The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-29
FORAKER.
the LEADER OF THE ONO REpup.
LIcANs INTERVIEWED.

THE LEADER OF THE OHIO REPUB-
LIcANs INTERVIEWED.
lie Rlames Ills Dsfcat Principally Upon
the Combined Liquor ln :erests-An Iowa
Republican Managers Iica of tho Late
I.andslide.
from the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.l
Governor Foraker was asked what his
opinions were in reference to the state
ments that have appeared in the news
papers 10 the effect that his defeat was
attributable to u lack of zeal on the part
of ccltain named Congressman. He said
That he wanted to say once aud finally, as
he had already said, that he did not wish
to countenance any such complaints
that, in fact, no matter what grounds
there might be therefor, he had no COM
plants to make of anybody about any
thing. He continued:
Il think my defeat was due more than
anythingelse TO the hostility of the liquor
interests of not only the State but the
whole community. They were aroused as
they have not been for years. doubt
less lost vo es from other causes, but this
was the chief cause I 10 not think the
third tenn n the other causes combined
would have amounted to much, and it is
my opinion that Mr.. Halstead's publica-
ton Of the forged signatures of Mr..
Campbell did not ultimately work me any
injury. His action in retracting what he
had done the moment he learned the sig
natures were forgcries was SO manly that
it excited admiration for him. / think
the whole matter outside of Cincinnati
was forgotten md absolutely without
effect upon the voters of the State. It
certainly was not good cause 10 make any
Republican vote against ME that Mr..
Halstead should have been imposed upon.
Moreover. Mr.. Halstead should not, in
my judgment, be blamed for being i'm
posed upon. AS I have already said in
public speech and otherwise, I, too, saw
the paper, and saw it before he did, by
which he was deceived. and / am frank 10
Say 1 was quite as much imposed upon as
he was. / did not use the paper as no
did, but my not using it was due TO other
causes than suspicion of it's g%enuineness.
Il do not think it profitable for Eepub-
licans TO discuss in an unkind way the
auses of defeat. Whatever mistakes
may have been made should be remem-
bered only in SO far as they atfordlessons
for the future, but not otherwise. Per-
defeat, Yet / nave no unkind feeling to-
ward any one, either inside or outside of
the Republican party, and I do not want
any n who has seen fit heretofore 10
call himself in any special sense nv
friend to entertain any feeling of ill-will
or to harbor any spirit of revenge toward
any one. Our duty for the future is to
close up the lines and redeem what has
been lost. l am not going out of poll
tics in the way l would have been pleased
to go out. but I shall be glad when ] I'M
neglected private affairs. I hope to lie
fully occupied with the practice Of the
law, but 1 shall always be ready to help
the party and my friends, to whom I am
SO much indebted, in any way that I
may be able to in the future"
columbus Ohio teleglnin.l
Col. A. L. Conger, Chairman of the Re-
having been pressed for his Wow of the
causes which brought forth the Republic
can disaster, said:
In deteat there is nothing so becomes
o man as silence; yet I know of no secrets
that the Republican party has to be kept
from the public. So far as the State Ex-
e%cutive Committee is concerned, they
have worked hard md faithfully. We
know from the first that We were battling
against great Odds. The apathy of an oil
year, the effect of Commissioner Tanners
removal on the soldiers, the usual unrest,
and discomfort following the distribution
of patronage by n new national adminis-
~tration, all contributed their mite; but
the principal cause Of our defeat
interest against us, which, backed
by large contributions from brewers and
whisky interests inside and. outside the
State gave the opposition IL campaign
fund which was welded with telling eff
feet against tho cause, and, Of course,
the prohibition vote pulled them through.
Il frnvnrn0N Hawaiian vync 1,HkA1;o,, g. Ata
right. He is the representative of good
government and honesty, and made IL
gallant fight. He broke down i'll the
campaign from overwork, and I believe
his sickness cost the ticket several thou
sand votes. He is one of the most Of
fective speakers on the stump, bravo,
honest, and aggressive. He is the young
war-eagle of the Republican party and
American politics. He will be tothe Re-
publican party in the future what James
g. Blaine has been in the pasta brill
liant, able, aud dashing leader. He was
battling for the right, and, while he has
gone down, his defeat will only make
him more friends, and he has a great fu-
ture before him."
Tho Iowa Defeat.
Waterloo uaJ special to the Chicago Tribune.l
One of the lending members Of the
Iowa Republican State Central Commits
tes was in the city to-day, and was asked
what he considered were the reasons for
the defeat OF the Republican ticket at
the recent election. He said: 4There
were three reasons which, in my opinion,
brought it about. The first in order of
importance was undoubtedly prohibition;
the second was the radical legislation of
the last General Assembly on the rail-
road question:; the third was the stay.at.
home vote, and this was, in n measure,
the result of the other two, added to the
feeling Of security which long lease of
power in Iowa had given the Republicans.
especially i'll the rural districts.
The prohibition question wa more
effective ut this time than at any previous
election, because the Democrats offered
high license, and there are large numbers
of Republicans who believe that to be the
proper method of dealing with the oues-
ton. But in addition t this the idea
became prevalent that the Independent
statute on the Temperance question, which
was referred to by some Of the Repub-
lican speakers, meant Il State constabu.
larry, and thnt is offensive to our people.
These facts undoubtedly induced n large
number of the Anti Prohibition Repub.
licans to vote the Democratic ticket,
while they remain on all other questions
loyal to the Republican party"
In an editorial article the Sioux City
journal. the lending Republican daily
newspaper in Northwestern Iowa. de-
clares practically that the prohibition ex-