The advocate., 1891-05-20
POLITICAL sELF-LAUDATION.

iamin Harrison:
This is an American administration 1t Is in
tended for the advancement, development, ana
protection OF American interests. President
Harrison lntrusted the state portfolio to one OF
the keeneSt and most popular OF American
statesmen. There was thus, at the outset OF the
administration, combination OF two powerful
lntellects-the one lmpetuOuS, vigorous, alert and
strategic; the other calm, patient, thoughtful
and discerning. While the eloquent voice OF Mr..
Blaine has been heard In favor Of reciprocity 1t
was the mastery judgment OF the president
himself that led to the formulation OF the act OF
Congress, giving him the power to secure reclpro-
cal trade relations. 1t was the president him
self who dictated the prompt and powerful letter
to the governor Of Louisiana, protesting against
the New Orleans outbreak. 1t was his admoni-
ton and sagaci0us counsel that prevailed at a
critical moment when few silver kings In Con-
gress threatened to jeOpardlze the credit of the
country. 1t was President Harrison who earn
estly and cOurageously espoused the cause OF
protection and hastened the passage Of the Nc
Kinley bill. Though there has been no beating
OF gongs to attract attention, he has been the
real inspiring leader of his party.
The Topeka Capital Of May 9Th,
says:
If Blaine refuses to be candidate, the party
will be unit for President Harrison, who is the
ablest and best man who has been elected presl-
dent since 1864.
Between the election of 1864 and
that of 1857 which marked an en-
dorsement of President Lincoln and
secured the triumph of the last Re-
publican president of this nation
Ulyssus s. Grant, Rutherford B.
Hayes and James A. Garfield were
inaugursted as presidents, as the re-
suit of the elections of 1868, 1872,
1876 and 1880, and James G. Blsine's
opponent, Governor Cleveland, was
inaugursted as the result of the presi-
Dental election of 1884. The official
state paper Of Kansas deliberately
chsracterizes President Harrison the
ablest and best man who has been
elected president since 1864. 1t, of
course, approves the man who earn
estly and coursgeously espoused the
cause Of protection and hsstened the
passage of the Mckinley bill, and
who opened the way for a material
increase Of silver, and who, in oppos-
ing the Australian ballot system, has
put forth Herculean efforts to secure
the enactment of a federal elections
bill.
In his inaugural address, March A,
1889, Benjamin Harrison declared:
1 do not mistruSt the future. Dangers have
been In frequent ambush along our path, but
we have uncovered and vanquished them all.
Passion has swept some of our communities,
but only to give US new demonstration that the
great body OF our people are stable, patriotic and
law abiding. No political party can long pursue
advantage at the expense Of public honor or by
rude and indecent methods without protest and
fatal dlSatfection in is own body.
Now it is most respectfully submit
ted to the Capital, to Frank Leslie
and to the ablest and best man who
has been elected since President Lin
coin, that at no time in the history Of
American politics has there been
such protest and fatal disaffection
in it's own body, as there has been on