Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-06-30
OHIO FURNISHES ANOTHER PREsI
 DENT

sell proud in selecting the Hon, Beuj . min Harrison as the standard bearer t represent her great principles in the en suing campaign. In sll the polilics arena there is not man better suite, for the work lad out for him than .ht man who has been honor .d by th, great trust of representing tie psrty O principles. honors, and 6 past histor, full of momentuous events snd heroit deeds. The peculiar svsilabilities oI Harrison are instantly recognized 1T connection vita Isdians, and Indiant uBy be counted upon to wheel back ID tp the Republican ranks, in November with a osrsainty of calculation thsi sould not have resulted from the nomi nation of any other msn, unless pcss. ply io the single exception of Gresham h New York he WAS singled out as the man sb1ye all others to carry tha state. and it may safely be regarded ss fore gone conclusion that this ja3icions se- Election carries New York state by a msio- :ity O, 1000 ss against Clevelsrd. Re si!l be strong in Connsc:icut. but if the Republicans want to complete the con- qIest of the doubtful states of New York, Indiana and Connecticut, all they oave Rot to do IS to make the present Senator from Connecticut, the Hon. J. R. Hswley, the yice-PresidentiHl nomi- nee, and the arrangement will be com plete.
 The future President WAS born at North Bend, Ohio, in the residence of bis grandfather. on 2Oth dsy Of Augu.t, 1888, and consequently will be 55 yeArs oil io August peIt, His ancestry dates back to Msjor-Gerersl Harrison, one of C,omvel's Generals. General Harrison attached his name 10 the death war rant of King Charles. the First, and sub SeQuently forfeited his life in conss- luencs, Members of the family then migrated 10 Americs and settled ID Vir- Sinia. Benjamin Harrison of Virginia was a member of the ColUnial Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Inde- paadence and WAS three times elected Governor of VIrginis; his son WAS Gen. William Henry Harrison, who became President of the United States in 1SI0, and who WAS the grandfather of themsn Tto stands to-day the leader ofthe Re- publican party, From such steck Gen. Harrison inherited a strong intellect. He .atsred Miami Uui ,ersisy. Oxford, Ohio. q the age of 10, graduating si Is. I'm nedistely after graduating be entered me law office of Hon. B. $. S;orer. ID 1854 he removed to Indianapolis, whers Ie began the practice of bis profession. lie soon won foremost place ss 8 law .er, aad prior to 1860 was one of the ,bIest political speakers in his state and net Thomas A. HeDdriyks ID joint de- pate, when even the Dc mocrsts conceded nm to be fully the equal ot that great iemocrstic orator, while the Rspubli- ,sns claim he proved vastly the suPe- TOT of Mir. Hendricks. In 1880 Mr Isrtison was electrd reporter of the supreme Court. Harrison sIded ma .sriaIly in recruiting men under the Presidents call for 300, 900 -yssr- troops. lis commission was the first recruiting commission issued by ihe Governor for be Ssventieth Regiment, making tin s Lieutenant, aud besring date July l4sb. 1862 After this Lieut.. Harrison saw .olIys service and received promotions iatil he was appointed c Bngsdier ienersl. He vas again elected the Re- porter of the Supreme Court. h lo6s ls declined a reelection and resumed he practice oi the law. ID lS76 Gen- sral Harrison was made a candi- late for the Governorshlp Of lndisns through the declinssion of the regular nominee. His defeat was encompsssed by the frauds of William H. Bsrnum, and his grgsD;io corruption fund, al though Gen. Harrison ran 2OOO ahead of his ticket. He was prominently men :ioued for the nomination for President iu 1880, in the convention, bus promptly stopped any move in hIs favor. He was elected to the United States Senate to succeed Senator Mcdonald. His servi- ces in the Senate are public matter, and well known and appreciated. His work on the Chinese restriction bill, as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. comments itself to the Pacific coast. Ills speech on the Edmunds resolution, regarding civil service re- form and the Indiana appointments, WAS one of the best efforts of his life. On the contract labor bill, Senator liar ison's speech favored the wholesale emigration of contracted labor. beng careful, however, to reserve the freest possible voluntary emigration of those tesirous of becoming American citizens. Els speech on the alien ownership of land, took the ground that Il was 8 great evil to allow foreigners 10 acquire vast bodies of land, to the prejudice of actual settlers. Gen. Harrison's entire hfe emineatly fits him to occupy ihe exalted position for which be has been selected, Retiring from the Senate In 1887. he re- su,nei the practice of the profession hs is SO proficient in, Gnd comes to-day st ,be peoples csll, one of the sblest con .,isutionsl lawyers in the United State, nd. of all other men, one cf the best adapted to make President, whose er- lire course shall receive the pisudlts of the populsce, irrespective of party fihstions. If Gen. Harrison Is elected, A stroug and consistent policy vii result aIs ripe experience will ensole hIm to nromlse spsringly and live up to his word in every instsncs, sod not force the people to blush for such wesklIpg -xhibitiens ss Mir, Clevelsnd's civil ser vice. SC. His administrstion will be- speak respect at home and abroad. u ability will be recognized, and his un- blemished character will soar above those foul sspersions too common m American politics. In personal appearance the Republican nominee is a fine looking man. His in- talIectual head is we'll poised on square