Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-11
Presidential Preferences.

MEN WHOM SOME MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN:
WOULD LIKE TO BE NOMINATED
dispatch from Boston gives the following in
tervtews:
Oliver AmeS-"My choice would be for Blaine
should he be In the field. Otherwise l am de
cidedly for Depew, feeling that he can carry New
York state"
r. II. Dana-'T should prefer that some young
man be nominated. Seth Low or Lincoln should
strongly favor. or the taIked-of Candidates AN
Rather In favor OF Gresham"
Mr.. A. Z. Pillsbury-"Depew is my first choice.
,Ex-CongressIn4n A. A. Ranney-"My personal
choice would be Judge Gresham"
speaker L. j. Noyes-"First choice Blaine; AlgeI
Is said about other candidates why Blaine isn't the
best man"
Delegate to Chicago and Representative W. A.
Gle, or WOrcester-"William Tecumseh Sherman
Is my nrst choice; Harrison, OF Indiana Tor Vice.
President. My second choice OF a ticket would be
John sherman and Morton, Of New York"
Judge Adln Thayer, OF WOrceSter-"My first
choice Is John Shernan and this because he is one
OF the ablesU statesmen in the country has clean
record, and the business interests of the country
woul1 De safe under his administration"
Mr.W. W. Rice, or WOrceSUer-"EitherA Allison and
Morton or Dcpew and Harrison would make q
strong ticket. Mr.. sherman is another good man
and he would nuke great President. II Blaine
had only run my choice OF ticket would have
been Blaine and Harrison"
Mr.. II. j. Wells, treasurer OF the republican state
cOninlttee-'l want d man that can carry New
YORK state. and can name no better man thar
Depew- think that Depew and Harrison would
MAKE team hard To beat"
col. I. 5. johnson, OF worcester-"Gen. w. T.
sherman would be great vote-getter."
The Tariff Question at 81. Louis.
HENRY wATTERSON TELLS HOW AN AGREEMENT WAS
REACHED ON THE TARIFF PLANK IN THE PLAT
FORM.
On his return from st. Louis to his home I'm Iou
isville, ny, Mr.. Henry Watterson was serenaded
by the democratic clubs, and in a speech review.
ing the work OF the convention said Of the tariff
plank in the platform:
81 went TO the ST. Louis convention with the
single purpose to urge that the line OF hattie
should be drawn on the message OF the President
and the position OF our friends IN Congress Imet
there a formidable array in favor OF limiting our
plan or campaign 10 simple reaflrmation OF the
platform OF 1854 and general Endorsement OF Tho
Administration. There was, from first TO last nc
other issue raised. IL Is true that helped 70
make the platform OF 1854. IL Is true that spoke
Tor IL III the national convention or that year n
Is true that for four years have put upon IL D
construction which / thought TO be JUSTIFIED by
that the country accepted IL as strad.
Ole, and that this INTERPRETATION had
stereotyped itself upon the public mind Merely
10 reiterate It, therefore, was to lose all that we
have since gained; To traverse a policy which In
congress at least has brought US union where
tnere were only divisions; 10 surrender an In
trenched position and 10 lily the field IN the face OF
the enemy. could not consent TO this. But it Is
not true that l proposed any advance. on the
contrary, agreed 10 take the platform submitted
BY Mr.. scott and Mr.. Gorman word for word, n
they would agree 10 strike out the first clause
Nnlch, without any qualification whatever re.
aIifined the platform or 1884. There was nc
other dlnerence between us-none at all, and
whilst they made their argument with extraOr-
binary earnest ness. plausibility and power am
bound TO say they disclosed spirit that was moi
that OF honest democrats seeking the good OF the
country ana the party, and, when we finally
reached the CONCLUSION embodied by the platform
as perfected we stood as one man. and not as three
men"