The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-31
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW
SAYS THAT HARRISON WILL l,sc Ts,r
NEAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
'ne mckinley Tariff BilI Will 10 a Great
"ea' Toward Carrying the Next Eiec-
ton for Republicans.


ton for Republicans
LONDON, July 29-An interview with
Chauncey NJ. Dcpew was published in a
London paper on Sunday morning. Mr.
Depew deprecated the suggestion that he
was likely to he the man to champion the
republican cause in the next presidential
election.
de said he believed that Harrison
would carry the election as the republic
can candidate. "Blainc" he continued sis
the strongest man politically, and most
popular; hnt still in my belief Harrison
wi'i De nominated. That is my decided
opinion no matter what candidates other
han Harrison may be spoken about"
hen asked in regard to the democrat
lc candidate Depew said that he promised
he was speaking II year in advance of the
nomination and he believed Cleveland
would be the democratic candidate but
that the democrats would not be so unani-
NOUS as the republicans in their choice of
candidates. Bad times would also disap-
pear under the assured prosperity of the
farmers.
"Do You argue then that the republic
cans have suffered all they will suffer On
account Of the Mckinley law and that
now it is the democrats whom it will
smitc hip and thigh?"
Just SO. The Mckinley tariff will do
very great deal to carry the election for
the republicans, especially will the recip-
rocty clause do a great deal. The Ameri-
can people are now seeing that by means
of that clause they can do great things,
from commercial point of view with the
states of South America. Until the Nc
kinley bill was passed the United States
haG been paying a hundred million dol
lars a year in cash to South America.
Mark, that this money was paid through
London. We got raw material from
South America through London and Ger
many and paid for it in cash. Now We
shall get the same amount Of raw mater
al, but by means of Mckinley reciprocity
clause we shall he enabled to sell manu-
featured goods in return. In other words,
we shall pay in kind England and Ger
many will lose what America gains. Har-
rison would win on the tariff and silver
questions. Certainly republicans erred
in passing the Mckinley bill just before
the election. The worst effects of the
bill were felt at once, just in time to
cause the republican defeat. But it was
not democratic majority, but majority
of democrats and cranks. American poll
ties were very mixed just then. Now
they arc clarifying and the benefits of the
tariff law are becoming felt. The farmers
alliance ia the outcome. Now let me pass
to what will he the second plank in the
fight for the presidency. l mean the sill
yer question or bimetalism as you would
call it in England. Upon the silver ques-
ton the republicans arc politically united.
while the democrats are divided. l sup
pose there will be some subsidiary ques-
lions involved in the election no doubt.
take one instance, there will be qucs-
ton of the negro vote in the south.
Southern States elect democrats just now.
Republicans say that if the negroes could
vote as they wish without interference
and without manipulation they would vote
the republican ticket. So we want to
have tic election taken under the federal
officers, and not under the officials of each
state, who at present manages the negro
vote. You see the point, and can under
stand that the democrats will oppose us
here"
"One last question, Mr.. Depew, why
have American rails been going down re-
Gently -,
can explain that in sentence, The
tend downward is merely temporary: we
have sent $73,OU0,O 900 in gold to Europe
within the past five months ana money
went west to move crops. Consequently
there resulted strinScncy of gold in
New York. Whenever that occurs rails
go down. Now good crops arc assured .1,
cold is returning and American rails will
shortly be better than ever before.