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
Second Division, Capt. H. M. Caylor, of Noblesville. Chief of Staff,
Major J. M. Watt, of Delphi.
Third Division, John W. Lovett, of Anderson. Chief of Staff, Col. George
Parker.
Fourth Division, Gen. Tom Bennett, of Richmond. Chief of Staff, Capt.
Ira B. Myers, of Peru.
Fifth Division, Col. T. C. Burnside, of Liberty. Chief of Staff, J. W.
Ream, of Muncie.
Sixth Division, Col. J. M. Story, of Franklin. Chief of Staff, Capt.
David Wilson, of Martinsville.
Seventh Division, Col. W. R. McClellen, of Danville. Chief of Staff,
Capt. W. H. Armstrong, of Terre Haute.
Eighth Division, Capt. T. H. B. McCain, of Crawfordsville. Chief of
Staff, Edward Watson, of Brazil.
Ninth Division, Capt. J. O. Pedigo, of Lebanon. Chief of Staff, C. C.
Shirley, of Kokomo.
Mr. Blaine visited the Exposition grounds in the afternoon, where Major
W. H. Calkins introduced him to an audience of about 30,000, to whom he
addressed a few words. At night Mr. Blaine delivered one of his masterly
speeches at Tomlinson Hall to an audience of 6,000. At the close of the
Blaine meeting General Harrison received a delegation from Cincinnati,
consisting of A. B. Horton, H. D. Emerson, Wm. Fredberger, James A.
Graff, H. R. Probasco, Dr. M. T. Carey, Abram Myer, Fred Pryor, and
Walter Hartpense, who called to invite him to attend the Cincinnati
Exposition on "Republican Day." A St. Louis delegation, members of the
Loyal Legion, also paid their respects. Among them were Col. R. C.
Kerens, Col. Nelson Cole, Col. J. S. Butler, Major W. R. Hodges, Captain
Gleason, G. B. Adams, H. L. Morrill, C. H. Sampson, and W. B. Gates.
On October 18 a party of distinguished railroad magnates visited General
Harrison. They were Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, J. D. Layng, H. W. Webb,
Sam'l Barton, Seward C. Webb, and C. F. Cox, of New York; J. De Koven,
of Chicago; S. M. Beach, of Cleveland, and J. Q. Van Winkle, of St.
Louis.
On October 19 General Harrison received informally 150 survivors of
the Eleventh Indiana Regiment, headed by their first colonel, Gen. Lew
Wallace, and General McGinnis.
INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 13.
Two large and influential organizations visited General Harrison
on October 13. From Milwaukee came 400 members of the Young Men's
Republican Club--Paul D. Carpenter, President; George Russell,
Secretary. Among other prominent members were Samuel Chandler,
who organized the pilgrimage, and Walter W. Pollock. President
Carpenter--son of the late Senator Matt Carpenter--and C. S. Otjen, a
wage-worker, were spokesmen for the club.
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