Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-24

STEPHENS ON THAT INTERVIEW
WITH CLEVELAND.
BY Tolest,ph to the SEws.i
CLAnxsos iSrEnyirwED.
The Weakness Of Ills Party Ia New
fnEisud.

botIpN' Npril ~ Inc ncTud mas
q long Interview with prcsidcnt.elect
Garrison OF the Republican League.
Clarkson lays, In part; "rhe failure Of
young men to participate In politics IL
the weakness u the Republican party
IN New England. ! believe the New
England democracy has Outgcneralcd
IT, Republican opponents In that ro-
rpect. They have ~ leaders persons
who were the founders of republican,
lsm. The Republican party must util.
lac ", young men. The labot question
VIII figure IN the next campaign and
ought 10. The wealth should he more
evenly distributed"
'Do you interpret the Cincinnati
convention as favJring Blaine Instead
Of HarrisonyD
or was not at the convention, 80 I
cannot assume to Judge III sentiments"
was the rcJOindor.
ut " SAID that you are personally
out ior Blaine as against the rcnomi.
nation ~ President HARRISON" sug-
gcsted the reporter.
81 have no personal choice for prcai.
dent" replied Clarkson. "rime viii
Indicate the man. IL the silver qucs-
tlou was settled the question would
be greatly cleared. The seut Of Rcpub.
lican POKER, the West, will never con-
sent 10 see the treasury Of the country
on gold basis. rhe West viii not
consent to any candidate or platform
that will not represent the double
standard Idea, and the greater part
will not consent 10 a platform that viii
not represent silver ~ money by tho
coinage Of the American product.
With such position on money, and
with position for n revision OF the
banking laws, 70 ~ 10 make our bank.
ing advantage. favorable 10 the agrl-
cultural communities, cities and
towns. and with the purposc 10 pro.
vide good money aud enough OF IL, the
Republican party will hold the West ~
solit for tue party ~ II was IN 'ss,whilc
tue Mckinley bill will carry New
York AMI the doubtful States. IN,
next Republican candidate for Pred.
dent ought 10 be man broad enough
TO cover this land aud nble % admin
lister Justice on all differing interests
with true regard 10 all national Ia.
tofrsts. President Harrison has mute
n faithful executive In every public
sense and IL lacking only In personal
popularity, which gives man the
power Of electricity In politics. lie
has demonstrated his qualities fully,
nnd his powerful Intellect IN second ~
No man living today, not even his
phenomenal secretary OF State. Who
ever IN the Republican candidate must
he a man who can maintain the sOlidity
OF the party In the great agricultural
region west OF the Mississippi. Tbs
candidate must not only bc near 10 the
al Ia a. ..N -. a
farm. All political parties will 10
more closely to the farms hereafter
than they have In the past fifty years.
The farmers are going u assert them.
selves Ia public affairs and for the good
Of the race"
GARRISON said he believed Cleveland
viii be the next democratic candidate.
III his personal Views on the silver
question DO not quite suit the South and
West, he Will make them suit. lie
feels that the gold people viii trust him
anyway, and as the Western aud
Southern democracy believe In him M
man OF destiny he can successfully
hypnotize thcm ON the silver question
and think he II doing It,"
"To win In '02," said Clarkson, 1--WE
must bring up the Republican news
paper circulation TO meet that OF the
Democratic party In Its programme To
circulate millions OF arguments directly
TO the houses OF tbs voters"
ACCENTS THE PRESIDENCY.
CIscisSATI, April 23.-Mr. Clarkson
has t.legraphed his acceptance OF tn.
presidency Of the National Republican
League, and called meeting Of the
q.