Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1888 — INDIANAPOLIS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANAPOLIS.

■ •Gen. Harrison has received visits from Gen. Lucius Fairchild, Past Grand Commander of the G. A. R., ex-Gov. Mellette, of Dakota, D. S. Alexander, of Buffalo, N. Y., a delegation of about sixty persons from Benton Harbor, Mich., and others. Mr. Alexander, it is understood, will remain with Gen. Harrison and assist him with his mail and other matters. . ' • General Harrison s mail is sent up to him in a wagon. It is formidable enough in bulk to entirely dissipate any idea that he may have had about giving personal attention to his correspondence. The Democratic State Central Committee is taking a poll of the State. It will be completed before August. The State Campaign will probably not be formally inaugurated before September, or until the adjournment of Congress, when Colonel Matson, candidate for Governor, will be free. They have had an Irish Catholic fair in Highland, Wis. This becomes of some interest to Indianapolis, because of a cane that was votSd to the most popular Presidential candidate. Of 3,002 votes Han ison received 2,127, Cleveland 686, and Fisk 190. The cane was forwarded to General Harrison, and Tuesday it arrived and was formally delivered. This is the first caning the Indiana man has had. -

Thursday was a busy day for General Harrison. Delegations from Boone, Wabash and Benton counties called to pay their respects. The Boone county delegation numbered nearly two thousand and were received in front of the New Denison Hotel, from a balcony of which Mr. Harrison made a short speech. Honors are being crowded thick and fast upon the General at present. To supplement the many marks of respect shown him in the last ten days there has been added the additional joy of the arrival of a little granddaughter at his home. It is the third grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison. The Democrats are hard at work in this city. Inthe last three weeks twenty-eight Democratic Clubs have been organized, and before the month is out the number will probably be increased to fifty. This is a line of campaign work, County Chairman Taggart says, that is not carried on under the direction of the county committee, and indicates that the voters are willing to work with more than usual vim this year. The State committee are actively engaged in their campaign. It is expected that by Monday the first poll of the State will be completed, a thing that the Republicans have not begun. “The first poll,” remarked Secretary Marsh, in speaking of the work this morning, “is not counted as particularly significant. It will show how many persons there are in the State who will be entitled to a vote in November, and its value wille be simply as an eumeration of voters.”

“How many polls do you intend to take during the campaign?” “Not more than three. That ought to be enough. There is an immense amount of work in taking a poll, and I suppose there is no State in the country where it is done with so much care as in Indiana, and I guess there is no State in which the full vote comes so near being polled on election day as in Indiana. Statistics show that in Indiana we get out 95 per cent. In the event of getting out the vote lies the success for which both parties are striving. I think Democrats are harder workers and more successful in that way than Republicans.” “Do you expect the new voters, brought to Indiana by natural gas advantages, will swell Republican voters more than Democratic?” “I think not. I know Republicans expect gains from that source, but I believe that it will be found that about as many of the new comers are Democrats as Republicans.”