The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
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ernor George X. Nash and includes the fol- |
lowing Ohio state officials: Secretary of
State l. C.. Laylin. Attorney General j. NJ.
sheets. Auditor of State ID. w. GuiIbert.
commissioner of Schools l.. d. Bonebrake
and Judge Shouck. of the Supreme Court.
The Ohioans were delighted with their en-
,ainment and amazed at the magnihcence
of the club building and the completeness
Of its appointments.
Naturally the principal topic of conversa-
lion at the dinner and Afterwards i'm the So
eial chat in the parlor of the club was the
life and tragic death OF the ex-President.
ct is very natural that Ohio should join
b with Indiana in paying tribute to the MEM
orv OF General Harrison" said Governor
Nash. while it IS true that he gained his
preparation for life's struggle and did much
Of his life work in your State, il is also true
that he was a son of our State, and for that
reason our people watched his brilliant and
useful career with great pride. The pa
triotism of General Harrison was SO great
and his craftsmanship was so wise and far
reaching that the entire Nation was his
beneficiary. He was not a man who be-
longed to any one State, but he was a pa
.rolt who belonged te the whole country"
HELD IN HIGH REGARD.
EefIEAuA9 u t0lC 14dNlll DdlQ IFlOuI 10
General Harrison as follows: 1.-The people
OF Ohio have the highest regard for the dis
tinguished services of ex-President Harri-
son. Born in Ohio and associated with
the early history of the Republican party
through his distinguished father, we have
alWays felt that he was the same as a
citizen OF our State. We remember his
campaign for the presidency and the mag
nidcent addresses that he delivered and
the splendid services he rendered to the
party and the country with a feeling of
pride, and Ohio Republicans and citizens
OF the State genarally join with the people
OF Indiana and the Nation at large in ex-
pressions Of admiration for the distin-
guished services he rendered to his country
while President and his bravery as a SOL
dier in the army of the Union. The State of
William Mckinley is glad to pay tribute
70 Indiana's great citizen, statesman and
soldier.'
Supreme Judge Shouck said: General
Harrison has gone into history as one of
the most intelligent and scrupulous of all
American statesmen. His administration
from first to last was characterized by the
highest intelligence. the highest patriot
Ism and the highest devotion to duty. He
was a prodigy of intellect. he possessed a
thoroughly disciplined mind" Judge Shouck
recalled a nigh tribute paid TO the great
ness of General Harrison by ex-President
Hayes in a hotel at Columbus. o., early in
March, 1889. \ member of a group, of
which Mr.. Hayes was one, remarked that
Il President Harrison appointed Mr.. Blaine
as his secretary of state the latter would
overshadOw his chief. Mr.. Hayes, who
was noted for his reticence, spoke up and
faid: Il think, gentlemen, that you may
dismiss all such apprehensions. Whoever
may constitute the Cabinet, General Har-
rison Will be the President" When pressed
FOR his reasons for this opinion, Mr..
Hayes declared that during General Harri-
sons term as United. States senator he had
gained a thorough grasp of important leg
islation and of the workings of the various
departments of government. and con-
Guided Mr.. Hayes. at the close of his
term as senator no man in the United
States had a better understanding than he
had of the work of all Of the departments
of the government at Washington. Gen
eraI Harrison will be President, you may
BE very certain"
ATTORNEY GENERAL SHEETS
General Harrison was universally re-
garded as a man of as great intellectual
fierce as any man that ever occupied the
Office OF President" said Attorney Cen
eral Sheets. "Of course, we in Ohio do not
feel that we can fOrego all claims to him.
since he was a native of our State. One
thing that 1 think impressed me more than
eny other one thing was the tour Gen.
eraI Harrison took during the time he was
President. 1t had been supposed that Mr..
blaine was about the only man in the
country that could make a tour OF the
country and have a speech ready for sl
classes of people. 1 think, however, Presi-
dent Harrison displayed more remarkable
skill than any other man who ever under
took such a tour. Wherever he went he
seemed to be able TO make a new speech,
present new thoughts and ideas that fit
ted the peculiar classes of people with
i whom he came in contact, whether they
were men who differed with him in poll
ties or agreed with him, whether he was in
the manufacturing districts, agricultural or
mining he went. the
country over, his facility of expression.
the breadth of his intellect and the knowl-
edge that he possessed Of all parts of the
Country was astounding. President Har-
rIson's strength of intellect. the quality of
his mind and his undOubted possession OF
the judicial temperament, added to his po-
sition as the foremost lawyer OF the coun-
Try. fitted him. in my opinion. most ad-
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That is where he should have ended his
days"
L. d.. Bonebrake. commissioner of schools,
talked f~eelingly of the dead statesman, as
follows: General Harrison was a very
strong man, eminently intellectual and elni-
nently clean in morals, a man who devoted
MS entire life 10 duty as he saw it. He
was a soldier who did not hesitate to do
us duty in that capacity; he was a citizen
ot Indiana Of whom the State may be very
proud As United States senator and Pres
idens he gave his voice and his thought to
tne best things he could devise for lis
eountrys good He was a fine type OF
high-erade American citizenship"
W. d. Gilbert. auditor OF state, took
evident pleasure in testifying to the great
Worth OF the deceased ex-President. 1--WE
G Ohio looked upon General Harrison as
one OF our SOUS" he said. He was one
O. the greatest statesmen the country ever