, 1890-04-24

detection by the mass of voters and
TO escape, for the timc, the full effect
for the logical consequences that
lurked In their tempered utterances'
"'But II hud hardly waited 10
warm to the work In hand before II
threw oil the mask 30 deity con-
structed for campaign purposes and
made n departure from the precr'
dents aud policy and measures OF u
quarter OF "A century, so direct ana
positive that mistake was not possi-
hle. Long before the presidential
campaign II had come to be that es-
cape was no longer possible and
that issues clearly defined must be
mot. The democratic party at
tempted u Justification of It's depart
urc from all the lines Of administrn-
ton that had marked the course Of
its predecessors for twenty-five
years, aud the republican party un-
dertOok their vimdiCation.
"'Fhcse great political organiza-
tions, strongly welded TO their re.
spective theories of government and
administration, went to the country
ms parties In n court of Justice go to
the jury for n verdict Ii came,
clear and distinct. The departure
was condemned. The reversal of
government aims and purposes and
aspirations was itself reversed and
the new structure went down before
the current of popular dlsapproval'
PRESIDENT HARRIsoN's FUTURE.
"And think" continued Mr..
ingalls,, that the republican party,
when President Harrison went into
office, promptly commenced to re-
verse and destroy the policy and to
Improve on the conduct OF Grover
Cleveland's administration. We
have stood firmly with our faces to
the future, squarely upon tine plat
form Of principles and pledges we
unhcsitatinEly made at Chicago.
Republicauism has betrayed no
trust. and | think we have won
back the public confidence, after
factiunal contests had weakened Us
In 1881, and by capacity to improve
on the past, and the natural prog
ross Of our principles, under the wise
and just administration of President
Harrison, think we are clearly en-
titled to retain the confidence Of the
people.
HRRISoN'S FUTURE.
al saw good deal of President
Harrison continued the senator
from Kansas, "when we were In
the senate together. He Is "A man
possessing more intellectual ability
than lie gets credit for. During his
term In the senate he devoted much
attention to the question of the ad-
mission of territories now recently
brought In M states, and his speech !
es exhibited research and erIdition !
and thorough knowledge of the |
subject. People who thought he
would he influenced and possibly |
overshadowed by some Of the men |
he he bad called into his cabinet |
did not understand the character of |
Mr.. Harrison. He Is self-reliant. |
1t has been complained that he
goes slow. This IL certainly no oh
lection to this administ ration
because from the very nature
OF the case, if he meant to stand by
the pledges he has given-and he Is
n careful and conscientious
student of political history-he
could not consistently with self
respect make any wholesale removal
of the men he found In office when
ho took hold of the government ma
chinery. lie was pledged to DIFF
ierent policy.
"If you will compare President |
Harrlson's position, now that he
has been In power over year, with |
that of President Cleveland ut like |
period of time, anyone will admit |
that BENJAMIN Harrison has not
made half as many enc
mics ns Cleveland did In
the same length Of time. The
latter had his own party up In arms
against him before he had been i'm
the White house six months, and | /
character of the men Harrison has
put into Office.
Gle has sought to make aud gen
orally has made judicious selections
from the best nateral ut hand. He
has been sinpularly free from any
exhibition of passion and prejudice
in reviewing the abundant legisla-
tion of both houses. He has spar
ingly used the veto power. He has
made few enemies In the senate. and
the minor antagonisms the president
has thus far encountered have
arisen chiefly from the persons who
did not yet the official recognition
to which they felt themselves en-
titled. This kind Of hostility no
president can hope to escape, One
man appointed To the office leaves
the other dozen who sought the
same position lukewarm In the de-
votion TO the official head Of the
party. On all qucstions of tariff
legislation the president Is sound as
u nut.
AMERICA TIE MARKET OF THE
WORLD.
"We want America to become the
market of the world, and In the
now waging for the posses
sion of our own markets and the
control Of Our own labor, MIR. Har-
ris0n II distinctly American In his
policy. Tariff legislation l. not n
liked or exact science and there are
no ncutrals In this warfare, when
We find the democracy like the
.hird Napoleon, looking one way
and jumping another, and, in their
.agcrncss to retard protection and
facilitate importation at the ex pensc
lf American labor, the brains and
heart of the democracy slowly, but
ncessantly, move forward toward
.he Buchanan doctrine of progressive
rec trade throughout the world.
"The masses of the American peo-
Die are as unalIernhlY agnlnst the