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Show H BRIEF SKETCH OF THE -lift OF H1IN HARRISON Wo very much doubt whether Benjamin Ben-jamin Harrison .will over bo appreciated appreci-ated at this real worth by the masses, of tho people of this country. Ho had none of tho magnetism that draws tho confidence and affections of men; ho was absentmlnded to a degree, which caused him to bo charged charg-ed with coldness, when In truth ho was most kind hearted and lovable. When Introduced to strangers ho . waB liable to turn his shy sldo to I them and cause thorn to go away with tho thought that ho was colder than a Hsh. A certain scnatot Judgo L who hold this opinion or him, ono day accompanied a Judgo of national re-puto re-puto to the Whlto Houso nnd Intro duccd him to tho president. Tho thrco engaged In conversation for several minutes. When about to leave tho senator said: "Mr. President, Presi-dent, oxcuso me, but you nro taking a long tlmo to sign my bill." It was a pet measure which the senator had succeeded In pushing through both houses of congress. Tho president replied: "I havo worried wor-ried a good deal over that bill; I fear It would bo thrown out of tho courts as unconstitutional." Tlio senator, sen-ator, who was also a learned lawyer and Judge, declared that ho, too, had thoroughly studied tho mcaBuro nnd that tho president must bo mistaken. "Well," said the president, wo are fortunate. Wo havo a great Jurist with us, you arc a lawyer and Judge, I am n lawyer In a modeBt way. Let Us elect Judge to tho bencli nnd try tho case before him. you having tho opening and closing argument." This was agreed to and tho opening nrgument, with nil court formalities, was delivered. In tho samo stately wa ytho l'rcsl dent replied. There wero no furthor arguments. Tho court decided that the presl" dent's argument was absolutely convincing con-vincing nnd the counsel against him, when ho told tho story, declared that tho decision wns right. , Ilenjamln Harrison was born nt North Ilcnd, Ohio, August 30, 1833. Ho went through tho schools, studied law and began tho practice of his profession in Indianapolis. Ho was tho great grandson of that Benjamin Harrison who signed tho Declaration of Independence, and grandson of General William II . Har. rlson who fought tho bnttlo of Tlppo-canoo Tlppo-canoo and who was elected president of tlio United States In 1810 nnd died a month after his Inauguration. .Benjamin Harrison's llueago was altogether fine. Ho gavo up n lucratlvo practico In 1SG2 to lend a regiment to tho war. In tho army ho made a splendid record, rec-ord, tho battle of Peach Orchard giving giv-ing him especial honor. Tho war ovor ho returned to tho prnctlco of his profession nnd soon stood at tho head of tho bar of Indiana, in 1SS. he was olected United Stntes senator. In 18SS ho was elected president of tho United Stntes. When nominated tho opposition press cartooned him as wearing his grmidfnthor's hat, which was represented ns much too largo for him. Hut they outgrow that, for ho soon mado It clear that ho intellectually wore a much larger hat than his grandfather ovor did. When nominated ho began to maka dally speeches to tho crowds Unit camo to listen to him. Tho Nrtv York World sent n special, glfte.l ro-portor ro-portor to report and wlro his speeches. speech-es. Tho reporter had special Instructions In-structions to try to got soino sen-tenco sen-tenco that might bo used against tho candlffato. Tho reporter tried for llvo vo-j'ks nnd then gavo It up, wiring to his pnpor: "It's no use, makes no mistakes." mis-takes." His administration was a brilliant ono. Tho public business was ban died with great wtadom and many millions of bonds, drawing heavy interest, in-terest, wero called In nnd cancelled. But tho marked great achlpvinont of -his ndmlulstratlou wns Ills handling han-dling of tho difficulties with Chllo. A robolllon had broken out Ihrro against tlio president of that republic repub-lic . Ho was driven into seclusion In his own capital nnd tho victorious robols demanded tho recognition of tho Unltod States. Tho navy of Chllo had ono powerful Iron clad and tho feeling ran so high that there worn threats mado that unless tho United States compiled with tho demands de-mands of tho rebel government It would send their Invulnerable ship up and bombard San Francisco. Mr. Blaine wns secretary of state and opened a correspondence wlth those In power In Chile. But he was soon disabled by Illness so serious that it finally caused his death. Then President Presi-dent Harrison took up the correspondence correspon-dence and In a brief time settled the difficulty. It was as splendid an In-telectual In-telectual triumph as ever was seen. That President Harrison was do feat for n second term was due, as wo bolleve, to that power in tho east which wanted no nioro bonds cancelled, cancel-led, but rather, wanted more Issued. In public and private llfo there was not one flaw In tho character of Benjamin Harriron, and he was one of tho ablest of all tho presidents Ho died In 189C C C. Goodwin. |