Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1887 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUUHAL, THUBSDAT, JANUABT 13, 1887.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 133. WASHINGTON OFFICE 5 liS Fourteenth St. T. S. IIiATH. Correspondent. THIS INDIANAPOLIS JOUUNAIj Can oa found at the following places: LONIXf-Aaaartcaa Exchange in Strand. Europe, 449 PARI5 Arr.c ri.vr. Exchange in Paris. 35 Boulevard d Capucine. NEW YORK-Godney House and Windsor Hotels. CIIlCAGO-Palraer House. CIN'CIVN'ATI J. P. Iluriey & Co.. 151 Viae street. LOUISVILLE C. T. Dearing, northwest comer Third and JeiTerton streets. ST. LOlUS Union Xews Company, Uuion Depot and Southern Hotel. WASHINGTON, D. House. C.Rixz House and Ebbitt Telephone Calls. Business Office -33 Editorial Room 242 Jlfonfari of the General Atvnubly wanting tha Journal fnrinj the regular $euoit thoul'l leave their lubtcripiion, dirctivn aito where they desire to receive the paper, nt the Journil Countinyrooi. TnE Sentinel ha3 found out how Senator Winter stands. Thanks to the Democrats Indiana is getting a great deal of Lad notoriety just now. A BILL has been introduced into the Ohio Legislature providing for the construction of . belt railroad at Cincinnati. Thus, ono by one. the outlying suburban cities are following in the wake of Indianapolis. Congressman Bynum has again given proof that he possesses a level head. lie acknowledges that the Democrats have little shanco of electing a Senator, and, decliuingto wasto any more time, ha3 wisely gone about his buaiu?33. Tnc Journal violates no confidence in say ing that Mr. Green Smith suffered from a nervous chill yesterday, for fear the Repub licana would adopt New Jersey tactics. He . need not be a!armed. The .Indiana brethren have a better way. WnY should Mr. Green Smith be treated with respect now that he realizes the disreputableness of his performance On Thurs day, in the revolutionary seizure of the power of organization of the Senate he acted as an indecent blackguard and buffoon. Even n mugwump organ is sometimes constrained to coincide with the general opinion of a fair-miuded public. The Boston Herald U constrained to admit that the Democrats "seem to be responsible for the bad state of things" in the Indiana Legislature. TnE Sentinel has been trying to encourage ifce revolutionists by repeated declarations that Senator Winter did not believe in the legality of Lieutenant-governor Robertson's election. Senator Winter very effectually put his foot ou this falsehood yesterday. The Henry George clubs in New York are principally occupied now in meeting and disbanding. They are going out of existence faster than they came in. Henry George did it with hia little pen. His wholesale attack on the Catholic Church has killed his movement and ended him politically. The Ohio Senate, having purged itself by expelling the fraudulent Senators frora Hamilton county, has reorganized by removing all tbe Democratic officials of the Senate, elected hj the aid of the Hamilton county Senators, ,anl substituting Republicans. Having washed ita hands, the Senate is now ready for business; A BILL has been introduced into the Ohio Legislature, making a voto of two-thirds of a jury a legal verdict. The effect of such a law would be to mako jury trials very expensive to a certain class of litigants. It would have been necessary, for instance, for bocdle aldermen of Now York to have purchased more than one juryman. According to the cablo dispatches Prince Bismarck became passionate when he referred to France. Perhaps the nine glasses of brandy and water consumed by the Prince during the progress of his remarks may have had something to do with his excitement. Some sensitive natures are so susceptible to Influences of tbis sort. Li E UTr.N ant -G over no K Robertson's course yesterday wa3 marked by the same dignity and firmness that have characterized it from tho beginning. His formal demand for the presiding officer's chair and firm "but respectful protest against the course pursued by the Senate are in marked contrast with the conluct of pretender Smith and the revolutiou:u. r Governor Gray withdrew early in the fray; Bynum has taken himself off in disgust, and one or two other ambitious gentlemen have apparently ceased to take a very live interest in the proceedings. The significant thing about tho withdrawals is, that they do not strengthen the chances of the remaining candidates in the least. Rats will desert a linking ship. . ' , In the Democratic caucus of Senators the vote was 1G to 15 in favor of adopting the revolutionary tactics proposed by Green Smith. Sftt. despite- this narrow margin, tho entire thirty one havettood like a stone wall in every suppoped party movement. But the fifteen will not surrender everything, though they ivo their votes unqaestioningly, so long as here is a belief that party advantage is at tak. The breaking away of such Senators

