The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-25

The Late Treasurer Alrs fIls vIsWs a
nenny's re- Theory.
Gen. James y. Huston. late treasurer
ofthe United States under Mr.. Hal ri>oa.
contests with Col w. w. Dudley the
doubtful honor Of being Mr. Harrisonu
Warwick but since his resignation from
the treasury ne feels free TO express
views Of the president which are moro
forciblc than complimentary. Tie b.
lisves very sincerely" says Mr.. Huston.
that his securing the presidency ~as
the work Of the Lord. but have per
sonal knowledge that the Lord had
many aiders and abettors IL accom-.
plishing that work. He (the
prcsident) is : Presbyterian, you know.
and believes in predestination. foreor-
dination and all that stun. He proba-
bly, realizes to some extent that other
men have made great sacrifices 70 con-
tribute 70 his success. but he believes
that other men In making such sacri-
fces have only been acting in obedience
to the laws Of destiny. II is extremely
painful to me TO discover that a man
have looked up TO Is = great man, big
row-mindec and pig headed"
Mr.. Huston does not mean to be bias
phcmous He is combating Mr. Har-
rison's idea OF divine right TO the
throne. He was one Of the reliable
men with the necessary funds who
helped Dudley to poll the Indiana
floaters in blocks Of 1--WE. He knows
the Lord is not responsit le for that
business and he feels outraged that Mr..
Harrison should attribute il to .spre-
destination, REORGANIZATION and all that
STUFF rather than to him and Dudley.
But this Mr.. Harrison feels bound to
do. II he felt personally indebted to
the reliable men with the necessary
funds who handled the hoaters he could
not feel comfortably religious without
repenting, and the first step towards
repentance would be confession and
the resignation OF the presidency. That
Is no. to be thought Of. The only
other way he can feel comforta BILE
under the circumstances is on the
theory Of his divine right to the presi-
dency. predestined, foreordained and
preesta blished before the creation Of
world II It was foreordained that re-
liable men with the necessary funds
should vote the fioaters in blocks Of
i've. seeing that none escaped; then, Of
course, this establishes instead Of
weakening his divine right. and the re-
liable men have no claim on him. IN
deed, from this point Of view. they |
may think themselves well rewarded |
IN keeping out of jail. for it is written !
that the ungodly have no part with the
OF course this is trying to Mr.. Hus-
ton as ian alder and abettor" Of the |
Indiana campaign, or at least as one
who might have been 50 described in
the indictments IL the Harrison nd
had not kept the business
put Of the courts. Mr.. Huston believes
In rewarding aiders and abettors for
their sacrifices, but this il not neces-
sary under the theory Of divine right
Doubtless Mr.. Harrison has reasoned II
Ill out and has il all comfortably ad- |
|usted TO his conscience. So Mr.. Hus-
Ton may Is well accept II, and 60 to
work to aid and abet Mr.. Dudley in as
:ertaininR what can be done to estab-
ish Mr.. Harrison's divine right 10 the l
Indiana delegation. It Is altogether
aseless to reason with . man who be-
lieves that blocks Of FIVE are pre-.
ordained instruments Of Providence to
establish his divine right to Office for
himself and his family.--St Louis Re