The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-26


the speakers reached the chairs assigned
them the audience was in mind and form
for instantaneous and spontaneous greet
ing. 1t was OF such nature as TO leave
nothing TO be desired. Men threw high
their hats and canes, and women waved
their fans and kerchiefs. The reception to
two of the great statesmen of the country
was naturally an ovation to which even
the recipients, accustomed to public demon
stration. could not but be more than ordi-
narily sensible. 1t was a matter of
triumphant vindication; only an earnest,
however. of what history has in store for
their part in the famous industrial period
of 1888. The good will shown these
two noted factors In the prosperity of that
Republican administration could only be
taken that the substitution of the Sugar
Trust tariff law for that bearing Mcl<in-
ley's name was trade in which the peo-
pie had been defrauded their peace and
self-respect shocked and their prosperity
laid in the dust
The rising of ex-President Harrison to
present the chief orator was the occasion
of applause so instantaneous, of such
volume so forceful that only the excite
ment of a war time could probably exceed
the tension of feeling. The man whose
features are so familiar to the people of
Indiana and the country stood smiling
calmly while the cheering was on, and
when ii had spent itself one could have
heard a pin drop in expectation of the
first words. The ex-President was evil
IDENTIFY in his best form. Few ever heard
him speak with more confidence or with a
sense of power greater than that with
which he was invested yesterday. 1t was
triumphant Endorsement of the admins
traticn OF which the men now present on
the same stage were leaders of in two CO.
ordinate branches of the government. The
first words of General Harrison were
facetious, at his own expense. and the
next were charged uD to the Democratic
county chairman amid hearty laugh. This
was the reference to the experience of the
Democratic manager last Saturday night
when two 81 his party orators were TO
speak at Masonic Hall. The hope of
crowd was not satisfactory. The chairman
sent messenger to the hall to see if there
was anybody in it, and when the speakers
learned the size of the audience they re-
fused to attend The fiasco was well
enough advertised TO become a matter of
general laugh when General Harrison re-
ferred to it.
GENERAL HARRISON'S SPEECH.
The speech was received with repeated
expressions of favor, sometimes reaching
mighty straln. His remarks were as fol-
lows:
MY Fellow -citzens-The delightful duty
has been assigned me bv the State central
committee of the Republican party OF In
diana to preside over this great meeting
l am to be its chairman; not its speaker,
and ! congratulate you on that fact
Gaughter) l brought the distinguished ,,s
gentleman TO whom you are to listen 10
| this hail this afternoon without sending
any courier in advance to find whether
there were enough people here for him to
II notice in the audience here to-day.
| with great satisfaction. the presence or
many of our older fellow citizens. The old
men ere fond of telling of the good old
/ times but the times to which they look
back. with so much delight are gloriiied In
the fact that the processes of nature and
of Providence have covered the things that
were hard and brought out in the memory
| ant But the good times which / have in
mind are not good old times, but very
young good times. so young that only the
| Only two years ago this country was not
| only the most prosperous country in the
| stood upon the highest pinnacle of pros
perity that 1t had ever before attained
(Cheers.) This is not the verdict of poll
| ticians; it is the verdict of the commercial
| reporter; 1t is the expressed opinion of
those men who make a profession OF study
| ing business conditions. The last two
| aster.
| LOSSES DEFY CALCULATION.
1.-The losses of them defy the skill of the
| calculator 1t has been said. 1 think, not
| without reason. that they exceed the cost
| of the great civil war. These losses have
not been class losses; they have been
| distributed The holder OF stocks and
| bonds has found his wealth shrinking, and
so has the farmer. and the workingman
| has found his wages shrinking. There has
| been a general participation in the calami-
| ties of the last two years as there was
general participation In the prosperity of
| debts. like those of the civil war. have
sometimes their adequate compensation.
| Great was the cost of the war for the
Union, we feel that it was Adequately COM
pensated i'm the added glory that was given
| to the flag and in the added security that
Was given NJ the to Snr civil besrs ana
but the losses of these last two years
| have no such compensating thought Inere
| except for guidance They seem to be of
retributive nature, like the swamps into
| which the traveller has unwarly driven,
| except as they teach him TO keep on the
| foot hill and to follow the road that is on
the h tops q5r }pe os bs can 'q be Oe made
1 out of these years OF disaster. we were
| told in the old times the rich were getting
that that imaginary iii our political opponents
have brought on a time when everybody is
getting poorer. Great app!auseD think
| that I remember to have heard Of an in
| scription once upon a tombstone that ran
something like this: Il was well; thought
| to be better; / took medicine, and here
| lie' daughter and applause)
A BILL WITHOUT FRIENDS
| "Our Democratic friends have passed a
| tariff bill that is approved-so far as 1
| can learn-by only six Democratic Senators
| and nobody else. Q4aughter) We hear of
| the little coterie of Senators whose names
| / could not mention, perhaps-for they have
| not been we'll identified, but their numbers
| has generally been fixed at round half
| dozen-who decided what the tariff bill
] should be, and they are pleased with 1t,
| and nobody else. (Applause) Mr.. Cleve-
| land has repudiated 1t and has declared
| that II involves 'perfidy and dishonor; that
| ii was shameful in it's character and in the
| influences that produced Ii; that he would
not even put his name to 1t. All or the
4 leading Democratic papers in the country
| have condemned it-bcth of the old stalwart
variety and OF the mugwump variety. The
| Democratic chairman OF the ways and
means committee has condemned IL, and
| the entire Democratic majority in the
| House of Representatives. Now that is a
| the Democratic party was not able to
| evolve a tariff bill that that party would
! accept as a settlement of the tariff ques-
| ton But it is not accepted as a settle-
ment.
an the very nature Of things bill thus