Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-06-17

PRESIDENT HARRISON.
Philadelphia Press, Republican.

Philadelphia Press, Republican.
President Harrison's intellectual strength,
integrity of purpose, high character and
earnest patriotism are no longer called in
question by his most yirulent enemies.
ItThe single count in the Indictment to
which they still adhere is that he is cold
man. We suspect that the President is at
times little chilly to the innumefable
applicants for offices and their friends who
beset him at all available opportunities.
There are 100, 900 Federal Offices and for
each there are often ten applicants, and
each applicant will have on the average
not less than ten active hackers. To this
army besetting him like a swarm of locusts
we would not be surprised if the President
at times forgot to be genial, and even fail
| cd to conceal his sense Of irritation at the
ceaseless opportunities of oiiice-seekers
and Office brokers.
The average American sees in Harrison
| the embodiment of all the virtues he is ac-
| customed to lock for in q President. He
| has filled the measure Of high requirement
| for the office in manner which leaves
even his enemies scarcely any room for
criticism. The country has thrived under
his Administration, the people have been
contented, the laws enforced, foreign ma
| tions have been compelled to respect our
wishes, and every department of the Gov
ernmcnt has been well managed. We be-
lieve the sober business sense Of the coun-
try will say let--not well enough merely,
but-excellent alone, and continue an
Administration which has established its
capacity and fitness by proofs so incon-
testable and conclusive.
New. York Press.
Ia President Harrison the Republican
party has candidate for whom neither
apology nor defense is required. His re-
cord as soldier, as a legislator and as
President is known of all men, and the
| more it is studied the more admirable it
appears. The President has been the soul
of his administration. However able hi S
| lieutenants, he has been the commander
| in chief; and the stamp of Harrison is on
| all the great achievements that have mark
| ed his three years of government. The
| two features of President Harrison's pres
ent term that will take rank among the
| great events of this generation are the en-
actment of the Mckinley law and the out
| spoken and aggressive assertion OF Amer
/ can rights in the controversies with Grea.
| Britain and with Chill Prompted by al
| patriotism that knew no guide save the
| honor and interests of the United States,
| President Harrison as as resolute in deal
| ing with powerful England as with the South
/ American republic. The ultimatum which
| the President sent to Chill, when that ma
tion refused to give satisfaction for the
murder of American Sailors and the insult
| to the American uniform, was no more
positive in tone than the final notice to
Lord Salisbury on the subject Of Behring
Sea. The result is that the American flag
and the American name are regarded
| everywhere with greater respect than before
| President Harrison assumed the reins OF
office. England has receded from her men
acing position and has agreed to arbitra
tion, and neither Chill nor any other State
will insult the flag or do willful harm to
citizens of the United States in the future.
EVERY young man in this county should
both read and study the Republican plat
form, as printed on this page, and inquire
Of their elders regarding the points they do
not understand. No better educational
matter will appear in print.
CONGRESSMAN JOHN DALzELL may not
be Senator this time but as he has been re-
nominated he will be elected to retain
the seat he has in the House. He and
Congressman Brosius will keep one end of
the capitol free from the criticism that
Pennsylvania is voiceless in our national
| councils. .-El.
AT Harrisburg Tuesday, Dunlap OF
Beaver and Heineman of Butler pulled ont
of the race, and Griffith Of Mercer was
elected delegate to the Chicago Convention
which meets Tuesday, June 2lst. Dunlap
will contest for the seat at Chicago.