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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-14

James Whitcomb Riley on Ex-Presf-
dent Harrison.

Regarding General Harrison, James
Whitcomb Riley said: Il can only repeat
the commentaries of the men in this city
who have expressed their admiration for
General Harrison. He was a man TO whom
we owe much gratitude and a man who re-
fleets upon this State and the American
country great credit. We naturally feel
proud of him because he chose this city
for his home. He has been spoken of in the
highest terms ever since l can remember.
and my father was one of his greatest adj
mirers before my time. No man more Justly
deserves praise for his work. He was dis
tinctly American and a Westerner. a type
OF character we like In men. Even his po-
litical enemies. for L am certain he had
none other, and those who were bitterest,
/ feel could speak of him only with the
greatest respect and admiration. For home
life no one displayed more affection and
duty than he did. | think that General
looked upon him as cool and practical,
which Is true on the surface only, and that
Is the requirement for a successful business
man or a man in office. lie was a man of
was not manifest in his outward appear
ance and manner. His emotions were sub
ject TO his control. and he never let senti-
ment get beyond that control.
General Harrison had a high sense Of
justice and his comrades at the bar recog-
nized IL. He entered a case with intense
earnestness. and his arguments before the
judges were sometimes scathing. but they
We're taken by the men at the bar in the
friendnest spirit. He considered the Justice
OF his side OF the case and used his judg-
ment In presenting il. So, in his home life.
with strangers at the bar. he made friends.
After leaving this city he returned TO
make II his home when he might have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-14

l admire him. He was recognized as the
greatest lawyer in the country. and he
could make the best short political speech
OF any man | ever heard. He could say
In a few words what ii would take other
speakers a half hour TO say, but was more
of a statesman than politician. He was
a friend TO my grandfather. and ever since
l was a boy | have mad the greatest ad-
n,iration for him. L remember when | was
six years old how 1 cried when he was de-
feated for Governor of Indiana"
harry Is. Smith, county auditor, said:
Anything good that IS said about General
HARRISON | heartily indorse. | first became
acquainted with him in 1SSS, when he was
a candidate for President, and know no
kinder man. Things have been said about
white kid gloves but without justice;
opinion. General Harrison was the brain
lest man in the United States. He chose
the right side because 1t was right and
old what was right. which always brougn Mt
the best results TO the community AMI
State. lie was the greatest officeholder
and Statesman in the country and his aG-
lnlnlstration proved it,
Judge Henry Clay Allen. of the Circuit
Court, said: President Harrison's life is
a conspicuous example of success well
merited and fully achieved. He knew no
failures. As a citizen. lawyer and states
man he stood -pre-eminent. No one can
correctly stimat the value of his life
10 the Nation and to the State"
Judge Vinson Carter said: Il have known
General Harrison since 1862. l first met
him in college before / went to the army
and met him in the army many times.
AS a man, lawyer and statesman he had
no superior in the country. / was present
at a Thanksgiving dinner in Tennessee in
1864. when he made an after-dinner speech.
1t was at the close of the war, and that
speech was one of the finest 1 ever heard
him make. He was truly an American and
in his cases at the bar l always admired
his ability. He was truly a great man."
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FOR GOOD OF CUBANS.
Senator o. IL. Platt Replies to Criti-
cfsms of His Amendments.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator Plat.
of Connecticut, author of the much-dis-
cussed Plat amendments, relating to Cuba.
which are, just now, a theme of agitation
in Cuba, had a brief talk with President
Mckinley to-day regarding Cuba, and
later saw Secretary Root. Mr.. Plat. when
asked concerning the published criticism
appearing to-day from Havana, concern
ing the amendments bearing his name,
declined to enter into any discussion as
TO a particular criticism made by a certain
distinguished Cuban leader, but on the gen.
eral subject said: 1.-THE Cubans will see, in
the end, that the amendments are as much
in their interests as they are in the inter
ests of the United States. They will see
that, in the end" continued Mr.. Platt. to
lend emphasis to this particular conviction.
There may be at the start a little Of
Tended dignity growing out of ~misapprehen-
sion of purpose and aims. but / have no
doubt that the Cubans will ultimately see
the sincerity of purpose which has actu-
ated US in framing these amendments, alike
in their interests and in the interests of
this country"
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His Force as a Lawyer.

