Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-18
Progress of New YOrk's PoIiti-
cal Battle for Munic-
ipaI Control
CHAT WITH COL. CAMPBELL,
Reid or Mckinley for President if
Harrison Does Not Run. .
AFUTURE IN STORE FOR FORAKER.
The Contest in Ohio Next Year Will be an
Important One.
MANI BUCKEYES AT THE METROPOLIS


SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIE DIsPATCH.I
NEW YORK, October I7.-This has been
busy week politically in New York. The
Peoples Municipal League, engineered by
the reverend gentlemen, has selected non
the County Democracy and the Republican
party mongrel ticket. AS is generally the
cace when such coalitions take place In
New York, the Democracy takes the prln-
cipal offices. The straight-out Republicans
are yerv much chagrined, have fumed and
fretted. and threatened TO present ticket OF
their own to be voted for ct the coming cleo
tiou. 1t is doubtful, however, if this latter
move will amount 10 much.
It would he well for the Republican Con-
rressional Assembly candidates if it would,
for. as the matter now stands, very large
number of Republicans are disgruntled,
and will refuse to register or vote; whereas,
If a straight-out Republican ticket was put
in the field in addition to the preachers
ticket and the Tammany ticket it would
cause the disgruntied Republicans to regis
ter, and thus would give the candidates OF
that party Tor legislative positions the bene-
lit of all of the Republican votes in the city.
AN OHIO MAN NAMED.
Among the nominations for Congress
dpon the part of the Republicans in this
city, was Colonel T c. Campbell, a gentle
man well known in Ohio affairs few years
ago, and whom 1 supposed still resided in
Cincinnati until 1 saw his name as among
these selected Tor Congressional honors. He
viii be remembered by your readers as the
attorney who defended young Birner, the
acquittal OF whom led to the famous Cincin-
natl riot of 'S4, the burning of the Court
House, and the killing of 100 people or
more.
1 found Colonel Campbell at his office,
No. 265 Broadway. He informed me that
he had practically withdrawn from business
IN Ohio, and had been established in New
York for some two years past, though his
legal residence is still in Ohio. 1t is strange
how carpet bagger, as it were, can take
~oot in this metropolis. asked him how it
was that he should be selected as candi-
date for Congress when there we're so many
''to the manor born" who desired honorS
OF that character. Colonel Campbell said:
Il really don't know. When 1 came
here about two years ago I did a good deal
Of speaking for the Republican party, and
was engaged in a joint debate as a repre-
sentative of the Hamilton Club against the
representative of the Tammany people in
the Thirteenth district Some time after
ward, while in the West l was informed by
telegram that 1 had been elected as Presi-
dent of the club. That has kept me more
h,To tl,., ,,,,b1;o -. r.:
and was told that 1 would be nominated
MS the Republican representative in that
district. l wrote 10 the committee from
Washington that I could not be candidate.
and
SUPPOSED THAT ENDED IT,
until last night when 1 was called upon by
a delegation who desired to escort me to the
convention for the purpose of accepting the
nomination, which they said was unani-
mously rendered me. 1 declined, and the
papers are in error this morning when they
say that l was nominated, for upon nv
declining, very worthy young Republican
gentleman OF New York ancestry was Sc
iected for the place, Percy D. Adams"
Have you given up all connection with,
or interest in, Ohio poltics?''
With politics? Oh, yes. 1 never was
much in the matter OF politics, ANYHOW.
Occasionally attending State convention
Was the limit of my connection Herewith.
tut l do still take a lively interest in Ohio,
Although nv old home, Cincinnati. is not
as progressive as some places, still regard
II as one OF the best cities in the Union to
live in"
Nv hat can you tell me about the Foraker
Campbell ballot-box imbroglio? l under
stand you are conversant with the detailsof
that fight"
W ell, that was an unfortunate affair for
Governor Foraker and some others. L was
The attorney OF the company, and it was
very surprising to me that Foraker got into
the position which he occupied in that mat
ter. He should have known that the story
which his oYeT-zealous friend Halstead pre-
sented TO the public would not bear inyesti-
cation. The trouble in that matter was that
Foraker was too easily deceived. HaIstead
had nose Tor what be called news. but
which, IN point of fact, was a disposition 10
be malignant toward those from whom he
Differed
FORAKER'S FUTURE.
Has it des rroyed Foraker's prospects in
politics."
NO, l think not Foraker is an ener-
getlc, active fellow; something like Price
Rupert; too dashing and reckless at times;
too conservative and cautious at others. A
man OIL his temperament is apt TO make mis-
takes, but he Is also possessed of that vitality
which will always as long as his health re-
mains enable him TO recover himself and
MI a ialr share of public thought. / see
Just now that he is endeavoring to replace
himself IN the attention of the public bv de-
clarlng that Mr.. Blaine must be the next
candidate Of the Republican party. OF
course declaration of that character, which |
Is direct assault upon the present OCCUPANT |
OF the w hite House, will attract more than |
. passing notice, but that think will be ac- |
credited sooner or later as another of the |
eX-Goyernor's mistakes. Blaine. like CLAW |
Webster and Douglass will never reach t5a |
Presidency. Harrison has given n grood /
safe administration, and is more like1v to
be renoninated than it is at present Sun-
posed by manv. If be is not renominated
then the party will look to either MeEinlev
or Reed as candidate. Mr.. Blaine. aiwavs
brilliant, over-shOt the mark when he nnt
himself in quasi position OF opposition To
the new tariff bill. His reciprocity scheme
makes agreeable reading. but only needs to
be examined for any thoughtful person to
realize how chimerical it is. In Mr..
Blaine'S
ANXIETY TO MAKE A POINT
lie forgot the accuracy which usually
characterizes his remarks. He stated in
regard to Mexico that we were importing
from her Sl7,000,000 and selling her but
s., 000 600, yet the fact is that Mexico does
rot sell to all the world, outside of the pre-
cious metals, anything like Sl7, ,OOO, 900. We