Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-11

pork in Europe to the Secretary of Agricul
! .ture; for the settlement, SO far as 1t is set
tied, OF the currency question to Senate
John sherman; for the formulation OF th'
tariff laws to Governor Mckinley; for thu
removal OF the restrictions placed Dy foreign
nations upon the Introduction Of American
pork to our Ministers ut Paris and Berlin,
am tempted to seriously inquire who, dur
ing the last four years, has been President
OF the United States, anyhow?
Cesar, when he wrote those commentarie
which were the history of the conQuests o
Europe under his leadership, modestly tool
the position of Aoneas. when he said, "They
are the narrative of events, the whole O
which saw and the part of which was"
Splendid Deeds of Military Lieutenants.
General Thomas, as the rock of Chicka
mauga, occupies place in our history. will
Leonidas among the Greeks, except that h
succeeded where Leonidas failed. The re
sistless rush of Sheridan and his steed dowI
the valley OF Shenandoah is the epic or ou
Civil War. The march Of Sherman from
Atlanta to the sea is the supreme triumph
OF gall" ntry and strategy. It de tracts moth
merits of the deeds of his lfeutenants, to sa,
that having selected them with marvelou!
sagacfty and discretion, Grant still remain,
the supreme commander Of the Nationa
Army.
All the proposed acts Of any admtnistra
tion, before they are formulated. are passet
upon in Cabinet Council, ana the measure:
and n,a sasgessions 9Th Of the ablest % secretsrie,
President; but for the good of the
country and the benefit of the
Republican party, they have succeeded
table courage. the intelligent appreciation
of situations and the grand magnanimity o.
Benjamin. Harrison. 1t is an undisputed
fact that during the few months when bott
the Treasury were i'll, the President per
sonally assumed the duties of the State De
partment and the Treasury Department and
both with equal success. The Secretary oi
State, in accepting his portfolio under Pres
ldent Garfield, wrote:
Our administration must be made bril-.
liantly successful and strong in the conf
denee and pride q the people. not at all di.
verttng its energies for reelection and YET
compelling that result by the logic of even Is
ation."
Bhine's Words Turned Against Him.
Garfield fell before the bullet Of the assas.
sin, and MIR. Blaine retired to private life
General Harrison invited him to take ur
that unfinished diplomatic career where its
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
superDly fulfilled by President Harrison. In
the language of Mr.. Blaine, "The President
has compelled are-election by the logic OF
events and the imperious necessities of the
situation"
The man who is nominated here today to
win must carry certain well-known mum.
ber of the doubtful States. Patrick Henry,
in the convention which started rolling the
ball of the Independence of the colonies
from Great Britain. said: 81 have but one
lamp by which my feet are guided, and that
way of judging of the future but by the
past" New York was carried in 1880 by
General Garfield, and in every important
election 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 con-
The only light which iuumines with the
sun of hope the dark record of those II years
is the fact tnat in 1888 the State of New York
was triumphantly carried by President Har-
rison. He carried it then as a gallant SOL
dier, wise Senator, q statesman who in
spired confidence by his public utterances
in daily speech from the commencement Of
the canvass to its close. He still has all
tion beyond criticism and rich with the ele-
ments of the popularity with which to carry
New York again.
Harrison Handicapped by Ancestry.
Ancestry helps in the Old World and
bandicaps in the new. There Is but one dis
tinguished example of a son first over
coming the limitations imposed by the pre-
eminent fame of his father ana then rising
above it, and that was whom the younger
Pitt became greater than Chatham. With
an ancestor a signer of the Declaration of
Independence, and another who saved the
Northwest from savagery and gave it to
President of the United States, a poor and
unknown lawyer OF Indiana has risen by his
unaided efforts to such distinction as
lawyer, orator, soldier, statesman and Presi-
DO. =, thaf hA rnf 1onf hi io
ancestors than they have devolved upon
him, and presents in American history the
parallel Of the younger Pitt
By the grand record of wise and popular
administrations; by the strength gained in
frequent contact with the people. in wonder
fully versatile and feicitous speech; by tho
claims Of pure lie, lie in public. and in the
nominate Benjamin Harrison.
Depew stumbles Upon Blaine's Name.
The climax of the Depew speech came at
a juncture unexpected by tho speaker. Al
luding to the brilliant records and deeds of
the administration, he said: "Who will be
credited q share in every one of them7"
Instantly voice shouted "Blaine," and an
other monster demonstration was precipi-
tated by the followers or the Plumed
Knight.
The expected demonstration followed Mr..
Depew's speech, and it nearly rfvaled the
Blame outburst of a few minutes previous.
A huge 6xs portrait Of the President was
borne down to the grand stand, and Hon.
race, led the mighty ovation by mounting a
chair and waving his hat hiy h into the air,
while his white hair was flung to the
breezes. The band struck up lively air,
A quick witted Blaine man was the first to
check it. Grasping the huge silken banner
of the Chicago Blaine Club, bearing the por-
trait OF the sreis popaiar ths ne marGhed
rison banners met midway, counter
demonstration folio wed, which words can
scarce adequately describe. Age and youth,
the sedate and the cheerful, the austere and
the gay, all Joined in the enthusiasm of the
occasion. The tri-color plumes OF Blaine
were hoistcd on every side, and as ii by
ma2ic score OF portraits of Harrison and
Blaine men swung to the breeze.
In 20 minutes the rival demonstration had
subsidized sufficiently for the Chair to an
nounce that ex-senator Warner Miller, of
New York, was recognized.
The Nicaragua Canal Man Speaks.
MIR. President and Gentlemen of fthe Conventions:
You have no longer time to listen to the
records of our great statesmen of the past.
You have como now to the supreme hour of
this convention. Thus far it has been a con-
vention in which kindly spirit has prevailed
upon all sides, and have no doubt, Sir. that
it is to prevail to the end; and that what
ever may be the outcome Of the convention.
it will be ratified by the whole Republican
party of this country and by a majority of
the votes of the people. [Applause.] We
have portion of the New York delegation
that represent which does not come here
to make any detraction from the worth or
character of any man who has been in. high
or of the President OF the United
States. [Cries of "good, good.''] We in
dulge in nothing of that kind. We upheld
the hands OF the men whom we put in power
NV our vOtes in New York four wears n O n.
but we come here believing that the candi.
date name or shall second, can do much
more for us in the great State of New York
in enabling us to achieve victory in No