The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-02
0VATI0NS TO HARRISON
ENTHUSIASTIC CROWDS MARK THE
CLOSE OF THE GENERALS TOUR.
Northern Indiana Voters All Anxious
to Hear the Ex-Presidents
Patriotic Utterances.

At 9 o'clock Saturday night Gen. Harrison
finished his second tour Of Indiana, after
making thirteen speeches during the day
and talking to as many people as his voice
could reach among something like over
10000 who turned out to see him. In the
two days he made twenty-three speeches.
and said something every time. There is
no measuring the good done for the Re-
publican cause by this remarkable bit of
campaigning, but it is possible to measure
in some degree the strength Of that cause
by the demonstrations along the line. And
If there is anything in surface indications;
if tremendous crowds of people at Repub-
lican rallies; If unbounded enthusiasm for
everything Republican; If a general and
extreme anxiety for the success of the
sound-money cause mean anything Indiana
is going for Mckinley by such figures as
have never been known in Indiana in a
presidential or any other election.
Wasaw. county seat of Kosciusko, ia
nous for it's big Republican majorities, was
reached half an hour late, and here an
other big demonstration was encountered.
with crowd of 10 900 people. In the morn
ing they had big parade three miles long,
which required forty-five minutes to pass
the Times Office. There were $500 in line,
with nine bands, five marching clubs two
companies OF cavalry and fifty-five floats
filled with pretty girls. The beautiful little
city was never so handsomely decorated,
and the Bryan pictures, ii there ever were
any in this Republican stronghold, had
been retired for the day. General Harrison
was driven to the courthouse, where he
was given a tremendous ovation upon his
arrival. lie was introduced by II. S. Biggs,
and spoke for twenty minutes. He said in
part:
My -citizens-The campaign of
debate is ABOUT over. Ii has been thor
ougn campaign. Perhaps never before in
our campaigns have the people been
aDundanly supplied with the opportunity
OF informing themselves upon puDnc QueS-
lions. Our Democratic frlenus are a
good deal of trouble. AS l have said be-
lore, they have habit of taking things
straight, and they are in great difficulty
this year 10 know how to do il. They have
two tickets in the field. each of which
claims to be pure and TO be true Simon
pure Democracy. The Chicago convention
assembled under the call OF the national
committee OF the party and in this State
the Democratic State convention assembled
under the call Of your State committee. AT
Chicago you nominated Bryan and Sewall.
Again at ST. Louis Populist convention
nominated Bryan and Watson. AT Indian
apoliS the sound-money Democrats nomi-
mated Palmer and Buckner So that there
was good deal of confusion; but that did
not end 1t. After your Democratic State
convention had put in nomination fifteen
Democrats as electors for the State of In
diana to vote in the Electoral College for
Bryan and Sewall. your State central COM
mittee, without any authority, pulled off
IN five Populists: so that the ticket that is
presented to you for your choice next
Tuesday is not Democratic ticket
1.-The other day Il listened to good old
Democrat, who always voted straight, and
he said: L want to vote straight this
time, and 1 wish somebody would tell me
4 81 m a or r
am a Democrat, and i don't want to vote
for Populists. They have mixed this tick
ct so that if 1 stamp the square up by the
rooster / shall be voting for five Populists.
and 1 am not going to do it, They have
right to ask ne TO vote the straight DEM
ccratic ticket, but they have no tight to
ask me TO take mixture like that On
the other hand, we Republicans have no
trouble: things are straight with U.S.. We
have fifteen Republican electors and we
have only onc candidate for Vice President.
/ take it THAI there is, not a Democrat In
Indiana who wants TO vote for Tom Wat
son for Vice President. Think or IL. Ihink
of putting Watson in a position where he
might become President of the United
Statesl
but not only is your ticket mixed as
to candidates. YOU have adopted mixed
Democratic and Populist doctrines In your
platform. l want to know II these good
old. patriotic Democrats who stood by the
country I'm 1861. who laid their polltlcs aslae
to keep till the war was over, are gong TO
vote this time for candidate who IN
dorses a platform that declares that the
President of the United States must ask
the consent of Governor Altgeld, or ILLINOIS,
before he opens the way for the mail trains
Of the United States? Many Democrats
have spoken out upon that question IN In
diana. They have said 1t is not Demo-
cratic doctrine; it was not the doctrine OF
Andrew Jackson. who threatened with the
halter the men in South Carolina VINO re-
sisted the laws of the United States: II rs
not good patriotic doctrine. and we VIII
have nothing to do with this young man
from Nebraska who is pledged If ne Is
elected President, to humble the natlonal
authority before the State powers before
he executes his duty as President TO en-
force the laws of the United States
This is flag day, and this beautiful BAN
ner that we have enshrined in our hearts
floats to-day over every patriotic nome.
IT means something; 1T means the suprem-
acy of the national government In all ma
tional affairs. BY. the glorious memories res
that hang about 1t, by the glorious VIC
tories for truth and popular rights which
have been achieved under it on bio Joy
fields. we swear to-day that no man VINO
does not believe in the powers of the ma
tional government shall ever succeed LIN