A Striking Feature Of The Canvass

The most strikinpr and interesting feature of the present campalgn is the daily and remarkable series of pilgnmages to General Harrison at his home in Indianapolis. They go from all parts of the country, in delefjations or companies numbering from a score to hundrcds of persons. There has been an almost ceaseless, daily unbroken stream of thern ever since the day of the nomination. In many cases there havo been large excursión s comprising several thousand peoplo. And thcy comnrise all classes, occupations and callings -farmers, social organizations, labor associations, political clubs, industrial organizations, all sorts and conditions of people. Nothing like it was ever before seen in American politics. And the speeches that General Harrison makcs to thr.se pilgrims are as remarkable as the demonstrations themselves. They are perfect gems of campaign oratory- Ierse, epigraimnatic, f uil of ment, eloquent, manly and brave. He shirks no feature or phase or question of the canvass. He is the soul of large-minded candor, and yet he never utters an injudicious word. It is almost phenomenal. Speaking every day, and sometimos two or threc times a dav. fullv discussing evcry question at issue, he never makes a mistake, nor gives an alert and watchful enemy a single opportunity for unfriendly criticism. These speeches are unrivaled for strcngth, cogency, aptness and all the essentials of true oratory in the history of American politics. And these pilgrimages and speeches are having a mighty effect upon the canvass. Every visiting delogation is captured and carried away by the cordial manner, fine, genial, manly presence, and bright and sensible talk of the General, and returns to its home a band of ardent missionarics for the cause. The influeuce thus being exerted is