The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29

veterans, who bore il to victory In battle, into
blem of peace. Then Chattanooga was wars
gateway to the South. Now 1t is the gateway
OF peace. and prosperity. There have,
been two conquests-One with arms. the other
with the gentle influences of peace; and the last
is greater than the first.
The remark he made concerning the land
of promise has been quoted almost an in.
Vulnerable number of times. Speaking of
labor he said: "One fact Is enough for
me: The gates of Castle Garden swing
inward. They do not swing ard to
any American laborer seeking q better
country than this. Those men who have
toiled ct wages in other lands that barely
sustain life, and opened no avenu of prom
Use to them or their children, know the
good land of hope as well as the swallow
knows the land of
We find in President Harrison q Chris
tan citizen. q statesman, a financier. q SOL
der, a lawyer. and under his administra-
ton the financial condition of the country
is better than ever before 1925. OOO. 600 bonds.
drawings per cent floating at parl.
Under bis administration our exports
and imports are increasing. The Mckinley
law had been in operation ten months Aug.
5, and here is the foreign trade of the
months OF August, 1890 and 1891:
Exports.......... S56.Is9,345 $72,75O.7s3
Imports ........... 81, 200.444 6S.S34.T54
Total...... sI17.3s9,7s9 sl4l, 645,5s7
For nine months of the fiscal year ls91.92
our exports increased $3.50. 600, 600 and our
imports decreased $500. coo.
The necessaries of lite are cheaper than
ever Neutrality-suspicious. pounds of sugar.
81; prints. 4 cents per yard; three tin-cups
for 10 cents.
Our pension roll is greater than ever be-
fore-sl24.000 900 per year. Two dollars ont
of every five raised by tho government
goes to the soldier.
A R~ENOMINATIoN.
President Harrison deserves a renomina-
ton for the above record and for q number
of other reasons which may be briefly
stated: %'
FIrst-Precedent. practice. custom, until
it has become political law in the Repub-
lican party, that a denomination shall be
| rendered all it's public servants whose first
term of office has been without offcnse. &C.
| ceptable and creditable to both the incum-
bent and the party. This is true III State.
municipal and county offices. and has
been and should be in the presi-
Dental office. unless otherwise de-
elared In the platform. President
Harrison has earned
those who are personally ~antagonistic to
him. unite in DronOnDcing the administra-
ton as able, clean. high-toned and not only
thoroughly Republican but American in
Its character. and accord his Administra-
tion the full need of praise for the high
character of its appointments. it's business
efficiency. Its freedom from scandal and its
vigorous and patriotic foreign policy. AS
to the foreign policy. we only need TO refer
to his fearless and uncomprOmising atti-
tude in unfolding American citizenship IN
Chill; and it cannot be said that this las
done on account of Chilli being q second
rate power. for the reason the same vigorous
treatment was accorded England in the re-
newal of the mOdlus ylvendi. HIS reply
to Sir Julian Pauncefote.. on March %.
should receive the plaudits of the Amer.
lean people. In IL he declares. lit 10 not q
question of pc cuniary loss or gain, but one
of national honor" In closing he says:
This government cannot consent To have.
what It believes to be its rights. destroyed
or impaired pending their determination
the security offered; that the modus of
last year Is the least this government can
accept 1t Is needless to say that Lord
Salisbury came TO the Presidents terms.
and the moduS was re-eeta ollshed.
S~econd-lf renomlnated he can be
elected. He is popular. Lincoln received.
in 1850, $50 electoral votes; In 1861 he re-
ceived 2l3: Grant received 500 electoral
votes in 1872; HAYES received 1S5 votes. Gar.
field PA. Blame Isl. and Harrison 233. From
this il will be seen that Grant is the only
one Tho ever received more electoral votes
than Harrison since Lincoln. Harrison re-
ceiyed $40. 7OS votes. This is the greatest
number of votes ever received by any Repub.
lican candidate. This is no disparagement
of any other Republican candidate, but In
the coming test. while / believe that
Blaine or some other eminent Republican
could be elected, / also believe that Harri-
son could be elected. He Is the champion
and friend of every American citizen.
not only of the capitalist, the manufact-
urer and the business man. but
the laborer as well. One hundred cents to
the dollar is IS nucn TO be desired on the
part of the la borer as on the part of the
capitalist. His Albany speech. above re-
ferred TO. had the effect. not only to avert
q financial crisis. but also to protect the
homes and the values OF property to the
extent of 20 cents on every dollar. His
face and hands are set against the free
coinage of silver. He is in line with his
party on the proposition that gold and sill
yer shall circulate one the equal of the
other; that We shall consume the product
of the American mine. but that the profit,
If there be any in the coinage of silver,
shall go to the government. No tinancier,
no banker. DO business man, no farmer. no
artisan or laborer has ever felt any uneasi-
ness as TO the shrinknge OF values during
the administration of HARRISON. but on the
contrary. feel a. long as he shall be Presi-
dent of the United States any pernicious
legislation will meet with strenuous oppo-
siti0n.
soURCE OF HIS
TIL question might be asked. IL there is
from whence does IL come! No boards of
trade. no chambers of commerce., no
busiD ess mems associations. no federation
of labor OF farmers associations identified
with the Republican party have passed
resolutions denouncing President Harrison;