as Weir, McDonald and others from the brutal demand of the mobocrats that nothing offered

by Republican Senators should be even read, 13 significant that not a few Democrats are growing tired of the antics of the revolution ary gang who, thus far, have been permitted to run things their own way. TnE infamous gall and scoundrelism of the application in behalf of Green Smith, to enjoin Lieutenant governor Robertson from the exercise of the functions of his office until February, when the case can be heard by the court, is on a par with the revolutionary tac tics of the office -stealera and political thieves from the beginning. Such a thing was never heard of, and is worthy only of a gang of disreputable tricksters and mad partisans. SMITH IN COURT. Senator Smith yesterday commenced a proceeding in the Circuit Court of this county to test the validity of his claim to the office of Lieutenant-governor. Lieutenant-governor Robertson had no occasion to do this, having been elected by the people and legally inducted into office. Mr. Smith, being a claimant for the office, is compelled to go somewhere to try and manufacture a title. After clamoring for several days for somebody else to take hi3 case into court, he has concluded to do so himself, and there he is now. We say Mr. Smith is" entitled to have his claim passed upon if he can get anybody to do it, but we do not think the courts have or will take jurisdiction of the case. The Constitution of Indiana piovides that "Contested elections for Governor or Lieutenant-governor shall be determined by the General Assembly in such manner as may bo prescribed by law." Tbis is a contested election for Lieutenant-governor. The Legislature has not provided by law for the determination of such a case, but that does not give the courts jurisdiction. This case emanates from and belongs to a co-ordinate branch of the government, and there being nothing in the Constitution or laws to give the courts jurisdiction, they have none and will not assume it. Mr. Smith is trying to nullify an election by the people, and his present scheme is to get the courts to give color to his attempted theft. Therefore, we say we do not believe the courts will take jurisdiction of the case. He should be turned out of the court in this case as he has been once al ready. People who think it a proper matter to have courts pass upon this question should read what the Chicago Times, a leading Dem ocratic newspaper, thinks of the proposition The petition in behalf of Alonzo G. Smith is published in substance elsewhere. He prays for an injunction from the Circuit Court to prevent Colonel Robertson from performing any of the duties pertaining to the office of Lieutenant-governor, he claiming that, by virtue of his election as President pro tem. of the Senate, be is entitled to discharge all of the duties belonging to the office. What is this but another attempt to try the title to the office of Lieutenant-governor in the courts? The Constitution of the State specifically de clares that contests to that office shall be de termined by the General , Assembly. Tho General Assembly, and that body alone, can try such a question. For the courts to obtrude into that field would be unwaran table, impertinent and dangerous. The statute conferring upon circuit prosecutors the right to begin suit against the usurper of an office which our esteemed contemporary, the News, and our well-esteemed friends, the Democratic revolutionists, have been prating about for some days i3 so manifestly outside this question as not to be worth notice. The statute clearly refers to minor county offices. Can it be supposed for a minute, that the Legislature moant to confer on a county-court pvor-ecutor the right to lug into his court the incumbent of the office of Governor, and thus bring a co-ordinate- branch of tho government into hi3 interior tribunal to have the title to his office determined? The idea is preposterous. And so in this case. Can it be possible that any sane man, with the proper idea of the checks and balances or our form of government, and with a proper idea of the dignity of the several departments, and the absolute necessity of keeping them separate and independent of each other, will for a moment take the ground that a court, inferior or supreme, can take jurisdiction of a contest for the office of a co oidinate department? Can the courts assume to try a contest for the office of Governor for te try a contest for tho office of Lieutenant-governor is, in effect, the same? Is the executive department of the State to b made and unmade at the will of the courts? The Constitution says the political department of the government, the General Assembly, shall determine such questions. No matter what shape it may assume, the claim of Green Smith is a contest for the office of L'eutenant-governor with Robert S. Robertson, and under the Constitution there is but one place to try that. Gentlemen interested in supporting the Constitution will place themselves impregnably upon that ground. For a court to obtrude into that sole and exclusive jurisdiction would be, to the last .degree, . dangerous; and although for the present it might seem to work an advantage to a particular party, it would, in the end, bo a great disaster to all the people. It would tend to break down respect for courts, which, kept closely within tbe constitutional limitations of their jurisdiction, command the regard of . the public, and are tho great conservators of law and justice. It is dangerous and mischievous for thorn to make excursions

