The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-07
LYING ABOUT INDIANA.

Lying ABOUT INDIANA.
In the correspondence of the Cincinnati
Enquirer from this city we find the follow
ing regarding the proceedings Of the Repub-
lican convention of Thursday last:
1.-THE resolutions bind the delegates at large
to exhaust every effort to have Harrison
nominated. One of the delegates, who will
also be President-maker at Chicago said
last night: The instructions under which |
was elected in my district as q delegate to the
national convention say that must use svery
honorable means to secure Harrison's nomina-
ton. Those to-day say we must exhaust
every means. Well, have exhausted to-day.
am through"
OF course, there is not word of truth in
this. It is part and parcel of the plan pur-
sued from the beginning by little junta,
aided by the almost solid Democratic press,
to try and set the Republicans of Indiana by
the ears, and develop quarrel between the
friends of General Harrison and those of Judge
Gresham. From the moment the friends of
General Harrison, representing the vast
majority of the party, began to sug
gest his name as an eligible one
for President the Democratic newspapers
have been giving voice to supposititious
statements, the only purpose of which has
been to foment disturbance in Republican
ranks. This has proceeded to the point Of
the concoction and publication of the baldest
lies, coupled with the grossest imputations
upon the honor Of the men who have been
selected as delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton from this State. Every delegate has been
chosen under resolutions nstructing him to
exhaust every honorable means to secure the
nomination of General Harrison, or else the
delegates have personally and publicly pledged
themselves to do SO or announced their pref
erence for him. Yet the Democracy, and
few persons who themselves know nothing of
political honor have been busy shouting
themselves hoarse that some Indiana dele
gates will 60 to Chicago to be-
tray their party and to cover
themselves with political perfdy. The Jour-
nal stamps all such stories as malicious lies
coined for dishonorable purpose. and circu-
lated with the sole desire of aiding in the de-
feat of the Republican party. Another speci-
men is the following:
Judge Taylor, of Fort Wayne is given as
authority for the statement that General Har-
rison had seriously considered Withdrawing
from the race. The Judge is a stanch sup
porter Of the General, and succeeded him up
on the Mississippi River Commission. He is
quoted as having given out the information
to some of his Fort Wayne friends that he
had advised the General to withdraw"
This malicious lie was started by the mis-
representative of the Chicago Tribune, whose
reports of the'State convention from here were
among the worst specimens of mendacity and
impertinence that ever caricatured the name
Of reports. The delegates from Indiana
those at large and those from the
several congressional districts-are honorable
men. They are Repr blicans. They are In
diana Republicans, who know what Republic
anism is and what fighting means. Some of
them are among the most distinguished and
influential men, not OILY of this State, but of
the Nation; and all of them are high-minded
and honorable. They will 60 to Chicago to
work as unit, faithfully and earnestly, to
secure the expressed wish Of the party that
sent them; they will give voice to the desire
of the Republicans Of Indiana for the nomi-
nation of General Harrison, believing him to
be one of the best-equipped and most avail
able men among all whose names are men,
toned in connection with the presidency.
To suppose less than this is to suppose that
they are less than honorable men; those who
cast upon them such suspicion are deserving
only of contempt.
However, this is nothing new. Indiana is
only going through the experience of Ohio
Republicans. The same mendacious insults
were constantly published respecting the sup
port the delegates from that State would give
Mr.. Sherman. The field of action on the
part of the marplots, and their Democratic
allies or colleagues, is changed from Ohio to
Indiana. The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
says:
1.-THE State Of Indiana reports ''big four"
for the Chicago convention. They also re-
port a strong delegation for Harrison. Now,
Harrison is so serious a candidate for the
presidency that. of course, his opponents
claim that his support is merely ceremonious,
and that everybody is really for somebody
else. This is the same sort of poor story that
was rnuddled around the world for months
about Sherman in Ohio"
| Above all the chorus of yelps from Tray,
| Blanche and Sweetheart, rises the solid fact
| that Indiana Republicans have declared for
Ben Harrison, and have sent thirty men to
Chicago charged with the duty of using all
honorable means to secure his nomination.