The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-02
soMM TIPPNcAMOE OB5BRVA-
rTnNs- ON PEpIGREN.

The Republicans are showing a dis
position to cast the present campaign
on old lines. In the West, North anc
Northwest, and in many sections East
the Protection theory does not popular
ize. The recent declaration Of the
Farmers Alliance Of the Northwest
and the numerous Republican hopperi
in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, have
tended to admonish the syndicate boss
es that Protection per Sc, like a dyna'
mite bomb, is a dangerous combustion
to be handled with care. Hence We
see, day by day, nor of Tippecanot
and Tyler too, and the grandfather
"reminiscences.
Why a mar should run for president
of the United States on the reputation
made by his grandfather, over a hall
century ago., is not to be explained Oh
any of our Democratic ideas of man.
hood. AT best,the son oflhis grandfath.
er has only one quarter of the blood
royal of old Gen. Harrison, of Fort
Meigs fame, and three-qdarters of the
blood of his maternal ancestors, on the
other side. 1t appears that no one ever
heard of Gen. Ben." Harrison's father,
except that on the fame of his father,
he once ran as a Know Nothing candl-
date for Congress, and no n appears
to make mention of Gen. Ben. Harri-
sons mother as being of superior en-
dowment, either in intellect or in phi
lanthropy.
Remember, please, that we do not
rake up the maternal side of the Har-
rison household to cast discredit on the
Presidential candidates pedigree, or
blood lines, far from it. We are mere
ly Analysing the claim already set up by
the Republican organs.
1t is claimed that the Gen. Harrison
of 1910 was a great and glorious char
acter. Let us admit it. Then what.
Our Republican friends want to boom
his grandson for President in 1888 on
this ground, without due regard to well
established principles in tracing pedi-
grees. If this is a campaign on pedi-
gree, let us trace the pedigree according
to the rules. The very first question
an intelligent horseman asks now,
when he proposes to raise a gilt edge
%trotter, is what has a certain sire pro
duced. Has he ever produced a trotter:
is the first question asked
And there is not an intelligent breeder
of trotters in the United States who
would think of experimenting for a fast
one, a winner, if you please, without
securing a dam with the blood lines Of
the swiftest and staunchest inherit
ance.
And yet very few of our great men
have ever transmitted their greatness
to even the first generation. Why is ii
that none of the early fathers, except
the elder Adams, ever produced a great
son. Neither Washington, Jefferson
Madison, Monroe, Alexander Hamilton
nor Patrick Henry left a son to delight
the succeeding generation. John Quin
cy Adams was great because he had
great mother. Gen. Grant had an or
binary father, as we all remember, but
a superior mother. The same is true
of Gen. Sheridan; and also of that CRANE
and heroic character, Gen. Geo. II
Thomas.
Look at Gen. Grants children. HaV'
any of them inherited his qualities
Not me And yet Grant was thu
greatest general of his time; the fore
most man of all the world.
We are down to business now, OF
pedigrees. What did General Harrison
ever produce, either in intellect or he
roic characters? He produced nothing
Then how can any of his produce b.
expected to produce anything? Th'
claim is preposterous, when analysed
1t Is ridiculous. Ben Harrison has one
fourth of old General Harrison's blooC
in his veins, and three-fOurths of un
known blood. He is not even STANDARD
bred, according to the rules laid dow
in the horse books. He is what woul'
be called a "lunk-head" in horse par
lance, with q trace Of thoroughbred, Blu
not enough to pass muster.
Suppose General Ben Harrison's faith
err had been a girl, and had married
man named John Smith, and Ben Har
rison had been born of this union, AM
had been named John Smith, Jr. HI
would not have been q Harrison at al
then, but still he would have had jus
as much of the blood of General VIII
liam Harrison as he carries in his vein
today.
We take no stock in these One-fourtl
bred nags, when blood llineslare consid
cred, and we advise our Republican
friends to give us a rest on the Tippe
canoe and General Harrison of 40 bus
mess, and give us something more tar
gible, realistic and meritorious.
Tell us what the General Harrison o
1888 is good for, outside of his lnherite
name. =
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