The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-24

Philadelphia Times.

Philadelphia Times.
Rumor has been rife for some months
Of the probable marriage OF ex-President
Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick. a niece OF his
late wife. and within the last few days
the ex-President has made formal an
nouncement of their engagement Stree
then everything relating 20 the Presidents
domestic life, and everything relating to
the domestic life OF Mrs Dimmick that
could be gathered to adorn sensational
story. has been given to the public rom
day to day in some OF the newspapers.
Ex-Presiient Harrisons marriage is Just
as much his own private affair as Is the
marriage of any other c.,Izen of the United
States. The fact tnst ne has held the
highest civil trust Of the world is no reason
whatever why his private life should be
made the plaything OF the Bohemian SEN
sationalist, nor why every rumor, even -
insinuated scandal, should be spread heIors
the public No public man OF the age has
lived more upright and stainless life than
Benjamin Harrison. In his home life, in all
the relations OF private life, wei as
In his public career, even the most violent
partisan hatreds never ventured 10 imIugn
the purity Of his character or the integrity
Of his acts, and the home OF such man
should certainly be sacred from the reek-
less impertinence Of newspaper scribes, who
revel in sensationalism regardless OF truth.
Whether ex-President Harrisons children
approve or dsapprove of his marriage With
Mrs. Dimmick Is not question for the pub
lie to discuss. Such differences arise in
many of the best families of the land from
time to time, but the public are not RECALLED
with column after column of such sensa-
tioDal stories, Someti mes with the merest
semblance of truth and often wholly false:
and why should the home affairs of so esti-
mabe a gentleman as ex-President Harr1-
son be paraded from day to day In the col
umns of public journals solely TO gratlfy
| the prurient taste that seeks TO give the
dark lining of scandal to every Bohemian
invention? The lady who is to be the future
wife Of the ex-President is daughter or
PENNSYLVANIA, and has proved herself In
every way worthy of the honcred husband
| she is so soon TO claim; and while such a
marriage cannot fail TO attract pubic inter-
est, the great mass OF the people OF his
country will not only deplore. but strongly
incline to resent. the efforts of sensational
| Journals to lift the curtain that makes
home sacred from the public, and indulge
in reckless statements which cannot be an
swered denied because the sanctlty OF the
| home forbids Ii. -
Ex-President Harrison is yet in the fun
vigor of life, with his mental and physical
powers undated. For four years past
his home has been desolated by the death
| of his universally beloved wife. and his
| children have gone out in the struggle or
| life and located In distant sections OF tne
country He Is alone, T,tn Daiur nin that he
should seek the association OF an accom-,
| plished woman like Mrs. Dimmlck ana can
her to preside over his home. Botn are 81
titled to the highest respect s , from should s
| he REGARDED as sacred as is the home OF less
| CONSPICUOUS people, who escape the seanoaa
| of the Bohemian because they are uhAnomn
| TO the public. This marriage is entirely "a
| orfair between ex-President Harrison ana
Mrs Dimmick. and the people OF the couh-
| try will so regard and respect It.