The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-24

girl Ii read: Compliments Of Edith
Guy, whose dear dead grandfather cast
his last vote for Gen. Harrison"
After leaving Warsaw the next scheduled
stop was Plymouth. where a salute OF
three guns was fired by the Smalley light
artillery. The party was escorted TO the
court house some distance away IN car
riages and the ex-president spoke for at
least thirty minutes. The crowd all told
probably numbered 1000 and as usual
showed no signs of enthusiasm.
After listening to fifteen or twenty OF
Harrison's speeches and taking close oD-
sarvation of the impression made upon his
audiences it is clear TO the average mind
that he cannot reach the responsive cord.
Unlike a cake of ice. 70 which he has often
been hkened, Harrison does not melt even
under the rays of a favorable SUM-
Throughout the entire trip he kept up
his calamity bowling about 1.-THE business
depression" etc, but somehow or other
the people who are now experiencing as
rapid a revival from an industrial depreS-
sion as TIE country has ever known, did
not take enthusiastically TO the scphlstries
advanced by the ex-president. Then, TOO,
many OF them We're well enough informed
20 know that il was Harrson's admins
traton and policy that crippled he IN
dliscries OF the country as soon as the
bankers panic which was brought about
by the Sherman purchase act had set in.
In Democratic StrOnGhOlds.
AT rochester the County seat VI a AtAAA-
ocratic county, about five hundred people
were waiting at the station. They were
treated to the same old tariff rot. There
was very little enthusiasm and the special
moved on to Peru, that democratic
stronghold where the barbecue annually
nourlsheth The train reached that point
at o'clock. \ speakers stand had been
erected near the station and Harrison
spoke for about twenty minutes. II he
succeeded in making any votes for the
republican party the people Of Peru do
not know it.
After leaving Peru the next stop was
made at Logansport. where arrangements
had been made FOR Mr.. Harrison TO speak
al the rink. The reception committee had
provided plenty of carriages 10 convey
the entire party up town and some took
advantage of the opportunity to see
portion of the city. Previous to the spe-
calls arrival the few republicans who
claim LOg3nsport as their home had been
RECALLED with republican speeches by G. b.
Lands of Delphi and Charles NJ. Griffin.
Harrison spoke about twenty minutes
and when ne got back to the depot he
carried a magnificent bouquet as trophy
of the trip. Notwithstanding 1t was fruit
less in every other respect.
At Delphi the train stopped for a few
minutes. \ crowd OF about loo was a q
the depot and Harrison spoke from They
rear platform.
II was shortly after o'clock when the
train reached Lafayette. 1t is said that
the biggest crowd of the trip was as
scmbled at that point. This is reason
able when it is known that Capt. Myers,
democratic candidate for secretary Of
state, spoke there during the afternoon
u one Of the biggest crowds Of the cam
paign.
When the special rolled into the Wabash
depot salute Of three guns was fired
by the Purdue artillery company. There
were two or three brass bands on hand
and carriages enough to carry the entire
party 10 the court house, where speak
er's stand was located. one feature of
the parade was a tally-hO coach drawn
by four white horses, the occupants be
ing a jolly crowd Of Purdue students Of
both sexes. Harrison spoke about forty
minutes on the tariff, business depres-
sion,' pensions, etc, and it was $50 be-
fore the special left for this city.
Newspaper Men Entertained.
From TT. Wayne to Lafayette Charles
Wilson, editor of the Lafayette Courier,
was a passenger on the Harrison special
and when the latter city was reached he
took the press representatives in charge
They were escorted to the Lafayette club
by all odds the handsomest club house in
the state, where a lunch was served. Mr.
Wilson and John S. Williams, editor Of
the Sunday Times, were the hosts and
the honOrs rested easily on their shoulders
Albert j. Beverage spoke at Lafayette
early in the afternoon and he claims there
were 10, Zoo people in the court house yard
1t is a conservative estimate to say there
were 5000 people in the neighborhood Of
the speakers stand.
At $50 o'clock the special train left for
indianapolis over the Big -Four, the train
not even slowing up until Thorntown was
reached Through the efforts of c.. H.
Hamilton, editor of the Thorntown Ar
gus, the train stopped there long enough
for Harrison to say a few words from
the rear platform. Lebanon, the last
scheduled STOP was hailed with delight
by everybody on the train. not excepting
the ex-president. He spoke there fully
twenty minutes to a crowd of 1000 or
1500, which really showed some enthusi-
assn. When the special reached this city at
7:2O there were fully fifteen people at the
station.
Mr.. Harrison's tour of the state is at an
end, but it's object remains yet to be ac-
cor1plished. In the two days Mr. Har-
rison spoke about four and half hours
and probably addressed in the aggregate
% 200 people. When it is again announced
that Harrison will make two speeches in
Indiana the people will be on their guard.