The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-15
PROM A BUSINESS POINT OF VIEW.

A few weeks ago the Sentinel pub
lished an interview with Congressman
| Bynum. In which he said:
| Tie Republican party has always COM
| mapded the support of the conservative
business interests of this country This
| element is more powerful to-day than over
before in our history. Great commercial
| interests have grown up within the last
| few years, involving the investment OF
millions of dollars. the operators of which
care nothing for politics so that they can
be assured of a stable and honest admins
tration OF affairs.
Every word of this is true. and, COM
ing from political opponent and pro-
nounced partisan. it carries special
weight. We may be sure Mr.. Bynum
would not have said it if the evidence
had not been overwhelmingly that way.
Why is it that the Republican party
has always commanded the support of
the conservative business interests of
the country? Because it has always
been true TO them, and be cause they
feel it always will be. Business men do
not watch the course of parties and pol
itics with view of getting office or of
seeing who does get office. They care
nothing about this except rs it affects
the question of good government They
are only interested, as Mr.. Bynum says,
In "a stable and honest administration
of affairs" in the maintenance of sound
financial principles and in the establish
ment of an economic and commercial
| policy that will create confidence among
the people and contribute to the pros
perity of the country. This has always
been the position of the Republican
party, and for that reason it has always
commanded the support of the conserva-
tive business interests of the country.
| The denomination of President Harri-
| son is the strongest possible assurance
| that the Republican party still main
tains this position. The President is
himself the embodiment of sound and
conservative principles in regard to cur
rency, finance and trade. He is known
as a pre-eminently safe man. There is
not business man in tile entire cOun-
try who has not perfect confidence in
the Presidents level. headedness and the
sOundness of his financial views. They
know exactly where he stands and
where he would be found in the event
of an attempt to force any dangerous or
disturbing financial legislation on the
country. They feel that in his hands
the business interests of tho country
are as safe as are the public credit and
| the national honor at home and abroad.
This feeling among business men is q
very important factor in President Har
risOn's strength. 1t made itself felt pO-
| teDtially in bringing about his nominal
ton, and it will count very largely in
| the election. There are hundreds of
| thousands of business men in the coun-
| try who do not wear any party label and
| who look at politics from business and
| patriotic standpoint. They hold the
balance of power in nearly all the States.
| Partisans and professional politicians
| vote with their respective parties, and
| their course can be calculated in adj
vance. 1t is the quiet, conservative
| business element who do their own
thinking and who do not talk much that
| turns the scale. President Harrison is
very strong with that class, aud the
| Journal predicts that he will get sur
| prsingly large vote from that quarter.