New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-03
FOR AN HONEST BALLOT.
GENERAL. HARRISoN'S ADDRESS TO THE
VETERANS
VISITOR FROM WASHINGTON TERRlIoHf-
SENATOR H1scocK EXPECTED BY THE

VISITOR FROM WASHINGTON TERRITORY
SENATOR H1scocK EXPECTED BY THE
INDIANA POLITICIANS
Indianapolis, Jan. 2.-The speech thai ucher'i
Harrison made at the meeting Of his Grand Army
Post last night, the salient sentences OF which, az
written out by three of the auditors for The
Indianapolis Journal" were telegrcphed 10 Inc
Tribune. was the talk OF the New Dcnison Hotel
politicians to-day The meeting was secret
one and no stenographer was present to take
down the Generals exact words Many varying
reports were sent out to Eastern and Western
newspapers, and the veterans to-day put their
heads together to agree upon the exact language,
ms far as they could recall it, that the General
used The part which touched on the question
of a pure ballot they decided WAS as follows:
wish to say you before parting with you. and be-
icve say without offence any Grand Army man.
that the parting request would make OF you woud oe ta
each you the bugle call should sound again. shouu
stand shoulder to shoulder did during the war 70 pre-
serve free and ballot There IS nothing, can
you will do TO preserve ana MAINTAIN our
Institutions The only fear we have now is OF corrupt
and suppressed ballot ana your utmost eAerohs e"ou
be 10 prevent this.t
The speech was warmly applauded oy all the
Grand Army men here, and was taken generally
TO show thai General Harrison Will tolerate no
policy toward the South which will involve an
acouescence in the political methods practised
there by the Bourbon Democracy, and that he
will shox no quarter likewise to Democratic cor
ruption of the ballot in the North.
The only caller from a distance on General Harrl-
son was the Rev. d. 7 Carnahan, of Port Town
send, W. T. Mr.. Carnahan is Presbyterian
Clergyman who used to live in Pennsylvania. lie
has been the pastor of Port Townsend church
for two or three years. He came East to look
..o,,in SfA
here on his way back to congratulate the PreSl-
dent-elect and to say good word for Washington
Territory. The Republicans in the Territory, Mr.
Carnahan said were confident that an enabling bill
would be passed at this session OF Congress or
the next There was PROJECT ON
foot. he added of dividing the Ierrl-
tory into two parts, taking the CASCADE
Mountains as a dividing line north ana south.
Two States about equal in size would thus De
formed the western one to be called Tacoma and
the eastern one Columbia. The two sections dill
fer widely in climate, soil and production, as
widely Mr. Carnahan thinks as two countries on
different continents. The coast half has mlld'
moist climate and the inland half dry, change
able one like that OF Dakota and Montana lhere
was some talk too. Mr.. Carnahan SAID of trying
10 annex the Panhandle part of Idaho to the pro
posed State of Columbia The inhabitants OF the
Panhandle favored the project, but the people oi
Southern Idaho were opposed to it,
General Harrison visited Washington Terri
tory said the Port Townsend clergyman, about
four wears ago lie knows the needs of the Ter
rftory and we look on him a stanch friend Ills
candidacy reversed the Democratic majority OF
9. 600 in 1856 and gave the Republicans the Ter
ritory in November, lsss, by over twice that
much"
" Docs the Pacific slope expect TO have repre-
sentative in the Cabinet?'
"Yes, the Republicans ont there think that
they are entitled to place in the Cabinet TINS
time
What candidate fo- such place is the favor
tic in Washington Territory ?'
Well think Senator Dolph, of Oregon, would
be highly satisfactory choice. lie has been one
OF the best friends at Washington we have ever
had
Senator. Hiscock, of New-York. is expected here
tomorrow. it is understood to talk over the
situation in New-Yorll and Cabinet matters gen.
orally His visit whatever its object may be,
will be perhaps the most important political IN
cdent here since Senator OIay's hurried confer
cnce with the Presdcnt-elcct. Some speculative
poitie1ans here are confident that New-York's rep
yesentative in the Cabinet will be determined upon
before Mr. IIiscock gets away from town.