St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-22


stock from which the man sprung is in
the nature of guaranty that he may be
trusted under all trials. 1t is something
that the public, who are Interested in
being faithfully Served, are entitled to
know. We stand here to-day in the i'm
perial city of the Northwest. The name
OF DO family has ever been more
IDENTIFIED WITH THE NORTHWEST
than The family Of Gen. Benjamin Har-
risOn. 1t is woven into the very fabric
of the history of her people. Ineed only
give a passing reference to that sturdy
Ben Harrison, from whom he takes his
name, signer of the Declaration of In
dependence. He was governor of Vir-
glnla when the possessions of Virginia
embraced the whole of the Northwest.
When the Northwest was formed by
congress into territory, William Henry
Harrison was first its secretary and aft
EDWARDS its delegate to congress. When
the Indian Territory was formed, en-
bracing all the territory of the North
west, except Ohio and part of Michi-
gan, he was appointed the first gov.
ernOr. He held commissions as governor
successfully from Adams, Jefferson and
Madison. He was man of deeds. While
a delegate in congress he obtained the
passage of law requiring the sales of
public lands to be made In smaller sub
divisions than had ever been allowed
before, so that for the first time man
OF humble means might now
BUY FROM THIS GOVERNMENT
a home. The historian, McMaster, in
his admirable history of the people of
the United States, has said, with ref
for the good of the country than even
his great victory over the prophet at
Tippecanoe, or his defeat of Tecumseh
at the battle of the Thames. He ne
gotiated treaties with the Indians while
governor by which their title to 10000
600 acres of land was eXtinguished, and
the land was thus opened for settle
ment. In single one of these treaties
the Indians relinquished lands which
embrace a third of Illinois and vast
section in Southern Wisconsin. He
fought the battle of TippecanOe. and.
defeating the plans of the great states
man and warrior, TecumSeh, kept the
portals of the West open for the adj
mission of the emigrant. And what.
though less shining, was not less well
come to the settlers of the territory,
scanty in means and struggling with
difficulties, he procured the passage of
laws that made the burdens of taxes
lighter upon the poor. The tongue of
the farm and the practice of hospitality
were native to him. After the battle of
TippecanOe, when parting with a regi-
ment of his soldiers, he said: eff you
ever come to Vincennes you will find a
plate, and knife and fork, at my table,
and assure you that you will
NEVER FIND MY DOOR SHUT,
and the string of the latch pulled in"
And what he promised he faithfully
lived up to. We hear of civil service
reform as if it were some quite new Sug-
single month that he held Office. di-
rected the heads of the several depart
ments to give information to all their
officers and agents that partisan inter
ference by them in the popular cleo
ton, whether of state officers of the
Federal government, or the payment of
any contributions, or assessment on
salaries, or official compensation for
party election purposes, would be re-
garded by him as cause for removal.
The old war governor, the hero of
Tippecanoe, having left Indiana in
1913 to enter larger field
not fa afsyf The tine nesm psGpe services es
which he had given them, and when,
years afterward, he was candidate for
though Democratic state, gave him a
majority of nearly $4,000 votes. He died
in month after he entered upon his
great Office, but not the memory of his
services, which will ever remain fresh
and imperishable. But now, to-day, in
Indiana, among people estimating
highly the character and services of
Gen. Benjamin Harrison, and holding
| IN affection the
MEMORY OF OLD TIPPECANOE,
the latch strings of the people are hos
pitably out to you, and their doors are
waiting to fly open at your touch to let
in the joyful air that shall bear upon its
wings the message that Benjamin Har-
rison, their soldier-statesman, has been
nominated for president of the United
States.
During Gov. Porter's speech he was
l4liberally applauded with frequent loud
cheering, the heavy portion coming from
the Indiana and California delegations.
At the conclusion of Gov. POrter's adj
dress at 2:48 O'Clock, on motion of Mr..
Brogan, the convention took a recess
until 3 p. III.