Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-20
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
TRUTHSFROM GEN. HARRISON
On The Great Issues Of
The Campaign.
WHAT TO DO WITH THE SURPLUS.
Death And Ruin After The
Hurricane In Cuba.
THE PESTHENcE STILL SUPREME.
An Unknown Man Killed
In Bridgeport.
HE PEsTneNcE STILL SUPREME.
GEN. HARRISON AT EzIs BEST.

STRAIGHTFORWARD Statements OF the
CamPalgn Issues-Recorde Of the TWO
Parties ON the Tar1R Quest1On-Thfee
ways to spend the SurPlus-Win the
workingman Accept n Delus1ve DEM
OcratIc Invitation.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 19.-General
Harrison began to receive callers at his resi-
dence as early as 7:30 this morning. They
were chiefly visitors who remained in the city
over night and others attending the State
fair The general made four addresses to-
day to the several visiting delegations. The
first delegation comprised some fifty veterans
Of the Seventh Indiana cavalry. They were
received at the residence shortly after noon,
and General Harrison addressed them briefly.
The veterans were then introduced and shook
hands with the general and Mrs. Harrison.
At O'Clock the delegations from Iroquois
county, ILL.,, and La Porte, Ind, numbering
over 1 800, were received at University Park.
General Harrison spoke as follows:
DEMOCRATS DRNogNcE PROTECTION.
The American people under our system of
government have their public interests In
their own keeping. All laws and projections
may be revoked or repealed by them. They
will be called upon in November to mark
out the revenue policy for our government
by choosing public officers pledged to the
principles which a majority of our people
approve. Fortunately you have now an is
sue very clearly drawn and very easy to be
understood. In previous campaigns we have
not quite known where our adversaries
stood. Now we do know our Democratic
friends say that a protective tariff is robbery.
You see this written at the head of compaign
tracts circulated by their committees. You
hear it said in the public speeches of their
leaders You have not once, think, in the
campaign heard any Democratic speaker adj
init that even low protective tariff was de-
sirable. Those who, like Mr.. Randall, have
in former campaigns been accustomed to al
Law the apprehension of our working people
by talking protection have been silenced.
IT Is FREE TRADE OR PROTECTION.
On the other hand, the Republican party
declares by its platform and by its speakers
that protective tariff is wise and necessary.
Make your own choice. If you approve
by your votes the doctrine that protective
tariff is public robbery, you will expect your
representative to stop this public robbery,
and If they are faithful they will do it; not
seven per cent of it, but all of it (applauss
and cries Of CHATS it'D. So that beg you
all to 1eoollect that you will vote this
fall for or against the principle of protec-
ton.
a DELUSTvE INVITATION.
+ You are invited to feast of chsapness.
You are promised foreign made goods at
very low prices and domestic competition
goods, IL any are made, at the same low
rates. But do not forget that the spectre of
lower wages will also attend the feast.
TApplause and cries of CHATS so." Inevit-
ably, as certainly as the night follows the
day, the adoption Of this policy means lower
L = = "a kH-nk
this cheapnsas may be so far as to involve
ths cheapening of human life and the loss Of
human happiness.
now TO USE THE SURPLUS.
And now q word about the surplus in
the treasury. Our Democratic friends did
not know what else to do with it, and 80
they have deposited IL certain national
banks. The government gets no interest
upon it, but it is loaned ont by the banks
to our citizens at interest. Our income Is
more than our current expenses. There Is
no authority for the secretary of the treas
ury to lend the money, and only three
methods of dealing with 1t presented them
selves under the law. First, to lock it up
in the treasury vaults /; second, to deposit
1t In the banks without interest, or third,
to use it in the purchase of our bonds not
yet due. The objection to the first method
was that the withdrawal of SO large a sum
mi9ht result In q monetary stringency.
The second obviated this objection by al
lowing the banks to put the money in circu-
lation, bat neither method resulted In any
advantage to the government. As to 1t the
money was dead, only the banks received in
tsrest fer it's use.
A SOUND FINANCIAL POLICY SUGGESTED.
By the third method the money would be
returned to the channels of trade and the
government would make the difference be-
tween the premium paid for the bonds and
the interest the bonds would draw IL they
were left outstanding until they matured. II
\ government bond at the market premium lie .
good investment for capitalist who Is free
to use his money IS he pleases, can it be bad
finance for the government, having money
that it cannot use in any other way to use 1t in
buying mp its bondsi (great applauBe) It Is
not whether we viii purposely raise money
to buy our bonds at q premium-no one
would advise that-but will we so use
surplus that we have on hand
and caunot lawfully pay out in any
other way. Do our Democratic friends
propose to give the banks the free use of it
until our bonds mature, or do they propose
l to reduce our annual income below our an
nual expenditure by revision of the tariff
| until this surplus is used and then revise the
| tariff again to restore the eqilibriumi" great
| applausel. IA
4 third delegation, numbering 900 from
/ 0rundy county, Illinois, were received in the
/ Park ct o'clock and General Harrison made
| another speech. When the general reached
| home he found 200 Indiana veterans drawn
| up in his yard and shook hands with them
and made them speech.