Albert w Wishard, United States district
attorney, said: MY first impression of
General Harrison as a lawyer was in hear
ing his argument for the defense of the
celebrated case of Milligan and others
against Governor Morton, General Caring
ton and others in the United States Court
here in the spring of 1871. The case was
tried before Judge Drummond and a jury.
Governor Hendricks represented the plain
tiffs, General Harrison and Major Gordon
the defendants. The case grew out of the
conviction of Milligan, Horsey and Bowles
by a military court during the war. |
afterwards heard his arguments in the
prosecution of John Campbell for the killing
of a man named Little at Alamo, in Mont
gomery county. The case was tried in
Charlottesville in March of 1874. The lead
ing argument for the defense was made by
Daniel w. Voorhees, and for the prosecution
by General Harrison. While / was not of
age at the time of the trial of either of
these cases / can never forget the great
force of General Harrison's argument in
each. While / have a fair knowledge of the
Indiana bar l have never heard any other
lawyer make an argument that equaled
either of those made by the general. In
his death the State has lost the acknowl-
edged leader of the bar. His personal life
was without a blemish. In his death the
people. without reference TO party affilia-
ton, can mourn the loss of Indlana's great
est citizen and a man who more than any
other in the last twenty-five years has made
the name of this State great"
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Tribute of John w. Kern.

John w. Kern said: General Harrison
was Indiana's greatest lawyer and fore
most citizen. He was a man of great
natural endowments, an untiring student
and profound thinker. His great-grand-
father. who signed the Declaration of
Independence, nor his grandfather, who
fought at Tippecanoe, possessed no richer
patriotic blood than he. He was in every
sense of the word a patriot, and he proved
his patriotism, not only by Offering his
tie, but by his record as a public Of
as a citizen. That he was a b~road-gauged
American statesman is attested by the fact
that when President he appointed a Demo-
crat to the Supreme Court bench of the
United States, because he believed the
interests of the country demanded it, and
did not hesitate to appoint such Demo-
Gratis as Judges Putnam, of Maine, and
Dallas, of Pennsylvania, to the Federal
Court of Appeals bench, because he be-
lieved there should be no politics in the
judiciary. | am not advised thai any
other President during the last fifty years
has made such a record. 1 always admired
General Harrison's ability as a lawyer
and public man. and on closer acquaint-
personally.
mot indianapolis, not Indiana alone Is
the loser by his death. The Republic suf-
fers a distinct loss. Who Will take Gen.
eral Harrison's place at the bar? Who will
continue the battle for the government
of the fathers. in which he was engaged
up to almost his last hour?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-14

Miss Graydon. The committee in charge OF
the entertainment consisted of Mrs Ogle,
chairman; Mrs. +. H.. Eldridge, Mrs. w.
+. Wynn. Miss Wilson and Miss Clayton.
The programme was a delightful one and
was rendered by Miss Nesbitt, Mrs. John
T. Brush. Mrs. Harry Sloan Hicks, Mrs.
Hewitt Rowland Miss Mckenzie MISS OIL
cutt OF Muncie, Miss Georgia Calvin and
Miss Ketcham. There were quite a number
of visitors enjoyed the programme and
the social features of the afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas j. Villers and the
music committee of the First Baptist
Church gave an evening company last
night at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Villers.
on North Meridian street. in honor OF the
choir and the new Organist. Mr.. Leo s..
Riggs, who has recently come here from
Canada. With the pastor and his wife in
receiving were Mr.. and Mrs. ID. NJ Parry,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Eitel and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. d. George. The choir numbers over
fifty members and in all there were about
seventy guests. The different rooms were
prettily decorated. the parlors being in
pink azaleas and palms, with ranging oask-
cts of ferns and vines placed here and
there and between the doors. In the dining
room the buffet and table were adorned
with yellow tulips. set Ia a bed CT green.
In this room Mrs. George and Mrs. Eitel
served the punch. During the evening there
was an informal musical programme. Mrs.
Villcrs played "Fantasie Brilliante,' from
Riggs played several selections. rhe choir
also rendered several selections, after which
there were musical conundrums. A course
luncheon was served during Tire evening
KETCHAM-MCOY.
SreciaI TO the indianapolis Journal.
GREENSBURG. Ind, March 13.-Miss
Amanda Mccoy, youngest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Sutherland Mccoy, of Clarks-
burg. and Clyde Ketcham were married
to-day, at the home of the bride. in the
presence Of a numerous company. The Rev.
Mr.. McMichael, of Cleveland, OBLIGATED.
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GREATEST MAN OF HIS TIME.
The High Tribute Paid by Mr.. John
l.. Grifiths.