into controverted fields, and all the people of

all political parties are interested in having them keep from questionable experiments. SENATOR HARRISON AND LABOR. It was entirely unnecessary, perhaps, for our Washington correspondent to look into the record of Congressman Bynum to see upon . wnat basis ins saly claim to be the special friend of the workingman was based, but it was natural for him to do so, con sidering publications that have been made by interested parties. In view of what has been said, however, respecting Senator Harrison, it ia matter of importance and current value that our Wash ington special gives, showing the Senator's relation to labor questions, and to memorials and bills in which the labor classes of the country feel a particular interest. The record is taken from th official documents, and it is one in the highest deerree honorable to Senator Harrison, and shows how careful he ha3 been of the rights and privilege of the working classes, and how steady and true a friend he has proved himself of everything before Congress which could advance their interests. The printers of the District of Columbia honored him with special mention, among about a score of other Senators and members of the House, and in these resolutions specially commended him to his constituents as one who should be returned to Congress, if possible, for the benefit of workingmen. We commend Senator Harrison's record, as given by our Washington correspondent, to the attention of the people of the State, and especially to the workingmen and their special friends and advocates. INDIANA DEMOCRATS. What have tho Democracy of Indiana ever done to reflect credit on the State or to bring it honor at home or abroad? In time of war they were for peace, and in time of peace they are for war. When the State needed soldiers they were plotters of treason, and when she needs statesmen they are political swashbucklers, read to fight for a theft and die for a fraud. When other States were vying with one another in the race of loyalty to the Union, and attracting the attention of the world by the patriotic unanimity of their people, the Democracy of Indiana were in open sympathy and secret correspondence with rebels, "and were tr-lng to bankrupt the credit and wreck the honor of tho State. Then, as now, they were arrayed in opposition to the Constitution and laws, trying by revolutionary methods to overthrow both. When did they ever do anything to reflect credit on the State or bring it honor at home or abroad? SENATORIAL CANDIDATES. The withdrawal of Governor Gray resolves the senatorial situation, so far as the Democracy are concerned, into McDonald against the field, the latter consisting of Niblack, Turpie and Holman, with Bynum in the distant rear, Governor Gray could probably have secured the nomination and complimentary vote of the Democrat if he had so desired. The real motive of his withdrawal is not to be judged by tho reason he gave for the step, He said: "If there was a Democratic lieuten ant-governor to succeed me 1 would be a can didate." That probably means that he with drew for some other reason, though the admis sion loses none of its significance on that account. Governor Gray is a shrewd poli tician, an noie organizer, ana very popular with the young Democracy, the active p" iticiaus of his party. He could have got the nomination if he had remained in the field, and probably would have done so had he thought it worth working for. By common consent ex-Senator McDonald leads at present in tho Democratic race. This is because there is no man of commanding ability and leadership in the Democratic party in Indiana. McDonald is not a man of commanding ability, and is notably deficient in the elements of a popular leader. He i3 a fair lawyer, a plausible epeaker, a reliable partisan, a good wheelhorse who, if he never pulls very hard, never balks; a statesman, of the plodding school, and, as Democrats go, a respectable sort of man. He has good digestion, good humor, wears a large-sized collar, and is on good terms with the world and himself. Ho has managed to get a great deal of free advertising by running on to Washington frequently to look after Bell telephone interests, and having it given out that he was booked for the Cabinet, or in consultation with the President, etc. Mr. McDonald has not a very strong hold on his party, and his nomination is not a certainty. Of the dark horses Turpie is the most intellectual, Niblack the most honest, Holman the most of a demagogue, and Bynum . the "cheekiest." Turpi possesses a good deal of ability cf a kind of dark lantern order, but is so intense a partisan that it makes him unhappy and, combined with his naturally saturnine and cynical disposition, unattractive. Turpio has talent, but he is not a lovely character. J udge Niblack is the least of a partisan of any prominent Democrat in Indiana, is honest, and a gentleman of high character and decided ability. He is too good a man for the Democrats to nominate, unless bv accidont. He is one of the four judges whose "cowardly souls" the Sentinel damned the other day for making an honest decision. Niblack would make a better Senator than McDonald, though he wouldn't be as much talked about for Cabinet positions, etc. Hol man is well, everybody knows about what he is. A man of very common! parts and mediocre ability, absolutely without attainments of any kind, his long experience in public life has given him considerable knowl edge of public affairs. But he never origia

