Phillipsburg Herald

STILL BY THOUSANDS,

Another Great Crowd of Hoosiers Visit General Harrison,

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 27.-A thousand Hoosiers, principally from the northern part of the state, paid their respects to General Harrison to-day. In the course of his remarks General Harrison referred to the legislative apportionment and the application of Washington and Dakota territories for statehood. He said: 'The apportionment of our state for legislative and congressional purposes is known to be unfair. It was intended to discriminate against the republicans. I hope now the time has arrived when the sense of justice which possesses our people will teach men of all parties that party success is not to be promoted at the expense of injustice to any of our citizens. When the republicans shall secure the power of making an apportionment, I believe the experiment of seeking party advantage by public injustice will not be repeated. There are other questions affecting suffrage. There are in the northwest several territories organized under public law with defined boundaries, filled up with brave, enterprising and intelligent young men from all the states. Several of these territories have been for years possessed of population, wealth, and all requisites for admission as states. In South Dakota there are nearly 500,000 people. For years they have been knocking for admission to the sisterhood of states. The territory has more people, more miles of railway, more post offices, more churches, more banks and more wealth, than any territory ever possessed when admitted into the Union. Our people are called upon to take part in the presidential election, and the intelligent and patriotic people of Dakota are deprived of any participation. They are deprived of their appropriate influence in the electoral college, only because the prevailing sentiment in the territory is republican. If we appropriately express sympathy with the cause of Irish home rule, shall we not also demand home rule for Washington and Dakota? The day when men can be disenfranchised or shorn of their political power for opinion's sake must have an end in this country.' The general then stepped from the platform and shook hands with the crowd.