The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-27

opposed to allowing English landlords 20 own
land IN this country. We want to get just as
far from European conditions as possible"
Mr.. Wilton thinks there will be quite q large
number of miners vote the Republican ticket
this year who have never done so before. They
are Convinced that the present tariff issue is
really a bread-and-butter issue and they know,
he says, where their interest lies.
The delegation Of colorsd men from Harris
burg and Philadelphia, Pa, that was received
by General Harrison on Wednesday evening,
called upon Auditor Bruce Carr. at the State
Capitol. yesterday afternoon. They were an
unusually bright. intelligent looking set, and
were loud in their against the
traitor ''niegers.n as they expressed it. who had
been hired TO come to this city and proclaim
their preference for the Democrats party.
Stephen D.. Gipson. city tax clerk of Philadel-
phia, who delivered the speech TO General Har-
rison on behalf Of the delegation at the recep-
ton, was found to be a most interesting talker.
"The colored men Of eastern Pennsylvania he
said, ARE going to go solidly for Harrison.
They are united, and that is a thing that hasn't
happened for years Not one man in
a Thousand will support Cleveland,
and they are not only interested
in the success of the party in their own State,
but they are doing good work in New Jersey.
They have only one end and aim in view. and
tn at is to see the restoration to power of tho
party that set them free. / have not heard one
raise his voice against the nominee. All who
where against Blaine in 1884, and l am one OF
them, are now right in line and pulling steadily
along for General Harrison. Some OF our better
educated men are well posted upon the tariff
issue. and through them the lower classes are
becoming throughly familiar with the arguments
pro and con-"
'You were pleased with your talk with Gen.
eral Harrison, were you motif he was asked.
lean soy never met a more honest, open.
nanAfd man w A,lrft n IN ram ain 1nnO hrt
/ wish every citizen of America could talk with
him as long as We did, and l know they could
read in his grand face only a warm heart and
true love for Americans. both white and black.
There Is no deceit in that face, no treachery.
No political lies fall from his lips for the sake
of policy. He is a man with as clean q record as
any who walks this continent. and / shall be
glad to go back to Philadelphia and tell my peo-
pie Of my impression, and or the prospects or
victory in indiana"
Dr.. Joseph Clifford. for years a resident of
Brazil, said to a reporter yesterday, on being
asked the political status Of his county: This
delegation to-day certai, ~ shows how we stand.
Out of the two thousand who came over Go per
cent of them are miners ard mill hands. They
make up q large part of the population in Clay
county, aud when they come right out and say
they will vote the Republican ticket upon the
tnkll lGCuO olObOsA AZ hNoho " ~
seems to me, than does the same declaration
from q more highly educated citizen. They are
all bright, intelligent men, however, and are
competent to judge as to what is best for their
interest. Many of them who are with US to-day
have been lifelong supporters of Democratic
principles. They voted for Cleveland in 1884,
and / have heard them say that they would
always stand by his partys platform, for they
changed their minds. The past administra-
ton has been too much for them. Moreover, |
do not hear of a single Republican deserter in
my county. OF course, Harrisons soldier record
among the miners. His popularity as a man.
too. with a clean record, both public and private.
is something remarkable. There is q magic in
his name that has caught this entire country,
and it is going to win. But his opposition to
Democratic free-trade policies is his strong point
among us. You can readily sec how that will
interest them more, for il involves the question
of daily bread to many. A man Is not going to
stick to party when It means death to home.
The most ignorant employe imaginable will have
sense enough not to whet the knife that will
take his own life. / don't sec how any laboring
man can support Cleveland, and in Ciay county
they positively say they will not. 1t gave a
majority of GO for Cleveland in 1884. but you can
depend upon it that she will 60 Republican this
time. Not q man will refuse to support Har-
rison."
Robert L. MCGOWAN. leader of the delegation
Of colored miners. was asked what his people
were doing in campaign work. They are all
well educated" he replied, upon the issue Of
the campaign-the tariff question. They seem
20 show an unusual interest this year in getting
at the foundation facts of party doctrine. and
We have able-minded men who are to-day edu.
eating them on that very point alone. The
colored people constitute q very peculiar race,
aud some allowances must be made for them at
times. But there can be no excuse for one of
them to vote the Democratic ticket. The Re-
man who deserts his liberator is certainly worse
than a traitor. l don't believe that colorsd
a N talking plainly, 1 know, but
when l hear about this convention
press il as my opinion that it is the almighty
dollar, and not party belief. that has mazda them
make such fools of themselves. IL we had
them over In Brazil we would shove them all
down q mine-shaft. They are not an ignorant
class of men%they know better, but it is moth
ing more than political bribery. ] do not know
of a single colored man in Clay county who will
vote for Cleveland; not one. As to local tickets,
that is a difIerentlthing. for the great Republic
an party is not so deeply interested as it is in
the election of a President. On the other hand,
l can name q number of Democrats who will
support Harrison. Many of them are here to-
day. The Irish vote will 60 for him. and l re.
koEu Siht COull| 90 q hcpuOAACau COuuLlt AO"
that Indiana heads the ticket"
Mr.. P. II. Penna is a miner who has always
had a strong influence among his associates on
account of the fact that he kept himself
thoroughly informed on the affairs of the time,
and was ciear-headed in his views on all sub
jects. He has, until recently, been a Nationalist,
but is now a strong supporter OF General Harri-
sons candidacy. 1.-THE tariff, I" said he, "is not
ut all satisfactory to me as it exists at the pres
ent time, ard yet, as between the Republican
and Democratic platforms upon the subject
of the tariff intelligent laboring men should not
hesitate q moment to choose. They cannot
afford to even run the risk of jeopardizing the
interests of labor in this country by bringing it
into equal competition with the poorly paid
labor Of Europe. This is the great question OF
the day. IL is taking votes out of the Demo-
cratic party and placing them in the Repub-
licau column. Democratic workinemen will
vote the Republican ticket because that party
has this year made a square issue
upon the question <of protection to
American industries. It is a question
about which laborine men do not want to feel any
doubt. All a party needs to do is to take a firm
stand on the matter. ana il will get either the
support or opposition of the public" Mr..
Penpa also said that one of the reasons the Clay
county people were so anxious TO make a big
show yesterday. was becaese the New York
Herald recently. in an itemized account of the
industries of the State. altogether neglected to
mention the coal industry in Indiana. Yet there
were 81, 900 people in the State who depended
for a living upon mines.