Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1888 — Handicapped by a Name. [ARTICLE]

Handicapped by a Name.

Chicago Ulmer There is one misfortune from which Gen. Harrison will suffer —his name. His grandfather will forever get credit for all the Harrison streets and all the Harrispn avenues and all the Harrison monuments, schools, colleges and reformatory institutions. The confusion which exists in the minds of most people regarding the two Adamses will arise in years to come between. Vh© two Harrisons. To speak of H I. and Harrison 11. would bn contrary to the spirit of our institutions. “When Harrison was Prpsiqont' 1 wijj be the inquiry, “Which flarrisoq, gilly or Ben’” We d 0 SBt wish to dkiw ourage the Presi-dent-elect, nor to throw the metaphorical wet blanket over his joyousness, but we are afraid that many of his acts,| whether they be good or bad, during his term, will be credited to his grandfather by tradition if not by history.