News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-06-16

Lincoln,
The nomination was made unani-
nous and the convention took a re-
cess until evening, when Whitelaw
Reid of New York, editor of the n.
Y. Tribune, was chosen by acclama-
ton for Vice-President. The result
is pronounced by the leading men of
the party as the best thing and all
predict the election of the ticket.
The friends of Mr.. Blaine, although
disappointed, will be found doing
their best for the party, and follow
ing the sound advice of their honored
leader. The Boston Journal speaks
as follows regarding the results =
"The action of the Republican Ma
tional Convention in re-nominating
President Harrison will be approved
by the masses ofRepublicanst through
out the county and will be ratified
at the polls next November. 1t is a
deserved tribute to an Administra-
ton which has been pure, dignified
and efficient and has won the respect
and confidence of the great conser-
vative forces of the country. No one
needs to be told where President
Harrison stands upon the question
of sound currency. With him in the
Presidents Office, any bill for the de-
basement of the currency by limit
less food of silver dollars can be pas
sed only by two-thirds vote of both
branches of Congress. No one needs
to be told that he believes in the pro-
lection of American industry or in
the sacredness of the ballot or in an :
American merchant marine or in
other Republican principles. His
record is his platform, and on it he
may safely appeal to the support of
the nation. He is a well-equipped |
and well-rounded statesman. He is
by the highest principles,
and he has the courage to be true to
them. He has strong convictions
and a singular range and facility of
expression. With all his other quail
ties he is pre-eminently a man to be
trusted. He has never abused the
trust re opposed in him, and he never
will. Exposed to frequent attack
and misrepresentation, he has pre-
served his dignity, and has executed
The duties of his office with a single
we to the public good"
SKETCH OF THE NOMINEE.
General Benjamin Harrison was
BORN at North Bend, Ohio, August
20, 1888. He is, as is well known, a
of William Henry Harrison,
Who was elected President in 1910.
de received a classical education,
at Maine University,
Ohio, in 1852; studied law in Cincin-
natl, removed March, 1884, to In
Indiana, where his home
has since been. In civil life he has |
been recognized as one of the fore |
most lawyers in Indiana, and prior
to the war he held the office Of Re
porter of the decisions of the Supreme
Court.
Early in. the war for the Union he
enlisted in an Indiana regiment, and
was commissioned as Second Lieu
tentant. He subsequently raised a
company for the ] 7th regiment, was
Captain, and upon the
of the regiment was
made its Colonel. In August, 1862,
he went with his regiment to the seat
Of war, and for gallant conduct was
Major General and served |
to the close of the Rebellion.
In 1876 General Harrison was the
candidate of the Republican party in
Indiana for Governor, but was de-
feated. In 1879 he was appointed a
member of the Mississippi River Com |
mission. He was elected United |
States Senator in 1880, and took his
seat March 4, 1881
General Harrison was nominated !
for President by the Republican Ma
tional Convention at Chicago, on
Monday, June %, 1888. He was
chosen on the eighth ballot, which
stood as follows: Harrison, 544,
Sherman, lis, Alger, 100, Blaine, 3,
Gresham, 50, Mckinley, 4.
Vermont in 1888 cast a solid vote
for Benjamin Harrison on every bal
lot. The brilliant patriotic record of
President Harrison during the last
three years is familiar to every Amer
lean citizen and his denomination
augurs well for the continued ascend
ency of the Republican party in the
nation.