The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-30
OUR HOosIER PRESIDENT.

Four years ago, when General Harri-
son was making his first race for the
presidency, the Journal appealed to In
dianians to support him on the ground
of State pride. 1t reminded them that,
while Ohio and Illinois had each fur
nished two Presidents, Indiana had not
yet furnished one; that General Harri-
son was the first person ever nominated
for President from this State, n that
his election would be a great credit and
honor to the State and DO more to adj
vertise it favorably than anything that
had ever occurred. There is reason to
believe that this argument had some
effect; at all events, General Harrison
carried Indiana and was elected. Now
that he is again a candidate, it is in or
der to ask whether the old argument OF
State pride has been sustained and
whether it still holds good.
1t will not be denied that President
Harrison has fully sustained the expec-
tations and predictions of his friends.
Everybody admits that he has made IN
exceptionally good President. Ii is a
common thing to read such expressions
as that he is "the greatest President
since Lincoln;'' 1.-THE best equippedPre
ident We have ever had;""a man of great
ability and resources mo man ever
grew so rapidly and steadily in popular
estimation" and SO on. These and
similar expressions by hundreds have
come from leading men and papers.
Every Republican convention that has
met during the last two years has in
dorsed the President in strong terms.
to the sentiment of the party by renomi-
mating him. In short, there is abundant
evidence that he is held in the highest
possible esteem by the Republican party
and possesses the confidence and respect
of the people in an extraordinary degree.
1t would be absurd to say hat In
diana is not honOred by the position
thus accorded to one of her SONS. If
President Harrison had proven a fail
ure, or had brought dishOnor on the
high Office he fills. every citizen of In
diana would have felt Inundated, and
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graced. Suppose, if such a thing is
supposable, that President Harrison
had been guilty of notorious corrup-
ton, or had done something to cause
his impeachment and removal from Of
fee. Indiana could scarcely haYe re-
covered from the disgrace. ltwould have
chung to her for a hundred years. Presi-
dent Harrison has had it in his power to
make the name of Indiana a kissing and
a by-word among men. Instead of that,
what has he dOnef He has carried him.
self in such a way as to win the plaudits
of his countrymen and the admiration of
the world, thus bringing great IN last
ing honor to the State that sent him
forth. He has caused the State to be
mentioned with respect everywhere.
He has stopped the mouths of those who
used to sheer about Hoosierdom, and
has demonstrated that when it comes to
a contest of brains and intellect In
diana is at the fore. 1t is not alone
wheat and corn. farm products and live
stock, stone quarries and coal mines,
and manufactures. natural
gas and petroleum, that makes q State
great; it must produce great men also.
1t is no exaRgeration to say that Pres
ident Harrison has lone as much to give
the State a wide and favorable adver-
tisement as all the material progress of
the last twenty years.
If he has done SO much and so wellfor
the State during one four years, why
should he not be tried another four?
What has Indiana to gain by the cleo
ton of n New York man to the presi-
dencyf Why should any citizen of In
| diana want to honor and advertise New
York instead of his own State7 1t ought
Il be a matter of pride to every
resident of the State to know that
there is an Indiana man in the White
House. If President Harrison is defeat
ed this year. it Is not likely the child is
born who will live to see another Presi-
dent elected from Indiana. Why should
he be exchanged for a President who
has no regard for the interests of In
diana, and no sympathy with it's people.
except as they may be used to advance
his personal f%ortunes7 The people of
Indiana could not do q better thing for
the State than 20 record its vote in
favor of the reelection of Harrison,
and they will make a great mistake if
thew fail To do so.