Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-07-06
BENLiufN HiRRLSON


on THE HEAD or THE REPUBLICAN, TICKET. nY
AZ INDEPENDENT INDIANAPOLIS PAPER.
From the indianapolis Newsl
The Republican. have never nominated
man of surcr poise greater frmness aud
more reserve strength than Benjamin IIar-
ri~uu Never an extreme man, the fibre Of
his purpose runs through his every under
taking, tenacious, enduring man whose
steady glow NJ enthusiasm, reinforcing con
victions. makes him absolutely unstamped-
able. A man whose way in life has been Of
hi. own making, its nriors aud its trumphs
the toll and reward of that constituency that
believes in the truth Of its aims
1t is this quality in his character that
binds men to him with hooks Of steel
Double dealing is rs far from him as dark
ness is from light No one ever had the
trust of his fellow men to a greater degree
than benjamin Harrison lie has lived in
this community since the days Of his early
manhood. He has had no other advantages
than are open to every one. He has be-
come AN example in the position he has won
10y his abilities, the part he has played in
of his private life-a modest, manly man,
whose lortincss Of character is the encour-
aging attainment Of right living and doing
What ho has gained has come to him
slowly, and clearly by the selection of the
tittcst When the great Republican leader
of Indiana Morton-had passed to the
state, highest houors, Harrison came next
after, 10y the sheer impression which his
sound and wholesome nature had made
After that manner he has been the acknowl-
edged leader Of his party here since Morton's
death. Self seeking is rs far from Harrison
rs duplicity. There is not strain Of either
in his make up. He can be truly pointed
to 10y his party rs, up to this stage of his
career, Cone of the hest examples of Amer
icanism since Lincoln"
We predict that he will grow upon the
country a, he has grown upon his state
| He has AN executive quality "A breadth and
grasp of mind that will make him easily
wn-tcr OF any situation in which he may he
| placed If he should he elected President.
| ho will have "a great deal Of influence with
| bi, administration of that no one has "a
| doubt who knows him. We should like to
,oo him elected President, and shall, for the
mans personal worth his conspicuous tit
ur~- for the place, and the honor Of Indiana,
aid toward that end. That he will carry
/ Indiana, we say, in no spirit of bragadocio.
| that We believe is as certain as anything is
| that i, yet to happen To his strength
within his own party will he added the ap-
| peal which confidence in the man will carry.
and the matter of state pride, which, al
| ways playing a great part in the pre,idcn-
tlal office, viii surely here play its greatest,
| Nhcu Indiana, for the first time in her his
| tory. furnishes the candidate.
No witness anywhere can testify with
| greater zeal to the soundess, roundness and
| strength Of Benjamin llan sons character
| character than the News. 1t is all oak If
/ 10 is given tohim to administer the country 5
| affairs. prediction run, no risk in saying
that searching integrity, business respon-
~hiity, and wise discrimination, will mark
| IFS every manifestations 4, an cxamplar
/ iu the ua'i1u's social life, the White House
would Doe white indeed. presenting that
! spectacle. the envy of courts a simple Re
puhicau family ,anrtifed in all that is pure
and beautiful i'm the family relation.