atea anything, and, after twenty years in Con

gress, is only known as the great objector a lock on the wheels of legislation. The trouble is, he applies the lock indiscriminately, and id as apt to promote a bad measure as to cripple a good one. His principal forte is keeping 6olid with his "deestrict." Bynum is not a candidate, but thinks he is. He lacks a good many of the elements of greatness, but "cheek" is not one of them. The introduction of bis name makes it a scrub race. Mr, Bynum's present position is quite as big as he is capable of filling, and until he has grown fully up to the measure of that he ought not to as pire to a higher. The Republicans have but one candidate, Senator Harrison, and, while there are many Republicans in the State who would fill the po sition creditably, no one thinks of contesting Senator Harrison's claim. The country is in a kindly mood towards the city of Charleston, S. C, and will hardly find fault with the appropriation of $200,000 for the erection of a public building there. As a matter of fact, the business of the city has fallen, off enormously, and there is less need of a custom-house there now than there was thirty years ago. Of course, the government needs a postoffice building there, and can afford to erect a good one. It is characteristic of congressional methods hat the bill, as reported in the House, appropriated $100,000 for the site and $400,000 for the building, and when a.motion was made to reduce the latter to $200,000 the member from the Charleston district said, as ho did not wish to imperil the bill, he would ask the House to accept the amendment. Probably thi3 was all he wanted or expected. The approved way to get a claim through Congress is to ask for twice as much as you are entitled to, and then gracefully yield to a reduction of 50 per cent. As the Southern people now-a-days are "for the old flag and an appropriation," it is to be hoped that' Charleston, having secured her appropriation, will not forget the other part of the platform. Not all the Democrats, either in or out of the Legislature, indorse the revolutionary methods of the "young Democracy," headed by Green Smith. The article from the Terre Haute Gazette, the expressions of the Logansport Pharos, the Evansville Courier, the Fort Wayne Journal, and the protests against gag rule by such Senators as Morgan H. Weir and I. B. McDonald show that the sensible members of tho Democratic party realize that Green Smith and his gang, headed by the light-headed tool of any sort of a ring, Leon Bailey, are ruining the party every day their schemes are permitted to continue. The Democrats in the Senate, yesterday, took up and referred to the committee on elections five contested election cases, includ ing the Shroyer case, of Cass county. In this case the defeated candidate has, for himself, and so far as he could, dismissed the contest, and it has no legal standing. Yet the Demo cratic purpose is to treat it as a bona fide contest. Their action yesterday was intended as a bluff to the House, and means that they are prepared to go to any length in making and filling vacancies in the Senate that may be necessary for the furtherance of their rev olutionary schemes. On the Gth day of August, the day of the publication of At forney-general Hord's opin ion that there was a vacancy in the office of Lieutenant-governor, to be filled at the No vember election, the Indianapolis Sentinel says: "Governor Gray stated that there was no doubt that there would have to be an elec tion of Lieutenant-governor, and that the convention next week would head the ticket with a candidate." Governor Gray now says "If there wore a Democratic LieutenantGovernor to succeed me 1 would bo a candi date for United States Senator." If a court could be found to issue a pre tended injunction against Lieutenant-gov ernor Robertson presiding over the joint con vention on Wednesday next, very probably the Lieutenant-governor would treat it as of about as much force as the Pope's bull against the comet. We apprehend no court will be found to do anything of that sort. Just how Green Smith will bo irreparably injured by Colonel Robertson presiding over the joint convention is not visible to the naked eye. What interest has Green Smith in the matter? TllE'de.ith of the Earl of Iddesleigh follow ing so swiftly after his declaration that not only was hia strength sufficient for the work of the Foreign Office, but that his health had been positively benefited by the performance of the "interesting duties," need not neces sarily be taken as . proof that the noble lord was mistaken. Regarding the Foreign Office in the light of a tonic, it is but natural that a sudden and complete separation from the remedial agent should cause a collapse. The present effort is made to have the Cir cuit Court enjoin Lieutenant-governor Robertson from presiding over the joint conven tion on Wednesday next. That is to say, the office-stealers want the court to join them in their political burglary. j. TnE Chicago Times, the great Democratic paper, has a very clear idea of the revolution ists, and of their "law-abiding" purpose to "submit it to the courts." Mb. Poouman has introduced a joint resolu tion in the Ohio Legislature asking Congress to transfer to the several States the revenue derived from the special tax on dealers in liquors and tobacco for the year 1866 and thereafter. Mr. Poorman evidently wants to show there is something in a name.

