St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-11

no Republican, no matter from what
state he halls, in admiration and re-
Spect for John Sherman, fol. Gov. Me-
Kinley, for Thomas b. Reed. for l1wa's
great son, for the favorites of Illinois,
Wisconsin and Michigan.
But when am told that the credit OF
the brilliant diplomacy of this admins
tration belongs exclusively to the see
rotary of state for the administration
of its finances to the secretary of the
treasury; for the construction of its
ships to the secretary of the navy; for
the introduction of American pork into
Europe to the Secretaryof agriculture;
Tor the settlement, so far as 1t IS settled.
or. the currency question to Senator
John Sherman; for the formulation of
the tariff laws to Gov. Mckinley; for
the removal of the restrictions placed
by foreign nations upon the introduce
ton of American pork TO our ministers
at Paris and Berlin; / am tempted to
seriously inquire who, during the last
four years. has been president or the
United States. anyhow.
Fiighty Comparisons.
Cesar, when lie wrote those comment
aries which were the history of the cOn-
quests of Europe under his leadership,
modeStly took the position of Aepas
when he said: They are the narrative
of events, the whole of which saw, and
part of which l was" Gen. Thomas, as
the hero OF Chiekamauga. occupies
place in our history with Leonidas,
among Greeks. except that he succeed
ed where Leonidas failed.
The fight of Joe Hooker above the
clouds was the poetry of battle. The
restless rush of Sheridan and his steed
down the valley of the Shenandoah is
the epic of our civil war. The march
of Sherman from Atlanta to the
sea is the supreme triumph of gal
lanty and strategy. This detraets
nothing from the splendOr of the fame
or the merits of the lives of his lieuten-,
ants that. having selected them with
marvellous sagacity and discretion,
Grant still remained the supreme COM
mander Of the national army.
All the proposed acts of any admins
trallOn before they are formulated are
passed upon i'm cabinet council, and the
measures and suggestions of the ableSt
secretaries would have failed with
lesser president; but for the great good
of the country and the benefit of The
republican party, they have succeeded,
because of the suggestive mind, the in
dOmitable courage. the Intelligent ap-
probation OF situations, and
The Grand NIagnanimity
of Benjamin Harrison. 1t is an undis-
puted fact that during the few months
when both the secretary of state and the
secretary of the treasury were i'll, the
president personally assumed the du-
ties or the state department, and of the
treasury department. and both with
equal success. The secretary OF state,
hi
deni Garfield. wrote:
Your administration must be made brils
liant, successful and strong in the conf
dence and pride or the people, not at all di-
Yerting its energy for reelection, and yet
compelling that result BY the logic of events
and by the imperious necessities of the
hour.
fairfield fell before the bullet of the
assassin and Mr.. Blaine retired to priv
ate life General Harrison invited him
to take up that unfinished diplomatic
career where its previous threads had
been so tragically broken. He entered
the cabinet. He resumed his work, and
has won higher place in our history.
The prophecy he made for Garfield
has been superbly fulfilled by President
Harrison. In the language of Mr..
Blaine: The president has compelled
a reelection by the logic of events, and
the imperiouS necessities of the stua-
tiOn.'
The man who is nominated here today
to win, must carry certain well-known
number of the doubtful states. Patrick
Henry, in the convention which started
rolling the ball of the independence of
the colonies from Great Britain, said:
IL have but one lamp by which my feet
are guided, and that is the lamp of expe-
rIence. know of no way of Judging of
the future but by the past"
New Work Defeats.
New York was carried in 1880 by Gen.
Garfield, and in every important cleo
ton since that time we have done our
best. We have put forward our ablest,
our most popular, our most brilliant
leaders for governor and state officers
to suffer constant defeat. The only
light which illumines with the sun
of hope the dark record of those
twelve years: is the fact that in 1888 the
state of New York was triumphantly
carried by President Harrison. He
carried it then as gallant soldier,
wise senator, statesman who inspired
confidence by his public utterance in
daily speech from the commencement
of the campaign.
lie still claims it, and, in addition, an
administration beyond criticism, and
rich with the elements of popularity
with which to carry New York again.
Ancestry helps in the old world and ham
dicaps i'll the new. There is but one dis
tinguished example of son first over
coming the limitations imposed by the
pre-eminent fame of his father. and
then rising above it, and that was when
the younger Pitt became greater than
Chatham.
With an ancestor as signer of the
Declaration of Independence, and an
other who saved the Northwest from
savagery and gave it to civilization and
empire, and who was also president of
the United States, poor and unknown
lawyer of Indiana, he has won, unaided,
distinction as lawyer. orator, soldier.
statesman and president that reflects
more credit upon his ancestors than
they have devOlyed upon him, and pre-
sents case the parallel of the younger
Pitt. By the grand record of wise and
popular administration; by the strength
gained in contact with the people in
wonderfully versatile speech; by the
claims of pure life in public, and in
the simplicity of a typical American
home, nominate Benjamin Harrison.
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