Mr.. John l.. Griffiths said:
"In the death of General Harrison the
greatest man of his time, in my judgment,
has passed away. 1t has meant much to
the Nation TO nave had, in this age of ma
terialism, relieved. however, by splendid
examples of patriotism and self-effacement,
as it's most conspicuous figure a Christian
statesman. There never was anything
paltry or ignoble in the aims and motives
and ambitions of General Harrison. He
reminded me of the earlier leaders in our
history-of the John, John Quincy
and Samuel. and of Livingston, Marshall
and Jay. While self-centered, as all strong
and resolute men are, General Harrison
was cast in too large a mold TO weigh his
own advancement against the common
good. Differing from many OF our ex-
Presidents when he retired from office, he
did not pass into obscurity. He rendered
some of his most efficient public service
after leaving Washington. When he spoke
all listened. He never lost his interest in
affairs and was ever Jealous for his coun-
try's honor and highest welfare. He was a
man of superb moral courage and said
what he believed TO be true, let the conse-
quences be what they might.
His literary style was pure, simple, dig
nifed and noble. Although he read widely,
there is scarcely a literary allusion In any
of his addresses. He formed his own style
q style peculiar TO the man and almost
fiawless in its perfection. His most impas-
stoned utterances have nothing artificial or
spectacular about them. They were coined
out of profound experience, strenuous con-
viction and deep sympathy. He was loyal
to his friends and loved and trusted them
as they loved and trusted him. He was a
man of transcendent talents and tremen-
dous power, always benefcently and wisely
employed for the disciplining and strength
ening of the public conscience. While he
cannot be replaced, he can be emulated, and
the sincerest tribute We can pay to his
memory will be to follow the steady moral
light which shone on his pathway from the
beginning TO the end of his long and varied
and useful and illustrious career"
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Smiley n. Chambers said: General Har-
rison was prominently a w-orkingman.
In the sixty-seven years of his life he
perhaps worked more hours than any man
of his city or State. Boy and man, he
worked s~trenuously in the performance
of his duty. He made the most Of the
talents with which he was endowed. He
lost neither time nor opportunity to store
his mind with knowledge. and fit him.
self for the great responsibilities of his
life. What an intellect he possessed-the
product of good natural gifts and unin-
permitting activity. In all my acquaint-
ance l have not known so prodigious a
worker in a lawsuit. He knew no weari-
ness until the end was reached. He was
an honest, high-minded man, scorning du-
plicity, hating treachery and abhorring ev-
cry form of dishonesty. Liberty loving
he worshiped at the throne of law and or
der. His sympathy was profoundly with
the Beers in their heroic struggle for their
country and their homes. The oppressed
everywhere have lost a friend and advo-
cate, this country a loyal patriot and this
State its greatest Citizen
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Mr.. A. A. Young's Expression.