GEN. HABBISON AND LABOR.

What the Senator Has Done in Wash ington for the Cause of Labor. How He Has Been the Mouthpiece of the Knights of Labor, and Has Advocated Measures that Interest Workingmen. Special to tbe InJianavails Journal. Washington', Jan. 12. The flash into the senatorial arena at Indianapolis by ilr. Bynum, on the strength of the Bupport of the laboring men, has created a great surprise in Washington, and to-day the Journal correspondent made diligent inquiry among the leading labor advocates of the House and in the room of the committee on labor for the purpose of ascertaining what, if anything, Mr. Bynum has done for that, class whose support he now solicits; but failed to find anything to his eredit The Congressional Record, the records at the Speaker's desk and the docket of the committee on labor contain no record showing that Mr. Bynum has ever done anything for labor indi vidually or collectively while he has been a member of Congress; nor could the clerks who have charge of petitions, memorials, etc., introduced by members find a single petition or memorial on the subject introduced by him. During the last session of Congress quite a num ber of bills were introduced in the House, and about two dozen meetings of the committee on labor were held for the purpose of considering these measures, and a large proportion of the men who nave been leading advocates for the Knights of Labor and trades-unions addressed the committee in faver of the various measures under consideration; but the journal of the committee does not disclose the presence of Mr. Bynum at any of the meetings held, either reg ular or special, since be has been a member of Congress. No member of the House interested in the success of any of these measures, that waa interviewed by the Journal correspondent to-day, had ever been approached by Mr. Bynum in behalf of labor. No one recollects of his ever speaking on the floor of the House or elsewhere for the purpose of promoting any interest of the laboring men. Two or three bills were passed at the last ses sion in the interest of Knights of Labor or trades-unions, one of which created a good deal of debate, running over two or tbree days. A majority of the members of the committee on labor participated in tbis debate, but the Con gressional Record does not contain the name of Mr. Bynum as a participant. A member of the House committee on labor who has at various times talked to almost every member of the House on the subject of labor, said, this afternoon, that he could not conceive any real claim that Mr. Bynum could make, since he has been in Congress, for the support of the laboring men, either at the polls or in his aspirations to succeed senator Harrison, lie bad never suspected that Mr. Bynum was in the least degree anxious to promote tho interest of the laboring man, and was amazed that he should make any such claim, or that any of bis friends should make the claim for him. By reference to the Congressional Record and the journals for the Forty-ninth Congress the name of Mr. Bynum is no way made to appear as a champion or the labor measure poncing during the first session. Mr. Bynum is recorded as voting tor but one bill for the House bill (No. 7479) to provide for the speedy settlement of controversies and differences between com mon carriers engaged in interstate and territo rial transportation of property or passengers and their employes, which passed tbe House on April 3, 1886. If this one vote was eliminated no one could tell from the Record bnt what Mr. Bynum was opposed to all labor legislation, and that vote is of no consequence, as there were but 29 nays to 199 yeas. When this bill went to the Senate its consider ation was objected to twice by Democrats (Harris and Gorman) and once by a Republican (Ingalls), causing it to go over till the session closed. On the contrary, the record of Senator Harrison is one showing how fully ho has been devoted to the interests of labor during his term as Senator. Here is that at hand, taken from the Congressional Record: March 8, 188C. Mr. Harrison said: "I present a resolution adopted by the Fair Play Assembly of Knights of Labor, of (ioshen, lnd., not form ally addressed to the Senate, but evidently intended for its consideration, in relation to Chinese immigration and other bills pending in Con gress affecting the laboring classes. I ask that the paper be received and refered to the commit tee on foreign relations. Rec. p. 21&8. March 31, 1886. Mr. Harrison presented a memorial of Knights of Labor of Wabash, lnd., remonstrating against the passage of the freeship bill: which was referred to the committee on commerce. itec. p. SJW. April 1, 1880. Mr Harrison presented a me morial of Knights of Labor of Andrews, lnd., re monstrating against the passage of the free-ship bill, which was referred to the committee on commerce, and said: "L present certain resolu tions, certified by tbe recording secretary and under the seal of the assembly of Wabash As pembly. No. 2281, of the Knights of Labor, of Terre Haute, lnd., praying Congress to pass a law prohibiting aliens or their agents from securing vast tracts of tho public domain. I believe this subject is under consideration by the committee ou public lands at this time, and I will ask the reference of the resolutions to that committee." Mr. Dolph A bill on the subiect has been re ported. Mr. Harrison I am advised by tho Senator from Oregon that the bill has been reported. I ass leave to say at this time that 1 know of few measures of greater importance than this. I noticed recently in one of the Chicago papers the results of some inquiry upon this subject, and it seemed to indicate that vast tracts of our domain, not simply the public domain on the frontier, but in some of our newer States, are passing into the hands of wealthy foreigners. It seems that the land reforms in Ireland, and the movement in Englaud in favor of the re duction of larse estates and the distribution of the lands among persons who will cultivate them for their own use, are disturbing the investments of some Englishmen, and that some of them are looking to this country for the acquisition of vast tracts of land which may be held by them and let out to tenants, out of the rents of which they may nve aoroaa. l tmnK this evil requires early attention, and that Congress should, by law, restrain the acquisition of such tracts of land by aliens. Our policy should be small farms, worked by the men who own them. As the bill has been reported, I move that the resolutions lie on the table. Rec, p. 2982. April 6, 1886. Mr.Harrison presented memorials of Knights of Labor, of Elkhart, Jeffersonviile and Carbon, in the State of Indiana, remonstrating against the passage of the free-ship bill, which were referred to the committee on. commerce. He also presented a 'stition of Knights of Labor of Jeffersonville, lud., praying that liberal appropriations be made for works of internal improvement, and especially for the construction of the Hennepin canal, which was referred to the committee on commerce. He also presented a petition of Knights of Labor of Carbon, lnd., praying that liberal appropriations be made for public works, and espe cially for the construction of a harbor of refuge

