The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-10-12

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: -IIndiasapolis Sentinel
rlBEN HARRIsON's MISTAKES
| His Hostility To WOrkingmen.
land His Great Love For Corpora
Il tiOns andt B0ndlolders.
j 10 ruE EDrroR-SrR: We hesr Il said
THAT Mr.. Harrison IL great man and
THAT be has made no mistakes, but w
mnst not forget that bis greatness haa
been very recent discovery. A rule
Itrue volume Of character 10 not generat-
led IN fortnight. We all remember the
and, indeed, hysterical re-.
mark which Mr.. Harrison made when
Ihe characterized the greenhackers Of
Indiana as "idiots" who ought to be con-
|fiued In an asylum. That was. to make
1.-THE best OF 1t, . very weak thing aud .
badge Of narrowness and illtemper.
At present there Is an issue between
Indiana. This cannot be denied The
Iissue Is not not confined 70 the ouestion
whether or not Mr.. Harrison said that q
l"dollar day was enough for any work
Iingman" 10 receive 1t goes deeper.
The question is one Of fact, OF personal
latitude. Was Mr. Harrison for or
against the laboring man in the dsv
when the laboring man needed friend
This is the question. The afidavit Of 4
|laboring man may or may not Be con.
clusiye; but the attitude OF M. Har.
Irison Is an esfoppel. Itis not i'm mpossible
THAT be may have uttered, when excited
|some phrase equivalent 10 saving that !
,|dollar day is enough for working.
imam. Lawyers do such things for theis
|clients, and Mr.. Harrison was at tha,
time corporation lawyer; he had Just
. been doing military duty IN behalf oI
th0eo who were grinding lab0ring men
between the upper and the neither mill.
stones. What are the probabilities Is e
the trnth Of this matter? II would bs
fair 70 suspect that the man who, posing
lac statesman, would call whole class
lof his feIIow-citizens idiots. would, when
IN the attitude Of railroad lawyer and
Icommander-in-chief Of : militia organ.
'Iized 20 fight w0rkingmen, Say some III.
Iconsidered things about the men he VA
Iopposing. just what Mr.. Harrison did
say 70 matter Of momory, 40 far as the
wage question IL concerned but that hg
did use the bad-tempered and rather
Anna Dickinsonish remark about the
I"sgreenbackers" il matter OF record. II
e etrikiDg fact land one that must have
its weight with students Of human 10.
ture) that the honest workingmeu
who took deep interest IN the strike
have from that day 70 this borne in
their hcarts . very uufavorabIe i'm.
IpreseIon Of Mr.. Harrison's character
Not that they deem him bad ID the sense
Iof being without moral standing or Z
good measure Of worth % . citizen; bul
they remember him - . cold, calculating
|unyielding enemy Of the workingmen IL
the very hour when they most needed
him . : friend. The homely proverb
IA friend IN need Il : friend indeed IL
I worth more 10 workingmen than Il IL to
the rich. W0rkingmen need strong
frieude eometimes, and there II . man,
here and there. who (ss did Allen g.
Thurman) proves 10 bo such friend IN
the trying hour. Gov. Porter was such
q friend; but Mr.. harrison was not.
This is matter which sfnks deep into
the hearte Of many humble household
I!n the city where Mr.. Harris0u lives.
Men and women, and even children, re-
IcolIect clearly the attitude Of Mr. Har-
lrison when the question Of wages was :
deadly and terrible issue, when bayonets
leItttered 10 the very streets where now
Mr.. Harrison 4 making smooth speeches
10 daltery o. labor
ltis al we'll enough for the partlsan
lrtoDde % NJ. Herrioon to cry out "slan-