A. A. Young, collector of customs, said:
81 can scarcely realize that General Harri-
son is dead. His abstemious life, his splen-
did physique and even temperament led me
to expect him TO live to a good old age.
His has been a successful life. Great in
every sphere-in his home life, in his pro-
fession, in his church, in every public duty.
His administration of the affairs of the
Nation while he was President viii go down
in history as one of the wisest, cleanest
and most wholesome in our national exist
ence, and his was the great personality
that impressed itself in hat administra-
ton. He lacked the personal magnetism
of Blaine and some of our other great men.
but he won the hearts and confidence of
the people by the magnificence of his life"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-14
SPEECH BY SALISBURY.


LONDON, March 13.-Lord Salisbury,
speaking this evening at the annual ban
quet Of the Association OF the Chambers
OF Commerce, after alluding TO the unity
OF parties during the many months of
struggle from which England is ISSUING:
with her strength unimpaired," referred
TO trade questions. Il do not find" said
the premier. that the spectre OF Ger
many has affected our commercial works.
although a respondent feeling exists. which
is due rather To the necessity which fer
tile writer's feel OF producing copy for
impending issues. rather than TO any real
foundation in fact. Still there is a note
of announcement In a certain portion
OF public opinion and the public press.
This perhaps is the national pessimism
which attends great success. but / trust
we shall take such warnings as II they
were real, and give our whole attention
10 meeting any dangers that might be
pressing upon us.
After recommending . more general
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-14
X. O.. HAWKINS TALKS.
Many "Reminiscences of General Har-
rison's Legal areer

Roscoe o. Hawkins related many inter-
esting "reminiscences of the life of General
Harrison. as he sat with a group of friends
in the Columbia Club, last night. Senator
Hawkins was intimately acquainted with
the legal career of the dead man, having
been associated with him in many of his
cases. He said that one of the most con-
spicuous characteristics of General Harri-
son was his unvarying courtesy on all oc-
casions. "When L came to indianapolis as
a young man. said Senator Hawkins,
General Harrison was In the active gener-
al practice of the law and my impressions
of him as a lawyer were received at that
time. / then thought, and / still think, that
he was the ablest general practitioner in
the State. What | mean by that is that
many lawyers were particularly strong in
certain branches OF the profession and
practice, but General Harrison excelled all
of them as an all-round practitioner, taking
one case with another as they came. L
once heard a distinguished judge remark
that if he were on trial for his life or were
entangled in litigation that involved all
that he possessed. he would rather be rep
resented by General Harrison than by any
other lawyer that he ever knew.
When General Harrison entered the field
of politics he displayed the same ability
that he did as a lawyer. He was not a
politician in any ordinary sense of the
term. He had very little of the quality that
usually makes a man popular in a political
way, but his great ability, combined with
his honesty OF purpose and high sense of
duty, made him strong with his party with
out the attributes that are generally con-
sidered essential to political success. He
was an absolutely sincere man In every re-
lation of life, without false pride or hypoc-
risy. His death comes as a great shock to
me-
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FROM HENRY l.. WILSON.
United States Minister to Chile on
Late Ex-President.

Henry L. Wilson, United States minister
TO Chile, who is visiting in the city, said
of General Harrison, last night: II have
known General Harrison from childhood.
On my visit here l hoped to be able to visit
him and renew the pleasure of his friend
ship and am greatly shocked by his death.
General Harrison impressed me always as
being a man of the highest intellectually
and being absolutely honest in his convic-
lions upon all public questions. L do not
believe he ever devjated a hairs breadth
from what he believed TO be right in order
to secure popularity and public approba-
tion. If he believed a thing to be right he
armed himself to the convictions, let the
results be what they might. The world has
rated him generally as a cold, unsympa-
thetic man, but such is not my estimate of
his character. His cold exterior was, in my
judgment. simply a masked cover, "A natural,
diffident and modest spirit, and back of it
all there was as kindly a heart as ever
beat in the breast of any man. and sympa-
thy as quick and gentle as a woman's. He
was easily the greatest man Indiana has
ever produced, either in law, craftsmanship
or controversial literature. We have never
had a man like him in this State and L
doubt If we will find one equal to him in
all his ways very SOON
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ATRNITURE
STOVES
w. HI.
col East Washington st.
ADJUSTMENTS.

