The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-30
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monograph.
TIprrcANoE AND TARIFF, Too "A
"di.rusIed Itepnnlican" writes as tollo"'
lo the New York Herald:
",ome, Mr.. Editor sharpen your faclle
ouill. and then with flowing ink point
moral and adOrn tale.
"prithee, kind sir tell us OF 'Tippeca-
noe ,o
1T may be ancient history, but CO.
OoO 600 Of II, free born American cltl-
zeD-' are Just now living IN The GLORIOUS
nr,scnt. and il won't hurt u,--'even 1T
tie bil'-lo get rubbed mp somewhat OF
the reminiscent lore OF The dead past.
$50. dear Mr. Editor, do please
shoulder your quill for brief hour OF
so and show IL how this now famous
field was lost and won.
Come tell u- all IL ont the war
And what hey killed each other Tor.
"And as you rcciie to us that awful
tale-ihat red and CORY siory-lust pm
the finishing touches at your decorative
skill on the tai end Of the once greal
grand, ari glorious old Repub can
party.
For surely, sir. all That j. now leit "
tina; once powerful organization Is H.
tail
"Already lis body j. moribund, but sill
il tail keeps wagging and lis bosses
still keep Dragging of the past.
And old and rusty, too ii surely Is.
else why does it so persi-tenlly insist Oh
ignoring the living present for the musly
past "a past some remembrance "
which have very curious and suspicious
flavor. and. meihinS-. n decided,
ancient and ishlke smell ,"
UNGRATEFUL ONO The remains ol
William Henry Harrison, President OF
the United States and grandfather oil the
present Republican candidate for tir
presidency, TcpOsc at North Bend, ONO,
about eighteen miles below Cincinnati
in a small unosteniatiOus brick vault,
which can hardly be called a tomb.
At every session Of the Ohio iegisia-
ture for the past thirty years, bill IL
build monument over the remains oi
Old TippecanOe has been Introduced
y. J. Sun.
The position of Mr. Kelley in regard to
the tariff bill was made on his own re-
.ponsibiliiy, and it may he feared that be
did not properly consider the rights O
his constituents There ATE certainly
many other Republican members OF Con.
cress. and some Democrats, who VII
never consent 10 vote against The we!
fare of their constituents because lraul
in Southern States has given 1t majority
In the enemies of home industry y. !
Tribune.
In his letter tn the county Democracy
Mayor Hewitt says:
Discarding all side issues, it seems t.
me that there is really olly one question
to be decided by the people in the coming
election. Both platforms conteie that
the national revenues are largely in eX-
cess of the expenditures required for The
economical conduct of the Government
a" The Democratic party renews ii'
pledge to reduce the revenues by feduc-
inr the taxes, but the Republican party
having resisted all efforts looking 10 ihi
end have been forced by the memorable
logic Of the situation 10 declare in iayO'
Ct reducing the revenue 10y increasing ih'
taxes.
HIS CHINESE RECORD.-Gen. Benjamin
Harrison occupied a seat in the nileG
States Senate from March /, 1881, l.
March 4. 1887. His record ON the Chi
ncse question consists OF n single shor
speech and his several votes upon lht
various phases of the two bills passed by
Congress IN 1882. The first bin was in.
,roduced by Senator Miller of California
and was entitled "A bill 10 execute certain
treaty stipulations relating 10 The Chi
nesc" 1t provided for their exclusion
for twenty years Senator ingalls, moved
TO amend the first section of the bill by
reducing from twenty to ten years III,
period of operation. On that amend
ment the vote was Yeas, 20; nays, 2l;
absent. 30. Senators Harrison and Maxey
were among the absent, but Harrison
placed himself upon record BY writing 3
note in which he said that If the amend
ment should Oe voted down he wOulC
vote against the bill. The vote upon the
passage of the bill was Yeas, %, nays
10; absent, 32-both MaXey and ilaI Tison
being again among the absent.
On April 4. 1882, President Arthur We
toed the bill, and the next day an attempt
was made TO pass it over the veto. The
vote stood-Yeas, 30; nays, 81; absent,
26. This time Mr.. Harrison was present
and voted nay" thus sustaining the veto.
As the necessary two-thrds vote was not
obtained the bill was lost
Ex- Senator Mcdonald, one of the vet
eran statesmen of the times says:
IL have no doubt that Cleveland will
carry Indiana. I've just been figuring
on il, and here's the way il looks 10 me
There are about 500, 900 voters in Indiana.
100000 Of them are u mocrats, 235, 600
Republicans, and $4,000 floating, made
up of Greenbackers, Prohibilionisls, and
Labor men. To carry The State Harrison
must get 5000 more of these floating
votes than We do and he can't do it, The
Grecnbsckers ale opposed TO him. There
are 10000 of them in the State, ana Har
rison will not get over 900 votes out Of
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