New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-14
GENERAL HARRISON'S TOUR.
| CAMPAIGN SPEECHES AMONG THE IN
DIANA FARMERS.
GREETED BY CHEERING CROWDS AT ALL THE
RAILWAY STATIONS on THE RoCTE-sPREAD

RAILWAY STATIONS on THE RoUTE-sPREAD-
ING SOUND REPuBLICAN DOCTRINE.
Huntingburg. Ind Oct 1S.--CSenera Harrison
and his party left Evansville on a special train
over the Louisville. Evansville and ST Louis road
at Q o'clock this morning. General Harrison was
scheduled for eleven speeches to-day. Between
INDIANAPOLIS and Evansville yesterday he spoke
eight times and his address last night brought
I'D the total for the day to $4,000 words. The
ex-President was enthusiastic over the Journey
n large part Of which lay through Democratic
counties and ne declared that there was more
need of spreading sound Republican doctrine IN
those localities than in districts where the people
were well-grounded in the facts. hence ne spoke
nj greater length than NJ intended u DO To-
days route lies largely through the famous Whte
Can district General Harrison not at all
fatigued from yesterdays campaign ana starred
on the return trip this morning as fresh and
vigorous as a boy Of eighteen.
TIE special arrived here at 1850 this morning
The weather was in strong contrast with that or
Yesterday, being bright and sunshny. yet crisp
and cool Tho route OF the Air Line road lies
over a succession OF high testles. and this. in
connection with the fact noted by an observant
member of the party that the engine drawing the
train was No 49, caused some apprehension
among the superstious. Nothing. however. re-
suited from the omnous combination Of circim-
stances On the contrary. the trip was pleasant
and the crowds ct the road crossings ana way
stations were even more enthusiastic than those
Of Yesterday As the train sped along groups
OF farmers stood beside the track waving their
hats and cheering, and school children. released
by the Saturday holiday greeted the eX-Presl'
dent with songs and the waving OF miniature
American flags The first scheduled stop was al
Bonneville, but the train slackened speed al sew
eral stations before that point was reached ana
General Harrison appeared on the rear PLATFORM
and bowed his Acknowledgements OF the greeting
accorded him At Bonneville 1900 people were
gathered and tine ex-President received the same
cordial welcome that has characterized the "hoc
trip and he addressed the crowd substantially as
follows:
My Fellow Citizens: i congratulate you upo"
tho imnroved weather conditions that we are
having this morning. The friends hau inv
Measure OF meeting Yesterday were standing IN
the drip but things are better to-day. ana INA,
Is the order OF things; sunshine comes oeIoIe
the rain and II comes afterward. We are he'e
this morning in a country where there ~ ap"u'
us everything In soil and climate ana inSuIu-
tons 10 make men happy and prosperous W.
come from varied pursuits In HE, Out no man
Is DISTINGUISHED from any other man by any
titles that he can pass To his chiIdren, ~
may have been a justice OF the peace or f'Pre-
sentative In the Legislature. or CONGRESSMAN
or A captain I'm the Army. but these Things on"
Win him our children take UP the work Of NE
for themselves. The g.eat glory of our AmeH-
can institutions is that they give every man
chance They do not put any weights on MN
They open the contests Of NE broadly for him.
and they equip him for II BY the inaghiilceh'
provisions which ouf common schools anora lor
his education Every man has To MAKE MS OWN
way. and am glad II is so.
some of these pioneers who hear me to-day
came into this region when u was uhSe'''e'.
They felled the trees or d"ddcned them III "td't
10 let In a little sunshine that the crops migAt
grow. Now the trees are gone and the stuinpS
are out Of the way and the children come INTO
the improved heritage. W" All IKE to give our
BOYS and our girls llt'lc better chance In NE
than we had ourseiye. and mostly are able
to do II. These things largely depend on our
selves But after all this is raid. everybody
must admit that the legislation or the Nationh
Government upon the several important SUB
jects has direct bearing upon the prosperity
OF the people There can be no question In the
world 70 any man who Will think that IarlI1
Hill embracing several thousand articles all ~
the great staples ~ commerce and 81 tn" MIL,
does affect the entire business of the country
1t may affect II favorab'y or unfavorabIy Now;
my countrymen. we had two years ago gooi
times | know some OF our Democratic friends
are trying 10 make IL appear that they were
not very good and that times since haV" not
been 50 very bad. You know whether two years
ago things were not really in a highly prosper
Gus condition IN this country. and YOU know
what we have gone through since
| think every man who will let his MIND run
over the question Will see that this whole years
agitation Of the tariff question: this prOclafna-
ton that duties were 20 b. cut down all along
the line this uncertainty that was Injected into
every business pursuit. that these nav" Deen
tho things that have LaralyZcd American trade
and brought dismay and distress to all our com
munites. Wha, IL the tariff question after ALL
II H. in It's essence, this question: Whether we
will retain our own market 90 far as we can so
that the things wear shall be made by Ameri-
can hands In America. or whether W" VIII 80
frame our tariff that the things we wear snail
be made by English hands in England. or by
German hands in Germany? | do not doubt at
all that II we 10 reduce wages In the
United States to the same level that prevails In
European countries we could produce many
things in competition with them. but all these
workingmen with us are citizens. they are all
voters. they are the men upon whom our IN
stitutions rest and cannot afford To have
a great class Of dcspairing men. who live In
poverty all tho days Of their life and die with
out any hope In their hearts. We cannot ar
ford 10 have a class VINO can just do the ne
thing; who must put their children at ten or
twelve years Of age into the doing OF IL with
out any bctterment u their lot IL we are to
have men upon whom republican institutions
can safely rest. II we are to have men who In
time Of war will bring their strong arms and
courageous hearts 10 the defence Of the Nag and
the Constitution we must have populition that
are living comfortably; We must have homes
that have hope as an abiding guest. These
duties tend 10 that end.
I do not say that the tariff IL the only thing
that influences the price Of wheat or the price
of anything else. That would be an exaggera-
ton The disadvantage the farmer Is under Is
that he docs not know how many acres OF wheat
:hcr farmers are going To SOW this year. He
cannot tel what the foreign harvests will be.
These things affect favorably or unfavorably
the prices. but the point want TO make is that
the farmer sells o. per cent Of all the produce Of
hIs farm here at home. and that Is the market
he wants to look after II men are getting good
wages they live well. We may think a man Will
eat about so much bread every year anyhow. but
I'm that we are greatlj mistaken This past
wear has shown how largely the buying power
of our people has been reduced by reason OF the
fact that go many were out OF employment and
their wages cut off
/ leave To- YOU the thought this morning that
as farmers, AZ merchants, as workmen In these
mines and factories that ar" scattered through
YOUR country, we want to preserve class OF