The Columbus journal., 1896-09-16
GEN. HARRlSONS VOICE
It is Heard in New York on the
Vital Issues of the Great
Campaign.
PERILS OF P0P0CRAT SUCCESS.
A Stirring Address in Which All
Questions Are Handled in a
Mastery Way.

New York, Aug. 2S.-At Carnegie hall,
Thursday night. an immense and enthu.
siastic audience gathered to hear the
issues of the campaign discussed by ex.
President Benjamin Harrison. Hon
Chaunccy NJ. Depew presided over the
meeting. Both Mr.. Harrison and Mr..
Depew were the recipients of e~vatiOns
when they entered the hall. Upon call.
ing the gathering to order, Mr.. Depew
delivered an address ON campaign issues,
at the close of which he introduced ex-
President Harrison, who at once entered
into a discussion Of the issues. He spoke
at considerable length, being very fire..
quently interrupted by applause. Re-
ferrInS to his appearance as a campaign
speaker he said it was due to his sense
Of the duty he owed to the country to
combat the fallacies sought to be foisted
upon the people by the Democratic marty
n its allies. He acknowledged his re-.
spcct for the feelings which actuated
the gold Democrats in occupying the DO
sitIon they do. but said they must moi
expect the Republican party to reoryan-
iZc itself because the Democratic party
had di~sorganized itself. The Demo
cratic party had once more exhibited its
capacity TO be ruptured and a PARTY that
cannot he split vas a public menace.
When the leaders of a party assembled
in convention depart from its traditional
principles and advocate doctrines that
threaten the integrity of the government,
tEe social order of our communities and
the security and s%oundness Of our
finance. ii ought to be split. and it digni-
hes itself when it G,cs split. A bolt
.rom any party is now and then a most
reassurlnG incident and was never more
reassurinS n never had better cause
than now. The Republican party fronts
me destructionists and trumpets its de-
nance to the enemies of Sound money"
III Will night. however, without GOVERNS:
an! or the glorious notices and inscrip-
Mons mat are upon its banner. COntin-
uing: Mr.. Harrison said:
THAT is a leading issue of a cam
Iaign which most agitates the pcople.
IN my opinion there is no issue present
ca ny the Chicago convention more i'm
portant or vital than the question they
have raised of p%rostitutins the mower
and duty of the national courts and ma
'iona! executive. The defense of the
constitution. of the Supreme court of the
United States and of the Presidents
power and duty TO enforce all Of the
Laws of the United States without await
inS tile call or consent of the governor
az any state is an important and living
issue In this campaign. Tariff and coin
age will be of little mOmen if our con-
stItutional government is overthrown.
When we have a President who believes
that IT is neither his right nor his duty
10 see that the mail trains are not OBJ
sfructed and that interstate
mas ITS free way. irrespective of state
lines and state courts. who fears to use
our ancient and familiar power to re-
strain and punish lawbreakers. free
trade and free silver will be appropriate
acccmpa nimcnts of such an administra-
tion and cannot add appreciably to the
national distress or the national dis
honor. t~Applause.)
The atmosphere of the Chicago con-
Nentlon was surcharged with the shirt
Of revolution. Its platform was ear
ned and IFS nominations made with ac-
companyin- incidents of frenzy that star
tied the onlookers and amazed the coun-
try The courts and the President were
arralcEed for enforcing the laws. and
government by the mob was given pref
crcnce over government by law enforced
by the court DEGREES and bv executive
orders. There was no calm elaboration:
there was frenzy. There was no Thought
full searching for the man who from ex-
perience was most able to direct public
affairs. There was an impulsive re-
Spouse to an impassioned speech that Sc
iected the nominee. Not amid such
surroundings as that. not under such in
fiuences. are these calm. discreet things
done that will commend themselves to
the judgment Of the American people.
'%A !gghSr t.non,.. :, .,.;. n,-.
reference by federal authorities in local
affairs as a violation Of the constitution
Of the United States and 2 crime against
speech approved this declaration. Il
was intended to be in words a direct
condemnation of Mr.. Cleveland as Presi-
dent of the United States for using the
power Of the executive to brush out of
the way every obstacle to the free mass
age OF the mail trains of the United
States and the interstate commerce. and. |
my friends. whenever our people an,
prove the choice of a President who
believes he must ask Gov. AltRcId On
any other state permission to enforce the
laws Of the United States, We have
s~urrendered the victory the boys won |
MY friends. this constitutional oues- |
ton. this division between the general /
and local authorities is a plain and easv
one. A disturbance which is purely To- |
cal in q state is a state affair, The
President cannot send troops or lend anv |
afu. UhHeSS Tue LEGISLATURE calls nnOn
him for help. or the governor. If the
Legislature is not in session. But when
a law of the United States is inyadeI |
and broken, it is the sworn duty of the !
President TO execute it. and this conyen- |
ton arraigns the President for doing |
what his oath compelled him to do |
Comrades for the great war for the |
Union, sons of those who went ont "a |
battle that the flag might rot lose its |
!uster, will we consent after these wears
(cries of MOI that the doctrine which
was shot to death in the great war shall
be revived and made victorious in a civil |
campaign? tCries of NOT
But the assault does not end ther.
The Supreme court of the United STATES |
and the federal lower courts are ar
raicned because they used the familiar |
writ Of injunction TO suppress violence. |
10 restrain men from breaking the law.
and that platform plainly means-I will |
show you that it was so understood in |
the convention and in the committee on |
resolutions-that the Democratic policy
was that when the Supreme court. eSer-
cisinS its constitutional power and duty.
gave an Interpretation to 4 law of the
United States that was not pleasing to
Congress they would increase the mum ]