The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-18
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
His Life and characteristics Summed
Up by the Indiana Press.

To-day not Indiana alone, but the whole
United States mourns the loss of her ia
VOrlte soma statesman by training and
a man by nature.-Richmond Item.
In the death of General Harrison America
and Americans, as we'll as the State of In
diana. have suffered an irretrievable loss,
and the grief is as broad as the land, and
deep and sincere.-Lafayette Journal.
General Harrison was an American aris-
tocrat, a man who with every benefit of
family and blood, put himself on a level
with the meanest, and demonstrated his
own capacity to work out his success. This
is the true aristocrat of a Republic.-Terre
Haute Tribune.
Only one ex-President is alive. Death
has claimed Benjamin Harrison, Indiana's
granGest Republican. citizen, statesman
and soldier. He was a statesman with Re
publican principles. but not a politician in
the modern sense of the definition. His
ideals were too lofty TO permit his stoop-
ing TO the little, spiteful things in politics.
Bloomfield News.
We remember him now as a mighty man
of genius who stood forth as the represent
alive Of his race and the champion of his
people. His praise is on all tongues, and
this is the surest pledge of the Immortality
Of his glory; and when those who mourn
to-day shall have passed away, all future
generations TO the end of time will be re-
A' A'~AN
Richmond Palladium.
In the death of ex-President Benjamin
Harrison the people of this great Republic
have suffered the loss of the most repre-
sentative citizen which the country has
known in the latter days of its wonderful
advancement. The earnest search TO find
his counterpart needs must fail and only
end in despair. for in him were rarely COM
bined all those qualities which make man
both lovable and great.-Anderson Bulle-
tin.
His patriotism was of a most intense
character. and was always noticeable in his
public utterances. Since retiring from the
presidency he had devoted himself assidu-
ously to his profession and lived only for
his family. A mar of many gifts and at
tainments, in all things he did his duty as
his conscience dictated. The Nation will
mourn, with the citizens of Indiana, the
death of General Harrison.-New Albany
Tribune.
General Harrison proved by his life that
the Christian gentleman can score the
greatest political success without divorcing
himself from his religion. a man of his
Intellectual force and power would prob
ably have won without any deep religious
convictions, but not in the overmastering
manner that Harrison won. General Har-
riSOn'S religion was one OF his strong
points, and its tenets often sustained and
guided him in most trying times.-Craw-
louisville Journal.
Benjamin Harrison has gone hence and
the question may we'll be asked, When
shall we see his like again? Who will rise
up to take his place in the minds and
hearts of the people of Indiana and of the
Nation? An honest, brave and fearless
man is the noblest work of God. Such was
Benjamin Harrison. let us cherish his
memory and forget his faults, if faults he
had. for be it remembered that he did
more for Indiana than Indiana did for him.
Peace to his ashes.-Kokomo News.
In the death of General Benjamin Harri-
son this country loses its foremost lawyer.
statesman and patriot. In scholarly attain
ments. in legal acumen, in breadth of view
on large political questions and in his high,
pure. patriotic motives he had no equal in
the United States. Surely a great man has
fallen. and his demise is a distinct loss TO
our country. Although not actively en-
gagged in public affairs of late years, yet
his silence on some matters and his few
u~tterances on public questions were most
potent for good.-Noblesville Lcdger.
The man whose untenanted form lies in
his late indianapolis home was one OF the
great men of the three generations in
wnich he has lived. Born 10 a heritage OF
greatness he has had greatness added by
the respect which q nation had learned &c
feel for the mind which dominated his
acts and the character which shaped ms
purposes. He was Il man whose intellect
cast the mold of his accomplishments, and
lie measured events with an eye trained to
a large perspective. His knowledge took
wide range. and his mental grasp OF situa-
tions and necessities made him a states
man.-Elkhart Review.
The death OF ex-President Benjamin
Harrison is a national calamity. He was one
of the genuinely great and thoroughly hon
est men Of the country. His character
placed him far above and in a wholly diff.
ferent class from the ordinary politician OF
me United States. whether senator oil
President. Benjamin Harrison was neaC
and shoulders above the mercenary typ
and is not TO be mentioned with 1t. He
belongs 10 the. immortal group or patriots
and heroes whose beI.ef in God, In right
eousness and personal rectitude was the
dominant note of their lives. The world
will always honor the memory of Benjamin
Harrison.-Msdison Courier.
Indiana is peculiarly stricken in thi:
death. General Harrison was the last bur
one of a galaxy of contemporaneous great
men. Morton. Mcdonald. Hendricks. Voor
bees and Harrison were giants in the
arena OF public thought and activity. This
venerable Turpie. retired and broken In
health. alone remains. General Harrison
was at the very zenith OF his superb and
masterful powers as a publicist. He Wa
I'm the monday Of his greatness. Nevel
while he was the chief magistrate of thi:
Republic was he accorded such lofty re
spect. such afectionate regard. as the peo
pie had come 10 bestow upon him in the
last months Of his illustrious career.-For
Wayne Sentinel.
\ great man, in the plenitude Of his mer.
tai powers. has died. Benjamin Harrison
has filed an important place in American
history. and his death leaves a vacancy
that will be hard 10 fiji. As an officer IN
the Union army during the civil war. a:
reporter OF the State Supreme Court. as Z
lawyer In many important cases, as candi-
date for Governor. as United States sena.
tor and as President he rose on each anC
every occasion 10 the full height OF his op-
p%Ortunities. Since his retirement from III,
office of chief executive OF the Nation hi:
fame as a lawyer, in the Venezuelan case
especially, has become worldwide. Nor,
lately still. as lecturer and n writer fol
magazines. he has attracted wide attention
by his learning and his l~ogic.-Terre Haut'
Gazette.