| Show SOME POINTS OF or HISTORY the original and arid only revered vereil re harrison brought v with ith him to the white house some sensible sayings which he had composed for the occasion of his becoming president of the united stales states here is is one of them which has a fruitful application to present issues issues there Is 1 no par part of the tle means placed in the of the exer hw which might ight bo be u mod i with ith greater etzet for unhallowed cd pur than the control of the public press re th he m maxim aim which our investors inc estora estors derived from rom the mother country that the fremo of the press I 1 res is the areat en at bulwark bul ark of 0 civil and and liberty aone Is one ot of the most pre clous legacies leK Acles m mulch b ich they have left leri us II 11 e have too from our own a as welt well of as the expel felace of or 0 other her coura that cohien ble sha elles b by of or by tence m d are as 01 fatal to ti it a as the iron ro b 4 67 0 of un the author of this hunk of presidential wadom has now a grandson to wit benjamin F harrison II arnson who has been called to do honor for the family name as the nations executive it will be interesting to compare certain items of his official record with the foregoing excerpt the attitude of the grandfather in juxtaposition with that of the grandchild child upon this matter of controlling the public press marks a very distinctive tive and typical feature in ti the 10 progress of our national character since mr harrison became the heir to the attune nations at iune highest honors his time has been occupied largely with the fulfillment of election promises in in the distribution of patron patronage Rge following are a few of the offices awarded in in these contracts whitelaw reid editor of the new york tribune minister to france murat halstead editor of the cincinnati commercial C hercial gazelle minister to germany rejected by the senate john C new editor of the indianapolis journal consul genel al at london J S Clar clarkson editor of 0 the howo stale register first assistant postmaster ga eral ellis it IL roberts editor of the utica herald assistant united States Treasurer at new york city charles emory smith editor ot of the phila areu minister to russia Ku fiBla james 1 I stone editor of 0 the detroit tribune colle collector e tor of 0 internal revenue for the first D of michigan robart P porter editor of the new york arem superintendent of the cennus census john alck editor af the oshkosh wg AVIS northwestern minister to peru alexander reed editor ot of the appleton wis pot 1164 consul at dublin 1 0 kinney associate editor of the hartford laurant luu Cou rant raid postmaster of hartford artford Il charles I 1 E fitch editor ot of the roche a ter damoc democrat t and chronicle Chron lele internal revenue R e ve collector for eighth ula dis L of new york some will likely make the mistake of giving mr on tho the credit of the great progress here exhibited in the subsidizing business of the gov arment mr bir harrison is simply availing himself of his privileges just like the balance of his friends the politicians who are now somewhat numerous in the nation and enjoying withal a thrifty increase 0 THE of this city are preparing to strike nails |