|
With to-day's matinee Ed +. Rush's Vic
toria Burlesquers will begin a three days
engagement at the Empire.
XXX
A number of new animals have arrived at
The Zoo and are now on exhibition. Robert
yesterday and took a great interest in the
ions. Tonight will be bankers night" at
hat place of amusement.
The advance sale for the Sousa band con-
cert in Tomhnson Hall next Monday night
opened yesterday morning at the box office
of the Park Theater with a rush that indi-
Gated the great bandmaste has grown in
popular favor since his last appearance in
this city.
Miss Grace Van Studdiford, the operate
prima donna, who is i'm vaudeville and will
head the bill at the Grand next week, is an
Indiana girl, having been born in North
Manchester. She received the greater part
OF her musical education in European con-
servatories.
Harry Glazier has served a long and
faithful apprenticeship, coming up from a
very low beginning TO the position of lead
ing man with a number of the great stock
organizations, and finally, through the in
strumentality OF Z. ID. Stair, becoming a
star at the head of a splendid production of
1.-The Three Musketeers.' Mr.. Glazier be-
cinating play this afternoon at the Park
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Frank Ii. Burke's Tribute.

Frank b. Burke said: "In the death of
General Harrison constitutional govern
ment loses an able exponent, liberty a fear
less champion ard the aspiring people Of
the world a friend who dared to ~antagonize
the administrative policy of his party in de-
Tense of their rights. His high character
rendered him invaluable to the cause he
espoused. His exalted place in the United
States and his worldwide reputation ais a
pure and unselfsh patriot gave weight ard
power to his advocacy of constitutional
freedom. He had in him the blood of one
of the signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. His last days were given to the
defense of its great principles. The State
has lost it's foremost citizen; the Nation it's
most virtuouS statesman, humanity its
most loVal friend"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-14
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES.
Lehigh Valley Engineer, Fireman and
brakeman Are Killed.

TRENTON. n. J., March 13.-The boiler
of engine No. 3S3. OF the Lehigh Valley
Railway. exploded this morning while the
engine was pulling a coal train near Mud
run. anc three men were killed. They ares
WILTON ALBERT. engineer.
MORGAN MORRIS, fireman.
ROBERT M'MULLEN, brakeman; all OF
Pittston.
The engine was blown into the Lehigh
river, and the men were instantly killed.
The train was not affected, and ran for
some distance without the engine. 1t is
plode, as il was a comparatively new one.
All the victims were married and leave
families.
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MESSAGES OF CONDoLENCE.
Ex-Presidcnt Cleveland md Former
Cabinet officers Send kilograms.

Among the kilograms received at the Har-
rison home last night was one from eX-
President Cleveland expressing sympathy
for the bereaved widow. The message was
sent from Princeton, n. j., and was adj
dressed to Mrs. Harrison, as follows: "Ac-
cept my heartfelt sympathy in an affection
which many millions share with you"
Messages were also received from many
other public men. Some of General Harri-
sons former Cabinet officers sent kilograms.
Messages came from Gen. Benjamin +.
Tracy, ex-secretary of the navy; John w.
Foster, ex-secretary Of state: Charles Fos-
ter, ex-secretary of the treasury; John w.
Noble, ex-secretary of the interior; Senator
s. Il. Elkins, ex-secretary of war; John
Wanamaker, ex-postmaster general; eX-
Senator Thomas w. Palmer, of Michigan;
Chief Justice Fuller, Justice Harlan, JUS
tice Mckenna. Senior AzpiroZ, Mexican
minister at Washington; Murat Halstead
and William McAdOo, who was assistant
secretary of the navy under Cleveland.
Mr.. Wanamaker in his telegram an
nounced that ne would be here to attend
the funeral of General Harrison. 1t is ex-
pected that other Cabinet officers who
served under General Harrison will also
attend the funeral.