks TO put the mouey In circula-
tior; but neither method resulted in any advant-
age TO the governments. AS to it the money was
SaaS- oolv tha ha0ka raeaiyad iDrarast for ffa
use By the third method the money would be
returned to the channels of trade, and the gov
eminent would mske.tEe difference between the
premium paid for the bord and the interest that
fhe bonds would deaw If left outstar Sing until
they matured-
IF the government bond at the market pre-
MUM il q good investment for q capitalist who
As free 20 use his money as be pleases, can it be
that 1t cannot use in any other way, 20 use il in
buying mp its bonds3 lGrest applause. 1t Is
not whether we will purposely raise money TO
buy our bonds at 9 premium-no one would ad-
have on hand and cannot lawfully pay out in
any other way. Do our Democratic friends
propose to give the banks the free use Of it till
our bonds maturel Or do they propose to reduce
ture, by . revision of the tariff, until this sur
plus In used. Ind then revise the tariff again to
sSssteks Great applause
II welcome -. pfcsencs To-Day OF these ladies'
OF EOur lOu8eQ0iQA We tcoulu uot lOTRct llds
we have working women in America Applause
and cries Of Good Good, and that none more
than they are interested IN this policy OF protec-
ton which we advocate. IL want and hard con-
fall share. fApplause.l and now / have beer
tempted to speak more at length than / had in-
tended. l thank you for this cordial manifesto
ton of your confidence and respect
At315P. n adelegstion of 800 Grundy county.
Illinois, Republicans, delayed by a failure in
connections en- route, arrived, and, with good
music and banners flying. reused further en-
thusissm as they marched into the park, q
marked feature Of this procession being the
Logan Club IN uniform, with grey hats banded
with blue ribbon, and q large delegation Of
ladies with red white and blue sashes. Their
reception was an exceedingly pleasant one.
Heterogeneous ?. c. Hayes, OF Morris, their
spokesman, having the happy faculty Of making
a presentation address without any Of the stiff
nsrs And unnecessary formality that frequently
charactsrizes such efforts He gave his entire
attention to General Harrison. looked pleasant,
and spoke IS follows:
General HsrrisonI have been designated BY these
stalwartlooking men and these ladies that are here on
the platform, to say word to you, to let you know
who we are. whence we came, and what we are here
for. You can tell by looking into these mems faces
that they are Repubhcans-they are q cleanlooking
lot of men. We come from Grundy county, Illinois.
i suppose YOU nave Ee4rQ OF lll0Ols, II hot OF ufuEOy
county We are. boys, to see the next President Of
the United States [Applause.l We have q sort of
friendly feeling for you because Indiana and Illinois
lie side by side. and / remember that during the days
of he war. when some OF rs fellows were at the front,
trying TO put down Q Democratic rebellion, we had
gallant Dick Yates and gallant Oliver ?. Morton work
ing here side be side to cheer Us at the
front. So we feel q sort of brotherly interest in Ben
Harrison. and We have come from the State where a
majority Of the people cannot forget the teachings OF
Abraham Lincoln. Ulysses ). Grant and John A Lo-
gan. to pay our respects to you, because you repre-
sent US on the national ticket. and because you repre-
sent the grand principles that underlie the Republic
talk, and that you will allow US to come up and shske
your hands. and then we VIII go back TO our dG.y IN
Gruady county, and l pledge you every one of these
men. some of whom voted for William Henry Harrison
in 1886 and 1910. and some OF whom will cast their
first votes in 1883 for Gen. Ben Harrison, will dc
their utmost to help Illinois roll mp a majority of 40,-
600 for Harrison and Morton and the Republican
party. Applause-l
General Harrisons rely was marked by the
zane friendly manner as :hat shown by the ad'
dress made him, and he spoke in an animated
and cordial way while answering:
General Hayes and my Illinois Friends-I re-
greet that your arrival was postponed so long az
Co make it impossible for you to meet with the
other friends from your State who, q little while
ago, assem bled about the platform. I thank
you for the kind feelings that prompted you To
come. and for the generous things Genera
Hayes has said In your behalf. There is liz
tie that ! can say aud little that l can
appropriately do 10 promote the success of Re
the earnest and active cooperation OF the indi
49, a. ill h.-A a aoF rauA ~ Glad