The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-06-27
INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1888

of New Mexico and other representatives
of the 'star-route' and land-grab syndi-
Gates. who would be potential in the adj
ministration II Harrison should be elected.
They have been playing for enormous
stakes and counting upon the ignorance OF
the delegates. If Kerens, Elkins and Dor
sew should be the kitchen cabinet, Harri-
son would be an imposing figure in the
White House and the last republican
president"
at is not believed, however, by those
who are conversant with Harrison's poiit-
zeal career that he can be elected, not
withstanding his army of boomers, y who
are mainly county and township commit
teemen. Harrison has no hold on the
people of his state. There is not doubt
full man in Indiana who would not get up
at o'clock in the morning to vote against
him. He is recognized in Indiana as he
was in Washington, as a cold, selfish po-
litician, austere and distantin his manner.
He has never been elected to any Office by
popular suffrage and never will be, and
should be receive the nomination, the re-
publican party will lose Indiana just as
surely as the sun rises on election day.
His nomination would be received with
cheers by his strikers, but a chilling
apathy would seize the voters, and a
month before election S250,000 would be
asked for from Wall-st. to save the
state and it would not come, for
Harrison is no more popular in the
East than in the West. The truth is, we
have all been too tender and mealy-
mouthed in dealing with the Harrison
boomers. We have permitted them to
say without contradiction that he could
carry the state, whereas he would be the
worst whipped man the republicans have
run in Indiana in twenty years. think,
moreover, that if the truth were to become
known about the relations between Har-
rison and Elkins and the other South
western landgrabbers and star-route men
there would be landslide away from the
republican party all over the country long
before election-day.
"The association of Elkins with Blaine
undoubtedly cost the party the last cleo
ton, and il will be an everlasting mis-
fortune and shame If that same brilliant
New Mexican political adventurer shall
have the ascendency in the management
of the next campaign. The republican
party loved Blaine and condoned the eX-
istence of Elkins on his account, but it
will not endure another national campaign
conducted under such auspices"
Another delegate from the Northwest
who is largely interested In stock-raising,
when asked if he thought Steve Elkins
was for Harrison as Blaine's friend, said:
"Elkins would like to see Harrison nomi-
mated, but he is too shrewd to believe that
such a result can ever be achieved. Twill
not say anything uncomplimentary to
Gen Harrison, because he is a candidate
for president and l may have to vote for
for him, but Elkins is supporting him
solely on the ground that they were bust
ness partners. l hardly think that Gen.
Harrison has made much money by the
partnership; indeed, have been told
that he has lost some. However, the Har-
rison cattle company of. Montana has
passed out of their hands, as l was in
formed it had been sold last night, and
the least said about the company the
better"
Glow was the company organized?"
"Gen. Harrison, ElSins, Gen. Hazen
and lot of others were the stockholders
and Elkins was to sell the bonds. They
started out to raise stock on a stupendous
scale, but El1ins for some reason or other
was never able to float the bonds. The
company was one of the most obnoxious
in the Northwest, and while like Harri-
son, will not vote for him in the con-
vention."
L OO NOu Dldlllt ll4ll LldhlIR luCCOu-
| pany obnoxious ?"
'No, but Elkins is to blame II you
! want TO find out all about that company
write to Joe McCammon of Pennsylva-
MIA, eX-assistant secretary of the interior.
Elkins would be president if Harrison
were elected, and regard him as an I'M
/ scrupulous man. His connection with
| the cattle company must have hurt Gen.
/ Harrison financially"
'And you believe Elkins would be
| president should Harrison be nominated
and elected?"
81 do; and yet Elkins is simply work
ing for Harrison because they were bust
ness partners. Elkins, though, will de-
sert Harrison at any moment. Every
! body knows what Harrison did in the
Blaine libel suit against THE INDIANAP-
OILS SENTINEL. If that was not a piece of
duplicity L would like to know what is.
Elkins quotes Harrison as Blaine's friend,
and yet Harrison was candidate against
Blaine four and eight years ago. 1t will
take somebody besides John G. New, the
enemy of Blaine and man who has re-
| peatedly alleged that Blaine could not
/ carry Indiana, to vouch for Harrison S
friendship to the Plumed Knight"
LEVI P. MORTON.