The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-08-01
FROM HENRY COUNTY.
The Republican Majority 1t proposes to Give
Comes to the City.

The Republican Majority 1t proposes to Give
Comes to the City.
Henry county Republicans paid heir respects
to General Harrison yesterday. The number or
them who came correspondent, as General
Crosse, their spokesman, said, to about what the
Republican majority in that county will be this
fall-between 800 and 2. 900. There were two
excursion trains besides the regular mornins
train, making altogether some twenty odd car
loads of the visitors. Leaving home at s they
arrived in the city shortly after 10 o'clock, and
were met by the committee and escorted rp the
usual line of march 20 the park on Pcnnsyl-
vania street. The visitors were led by the New
Castle Band. en- excellent organization. They
had with them two other bands. also, the one
from Cadiz. and the other from Honey Creek.
The people from Knigh,stown and the southern
part Of the county did not come with the rest
of their Henry county brethren, preferring,
doubtless. to make their visit at another
time. As u was, however, the
delegation was an unusually large one, taking
into account the fact that all the farmers are so
busy at the present time. The visitors brought
With them 4 number of banners and transpar-
encies. Chief among them could be read, W
come to see Ind;ana's first President England
can't vote at this election" 1.-The only use Eng
lard has for an Irishman is to have him 60 to
America and vote for free trade.-The Londor
Times" 'Kilgore's Heading Factory, solid for
Harrison and Morton" Protection is our
platform and mo market for pauper labor"
Among the different organizations along with
the visitors were the Harrison and Morton clubs
from New Castle and Spic Gland. the First
Uofaroi Climb If Nau Casfla and fha Ranuhliran
Club from Middletown. Nearly all Of those
who came from New Castle and it's immediate
vicinity had handsome white plug hats. which
gave to the delegation as neat and trim an APP
pearance as any that hiss yet visited the Ssy.
Arriving at the park, General Harri-
son soon made his appearance and was
greeted by hearty cheering. When this
had subsided, General William II Grose.
one of the old wheel-horse Republicans Of the
county, and who was with General Harrison in
many hard-fought battles in the South, arose
and said:
General Harrison-We como from the county
of Henry TO greet you. We feel that We can
congratulate ourselves, BY reason OF the auspi-
cious action OF tho cow sItieu at Ctieseo. on
having go favorable IN opportunity TO express
our wishes and convictions These people have
known you for many years. Some OF them have
come along the political line from 1886 and 1910.
when they were for Tippecanoe and Tyler, too.
Now they are for Harrison and Morton. lap
plause We have with Us some Of the substan-
tial men of Henry county. We did not bring
them all. We brought about what We thought
would be our majority in November. Applause
Once we gave Grant 2. 024 majority. A voice
W will give it to Harrison, too" We have
a ticket around which we can rally with the
same enthusiasm that we did then. We have
nothing to do but invite these old comrades of
19A0 and than fall in lima Ma have with us fha
sons of those who traversed the South with you.
They were not all at Resaca, Round Top. Lost
Mountain, Kenesaw, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta,
Jonesborough. or Lovejoy; they didn't all &c
with you to the sea; but they will 60 with you
in November. You went TO Savannah and 70
the Carolinas, and from there to
the Tar Heel city, and you treat
ed them all we'll, and we know when
you become our chief executive your will again
extend the same treatment. You stayed with
your command until the surrender OF Lee. and
then, when;the bugle sounded TO cease firing, you
ret turned homo with your soldiers We feel
Eratful TO you and your comrades for the pero
you took in the war. and l especially feel erats-
full to you for your action at Peach Tree Creek
Your terrible rghting saved me from having
terrible fight If you had failed IL was my turn
next, aud l thank your and General Coburn's
commands for your kind treatment on that oc-
casion. My people all expect when you are
elected to the presidency-and 10 now looks very
probable that you will be spplausel that the
cOuDselOrS YOU call around You Will De patrOlte.
who. either as citizens or soldiers. stood by the
government In days gone by. Applause 1
will not detain you. These people want to hear
you. Fellow citizens, allow me TO present TO
you General Benz. Harrison.
General Harrison was Enthusiastically re-
ceived when he rose to reply. HE speech evil
IDENTIFY struck o popular chord will the visitors,
for it was cheered almost continuously. espec-
tally that part whore be referred 10 the extern
sion of the commerce between the United States
and South America. He said:
Comrade Grose and nv Henry County Friends
If We have here any discouraged statesman who
takes a respondent view Of the future OF the
country, l think he would recover his hopeful
ness il he could look once In a while into the
face of an audience like this. tApplausel.
You come from a county that has been q
bulwark Of Republicanism since the party was
organized. You had an early element In yous
population that has done much TO promote your
material interests, aud, much more. 10 lift up
those principles that relate TO the purity OF
the home and to the freedom of men. Applause
The Friends who have been and are so large and
SO influential an element In your population,
aud IN the counties surrounding it. are a people
notable for the purity OF their home life and foi
their broad aud loving sympathy with al men.
They were the early enemies OF slavery, and
they have always naturally been the strength
of the Republican party in the community
where they reside. Applause Your spokes-
man has expressed your continued interest in
the party TO which some of you gave the con-
fdencs of yonr matured powers and some Of you
the early devotion Of your youth The Repub-
hcsn party has accomplished for the country q
great work 10 the brief period OF It's life. 10
preserved tie Nation by Q wise. courageous and
patriotic administration. What that means for
you and your posterity. what IL means for the
world, no man can tell. It would have been a
climax OF disaster for the world If this govern
ment Of the people had persisted. The one I'M
solved experiment OF free governments was solved.
We have demonstrated the capacity OF the peo-
pie and a citizen soldiery 10 maintain ~inylolate
the unity of the Republic. Applause
There remain. now, fortunately. chiefly eco
nomic questions 10 be thought OF aud to be set
tied. We refer TO the great war. not in any
spirit of hostility 70 any section or any class Of
men. but only because we believe 10 TO be good
for the whole country that loyalty and hdelity
TO the flag should be hopored. tGreat applause
IL was one OF the great triumphs OF the war: q
particular in which our war was distinguished
from all other wars Of history. that we brought
the vanquished into the same full, equal citizen
snip under the Law that we maintained for our
selves. [Applause. In ali the addresses which
have been made TO me there has been some ref
erence 10 the great question Of the protection d
our American Industries. / see IL upon the
banners which you carry. Our party stands
unequivocally. without evasion or qualification.
for the doctrine that the American market
shall be preserved for our American producers.
fGreat applause. We are not attracted
by the suggestion that We shoald surrender
IN forafCn nroducars The hest markar In tho