St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28
HIS LAST HARANGUE.
Gen. Harrison Closes His CAM
paign So Far as Speeches
Are Concerned.
He Taffies a Bevy Of School
Girls from Oxford
College.
Subsequently He Reviews the
Parade Of Hoosier Repub-
liean Railroadeps.
After Lauding Them for Their
Faithfulness He Skips for
Home.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 27.-A dele
CATION of eighty young ladies, members
of the Carrie Harrison club, of the Ok
ford Female college, at Oxford, O., ar
rived at noon to-day to pay their re-
spectS to Mrs. Harrison, whose father,
Rev. DR.. Scott, founded the famous
accompanied the girls. They marched
out to the Harrison residence
in the afternoon. and were cordially re-
ceived by Mrs. Harrison and the gem
eral. They were very enthusiastic over
Mrs. Harrison, whom their spokesman.
Miss Nellie Deem, addressed as
"Our college sister," Gen. Harri-
son responded briefly and informally.
thanking the ladies for their visit,
which recalled with pleasure the old
days at Oxford, their walks III the cam
pus and the grove. The young ladies re-
turned home early this evening. The
parade of the railroad men tonight was
witnessed by 10000 to $4,000 people.
Clubs composed of railroad employees
came from Terra Haute, Richmond,
Logansport and New Albany. These,
with the indianapolis Republican Rail-
road club, the Columbia club and other
local organizations, made fine display,
with their cOlOred lanterns, their loco
motive and numerous transparencies.
Gen. Harrison reviewed the parade
from the balcony of the New Dennison,
and was VOciferOuSly
CHEERED BY THE MARCHERS
and the great crowd cOngregated below.
Mrs. Harrison and her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Russell Harrison, were among the
spectators ON the balcony. 1t was late
when the street demonstration cOnclud-
ed, the head Of the column
reaching Tomlinson hall shortly
before 8 o'clock. The CALLER
les were packed with city people,
many of them ladies, but the main floor
was reserved for the political clubs. AS
they entered the great room, with their
lanterns and drum corps. enthusiasm
ran very high. Not foot of standing
room was unOccupied, and nearly 1000
people were present. When Gen. Har-
rison appeared, there occurred another
one OF those remarkable and prolonged
outburStS that have characterized his
campaign. The vast audience arose
and set up all indescribable din aud np-
roar with their drums and horns. A
thousand red, white and blue lanterns
were frantically swung OH the air.
This was a novel feature of the
outburst, and, and viewed from the
reporters stand, while the tumult was
at its height, it was the rarest and most
inspiring demonstration of the cam
paign, lasting fifteen minutes, and fit
tingly celebrated the close of Gen. Har-
rison'S campaign as regards public adj
dresses. 1t was his seventy-ninth
speech. So intense had grown the ex-
element that Gen. Harrison began
speaking at high pitch to overcome
the noise, and it was several moments
before he could he heard by the audi
ence. He said:
My Friends of the Railroad Republic
can Clubs of Indiana: Before your
committee waited upon me to request
my presence here tonight | had reso-
make a further address in this cams
paign. But when they presented their
suggestion that | should
MEET MY RAILROAD FRIENDS,
/ said to them, the kindness which
has been shown to me from an early
period in this campaign by the railroad
and so cordial that could not deny any
request that was presented in their
name. And so l am here tonight,
not to speak upon any political
topic, but only to express, if can find
words to express, the deep and earnest
thankfulnesS L feel towards you, who
have shown SO much kindness and con-
fidence in me. Very early in this cam
paign there were those who
sought to make breach between me
and you. You did not wait for my
answer, out you made answer your
selves. And time and again you have
witnessed your faith that my DISPOSE
ton toward you and toward the men
friendliness and that the principles
which L represented and have
always advocated, were those that
promoted the true interests Of the work.
ing men of America. l have always
believed and held that the prosperity of
your country, that the permanency OF
its institutions, and its social order, all
depended upon our pursuing such a
policy in our legiSlati! II that we should
have in America class of wOrkingmen
earning adequate wages that would
bring
COMFORT INTO THEIR HOMES,
and maintain hope in their hearts. A
deSpairing man, man out of whose
horizon the star of hope is gone is not a
safe citizen i'll a republic. Therefore,
would preserve against nnfrlendly COM
petition the highest possible scale Of
wages to our working people. | know
the stout hearts; L know the intelli-
gence; l know the enterprise of those
men who man our railway trains and
push them at lightning speed through
darkness aud storm. l know the skill
and faithfulnesS of those who sit at the
telegraph instruments, holding their
for the safety of those
who journey. / know the fidelity of
the men who conduct this business,
which has grown to be system as fine
and perfect as the finest product of the
art. And so l value to-
night this evidence of this cordial re-
Spect, and let me say that whatever
may happen to me in the future,
| shall remain citi-
zen of Indianapolis to bear
with you the duties and responsibili-
ties of private citlzenship, or shall be
honored with Office, shall never forget
this great demonstration of your friend
illness.
After Gen. Harrison's departure,
speeches were made by Matt O'Doherty,
Of Kentucky; A. F. Potts and John L..