The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-10
SPOKE At RICHMOND
BENJAMIN HARRISON MAKES
GOLD ARGUMENT
Ex-President Spoke to Less ThHss
Half as Many People az Did
the silver Candidate.

Richmond Va, Oct. President
Benjamin Harrison spoke here to about
GOO people tonight. the meeting was
held in the Auditorium building, at the
exposition grounds where Mr.. Bryan ad-
dressed from $1,000 to $4,000 a few weeks
ago.
Not quite half the seats were taken.
The audience was about equally divided
between the two races. On the stage
were many leading republicans and dem
ocrats, and also sprinkling Oh SILVER
democrats. The ex-president was loudly
aIplauded when he made his appear
ance on the stage. The speaker was In
good voice. The applause for Mchln-
Icy and Bryan interrupted him several
times. There were a few disorderiyt
persons present, and the police arrestedN
some of them and pulled them out OF
the building
Once the lights were turned out and
the building was in darkness hve min
utes, during which Harrison suspended
his remarks. When General Harrison
proceeded and warmed up, he received
better attention. His complimentary ref
erences to Virginia and the south were
most literally applauded. General Har-
rison said:
Il have come here at the request of
Virginia friends to speak on questions
now agitating us all. Virginia is my
ancestral home, and its citizens are my
fellow citizens. l believe that Virginia
has as large a number of great and
good men underground as any state OF
the country. l never said that she had
no good men above ground. There was
a time when the north and south were
arrayed against each other in battle
line, and that time is now only a mem
cry. We all are again united, loyal peo
pie. This great state and all those states
that participated in the civil war have
sworn allegiance to the flag and conStltu-
ton, and Virginia stands as firmly united
for their defense as any state In the red
eral Union. More than that, not only
do her citizens, but the confederate sol
der, stands now for the old flag OF
Washington. If it shall be the sad fate
| of this country to be involved in waT,
| if any foreign flag attempts to tramBNe
on our flag, Indiana and Virginia VIII
charge together, and who shall stay that
onslaught? The memory OF Gettysburg
and Appomattox will force us not to
stop until we are on the inside of the
breastworks of the enemy.
we are here tonight under one union.
We are here to claim for our states those
rights which the federal constitution gave
them. We are here to say that the con-
stitutional powers of our national gov
| eminent shall not be trampled upon.
| regret to notice the recent assault upon
1 our just constitutional powers. The in
cident | refer to is the Chicago riot. Men
bodies, went through the streets with fire
! and sword. destroying property stopping
! railroads, blocking the mails and prevent
| ing commerce. Those acts had their ORR
| gin in railroad strikes and were the work
! Of men under the red flag of anarchy.
Mr.. Cleveland felt it his duty to suppress
The trouble. He was the commander OF
| the army and navy to restore traffic and
the movement of trains. The courts were
appealed to, and a writ Of injunction was
granted to enforce the law Violation of
the order of the court resulted in con-
tempt proceedings and punishment of the
offenders, which was right. These courts
| proceeded on a line that was legal, that
was upheld by the constitution, and yet
the president and the supreme court are
denounced in the Chicago platform"
bryan cheers)
The speaker here referred to Senator
Daniel and scored him for being party
to the Chicago platform, when he had in
the senate fathered a resolution indOrsing
President Cleveland for sending troops to
Chicago. He held that the upholding OF
he constitution ana laws was the most
important of all duties of citizens. He
argued that the Chicago platform meant
to change the supreme court body so as
to accomplish the ends of anarchy. He
said that Virginians had Just as much at
stake in the preservation of the laws as
the people of any other state, and urged
them to vote to prevent it from being
despoiled.
The second question that General Har-
rison discussed was the money question.
He had exhausted over half of his time
in speaking of the Importance of main
tanning law and order. His arguments
against free silver were along the line ol
those he has used in other speeches.
In closing he advocated protection to
American industries. Protection would be
a great boon to the south, he said. He
mentioned Mckinley only once, and tina;
: was in his final appeal for law and or
der, sound money protection and McKin-
ley"
At the close the general was loudly APP
plauded and many people rushed forward
to shake his hand. The ex-president left
Immediately for Charleston, W. Va.