Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-22

than that It's Presidents scall IN DIS letter
of acceptance pledge himself to one term,
and then by nomination and appeal 70
them again for a reelection. They hsye
o right to demand that he shall
not promise civil service reform
with his lips and break every such PROM
Use in practice. The strength of Judge
Gresham's candidacy Lies in the public be
lief that he will not do such things bat
that he will if elected manage public af-
fairs with the same common honesty he
mas heretofore managed everything. There
fore, under the circumstance, and recessi-
ties Of our party, and without dispsraging
10 the slightest degree the merits Of other
candidates, offer to this convention the
rsrest of opportunities. But nominate
Gresham and the people will bear him in
triumph on their shoulders TO the White
House and to tho official seat Of Washing
ton, Lincoln, Garfield and Grant. The
reins of government under the inspiration
of his leadership will be taken from those
who imperilsd its existence and placed in
the hands of those who saved it in its hour
of weakness and danger in behalf of the
laboriug man, of whose Struggles he ia this
living embodiment; in behalf of capital,
whose rights he has guarded and adjusted;
in behalf Of the soldier, whose garb he has
worn with honor; in behalf of patriotism
and loyalty, Of which he is the shining
representative and example, and for the
State of Lincoln, Grant and Logan, nom
mate as q candidate for President of the
United State thu son Of Illinios by adop-
ton, Walter Q Gresham.
GOVERNOR PORTER's RPEECH.
Governor Porter said:
When, in 1880, Roscoe Conklipg visited
Indiana to take part in the memorable
campaign of that year, he was asked on
every hand, "How will New York go AZ
the Presidential electiOn?" Tell me-"
replied The great orator, ''how Indiana
will 90 in October, and then / can tell
you how New York will 60 in November"
In October Indiana's majority of nearly
1000 for the Republican candidate for
Governor Informed the country how she
would 20, and in November New York
and the nation echoed her October voice.
Indiana is no longer an October State. But
as in 1880 30 now in 1888, she seems
largely to hold the key of the position.
She is always regarded as being close
State; but when the Republican party is
thoroughly organized, when it has done
the preliminary work of the canvass well,
aud when its spirit is kindled into flame,
Indiana seldom fails to elect the Repub-
lican candidates. She has never been bst
ter organized for successful Republican
contest than now; the preliminary work
has never been more complete and thor
ough; and the Republican masses seem
never to have been more highly reused and
eager for the struggle Give General Ben
iamin Harrison your commission to lead
them, and they will immediately fall into
liue, press forward with enthusiasm and
confidence to victory. The convention that
lately met at ST. Louis disappointed the
Democracy of Indiana by refusing to place
an Indiana candidate on their ticket.
There is tide in the affairs of parties as
we'll as of men which taken at the food
leads them on to fortune. The present
condition Of Indiana is the Republican
party's opportunity. Whyrisk shipwreck
ON any shadows when the full and well
coming sea invites your sails.
Benjamin Harrison came to Indiana in
1854 at the age of 81. He was poor in
purse, but rich in resolution. No one ever
heard him make fist reference TO his an
cestors. Selt-reliant, he mounted the
back of prosperity without the aid Of q
stirrup. The hospitality Of his ancestors
had given their property to those whom
they had served. The core had gone to
the people, the rind only to them and
their families. He received indeed a
something from them-their talents, their
integrity, their fitness for public trusts,
and what to some persons would have
seemed misfortune, but TO a heart so
stout as his was the highest good
fortune, he received. from them the
inestimable legacy of penury. Upon
his arrival in the Stite he
entered at once upon the practice OF the
law, and Immediately achieved success
Amplitude OF preparation, large view Of
questions, a mind msrvelously prompt in
yielding up its stores and so exhaustive in
Its power Of reasoning that no argument
that would help his cause was ever found
to have been omitted; these gave him rank
at once in his profession. In union with
these was found fairness that sought no
mean advantage, and an integrity that
never could be shaken. The young law
yer leaned on nobody's arm for help.
Modest but self-confident, his manner
seemed to say: 81 am an honest tub
standing on its own bottom" 1t was per
ceived from the start that in web and woOt
be was of heroic stuff. While he was
engaged in the practice of the law
and was rapidly rising to distinction, the
great rebellion raised its hand to strike
down the Union. ReliDquishiDg his pro.
fession-its emoluments and the fame to
which 1t was reckoning him-he yielded
to the imperative demand of duty, raising
a regiment and receiving from Morton the
comm ission of a Colonel. He marched
with Sherman to the sea. He was in the
thick of the fight at Resaca and Atlanta;
and his gallaptry and the efficiency Of his
well-disciplined command were so con-
spicuous on those fields as to draw from
the heroic Hooker, in letter to the Sec
rotary of War, the highest possible COM
mendation of his industry as discipline
ran and his skill and intrepidity as a SOL
der.
He was not unknown to the people OF
Indiana before he entered the army. At a
State election they had chosen him to the
Office of Reporter of the decisions Of the
Supreme Court. His opponents took the
office from him while he was serving as q
soldier in the field. The people, while
be was yet in the field, reelected him,
aud on returning home on the disband-
ment of Sherman's forces he received his
commission.
On account Of his eloquence as speaker
and his extraordinary power as debater,
General Harrison was called upon at an
uncommonly early age to take part in the
public discussion of the mighty questions
that began to agitate the country, and he
was early matched against some of the
most eminent speakers of the Democratic
party. None who ever felt the
point of his blade desired to en-
gagewith him again. Possessing oratorical
powers of a high order, he has never
spoken for mere rhetorical effect
He seems to have remembered the saying
of the great Irish orator and patriot,
O'Connell, that good speech is good