Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1894 — HARRISON’S CAMPAIGN. [ARTICLE]

HARRISON’S CAMPAIGN.

The Ex-President's Tour Through Southern Indiana. A special train bearing ex-President Harrison and party left the Union Station pt Indianapolis at 9:30 a. m. Oct. 12; on a campaigning tour through southern Indiana. Short stops were made at Plainfield. Clayton, Greencastle, Brazil, Terra Haute, Vincennes, Princeton and a few other points. At nearly all the places crowds were assembled and Gen. Harrison spoke briefly. The objective point oi the trip .was Evansville, which was reached on schedule time. At Evansville an immense crowd was waiting the arrival of the train. The Hemenway Club, of Petersburg, escorted the carriage of General Harrison to the hotel. Excursions had been brought in from all the smaller towns, and the procession at 8 o’clock contained over two thousand men. Tha great hall with a seating capacity of 2.800 was packed to its utmost limit, Mr. Cicero Buchanan acted as chairirfan of the meeting and introduced Gen. Harrison in an appropriate speech. The distinguished speaker was greeted with enthusiastic cheers. When quiet had been restored Mr. Harrison spoke at great length from a Republican standpoint. He compared the financial and tariff policies of the parties in an able way, greatly to _the_di§adYantage_qf the Democratic plan ot tariff reform. Bad as the situation is, he said Democrats still threatened to make it worse by continued agitation. The eminent speaker took up Congressman Wilson’s London speech and dissected its fallacies without mercy. In conclusion Gen. Harrison implored his hearers to not throw away a sure thing by pursuing the swamp-lights of free trade, nor seek the markets of our own and better markets. There was great applause when the exPresident had concluded. Hon. Hiram Brownlee followed with a brief but forcible speech in support of Republican doctrines.

The special train left Evansville at S o’clock Saturday morning, on the return journey. Shortstops were made at Boonville, Lincoln City, New Albany, Huntingburg; English, Seymour add Franklin, and brief speeches were made by Mr. Harrison at each place. The stop at Lincoln-Citywas-UnexpectecL /This place is in Spencer county, the village where Lincoln spent his boyhood. The grove in which Lincoln’s mother is buried was pointed out to the ex-President and members of the party. Mr. Harrison caught the inspiration, and the five minutes' speech he made was pronounced the gem of the trip. In part he said: My Fellow Citizens—l am glad to stop this morning near the home where Abraham Lincoln spent part of his life. You will miss your chance if you do not improve the’ fact of your residence in the neighborhood of this interesting spot by giving a thoughtful study to the lite of Lincoln. Who would have supposed, what prophet would have predicted such a career to the boy as he lived under circumstances of hardship and poverty in this neighborhood? Who is there in this country that had not as good a chance as lie. The story of his life has been a perpetual foundation of inspiration to our boys, and it will continue to be so long as the country lasts. It shows that we have here no limits to what a boy may do for himself. „ Another thing I like to talk about was the. great, genial, human kindness of Mr. Lincoln. He was so different from other men in these times, who are trying to instill prejudice into the -minds of their fellow-countrymen to make them hate somebody. That was. not one nf Mr. Lincoln’s habits. He had a great love for his fellow-men. I remember once when a delegation of workingmen came to him. in a little talk to them he said. “If another man has a housc_au<L you haven’t any, don’t pull down the other man’s house, but build one for yourself.” There was great good sense in that remark, and the man will be happier and more successful in his life who takes that philosophy to heart.