The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-08
Indiana Republicans.

Warsaw Times
From all over the country there seems to be
very general revival OF interest In tho candidacy
Of General Ben Harrison, OF this State, for the
presidency. The country press Of Illinois
which State seems to have been wbeedled into
. virtua. instruction for Judge Gresham through
the influence of the two leading Chicago news
papers-are beginning TO ask why man who
was and is not the choice OF the Indiana Re-
puhlicaus should De pushed forward by the Re-
publicans OF Illinoisl The question may well be
asked If Republicans outside of Indiana are
willing TO concede q modicum OF good sense
or ordinary Intelligence to their brethren 10
this State, repeat that the question may
well be asked Il is fair TO presume that
members Of the PARTY within its borders, living
Do the ground and conversant with the political
situation. are fully posted as TO the
popularity and availability of both Generals
Harrison and Gresham, and are thereby better
qualified TO judge between them than those out
Side the State could possibly be. II Indiana 10
the doubtful State that it is sometimes claimed
to be, wouldn't il be as well-aye. infinitely
better-for Republicans outside the State to let
the Republicans within make their own selec-
s.d. TO the or MSs Of
State has instructed In other words il In
diana IL to be permitted to have "favorite
son. its Republicans prefer that they
should be permitted to make their
Republicans everywhere are DESTROYS that the
party should carry Indiana at the coming
election. With the nomination of Gen. Ben
Harrison Indiana can be made as certainly Re-
publican az is Vermont or Pennsylvania The
nomin alton of Judge Gresham would leave it
the same doubtful State it may be now. The
nomination of the one would create an enthusi-
ssm in the ranks that would be irresistible.
That of the other would compe. rs 10 60 through
. spiritlese. hfeless, dragging contest. This
fact, We think will De conceded by every Re-
publican voter in the State If this is so, why
should the Chicago syndicats-for it can be
ole % N m TT
Of this State any one else than the pan of their
own selecuonf This is the question that the
editors OF the county papers are now asking
fhemseves and one another. and they are now
beginning TO pc receive that the move TO which We
allude was really and to all intents and purposes,
originated Ia Chicago, In the full expectation
that they would drop into it. \ fuller discus
sion and inquiry into the facts will not hurt
them in the least
Mr. AllIson's Friends Resent the Chicago
Tribune's Course.
Washington Special to Des Moines Register
Col D. b. Henderson, upon being questioned
by the Register correspondent concerning
the claim made by the Chicago Tribune, that
some members of the Iowa delegation had
declared in favor of Judge Gresham for second
choice, said: THE Chicago Tribune, in its
efforts to nominate Judge Gresham, and seeing
that Senator Allison is the man most to be
feared Is doing everything in its power to
weaken the Senator In his own State by at
tempting 10 DufiQ Judge GIeSnam as the
Iowa delegation. One OF the agents of the
Tribune tried to induce me to state q second
choice. but / understood the motive and
promptly told him that we were going to
Chicago to nominate Mr.. Allison. | am
satisfied that the dispatches sent out indicating
that Judge Gresham is the second choice Of sew
eral Of the Iowa delegation are unreliable. In
deed. ono of the gentlemen referred To has al
ready contradicted the Tribunes statement
over his own signature In a Cedar Rapids paper.
and from what know of the Iowa delegation.
don't believe that the Tribune has any authority
to quote their preferences for any other than
for the man Of their choice. They are not Sec
ond-eholce men. They are the chosen repre-
sentatives Of their State to present Mr. ALI
sons name and qualifications for the high Office
of President to the Republican national con-
veption. and they are men OF too much intelli.
eence even 10 be led sstray by the subtle
methods OF the Tribune. which IL seeking this
recond-choice EXPRESSION from them
solely in the interest Of Judge Gresham and to
defeat Senator Allison, who it is now we'll
known is now leading all candidates in the
judgment Of the Republicans Of the country and
safe man TO nominate. If the Tribune will be
equally careful 10 state the first and second
preference Of the Illinois delegation. il will find
enough TO interest il aud keep it busy in whip
ping the Illinois sentiment INTO its favorite
channel The Iowa delegation and the other
Iowa Republicans not to be diverted from
their great purpose by these methods Of the
Tribune. But believing that Mr.. Allison 10 the
foAoos u ALL every tniue Consucfo u lor the party
20 take 40 its standard bearer in this campaign,
they are going 90 Chicago mbued aud enthused
with that idea and will not be driven from this
purpose by fhe unwarranted statement Of Judge
Gresham's strength in the West
The Republicans WIN Look Afier Indiana.
A Democrat. in Chicago Herald.
The nomination of Gray would make Indi-
ana certainly Democratic, while the nomination
of Thurman viii place il in the rank of doubt
fnl States The Republicans will have. In