, 1888-10-11
III WAS LADIES DAY
An Indiana Female Club Calls
On Harrison.
CHICAGO SENDS DELEGATIONS.
Hundreds Of Visitors Continue to Call
Tammany Nominates . Straight
Tickst--Hswitt Gets There.

erAl Harrison's last regular reception day
for visiting delegations, at least, until
after the 20 b inst. when It 10 probable
that these delegation receptions will be
resumed for period. The first delega-
tion Of the day came from Button, Hart.
ford City, Montpelier and other towns In
Blackford and Wells counties, Indiana.
They umbered 1900. The unique feature
of the delegation from Wells county Vas
the presence of uniformed club of fifty.
two ladies from Bluifton, known Us the
Garry Harrison Club" When General
Harrison appeared they were first to greet
him. After the usual introductory ad.
dresses were made General Harrison fol.
lowed with his response. His speech was
confined to state questions and directed to
Indiana people, whom he addressed us
"Hoosiers
DELEa ATIoNs FROM CHICAGO.
The Chicago delegations were late in
arriving this evening, The first that
reached the city was by special train,
bringing six hundred visitors from HYDE
Park, Pullman, EnRlewood ana Lake.
view. They were met ut the depot by
several clubs. The tran was decorated
with banners and flags. At 3 O'Clock
another train pulled into the depot amidst
the wild cheers of many thousands and the
rattling of artillery. IL brought delega.
tions comprising three hundred membe
of the Chicago Union Veteran Club, Ave
hundred members of the Veteran Union
League; the Blaine club, one hundred and
forty strong; Zouave corps from Engle-
Second regiment band; also the
Sons Of Veterans band and
fine drum corps. In addition
to the uniformed organizations nearly a
thousand other citizens accompanied the
delegations, swelling the grand total of
visitors from Chicago and vicinity to full
5000. They brought with them log
fort, built on platform car with six.
pound brass cannon .protrudnR from the
rear. A detail from battery ID of Chicago
accompanied the cannon and kept it red.
hot as the procession was moved toward
Taminson's hall. while u continual boom
OF the local artillery. with roar from the
marching thousands and the dozen bands,
all created such asUedlam and confusion
of noises as only q Chicago crowd can
make. 1t was 8 o'clack when all the vis-
itors had entered Tomlinsons hall. around
which was conRre1ated about ten
thousand persons. As General Harrison
stepped upon the stage, followed by
Ex-Governor Hamilton, Stephen A. Doug
lass, Captain Haley and others. There
ensued such scene as was never before
witnessed in this city. The entire audi
ence rose as one man, and began cheering
and yelling and waving flags, hats. and
even taking off their coats and waving
them from the galleries. Finally some
enthusiastic veteran came forward bear.
ing silk flag of the union veteran club
and began waving it over General Har-
rlson's head. This was q signal for an
intensified outbreak. which grew to a re-
markable pitch as one flag after another
waved through the crowded hall to the
platform.
HARRISON TALKS.
When quiet had been restored Judge
Martingale introduced Ex-Governor Ham.
ilton, who made an address on behalf of
the Chicago delegation. He was followed
by Judge j. w. Keightley of Hyde Park,
whose speech evoked great applause.
General Harrison responded with much
earnestness. He said. Comrades and
Friends.--l welcome tonight for myself
and our people this magnificent delega
tion. We have not before in the pro-
cesson of this great procession seen its
diality. iejoice in the convincing
proof that our people realize the gravity
and urgency of the issue involved in this
campaign. Our government is not of
classes or for classes of our fellow citizens.
1t is a government of the people and by
the people. Its wise Legislation |
distills its equal blessings upon
poor. May the God who has |
so long blessed US and our nation, long
defer that evil day when penury shall be |
the constant guest in the homes of our |
working people, and long preserve to us |
that intelligent, thrifty and cheerful body |
of workmen that was our strength in |
war ard is our guarantee of social order
In times Of peace. 1t was out OF the
homes of our wlrkiDgmen that our great
Injured to labor on the farm and in the
shop, that bore up the flag in the shock of
battle and lifted it again in honor of our
national capital. After so many historical
illustrations of the evil effects of the
abandoning policy Of protection for that
of the revenue tariff, we are again con-
fronted by the suggestion that the prin.
ciple Of protection shall be eliminated
from our tariff legislation. Have we not
the history OF our tariff Legislation
tell us that every revenue tariff
by the democratic party.
will read but a single sentence: ut is at
any rate contest between protection and
something that is not protection" Those
who defend the present democratic policy
declare that our people not only pay a
tariff duty on all imported goods but that
a CORES pondipg amount is added to the
price of every domestic competing article.
Thoee who honestly hold such doctrines
cannot stop short Of the absolute destruction
of our protective system. The one who
tea1h hes such doctrine and denies that we
have been followed by business and indus.
trial depression, and that the return to
the policy of protection has stimulated
our industries and set our throbbing
workshops again in motion. The demo-s
cratic party comes forward with this pro.
position. had placed in my hands yes.
terday. q copy Of the London News for
Septe mber l3. The editor says in sub.
stance that, judging the purposes Of the
sage of last December, the English PEOPLE
were justified in believing that the party
meant to treat but IL they were to accept
the more recent utterances of its leader,
protesting that it was not their purpose,
then the editor thus states the issue
is ON the road 10 free trade is like the man
who takes the passage scheduled from here
to Cincinn without stopping, and when
the train is speeding at the rate of forty
miles an hour he denies that he Is going
to Cincinnati. The impulse OF such logic
draws toward free trade as surely and AS
simply IA that engine pulls the train to its
the English rule of levyiug the duties on
such articles as we do not produce at
home, such as tea and coffee. Against
this the republican party proposes that our
tariff duties shall IL an intelligent purpose
be levied chiefly upon competing articles;
that our American workmen shall have
the benefit of the discrm mating duties