The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-21
Immense Crowds at Peru, Plymouth.
LoganspOrt, Warsaw. Delphi, Leb-
anon and Other Points Visited.
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE
Hard Times i'm Connection with
Democratic Legislation.
The Ex-President Continues His Series
of Mastery Addresses Before the
People of Indiana.

Gen. Benjamin Harrison came back to
Indianapolis at 7:3O o'clock last night, hav-
ing completed one of the most successful
campaign tours ever made by a states
man In the United States, measured both
by the size of his audiences and interest
and enthusiasm displayed.
The big crowds began soon after Fort
Wayne was left in the trip across the
northern part of the State, and the climax
was reached at Lafayette, where mag
nificent demonstration was made in honor
Of the ex-President. The entire city gave
itself over to welcoming the distinguished
man. and furnished him an audience of
from eighteen to twenty thousand at the
courthouse. General Harrison referred to
the immense size of this audience in open
ing his speech, remembering that he had
spoken to almost hundred thousand people
on the trip before reaching Lafayette. The
total number of speeches made yesterday
thirteen, which, with the eleven of the
day before, made an even two dozen for
the tour On his southern trip he spoke
at twenty-five different places, making, with
the speech he delivered in introducing Nc
KinIey at Tomlinson Hall, forty-seven
speeches for the campaign of 1894 At
Thorntown, where the train stopped only
for minute, there was huge crowd for
the size of the place, and at Lebanon, the
last stop on the route, five thousand people
gathered around the stand a short distance
from the station, and under the glare of arc
lights listened to the last speech of the day.
A GREAT WELCOME.
The Lafayette demonstration was the big
feature of the trip. Charles Wilson, editor
of the Courier, was with the train from
h. .1-+lx rOlI
bers of the party that Lafayette intended
to do her best In order to reach that city
on schedule time very fast running was
made from Delphi. AS the train whirled
around one of the big hills on the out
skirts of the city the roar Of a cannon re-
verberated among the hills. This was the
salute Of the Purdue College battery, under
the command of Capt. Barney Shaw. The
station is quite a distance from the court
house, but a thousand or more were there
TO be the first TO greet the ex-President
line OF carriages, covered with flags, and
drawn by spirited horses, were almost hid
den from sight by the dense crowd
tnat had gathered about the vehicles.
Two brass bands and the Union
Veterans League were to lead the way
down town, and as the procession Moved
the cannon on the hill doomed. at more
frequent intervals. The merchants OF the
city displayed much public spirit in the
affair, and from house tops and windows
all along Main street for half a mile were
flags and festoons of bunting. Every win
dow was occupied by people, and the main
thoroughfare, roadway and sidewalks were
packed with them. The Purdue students.
who had welcomed General Harrison with
the college yell, kept it up on the way to
the heart Of the city, while alongside the
carriage containing the statesman rode
members of the Sigma Chi the college fra
ternity to which the General belonged.
They rode white horses and carried pennants
with the fraternity colors, white and blue.
From several windows swung the Purdue
coiors.
One entrance Of the massive courthouse
at Lafayette fronts on Fourth street, which
Is of considerable width. When the process
sion reached Main and Fourth it had to
stop there, for the people were wedged In
too closely opposite the Fourth-street en-
trance of the building. The stand was di-
rectly under the entrance half block away
from where the procession came to a halt
A platoon OF mounted police which had
headed the column set out to clear a way
TO the stand, but 1t was only possible to
tanning the ex-President and others. The
carriages following had to turn about, while
the occupants alighted and tried to reach
place within range of the speakers voice
A tally no coach gaily decorated by the
Purdue students who filled 1t, was not able
to leave Main street. George H. Harrison
was the marshal of the procession.
AT THE COURTHOUSE.
The Stand from, which CaparaI IIorr,soo
addressed such a multitude had been COW
cred with silken America -ags till every
timber in 1t was hidden N view. The
portrait of Abraham Lincoln nod out from
background OF national colors The cheer
ing that greeted the ex-Presldents ap-
pearance on the stand was so vociferous
that the welkin for blocks around was dis
turbed. Francis Johnson, formerly a Dem
ocrat Senator but now an advocate of a
protective tariff system, and one of the
| leading men Of Lafayette, introduced Gen.
Harrison in neat speech.
General Harrison talked for thirty min
utes. confining himself almost entirely TO
a discussion of the present business con-
| dition and its relations TO recent national
| legislation. He closed by saying: 1.-THE an
| swer is coming from Oregon to Maine.
| and reverberating back from every State
| that has had election-even from those
| Democratic States in the South. Alabama
| and Georgia-to Mr.. Clevelands question;
| How can we face the people If we pass
| that billT In all these States the Democrats
| have answered this question by turning
| their backs on the Democratic party. SO
that IL does not have 10 face them"
Thousands OF people followed the car
riages down to the South-street crossing
| OF the Big Four road and cheered the ex-
President and party as the train sped away
| Mr.. Charles Wilson ac ~s host for the
newspaper men while in ,---ayette by hand
somely entertaining them at the Lafayette