The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-08

The only candidate that u -
and 6le Of Republicans vsnH6i n
nominate in 1883 vas Blaina =
he was mot well, and he fu0nnnl =
make . contest for the nonine1iG
At last he eabled from Sosele11
Take Harrison" And the euapa.
ton indinerently took him.
: Harrison was rather IN ~
public speaker We have bal b q
presidency. with the exceptim =
Lincoln. His finished little speeeAa
which he daily delivered q q
crowds that were railroadsa II
Indianapolis BY the party manaesft
were most helpful to his an1ieacy.
Money waxed still more eleqlat
In that campaign. Cleveland's tasia
message was answered by recoej.
breaking fund for the Republinsx
Fry the fat out Of the psuesesa
industries," was the command 4
the chairman Of the Repalllul
national committee, Senator Qnu
Of Pennsylvania, and those nlas-
tries were done to . turn.
The more notable events q u
Harrison administration-she Ne.
Kinley tariff act; the silver I'd
which more than doubled the pr.
chase Of that metal By the traNry;
the dependent pension act. sad ~
first Pan-American congress-hafu.
ly belong In this little story bscaaSs
none OF them originated with IL
president himself. He did NOT ria
to leadership and congress took N
reins. All the while he sat IN The
White house in cold aloofness.
A lone little figure throughout BIZ
life. the presidency isolated hm
still more completely from his fsl-
lows. Nov, l walk with God" his
closest political confdaut was chill.
ed to hear him say election AigAt
Without offering . chair to his cali
ers at the White house. be sat ~
ping his desk, impatient for ha
togo. Don't feel insulted BY any
thing he may do or say" friendly
apologist warned a party Of ma
and women that he was about 70
lead into the presidential presence;
1t is only his way"
A senator said that when Haz1i-
son addressed 10000 men be cat
tured them all, but IL they met hh
separately and privately every ~
of them would come away his o.
ponent. Il have only two eneniss
in the world" Speaker Red
drawled, Harrison has appoints
one Of them to ONCE in my ton
and pardoned the other out Of y
penitentiary.
With the cry Of God help ~
surplus." the Republicans gave ~
country in Harrison's adminisut
ton the first "bilhon-dollar CO.
gress." the Appropriations for "
two-year term rising to that n
precedented total. To the popsef
| protest, Speaker Reed retortA:
This is . billion-dollar county,
But the country did not feel nc!
| enough to pay the higher tasu
rates of the Mckinley act
That law was passed only ~.
weeks before the Congressman
elections in 1890. OF course. evefJ.
one who had anything to sell seissa
upon the excuse to mark up ps,cek
The shopping women" rose IN tasa
/ fury at the higher cost OF nv,as'
and the voters overwhelmed the ~
| publican majority in the house. :,
That was the forerunrer Of sun
greater political overturn n w
presidential election in 1889. WV
/ Harrison went down under . sveep'
ing victory for Cleveland me loss
Of his wife befell him only 10 az
before he lost the presidency. Al.
er . few years = widowed nisce y
| Mrs. Harrison succeeded to ~
place OF her aunt and became ~
companion of the ex-pressees1
complete retirement from ponusD
life.
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