The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-11


public credit has bssn mAtntaine6 lnS
dsns OF taxation have been lighteM44s * 0N
hundred millions Of currency AaNes A4e1s
turbancs of ohsngse. unexaap!ed
psrity has Drowned wise lsws And 49, Nesa g1
ministration. saS ssE$$a
The main question which diyidss
to whom does the credit for al thta bel9Mls3
orators may stand upon this plsttctsn 7.
paint in more brilliant C0lcSs, m eA9y eq4S
mot put In mOrs earnest th0uehes ~ t~4s
affection and admiSattcn of ~ seDNnzs
licans for our distinguished ssesAtAxy ox
from what state hs halls. In admirAoioa
and respect for John sherman, tor 0cvGsnue$9
Mckinley. for Tbos. n. Reed, Tor - 0xeSo
sons, for tho favorits OF llltnCis, Wtseonsat
and Michigan; but xhsn .i,,!I an sola 49,, s.ssa
acy Of this administrator belongs
exclusively TO the secretary of atate. 1cr eheS
administration Of its finances 70 the eees
retary Of the treasury. for the copatxuaston
Of It's ships to the secretary g the nayys a 10E
Europe to the secretary Of Agricultu1ek x0e
the settlement, 70 far ~ u 10 settled, 08 1Asg
currency question 10 Senator John oA11s
man, for the formulation Of taEt4 JeN4 SNa
tions placed BY foreign nations uro3 4ae
introduction OF American pork " 0Mt not1rs
isters at Paris and Berlin, 7 am tsmVl teE
seriously inquire who, during the laet 3CA4g
years. has been president of tho Unieoc
States, anyhow? sSs ssssssFsSSss
Caesar. when he wrote those commsutaS.
ies. which were the history of ths eolsss
quests Of Europe under hin lAAdexohtpys
modestly took ths position Of Nnsas, when
he said: '"Ihey arc the LeRativs of events
which was" Gen. Thomas, u the locga
Of ChickamauRa, occupies q placs u out htss
/ tory with Leonidas among the 0reoko, ,exoop&
that he succeeded whore Leonidas fatleds
The fight of Joe Hooker above the cl0utl1
was the poetry Of battle. The rselstlss1
valley Of tho Shenandoah II the epio ~ or
civil war. The march OF Sherman from
Atlanta TO tho sea = tho supssnneH
triumph OF Rallantry and strategy. N oesS
fame or the merits Of ths desds o4 htoE
lieutenants to say that having seleeted
them with marvellous sagacity and dincfe-
tion, Grant still remained supreme oOnn.s
mander of the national army. All The pro
posed acts Of any administration, bes0fe
they are formulated. are passed upon IN.
cabinet council, and ths measures and eu0-
| gestions Of the ablest secretaries would hAye
failed with lesser president. But t0x to
great good Of tho country and the hensa1
ceeded because Of ths suggestive mind, 49,
indomitable courage, the intelligent appfe-
citation of situations. and the grand mag
nanimity OF Benjamin Harrison.
II 10 an undisputed fact that during thes
few months when both the sscretAry 0f
the state and the secretary OF the treasury
we're ILL., the president psrsonally Asaumed
the duties OF the state department and oe
the treasury department., and both with
equal success. The secretary, of ststet ~
accepting his portfolio under Prssident
Garfield, wrote: Your administsntton
must b. made brilliantly suocssst1i and
strong in the o0nfdence and pride o3 pAo-
pie, not at all diverting its eneygies 90t
re-election, and yet eomDslling that
and BY the impsrious nscsssitiss'
of the situation" Garfield fall be3oSe ~
bullet Of the assassin, and Blaine fsttSedt0
private life General Harrison invited him
70 take Up thai unfn'sned diplomatic cassss ~
broken. He entered the cabinet, ha -
sumed his work. and hes wonA higher
place in our history. The prophecy he
made for Garfield has been eupsrbly full
filed by Harrison. In the language of
Blaine. the president has compelled ~
election by the logic OF events aud the Inn
i perious necessities Of the situation.
The man who is nominated hero to-day
to win must carry certain well-knoWn
number of doubtful states. Patrick HENRY.
in the convention which started rolling the
| ball of independence of the colonies from
Great Britain, said: II have but one lamp
by which my feet are guided. and that il
the lamp Of experience. know Of no way
OF judging Of the future but by tha past. 2
| New York was carried in 1880 by Garneld,
| and in every important election since thAt
time We have done our best. We havs
put forward the ablest, most popular. most
1 brilliant leaders for governor and stats
officers, to suffer constant defeat. The
only light which illumines with the sum of
hope the dark record Of those twelve yenfs,
ia the fact that in 1888 the state of NsWs
hatrisoh; iaat hs oafraea M y snsn ZEN q sns 81
snsa. IN aai1v snaach frow Aha rn,, !, -, rsS