Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-06-29

publican. The convention laOOTed
honestly aud earnestly to take adj
vantage OF all conditions of party
successes, and planted itself firmly
on the principles of advanced Re
publicanism, and made as stand
ard bearers two men well known
10 the country for their purity of
life, rcctitudc of purpose, and de.
yotlon to Republican principles"
Cincinnati Commercial gazette
Republican) "Benjamin Harri-
son is a Republican always was a
Republican. He is sound on all
the great principles lald down in
the admlrably.constructed platform
of the party. The platform is the
embodiment of his record. There
is nothing in his whole life Of a pol
itician, a statesman or a citizen
that needs defense or explanation.
His character is as pure az his
name IL illustriOus. The nomina-
ton is also \ full recognition of the
sol dier element"
Cincinnati Enquirer Democrat
icl: at does not require a tele.
Sc ope to discern the fact that from
tn 9 beginning the friends of James
&. Blaine, under the brilliant lead
eIship of Steve Elkins, had their
own way and dominated the result.
There was not time from the open
ing to the closing ballot that they
could not have nominated Blaine
by substantially the same vote that
gave Harrison the prize. In every
aspect of the result, the magnetic
man of Name has demonstrated his
leadership of the Republican party"
st. Louis Republic Democratic) :
"The country is to be congratulated
that the make-shIft nominee, Ben.
jamin Harrison, has no individual
ity that will obscure the platform
on which he is nominated. He will
stand before the people as the rep
resentative OF higher taxes as the
remedy proposed for high taxes
Though his record is identical IN
many respects to that of John
Sherman, especially on the import
ant subject Of Chinese immigration,
his nomination does not necessltate
the campaign of personalities that
would have necessarily followed
had the nomination gone to Blaine
or Sherman-men whose brains
have made them conspicuous in
carrying out the policies of their
party
st. Louis Globe. Democrat "Har-
rlson and Morton, the ticket, has a
sOnOrous and resonant sound. It
will undoubtedly prove strong and
popular with the country. Harri-
son represents the enterprising ag-
gressive, and Morton stands for all
that is vigorous, solid and resoIute
in the East. Strategically, as well
as sectionally, the ticket is admira-
bly, chosen. The head of it being
taken from the doubtful state OF
the West, and the second member
Of it selected from the principal
Eastern debateable state, the party
lines are strengthened at the only
points at which they were weak
Detroit Tribune: awhile the re.
suit is Disappointing to the Repub-
licans of Michigan, tho choice has
fallen upon a man to whom the
Republicans OF Michigan will give
their united and enthusiastic sup.
port. General Harrison is worthy
ofit-an able statesman, clean man,
and was a gallant soldier. He Is a
Republican of the highest and best
type. and when his record is fairly
placed before the people it will
compare favOrably with the best"
Bristol Ne,cs (Republican) Gen.
II. Harrison, of Indiana,
who was nominated yesterday, at
Chicago, for the presidency, is a
grandson of "Old Tippacanoe"-
Gen. VIM. Henry Harrison-who,
in 1910, was elected President of
the United States. AS soldier, a
statesman and a gentleman, there
is not a spot on the record of Gen.
Ben. Harrison. AS a lawyer he
has an enviable fame, and there Is
probably no more popular man in
public life. His great.grandfather
signed the Declaration of Indepen-
dence and was Governor of Vir-
ginia when Virginia extended to
the Mississippi River. The Harri
sons are an old Virginia family,
which for a century, has been IA
nous for its virtues, popularity and
eminence. Our present nominee is
aged 81, and was a general in the
recent war, falling desperately
before Atlanta. AS a
United States Senator, he was sue.
ceeded last March by David Turpie,
whose election was secured by the
refusal of the Democratic Secretary
Of State to certify the election of
the Republican acknowledgement
DR., until after the Senatorial con-
Test was decided; and now, thank
Heaven, we are to have clear cut |
campaign on political issues. And |
God defend the right