Evening journal., 1888-06-27
General Posasscas S..v~

N
Ths President has coined new phrase,
nus .5s not . fsnaArssl1 Ga .innocuous
dssnetnde," ~-p'ralcious activity s'gboul-
ish glee" or rnoisy. enthusiasm - The
new cor sbinatIon is "pesvssh ignorance, .
and az plies to persons who criticise his
civil <ervice reform policy.
A few weeks agxo. when Cleveland wac
nominstsd. there was small procession
down Chestnut street with one or two
bands The prodigious demonstration lAst
night OF Republican clubs shows that this
city takes an immenss interest Ia the nomi.
ees OF the Republican party, and will give
them 30, 900 ms jority in November. -Pnila-
lphia North American.
mile of marching men, ten thousar
strong, bursting balls OF varied colored Gre,
Thousands Of red and green lights and the
din OF a hundred drum CORPS, coupled with
cheers for Harrison and Morton from a
hundred thousand throats, were the o Incl
pal features that formed the demonstra-
tlon last night ia honor of the returning
visitors from the Chicago convention to
Philsdelphis.
The President again sntsgonizsd I'd the vote
fof the grand army In the coming election
by getoing pension bin The death of
the soldier was caused by the interference
10 an alteration between two other SOL
diers, snd hs was killed by plank. The
president vetoes the bill Tor relief of the
wido. SsV"1seo' Senator E1ta.. unus
was very indignai... at this veto ann
wanted vote yesterday on the veto mes
sage but there was no quorum present.
James q. Blaine on Monday nigh
cabled as follows to Gen. Harrison, In.
dianap,lis; congratulate you most
heartily upon ths work OF the N .r,onal
Convention. Your candidacy ~ll recall
the triumphant snthr.,. r.,.Sm and insuro the
''0'' ,~us oonclnalon which followed your
gfanufather'e nomination 10 1910. Your
election viii seal our industrial independ.
eoce as q, declaration OF T6, which bears
the hon orcd name OF yonr great-Rrand-
father. saved our political Independence.
@ IN Alger was given an enthusiastic
re eepbion when he appeared at the ratifl-
'avicn meeting held by the Michigan Club
I at Detroit on Monday night. he said
s'The loyalty of this beloved state hos 30
touched my heart that l can only say
God bless you II in my future life can
only show myself worthy OF this great con
hdence you have reposed In me l shall be
deeply thankful. We are all Harrison
men here tonight, and we should all work
for him. We may have been disappointed
II had not wan ted the office l should not
have worked for IT, hut nv dirsppoint-
ment ie nothing to he compared 20 the
great victory we will achieve ip Novem-
ber. We want to put away all question
about Michigan being doubtful state.
Whoever is our standard bearer, he is our
man.
Seth Low Of Brooklyn, who served two
terms as mayor OF that city. being elected
by Republican and Independent votes, has
created sensation by announcing his
intention TO withdraw from membership IN
the Repuplican Association OF his ward
because he ia not ia sympathy with the
bigh protective plank OF the Republican
platform Il believe. nhe said, "uA Garh, Id
did 10 protection which leads us towards
free trade The declaration Of the Chicago
platform is for a prot -ction which works
away from free trade. This, IL seems to
me, is entirely new ground FOR iha Repuh.
lican party, but whether II ia or not, the
policy outlined 10 the platform is one in
which DO not believe, and in behalf or
which can make no fiRht. do not desire
to claim the privilege Of party fellowship
when am unsble to support the party in
the leading issue OF the moment Mr..
Lows withdrawal from the republican
organization would have greater effect
We're IL not for the fact that he has alwsys
beei more OF an Independent than Re-
publican. As mayor he wsa absolutely
non partisan, and during the campaign Of
1884 refused to tako any public stand on
either side, though II is said be voted for
! Blaine.