Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-14
THAT POST-PRANDIAL
Remark Made by Andrew Carnegie
Booming Grover.
MANY LOCAL COMMENTS PASSED.
Set Down as a Compliment Favored With
Scotch Humor.
HE'S THO UGHT LOYAL TO PROTECTION

Tbeinferenee that Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
had appro ached the verge of tariff reform,
or. as some term it, free trade heresy, in his
talk at the Boston banquet in his glowing
reference to Grover Cleveland, caused con-
siderable comment in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Woods, of Arbuckles & Co., was
quite exercised over the chatting of some
people, who knowing him to be red-hot
tariff man, took occasion to guy him at fre-
quent intervals. Mr.. Woods contended
that Mr.. Carnegie's utterances possessed no
significance whatever; that he only said
what any gentleman might be expected to
say, and that to have referred to the ex-
President in any other manner would be boor-
ish and that Mr.. Carnegie was not boor.
Mr.. Woods defed anyone to point out any
thing in Mr.. Carnegie's reported remarks
that even squinted toward divergence in
his views from the doctrines of the Repub-
lican party.
A FIGURE OF SPEECH.
He contended that the suggestion that one
thing that might be done with ex-Presidents
was to run them again contained nothing
either significant or improper, nor of pos.
sible disloyalty to the Republican party, as
no one had right to find fault with any
one else who might wish to run ex-President
Cleveland again.
The matter was informally discussed last
night at the rooms of the County Democ-
racy, and it seemed to be tolerably general
belief that Mr.. Carnegie might be in favor
of tariff reduction. There was quite a
sprinkling of Democrats present, and some
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while others thought the utterance possessed
significance. Among those noticed were
Councilmen Carr and Mullen, County Com
missioner McWilliams, Harry Beltzhoover,
and the crowd generally that congregates
there part of almost every evening.
BIPARTISAN INsINUATIoN.
Mr.. 7. O'Brien suggested that Mr.. Car
negie may not have gotten something that
he wanted from the Harrison administra-
tion, but the general view seemed to be that
Mr.. Carnegie had made enough money to be
clear of the ills that beset weaker manu-
facturers; that he had made enough money
to be able to fight for market in any part
Of the world, and with the tariff taken off
raw material might so cripple weak firms,
especially those struggling to get on their
feet in the South, as to prevent their compe-
tition.
G. H. Stengel, Esq, thought it logical
for Mr.. Carnegie to lean toward a reduction
of duties. He had gotten in plane from
which, with free raw material, he could
make goods for any market in the world.
SOME OTHER OPINIONS.
City Controller Morrow said of Mr.. Car
negie's speech: TT means nothing. 1t was
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talked with a good many persons about it,
and that is the general opinion"
. Mayor McCallin said: Il don't know what
it means. was surprised when read it.
thought he must have changed his poll
tics."
Postmaster Larkin said: 81 don't know
what significance to attach to it. 1t was
probably only an after dinner compliment"
President Weihe, of the A. A. of 1. and |
S. Workers; President Smith, of the A. F. |
G. W. Union, and Editor John Ehman were |
asked yesterday to express their ideas |
upon the matter. They thought |
that Mr.. Carnegie was re-echoing
or playing upon Mr.. Cleveland's remarks |
on late occasion in. New York when al |
lusions were made in the same strain, and |
that he did not mean anything in the direc- |
tion OF booming Cleveland for '92. None of |
those seen had supposed for a moment that |
Mr.. Carnegie had departed from his firmly |
grounded protective principles, and they re-
gard the suggestion as to Cleveland's run
ming again as post-prandial compliment |
largely seasoned with dry Scotch humor.
soUTHsIDE GENTLEMEN TALK.
7. B. Atterbury, of Atterbury & Co.,
said: 81 attach no significance whatever to |
the remark. regard the matter as COM |
joke. Mr.. Carnegie was in a
position where he was compelled to say |
something pleasant about Mr. Cleveland, |
and suppose he thought that was the |
incest thing to say"
J. r. Dilworth, of Dilworth, Porter & |
Co., said: ''I fancy that Mr. Andrew Car
negie thought that if Mr.. Cleveland was |
nominated for reelection by the Democrats, |
it would be the best thing that could be |
never meant that he Endorsed Mr.. Cleve- |
land with all his free trade ideas for Presi- |
dent"
SQUIRE SHAFER INCREDULoUS.
j. M. Shafer. of the Republican County |
Committee, said: 81 have not read Mr.. |
Carnegie's remarks, but 1 am satisfied he |
has either been misquoted or his remarks |
were nice little compliment which he felt |
under obligation to pay to Mr.. Cleveland.
L don't take any stock in these after-dinner
speeches, anyway"
W. H. Cassidy, of the Oliver & Roberts
Wire Company, said: 81 don't think Mr.. |
Carnegie has any reason to be very partial |
to Mr.. Cleveland after his message of 1887. |
It is to Mr.. Carnegie's interest to be pro- !
tectionist, and am not worried much over |
the reports that he meditates Topping for |
Cleveland"