New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-01
GENERAL HARRISON'S VIEWS
Ur. TALKS ABOUT THE EXTRA SESSION
TIM rxpEEsIDENT VISITS THE STOCK EX
cHAS@r AND is RECEIVED WITH
NNTUt-SJA STlC CHEERS.

ENTHUSIASTIC CHEERS.
Exprcsdcnt Benjamin. Harrison received many
c,I,crs Yesterday ut the Fifth Avenue HOTEL "ne''
no Is staying for few days to see his son. huo'o
y Harrison, before going to Cape May Tor tue sun,
NOR lie also went downtown and visited the o'o'
exchange. where he WIS enthusiastically received
Ills day was spent. however, as quietly us IL WIZ
nossibe for an ex-Prcsident to spend II.
After breakfast GENERAL Harrison attended 10 III
and received callers among them being
Collector Hendricks and exCollector Joel b. Erharu'
lilo loft the hotel about o'clock TO keep an enguge
mont for luncheon with George N. Pullman. Ii'
also visited the Office OF his son in Broadway
The OK President and his went TO the STOCK
Exchange Just before o'clock General HARRISON
went into the gallery and rcmained there LOT some
minutes watching the brokers before lie wa
recornized Some one the floor who knew MN
called the attention Of tc brokers present to 'he
,,,or and IL WAS not many seconds before the eyes
NJ nearly every man tho floor OF the exchange
,vere turned toward him. Some one began to applaud
him and the applause grew until Ii became ehlhuss'
cheers Mr. Harrison raised his hat In response 10 me
greeting and bowed thanks. lie went out shor'y
afterward. .,,
member Of the stock Exchange, M descroihs
tho expresdents VISIT said 1.-The applause That
was given TO General Harrison was more IMAM Il
recognition of distinguished man. 1t was hearty
tribute 10 man whO as President, had so admins
tered the affairs OF this country that there was pros
pcrity everywhere and good times always oo"c Vi
those who have been Injured financially Dy the present
hard times were londest in their applause am Il
Democrat myself but know the feeling OF the mem
bcrs OF the stock Exchange. was standing with
ivy, other members Of the Exchange, both OF them
Democrats, when the applause began.
who Is thatP asked who did not recognize
the cx-Prc,dcnt.
THAT said the other. is the man who was In
the White House until last March,
L wish he was there now SAID the hrst'
"Tbere are good many others in the stock TX
change who wish he was there now and that's what
the cheers meant"
Expresdent Harrison returned TO the Fifth Avenue
Hotel about O'Clock Cornelius y. Bliss ana eA-
secretary Tracy had been waiting for him IN the
corridor for nearly an hour The eXSecretary hid
a long conference with the ex-President. "eherai
Harrison dincd with his son at the fiith Avenue
Hotel and then both went for "A walk. They re-
turned 10 the hotel about O'Clock and spent the
rest of the evening together in the eX-Presidents
ROOM which is on the tifth-ave. side OF the Motel
A Tribune reporter called upon General Harrison
I'm The evening TO ask his Views on the present
cris, and on the calling of an extra session IN
August.
The assembling OF Congress IS generally regarded
n, "A calamity he said but believe that III this
Instance there Is .ner1l demand for IT. IL Mr.
Cleveland believes tllAt lDe >hcihiaH la" - wv
cause o. the present trouble 1t Is surely his duty
TO call Congress together and ask them to repeal
IT, would only ask why he has not done 1t
before"
Do you think that the calling OF an extra session
Will bring immediate relief" was asked
Il hardly think - The country Is IN state OF
dlstrl,t Who knows what Congress will do In
August, win it repeal the sherman act or will It
rot! viii 1t attempt to lesdslate other subjects!
VIII IT put INFO legislation the declaration, in the
Chicago plaformi II 1t should do 80. It would shake
the business Of this country from centre TO crcum
ference. do no, see how any free trader or
tariff r.:ormer ca2 expect that this coun'
fry can pass from high tariff TO
= love tariff without convusion. Meanwhile I'll Is
certainty do not say that regard ;he conditions
As greatly alarming Bu; 1t is easy to ghost
forte en- feet high and 1t is easy for people to exas
c,rate the prospects Of evil /, for do not wish
I, cmbarlss my successor By attempting TO gnify
the present difficulties. The Republican party has
never been a calamity party and has never made
capt / for itself out OF It's c0untryIS woes. blt
sad last fall that the Chicago Platform adopted BY
the Democratic party essentially destructive ana
the dStrust among the people at the prosper Of
having rs promises carric1 shows that they are
OF the same OF thinking.
\ great many people are relying upon president
fore. II is an excellent thing 10 have good driver
handle Oh. rns and brake. but the kind OF horses
that draw the team must be taken into consideration
How those southern and Western members who have
lcn shouting for free coinage, wild cat banks. and
other Wild schemes will act In the traces ! cannot
say. The Presidents duty viii b, done, however
wien lie calls Congress together ana lays his recon-
mcndattcns before them
General Harrison had not decided Inst evening
whc thcr he would remain IN the city until Monday OF
whether he would 60 to Cape May today.