at Sandy bay, Rockport, Mass., which waa ra fird tn tha rnmmittjtA An inmmrch

He also presented a memorial of Knights Ll April 7, 1836. Mr. Harrison presented meoi&t ials of Knights of Labor of Frankfort and SontlJ against the passage of the free-ship bill, whtsfc. were referred ta the committt nh nmTritv: 1 Rec, p. 3175. April 10, 18oC. Mr. Harrison presented memorial of Knights of Labor of Cardonuy lnd., remonstrating aeainst the passage of th free-ship bill; which was referred to the commit tee on commerce. He said: "I present also tat petition of C. II. Buthenbender and ten other officers and members of the three local assemblies of Knights of Labor at Fort Wayne, lnd., praying for the speedy passage of the bill providing for the arbitration of all labor disputes.: The. House bill on this subject, I understand, has been reported favorably by our committee, on education and labor and is now upon tbe calendar. The petition will therefore, under ths rules, lie upon the table. Mr. Cullom There is another bill on the sanW"' subject which was referred to the select coftiv mittee on interstate commerce and has not yel ; been reported; but probably the petition may at t well lie on the table. j Mr. Harrison As the petition relates espa-: cially to the House bill I have referred to, t 1 suggest tbst it lie upon the table. I do not de- J sire to anticipate the discussion of that measure, which will soon come before the Senate, but th , etartling occurrences of which we have accounts from day to day in the newspapers are turning the attention of all lovers of good order and of the prosperity of the country to the necessity ot providing some method of harmonizing the interests of the working classes and of the employers of labor. Arbitration is the only method that seems to be open for the peaceful, anl speedy, and just settlement of such disputes. Arbitration, of course, must precede strikes. Is implies calmness, and that is not to be found when the contest is once inaugurated and passions are aroused. I think so far as we can con tribute by any congressional legislation to securing the just settlement by arbitration of all lacor troubles we shall contribute greatly to tno peace and nsppmess or tne coumry. itec., p. i 3319. April 15, 18S6. Mr. Harrison presented memorials of Knights of Labor of Fort Wayne snl i Muncie, in the State of Indiana, -remonstrating -against the free-ship bill; which were referred to the committee on commerce. He also presented a memorial of Knights of Labor, of Muncid, lnd., remonstrating against the emrloyraentof prison contract labor; which was referred to tbe committee on education and labor. Record, p. 3504. April 19, 183G. Mr. Harrison planted a memorial of Knights of Labor of Sooddy's Mill, lnd.. remonstrating against tbe passage of the free-ship biil; whioh was referred to the eommittee on commerce. : He also presented a memorial of the Knights of Labor of South Bend, lnd., remonstrating

