Speeches of Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-third President of the United StatesHarrison, Benjamin
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Speeches of Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-third President of the United States
Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; United States -- Politics and government
The fourteenth week of General Harrison's public receptions opened
this date with the arrival of an enthusiastic Republican club from
the distant city of Tower, Minn., most of whose members were engaged
in the iron industry. They left a huge specimen of Vermilion range
iron ore--weighing over 500 pounds--in the front yard of the Harrison
residence. Prominent in the delegation were Dr. Fred Barnett, Capt.
Elisha Marcom, S. F. White, Chas. R. Haines, John Owens, W. N. Shepard,
N. H. Bassett, S. J. Noble, J. E. Bacon, J. B. Noble, Frank Burke, W. H.
Wickes, Chas. L. White, A. Nichaud, D. McKinley, and Page Norris; also
Geo. M. Smith and W. H. Cruikshank, of Duluth.
Immediately following the reception of the Minnesota visitors came two
large delegations from Fulton and Marshall counties, Indiana. The Fulton
leaders were J. H. Bibler, Dr. W. S. Shafer, Dr. E. Z. Capell, Arthur
Howard, Samuel Heftly, Henry Mow, C. D. Sisson, Arch Stinson, J. F.
Collins, A. F. Bowers, W. J. Howard, and T. M. Bitters, of Rochester.
M. L. Essick was their spokesman. Among the prominent members of the
Marshall County delegation were M. W. Simons, John W. Parks, J. W.
Siders, Edward McCoy, M. S. Smith, John V. Astley, Enoch Baker, I.
H. Watson, and Abram Shafer, of Plymouth. H. G. Thayer delivered the
address.
General Harrison said:
_My Indiana Friends_--This is a home company to-day. Usually our
Indiana visitors have met here delegations from other States. I am
sure you will understand that I place a special value upon these
evidences of the interest Indiana Republicans are taking in the
campaign. Whatever the fate of the battle may be elsewhere, it is
always a source of pride to the soldier and to his leader that the
part of the line confided to their care held fast. [Applause.] I feel
that I ought also to acknowledge the friendliness and co-operation
which has been already extended to us in this campaign by many who
have differed with us heretofore. [Applause.] It is encouraging to
hear that the prosperous and intelligent farmers of Marshall and
Fulton counties have not been misled by the attempt to separate the
agricultural vote from the vote of the shop. It has seemed to me
that the Mills bill was framed for the purpose of driving from the
protection column the agricultural voters, not by showing them favor,
but the reverse--by placing agricultural products on the free list,
thus withdrawing from the farmer the direct benefits he is receiving
from our tariff laws as affecting the products of his labor, hoping
that the farmers might then be relied upon to pull down the rest
of the structure. I am glad to believe that we have in Indiana a
class of farmers too intelligent to be caught by these unfriendly
and fallacious propositions. [Applause.] I had to-day a visit from
twenty or more gentlemen who came from the town of Tower, in the
most northern part of Minnesota, where, within the last four years,
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