The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-15
An Interesting Chat With Commits
sioner NorrelI-What William
r. Morrison Says.

answers to the few questions put to him.
"To what do you assign the defeat of
Cleveland in New York State?" was the
first question.
ITO the tariff issue" replied the Mar
shal.
DO you think there was any trading
in New York City for the purposes of
the local issue?"
''Yes. think ths County Democracy
traded Cleveland off quite freely"
And Tammany3"
81 believe Tammany Hall stayed by
Cleveland very we'll"
"If there anything in the statement
that Hill knitted Cleyeland?"
II think Hill was perfectly true to
Cleveland; but | also think that some
of Hills friends took advantage Of their
position as such to knife Cleveland. But
this was done without Hills knowl-
edge"
zone more question Marshal: sup
pose you intend to remain in Office IN
| til your term expires? ?"
~ was aked the same question by a
| Tribune man and the answer l gave
was: 1 shall expect no favors from
| the incoming administration.
From this We may infer"
"You have my answer" was the
Marshal's reply and the reporter babe
him goodnight.
Though the Marshel did not consent
| to say what might be inferred from his
answer, the natural inference is tnat he
will remain in Office until his term ex.
pires, unless his resignation should be
requested before that time, and that he
will take no steps to stave off such a
request.
COMMISSIONER NoRRELI's VIEWS.
Commissioner A. G. Norrell, who left
for the east abouta month ago, in order
to take part in the election, returned
Tuesday evening and was seen yester
day morning by HERALD reporter
II couldn't save New York." said the
| Commissioner, "but l did save Missis-
sippi."
He was then Piled with a run OF
questions as to chow it happened" and
gave his views in clear and forcible
manner:
Mr.. Norrell said he was confident
Lu5I UOtA NOW u anu 1hOInh0 AoO
been bought. Matthew B. Quay is q
great general, and under him the Re-
publicans have played sharp game
Leading the Democrats to believe that
the field of battle in New York State
| was in New York City, they laid their
wires for the outside districts, and men
were sent out with their pockets full of
money to buy up what votes they could
in each district. Fighting hard in the
mean time in the city, the Democrats
were thrown entirely off their guard
and did not discover the trick until it
was too late. The New York Herald
and other papers had been warning
the party of the danger in which 1T
stood, but the leaders chose to depend
upon the administration record
rather than on any strategic move and
80 lost"
LAS to Indiana" continued Mr..
Norrell, that State was bought
beyond the shadow of doubt. Why,
Ben Harrison could no more carry
Indiana than he could fly. The State
was not bought as it was in 1880 by
Dudley, who went through every county
with a stack of 50 bills in big sheets
so fresh from the Treasury that they
had not even been cut apart. On the
contrary, the buying was worked very
quietly this time. The men who were
to handle the doodle" were selected
IN each district. Then on the
morning of the election 81 600 COO
was telegraphed from New York
to the State Central Committee; this
committee portioned it out to the vari-
GUS county committees, which in turn
delivered it to the selected doodle
dispensers. All was so perfectly ar
ranged beforehand that the work was
almost instantaneous All the money
was sent by wire"
In answer to further questions, Mr.
Norrell said that there was wholesale
cutting in New York City as conse
quence of the local fight. Early in the
morning one OF the papers issued an
extra saving that Tammany was giving
votes for Harrison for votes for Grant
Immediately On top OF this the County
Democracy began selling Cleveland for
Hewitt, and this was kept up through
out the day. This, Mr.. NorreIl thought
accounted for Cleveland running be-
hind Hill in the city.
There was no one more surprise
than the masses of the Republican
Party" the Commissioner went on tC
say. III course lQ0 leuQ6rS knew o.
the job that had been put up and they
were better prepared for he result. bu
those not in the ring have hardly
caught their breath yet"
II saw William r. Morrison in st
Louis on my way westward. Morrison
laid the defeat of Cleyeland to the knit
ing in New York City and to the whole
sale buying of votes by the Republicans
He also thought that the tariff issue
had been sprung too late or too early
Had Mr.. Cleveland sent his tariff mes,
sage the year he went into Office. or hsc
he left it until after this years election
all would have gone well. You woule
be surprised said MIR. Morrison, tic
travel through the rural districts o
such States as Illinois and Indiana anC
see how really very, very few people
know anything whatever about tb'
tariff"
Summing up, Mr.. Norrell thought tina
the Republicans went into the hgh
with stronger organization than the,
had ever before had while the Demo
Gratis were but indifferently managed