The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-26
VOL. xlv---yo. 40

thensht and said that the interest cf
NE iancrsn< ard farming classes
especially WAS IN he hire 81 stsfsr- nsy
sarrvncy. The silver aurSsss,s, ~ AZ y.
! presented in divers fp~nss am : III
sssstSlsss by say strong eonvsstson.
think silver should be r-eserxex, aS
cssa nsessi. hut IL Is yery arrarras shst
the present ration between sslvrr ara
gcfe is out Of Joint, and that some
thing ought 10 be done 10 ccrrert this
inequality
Tic aspect of the question here il
fhts: The president has taken strong
grounds fer rersmptoyy sfoppave II
the coinage o{ the silver dollar, AMI
RE light ts on his own party in the
house Nothing We can do ia the SEN
ale oH the question will be of ANY avaii.s'
senator Harsfsonss term exrsrV<i
Mareh !, tS>s, =rd the legislature TO
cacose his sErcessor was cfectss, in the
iaH OF iSss That was memorable
eznspSsgn> To large extent il was
senator Harrison 5 own campaign. for
he led the fight. He was ainaast thr
only prominent Republican In fudisns
who feif hope OF carrying il in the
tace Of fhe use fnsale hv the peme-
cratic administration of the federal
patronage. bat he insisted uron max
ing the Effort The result showed his
wisdom The Republicans carried the
state and casne within hairs breadth
os carrying the legislature. In the face
of the fact that the presionS pemo-
cratic Legislature had so errsymar-
esresi the apregsionment as IL give
themselves At least IS majority on the
JOINT ballot And yet. on JOINT ballot.
there were but twa majority for the
Democrats, and those two votes were
more than doubtful.
General HaTrison is not called an
orator, although he is a most e.ss.tiye
and ferclhie sfcaksr. His greatest
successes have been az the bar ard
have been won by learning and logic.
lie has remarkable faculty ef turn
ing his mind quickly from one matter
80 another. While in the senssc he
used to come irofu his work in Wash
ington, drive straight from the train
To the iaw etiiec aud almost with his
iirsi wor'lS inquire Of his partner what
there was be could do. Often"
says his Law flas fiser. Mr.. Elasn. shs
has taken thc Transcript Of \ case on
the evening ef his arrival from Wash
iagson ausiStndsed ii that night. then
SO into coGr& next morning master
of al The details and able 10 make
powerful argument. IL has been the
same way With his campaigns. lie
leaves the ardueus work al stunning
and takes up his ct,ice werk without
moment of rest or intermissiun, and
goes along. even when defesies, Just
as il nothing had happened. In the
senate he was neted for his applica-
tion and faithfulness in the committee
room rather than for brilliancy ON the
f'oor, and his reports were models of
tkoroughness and painstaking
Application has counted tremend-
ously with General Harrison His
readiness of rttort in debate issues
from his habit Of mastering thorough
iy whatever be undertakes. He equips
himself thoroughly, and this Is shown
in nothing better than in his knowl.
edge of Indiana politics. He has
made a study of the party oresniza-
tion In that State, until there Is no
one better acquainted than he with the
character Of every voting precinct.
Whether II be the carrying of legis-
lature or Of ward In Indianapolis, he
can seize every feature Of the situation
in an instant,
One OF his characteristics Is a yecu-S
liar one for a public man. lie does )
not care 10 shake hands, and he has
such poor memory for names and 4
faces that IL is said that prominent
men in his own state have been intro
duced 20 him three times in one day.
General Harrison is not rich, even
though his law practice il large ard
remunerasive. lie owns a handsome
house in Indianapolis. where his wife.
a daughter Of Professor Sectt. of his
old college at Oxford, receives much
They have a married
daughter and goa, who has followed
the family tradition OF going further
west, ard IS becoming prominent in
the politics Of Montana. General
Harrison IL aa active member OF the
First Presbyterian church Of Indian
apoiis