Wichita eagle., 1888-07-10
READY FOR HARD WORK.
Preparations Being Made for a Thorough
Canvass in Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS, July ID. ~. huSoon'
president of the state central committee,
is at present in New York, where he will
remain until Thursday. Nothing OF much
consequence will be done until his return.
Ordinarily the chairman of any state cen
trail committee is not parsonage OF much
inheritance outside Of his own state. Mr.
Huston is destined to be an exception to
this. since, if the state is carried by the
Republican party in November, the result
must depend more Or less upon his per-
sonal management Of the campaign IN IN
diana, for there is destined to be as great
significance as ever this year In that party
aphorism which appears irresistible to the
state pride of all good Hoosiers, las lnol-
ana goes, SO goes the Union" He is min
uteIy acquainted now with the situation
in every district, county and township In
the state. His forces are already collected
and awaiting orders-ready to go into &C
ton the moment the word of command is
given. He is not leader to be deceived
by the diminutiye hope of success without
effort.
Whether the contest is to be easy or dill
cult, there will be no lack OF ammunition
and disciplined men ready for the. emer,
gency whatever it is destined to be: ANA
it is not Of the least import, that ne mas
the entire confidence OF his party. which
knows his worth because he has been
tested.
The state headquarters are at the New
Denison, a pleasant suit Of rooms on the
second floor, which will be open at all
times to the press and the Republicans
from every part OF the country, Most OF
the leading newspapers east ana west Will
have correspondents here during inc Ell
tire campaign, several having arrived al
ready. it is admitted that this Will be the
central point to which the country Will
naturally turn until after the election.
1t is safe to say that General Harrison
will make few speeches. He is still over
whelmed with congratulatory letters ana
kilograms and his house is beselged
with visitors the greater part OF the
time General Lew Wallace is here,
hard at work upon biography of General
Harrison, which must be finished within
thirty DAYS. He will remain here until
next month. when he will take his turn at
the necessary speech making. No one man
has worked harder for the Indiana candl-
date than he, both before and during the
convention.
When asked this morning as to his new
novel he said that he had put it away in
the drawer of his desk and would not
touch it until after the election. This is
the spirit of all General Harrison's sup
porters in the state That he is prompted
by no selfish motives is evident for the
two reasons following: First, except
the presidency itself, there is no
office that could confer added distinction
upon the author of Ben Hur". The other
is that every Republican in Indiana knows
perfectly well that General Harrison has
never been a man who has rewarded his
friends with office in return Tor services
they have rendered him. Whatever they
have done they have done gratultously ana
it is a common remark now that there IS
not one man actively engaged In the cam
paign who will be put into Office upon
these grounds solely if General Harrison
is elected The places will be filled so far
as he is able to control appointments, with
those and those only who are most COM
petent to fill them, whether they are his
personal friends or not, regardless
of what they may or may not have done
toward the active work of serving his
election. This is the precise and exact
feeling and General Wallace serves as
good example 1t is not because Mr.. Har-
rison is Indifferent or unappreciatIve, but
because he has at heart the highest vel
fare of the government, and Will 90 that
only which shall subserve to its highest
interests absolutely regardless OF his own
personal pre- JUDGES or preferences. 1t is
not possible to realize the full force of this
without having a personal knowledge OF
the man and of his influence in his state
as a representative Republican. He does
not and never has regarded public Offices
as 'spoils'' to he divided among the bench
men of an elected candidate.