Show THE NEW METHOD OF vindication MR john C new who was once the treasurer of the united states and is now the proprietor ot the indianapolis journal figures as the special champion of the republican candidate for the presidency the report having been circulated that general harrison had bad declared in 1887 that a dollar a day was enough lor for a working man mr new announced through his paper that he would pay 2000 to anyone any one who would prove that the general had made this remark some workingmen thereupon announced that they heard general harrison say this and that they would claim the reward mr new now responds by stating that the money is placed in bankard ban kand that whoever attempts to claim it will be put u under oath and then prosecuted lor or pe perjury jury this is anew a new method ol of vindication it is a singular way to encourage testimony to roan an ordinary mind it looks like what western people vulgarly call bluff bing prove that harrison said so and you shall have two thousand dollars but it if you von do prove it you shall be prosecuted and the 2000 will remain ma n in the bank very very u n ye 8 some 0 m republican papers applaud mr new and flay day that it shows allows he shrinks from no duty to us it looks like saying 1 I am open to conviction but ill punch the head of the man who convinces me that two thousand is not likely to be drawn dr awn from the bank whether general harrison ever uttered the remark attributed to him or not it is ia news way of silencing a slander or putting a stop to a very injurious report but tile the story will go 90 the rounds all the same |