St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-19
WITHOUT THEIR SAMPLES.
Drummers SwOop Down Upon In
dianapoiis and Visit Gen. Har-


diarapoiis and Visit Gen. Har-
rison.
Special to the Globe.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 1S.-To-
day the commercial travellers of Bloom
ington, Peoria and Danville. H., came
to the city to visit Gen. Harrison.
They formed one of the finest looking
bodies of men that has yet visited the
city. They were joined here by
a delegation of commercial men from
Lafayette and one from Terre Haute,
all the visitors being received by the
indianapolis Commercial Travellers
association and entertained during their
stay. The Illinois men left their homes
last night at 9 o'clock, having
special train of five sleepers,
four chair cars and five regular
came over the Lake Erie IL Western,
arriving here at O'Clock this morning.
The trip over was hilarious one. so far
as having fun was concerned. The
bands were on the train and there was
no lack for means to while away the
hours as the train rushed across the
country. Arriving here, the visitors
were met by committee from the In
dianapolis Travelling Mems as
sociation. The Peoria men wore
linen busters and silk hats, and
each carried an attractive little red,
white and blue umbrella. The Bloom
ington men carried umbrellas of differ
ent colors, and somewhat larger than
They also had strapped over their
shoulders small grip, the
EMBLEM OF THEIR PROFESSION.
In the two delegations there were
about $50, so that they presented a very
noticeable sight marching up from the
depot. The day was spent as the visit
orS thought best until O'Clock, when
they marched to Gen. Harrison'S home
There a great crowd awaited them, and
as the general appeared at his door
his reception was tremendous. j.
G. Starr, of Peoria, and Congressman
Rowell, of Bloomington, made the in
troductory speech, to which Gen. Har-
risen replied in his happieSt vein. His
drew forth immense applause. In the
course of his speech he said:
The wide intercourse you have with
your fellow men and the wide view you
| get of our country must tend to make
| you liberal and patriotic. The prOvin-
cialiSm that once existed in this coun-
try has largely disappeared, and the
commercial travellers have been an i'm
portant agency in bringing this about.
This going to and fro has given you a
fuller comprehension, not only of the
extent of this country, but of the great
ness and unity of its people. l have
thought that the prophet Daniel
MUST HAVE HAD A VISION
of the commercial travellers when he
said that in the last days many should
run to and fro and knowledge should
be increased. You will not expect me
to enter upon the discussion Of any of
the topics which have been suggested
by those who have. spoken for you.
Most of them Ihave already alluded to in
public speech since my nomination; land
upon.some of them l have spoken more
fully before. Let me suggest but this
one thought: Do not allow any one to
persuade you that this great contest as
| 10 our tariff policy is one between
| schedules. 1t is not question of I
per cent reduction. 1t is question be-
tween wide-apart principles-the prin-
ciple of protection, the intelligent
recognition. in the framing of our tar
| iff laws, of the duty to protect ouI
American industries and maintain the
American scale of wages by adequate
/ discriminating duties on the one hand
and on the other denial of the consti
tutional right to make our customs
duties protective, or that assertion OF
the doctrine that free competition with
foreign products is the ideal condition
to which all our legislation should
tend" -g
The visitors were then invited into
the house and half hour was spent
with the general and his wife. To.