The Portland daily press., 1888-10-12
A GREAT DAY FOR INDIANAPOLIS.
Harrison and Blaine cheered by
Thirty Thousand People.l
Republican Women March In the
Great Street Parade.
New York Republicans Nominate
Joel T. Erhardt for Mayor.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 1.-THE Republican
demonstration today was one of the largest
and most successful ever held in Irtiiana.
Nearly all of the fifteen railroads catering
the city ran special trains. 1t is estimated
that by noon over 60,000 visitors had arrived.
Early in the day the streets became block
AIDED throughout the business districts. To-
wards noon, the streets around the Republi-
can headquarters began to fill, and at
o'clock nothing but solid wall of humanity
was to be seen for two squares up and down
Pennsylvania avenue. At 1.3O, Gen. Harri-
son, accompanied by Mr.. Blaine, arrived at
the new Denison. and made their way across
the crowded balcony to the outer railing.
Their appearance was the signal for tre-
mendous outburst from the $4,000 people
packed like sardines in the streets below.
Beside General Harrison stood Mrs. Harri-
son and number Of other ladies. Among
those on the reviewing balcony were Ex-
Senator Ferry. Gen. John w. Foster, Gen.
Hastings and Ex-Gsy. Porter. The tumultu-
GUS cheering on the appearance of Harrison
and Blaine continued several minutes, the
cheers being first for Harrison and then for
AT 1.50, the parade started. The column
was an hour and half in passing the re-
viewing stand and it is estimated that near
1900 persons were in line. There were no
less than forty bands and drum corps in the
procession. At the rear of the first division
came the gigantic Harrison and Morton ball,
drawn by four no rses, rolling continuously
in its frame work. In the procession were
the Carrie Harrison Guards, with a drum
formed young ladies of Indianapolis; the
Harrison Daughters" from Connersyille, 30
young girls from 10 to 10 years old, who
wore jockets of blue with stars, skirts of
red, white and blue, and blue caps, and a
club of colored women wearing flag sashes.
After the procession passed Gen. and Mrs.
Harrison were driven home and Mr.. Blaine
was driven to the exposition grounds. Sur
rounding the speakers stand were &c, 900 peo-
pie. As Mr. Blaine entered the stand, a
mighty shout went up. Gen. Hovey made a
brief speech, followed by Rev. Mr. Chase,
candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and then
Mr.. Blaine. Mr.. Blaine said:
Ladies and gentlemen - A man might as
well take position on the end of Cape Race
and address the Atlantic ocean as attempt to
address this vast crowd. hope to speak to
small section of it in town this evening,
but came here to exchange greetings and to
exchange congratulations, and to say to you,
as you know before l say it. that this great
concourse Of people means $1,000 majority in
Indiana for Harrison and Morton prolonged
eheersl and an, Ifnrthermore demonstration like
this, OF all Indiana, is worth five hundred
speeches from an any man living. Good
bye" fCheersl.
At Mr.. Blaine's departure there was fur
ther speaking, but sprinkle of rain started
the crowd toward the city.
Tominson's Hall was crowded to suffoca-
tion tonight. Mr.. Blaine was enthusiastical-
ly received. He spoke on protection and the
prosperity which he claimed it brought to
the West.
New York Republicans.
New YORK, Oct. 1.-THE Republican
county convention tonight nominated Joel
L. Erhardt for mayor, John w. Jacobus for
sheriff, Henry c. Perley for county clerk and
James I. Van Rensselaer, for president of
the board Of aldermen. Erhardt was for m
ly United States marshal for this district
and was once police commissioner He is
president of the New York and Northern
Railroad.
Strong efforts are still being made to in
duce Grant and Hewitt to withdraw and
have Tammay and County Democracy unite
upon candidate. Grant says he is willing,
but Hewitt has not yet announced his deter
mination.
A Granite Cutters Reason.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Michael j. Murray,
the successful young lawyer of Fitchburg,
Mass, ,Iwho has been speaking in the national
campaign in Maine and New York, left for
Indiana yesterday, to take the stump for
Harrison and protection. He was telling
good story about talk he had before the
Maine election with granite cutter Of vi
nalhaven, in that State. The latter gave his
reasons for voting the Republican ticket
thus:
There has recently been imported from
scotland by one OF our local marble dealers,
and sold by him, set up in the cemetery at
Thomaston, a red Scotch granite monument,
all polished, including meldings. Three
hundred and seventy five dollars represent
the entire cost of labor, freightage, lettering
and setting, and also. a 40 per cent duty un-
that can be made on this monument here.
using as basis the bill of prices at Vinal-
haven, makes it cost, setup in our own gran
lite, cut by our own people, $40, giving them
an advantage of S65.
Now, then, under the free trade theory,
If we cannot produce an article as cheap as
we can buy 1t, it is best for us to abandon
the industry and go to work at something
else. Does any granite cutter believe that
we should abandon granite cutting and gran
ite quarrying in this country, and send our
granite cutters to Scotland to earn their liv-
ing cutting monuments at Scotch wages, and
supply, this country with Scotch granite
work ?"
What would the result be to Vinalhaven
should such theory prevail?" Mr.. Murray
asked
.Will any Democratic tariff reformer," re-
piled the granite. cutter, ''say that if the 40
per cent tariff is taken off, as called for in
the Mills bill, the difference in the price of
monuments in this country and others will
not, come off the wages of granite workers
reason why am resolved to vote for the Re-
publican candidates this year for the first
time in my life."