against tue employment 01 con vies muur on ouj- i

lie works; which was referred to the committee on education and labor. Record, p. 3393. April 21. 1886. Mr. Harrison presented a me- , morial of Knights of Labor of Elkhart, lnd., re . raonstrating against the passage of the free ship bill; which was referred to the committee otx T commerce. He also presented a memorial of Knights of Labor of Elkhart, lnd., remonstrating against' tbe employment of convict labor on public works; which was referred to the committee oa education and labor. Rec'p. 3C59. v April 22. 1836. Mr. Harrison presented a memorial of Knights of Labor of Logansport, lnd., : remonstrating against the passage of the free ship bill; which was referred to the committee : on commerce. Rec. p. 3713. April 30, 1886. Mr. Harrison presented a me morial of Knights of Labor of Indianapolis, led., remonstrating against the employment on pub lie works of prison-contract labor; which was referred to the committee on education and labor. Rec. p. 999. In acknowledging the receipt of the memorial from the Knights of Labor assemblies, Senator Harrison took occasion to express his concurrence in the opinion expressed in the memorials, that American ships should bo buHt by American workmen, as appears in the above record.

And in response received from some of the as- ( ...S

semblies a resolution of thanks. Ho also supported the bill, now become a law, prohibitln( the importation of foreign laborers under con tracts made abroad to render service tn this country. This measure was one that attracted the widest interest among the labor organisations in this country. In tho course of discussion upon this bill, Senator Harrison said: "If 1 understand the evil sought to ba guarded against by this bill, it is that men living in foreign countries where the rate of wages and the condition of labor is so different from what it is in tbis country, shnli not there, under the strain that is upon them, make a contract which, of course, is governed by races of wages there that put them in the power of the person . furnishing tho money when they come to thia country, and have n tendency to import the rates oi icreign taoor ana esiaonsa mem cere. X sea nothing to preveut any person, who is benevo lently disposed, who has no personal interest ia an individual, from aiding anyone to coma here, provided only he does not attempt to secure tha money which he advances by a mortgage on that man's labor." Congressional Record, page 1787, Vol. 10. Pr.rt 2, Forty-eighth Congress, second session. 1883. Sonator Harrison also received the thanks, by name, of the printers of this District, as appears by the proceedings of the union, held here, and printed in the Craftsman of date of Oct 23, 1884. The- tnion named a number of Senators and" Congressmen who had rendered special service to the printers, and it so happens that the name of Benjamin Harrison was the first one men tioned. The printers say these men are "deserving of all the gratitude we possess," and tho following preamble and resolution was adoptedt Whereas. Although there are many Representatives elected to Congress who talk about the risrhts of labor and make lo :d professions of friendship for the work, ingman. it ia seldom any can bo found who will aid with proper advice and endeavor to enlist th interest and sympathy of other members in the cause as you. have done for ns; therefore, be It Resolved. That we bolieve tho abore-named gentlemen deserving of the undivided support of. tha trada and working class of thiir respective districts, and sincerely hope they may be returned as members ot the Forty-ninth Congress. Kmile Hcck. President. Wm. O. Miller, Viee-ore?d9nL F.uukxe Bkttks, Secretary. Arthur Smali., Treasurer. V:.i. SnocrM, Petkr McGirk, Frank Grimes. Wm. Wesskls, Business Committee. . From thi3 it will be seen what Senator Harrison's record toward labor and the interests of workingmen is and how he is regarded by representative labor organizations here. The Democratic "Freak." . Chicago Journal. It is evident that the Indiana Democrats would dispose of their senatorial elephant. Green Smith, at greatly reduced rates if anybody would consent to take him off their hands. Where U5 Phiceas T. BarnumT Grady's Sarcasm. Attauta Constitution. It is said that the death of General Logan strengthens Blaine's chances for 1SS3. Scientists also say that a simoon in the Yellow Sea is not without its effects in the Gulf of Mexico. A Thought Suggested its ha Indiana Democracy. New York Jlaif and Express. It reqnires more than jackass power to stOf the wheels of government. Just Wait and See. J Cincinnati Enquirer (Dam.) Would it not be fanny if Benny Harrison Wttrt to go back to the United States Senatol '

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