The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-05-10
BEN HARRISON NO MORE.

DIN I1A1O1OlOON nv NO1CI' !
He Was Defeated in 1892 Be-
cause He Was not the Choice
Of the Republican Voters.
Mr.. John G. New, editor of the
Indianapolis Journal, a protege of
Harrison, and by the
grace of whose official hand said
New nursed a public pap to the
tune of $4,000 year, as consul
at London for the space of four
years, announces to the world this
morning that Benjaman Harrison,
late president of the United States !
and the late defeated candidate for
a second term, will be a candidate
for the same position in the year
1896, provided that gentleman
shall be on earth and IN his pres
ent physical health and mental
vigor. We must confess
that this statement of Mr.. New is
as startling as it is premature.
The presidential election for 1896
will not occur for two and one
half years fom the present writing,
and no nomination for that Office can
take place for nearly two years and
aquarter. During that time great
many things may happen which
would make it very undesirable to
place ex-President Harrison in
nomination. To say nothing about
the fact that there are at least two
men in the United States calcu-
lated to command at least as many
votes at the hands of the Republi-
can party as it would be possible,
under any circumstances to be OBJ
tanned for the ex-president, the
memory of the conditions and cir
cumstances under which Benja-
min Harrison was renominated to
the position of president of the
United States in 1892, will not
soon be forgotten by the active
workers Of the party. 1t is fact
which cannot be successfully re-
futed, that at least 200 of the AIS
delegates necessary to nominate a
candidate for president in that con-
vention,. were from states who
never cast an electoral vote for a
Republican candidate in the his
tory of the republic, or at least
not since the last ELECTION, of
General Grant. In addition to a
solid vote from such. states, under
the leadership of John CHEW,
the highest paid, official in this
country outside Of the president
himself, more than one hundred
and fifty office-holders, who held
their positions by the will Of Mr..
Harrison himself, were in that con
vention and did the bidding of
that gentleman. 1t was the fact
that delegates from Democratic
states, and those holding public
! places from other states, consti-
tuted majority of Mr.. Harrison's
following, that caused his nomin-
alton to fall with such blighting
effect upon the country at large.
| Everybody knows who was at the
convention in Minneapolis in 1892,
that if an earthquake had occurred
and swallowed up the entire
national convention, that no more
solemn, disappointed and in some
respects disgruntled set of men
never left convention hall than
made their way out of the Exposi-
ton building on the afternoon OF
that nomination. It was the
apathy Of the Republican party,
caused by the denomination OF
Harrison, which chiefly caused the
overwhelming election of Grover
Cleveland. The defeat of Harri.
son was necessary for the discip.
line of the party. If the time hac
come when those states absolutely
necessary to the success of a Re
publican candidate, were to have
no voice in the selection of that
candidate, then the time had come
for the rank and file of the Re.
publican party to say to the Office.
holders of that party and theil
hirelings from the southern states
''Elect your man if you CAM" anc
they said it, and no man in the
history of the republic has eve1
; sustained a greater defeat than was
dealt out to BENJAMIN Harrison II
November, 1892. No! No! Mr.
New, this proposition is ''father. tc
the wish" It is you and the othel
army of ofice-holders under The
Harrison administration that wan
: to see Benjamin Harrison nomin
ated, and not the great voting pub
lie of the United States, as you
and they will learn if you attemp
: to foist upon the party this goo(
natured old gentleman, wh<
though honest Of purpose anl