New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-02
MR.. ELKINS SANGUINE.
MORE THAN HOPEFUL OF REPUBLICAN sUO.
CESS

TICKET THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
RECKONING THE PROBABILITIES IN THE
DOUBTFUL STATES AND THE PRO-
lection Stalls OF THE SOUTH.
~ TELEGRAPH TO THE Tribune
indianapolis, July 1-Stephen B. Eldns Is q
guest at General IIarrsons house, but will start
tomorrow for Deer Park, Maryland, his summer
home, and from there will go TO New-York. about
the time of the organization Of the National Com
mttee. He said this afternoon:
So far as can learn where have been, and
from what can hear, the nominations have been
generally not only well received, but with more en-
tnusiasm than was expected. ] hnd particularly
in Missouri, Southern Illinois, Kansas and Iowa,
that the ratification meetings have been largely
attended and the enthusiasm earnest
What your impressions about New-York
and the chances for success in that State2'
The nomination OF General Harrison was the
best outcome Of the Chicago Convention. 1t was
the logic of politics. All the other candidates
came from States that are certainly Republican.
General Harrison was presented from doubtful
State and one essential to success.
This, together with the support OF Ncw-fork,
led inevitably to his nomination The fact that
New-York supported him is significant when 1t Is
considered that for the first time in the history
of National Conventions the New York delegation
was a urit absolutely and enthusiastically favor
able TO General Harrison. The seventy-twO votes
cast for him, and the continued support OF the
delegation in the Convention, are a notice for the
whole country that he was the only man before
the Convention upon whom all the different fac
tions in New-Yorlx could be united and all sores
be healed. This of ITSELF argues well for the ticket
and offers reasonable hope for success. 1t Is
generally believed that Senator Warner Miller Is
to be the candidate for Governor He is
thoughtful conservative politician and toward tho
end Of the Convention he expressed himself al
most with enthusiasm that General Harrison could
come nearer to carrying the State than any other
man before the Convention, and that the chances
of clectng the whole ticket were best with him
at the head Warner Miller will be unusually
strong in New-York in the country, and so Will
General Harrison be- In my opinion General
Harrison will largely increase the Republican vote
in the country districts In that State, and he will
get the full party vote in New-York City and in
Kings County. This fact, with the popularity OF
Mr. Morton in both New-York and Brooklyn, es-
peciay with the business element Will largely
increase the chances for the success OF the ticket
How will he stand among the laboring men
in the East?'
Il regard the ratification meeting in New-York
as very significant in that respect. On the plat
form at that meeting were Patrick
Ford, Editor of The Irish World
and several leading representatives OF the
various labor organizations. The presence OF MI.
Ford indicates that the Irish and laboring people
of the East understand the issue OF protection.
There is no more ardent advocate OF that principle
than he, and his presence there has inspired
and encouraged leading Ilshmen throughouo
the country This 1 have found to be true es-
pecially in Nebraska. Missouri and Illinois,
What are the chances for success In Conhecti-
cut?"
SIT will be remembered that in the Convention,
Connecticut cast her solid vote for General Har'
rison. The people of that State are, perhaps, as
well informed and fully alive to the greao
issue Of protection as in any State in the Union.
II is largely manufacturing State and Oh such
pursuits the people depend for their support
From expressions that have heard since the Con-
vention from men like Mr. Fessenden. am led
IN believe that the chances for carrying Cons
necticut are good
And how about New-Jersey?'
William Walter Phelps the leader OF the
rgcst influence perhaps. in New-Jersey, was
earnestly for General Harrison before and during
the Convention, on the ground that he could
completely unite all the elements OF the party
in that State and was considered SOUND pro-
toctionist. Like Connecticut, New-Jersey Is
largely a manufacturing State, apd the peop.e
depend on the success Of manufacturing interests
for a livelihood. In those States, by the Efforts
of the Protective Tariff League. the laboring
classes are beginning to understand that upon
Republican success in the coming campaign oe-
pend their chances for employment and the general
prosperity of the country. Let me give you a
little incident that will prove what | say.
na1a
featuring establishments in New-lork FIFTY OF
these both employees and owners declared almost
soldy in favor Of protection, although IN the pre-,
ceding campaign these same men were uEiueo
in their political views" -,
What is your Judgment as to the loyalty OF
certain Republican States, notably In the west,
With nv knowledge of the Northwestern
States gained through some experience in the three
last National campaigns, | have no apprehenslohS
whatever, that for any reasons Claimed oy tho
onnostion a single one of the States Will be
wanting in the Republican column In November.
Have the Republicans hopes for carrying any
of the Southern States?'
I think the party has a good chance in Tennes-
see. North Carolina and old Virginia. Inc name
of Harrison in the last named State Is popular,
and has aroused and will continue TO arouse
n Good deal OF enthusiasm. In West virginia,
where / live and where | have had business IN
tercsts for the last eight or nine years, have
watched the progress OF ds s to a" believe
that the chances for Republican success IN Novem-
her are good The Interests Of the STATE tle on On
the side of protection. Her chief products are
coal umbcr salt and wool Ii lumber and coal
should be put on the free list. and II the Mills
bill succeeds at the present session OF Congress,
we NAV confidently expect such thing 10 DC
done in the event of Democratic success In No
vember it would be a disastrous thing to thai
State. The people there depend SO largely on
these things for their prosperity that thsy look
With horror upon any movement that would place
these materials on the free list, and Therefore
to protect their interests and to insure
tIoir business progress the State must
maintain the doctrine of protection, In the last
Congressional election the Democrats carried r the
state by only 0O5 votes so that, II this Is taken
as n foir index of the political situation, the Re
pnblcans have less than one thousand votes To
overcome to carry the State
Referring to Mr. Blaine's movements IN the CAM
na;gn Mr. Ellxins said: " He will make the most
active canvass this year he has ever made IN ms
life lie will throw his whole weight INTO the
battle for protection. You VIII near iro MN hei'
in Indiana. l presume
Will he 90 TO the Pacific Slope?'