The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
IT WILL FALL FLAT.
So Congressman Frank Regards
the Third Party.
onditicns, BE Thinks, Have Changed-The
Missouri Member Makes Few Com
ments on the Worlds Fair.

Congressman Nathan Frank from the
Eighth Missouri District is at the Palace,
having come to California for few weeks
of rest and recreation. In addition to being
recognized as one of the ablest jurists of the
West, Mr. Frank takes high rank as Re-
publican politician, and his record in Con-
gress has been a remarkably successful one.
he is also owner of one of the leading daily
papers of ST. Louis.
81 do not think" said be yesterday in
conversation with a CALL reporter, that
the So-called third-party MOVEMENT will cut
any figure In the Presidential contest The
organization is essentially spasmodic. 1t
was the outgrowth of condition of affairs
that existed in 1890, but which no longer OBJ
tains. It's hOtbed was in Kansas and Ne
braska, and that was due to an unnatural
state of things. For several years the farm
ers Of the two States named have been dis
contented. a succession of poor crop years,
combined with low prices for their pro-
ducts, crippled them financially and the lack
of rain and the hot winds of 1890 devasted
their farms and brought on crisis Strange
as it may seem, 1t is a fact that
a few drops of water more or less will
change the political character of an agricul-
tuTal State, and dry season caused the re-
volt on the part Of the farmers. They felt
that something uSt what they were unable
to determine-was wrong, and the result
was the victory of the Farmers Alliance at
the polls.
CHANGED CONDITIONS.
That in my opinion, has all been
changed. The crops of Kansas and Ne
braska promise to be the most abundant
ever harvested in those States, and that, CON-
bined with the partial failure of the wheat
n Eronaa Rnseia will % fhis q
prosperous year. The discomfort Will nat
urally disappear, the old party lines,
think, will be re-established. TIVE men
were chiefly instrumental in bringing about
the spasm0dic revolt, and both have been
rewarded. PETER has been elected to the
Senate, an honor far beyond his intellectual
deserving, and Jerry Simpson, the sockleSs
statesman of Medicine Lodge, has grown
conspicuous II not famous. Both have got
ten all they deserve, and VIII sink back INFO
the oblivion from whence they emerged by
accident"
Mr.. Frank also discussed the Worlds
Fair. 1t will be remembered that he was
the author Of the resolution adopted by
Congress cenSUring the National Commits
sion for extravaganza
Is THIS OUR HARRY?
'As long as they had no real voice in the
MANAGEMENT of affairs" continued Mr..
Frank, we felt that they were rubbing it
in a little hard, and we considered ourselves
called upon to check them. In the first
place they were merely ornamental. This
man Of .-Mr.-Whats- his-
name? Oh, yes, Mr.. de Young. Well, he
made an effort to run things his own way,
and the result was that the commission
would assemble at Chicago, and, after a
week spent in having a high old time about
the Auditorium, they would adjourn, and the
only thing to give evidence of their having
met at all would be heavy bill against the
Government for expenses. We were COM
PEELED to check them and lop $50, 900 of the
amount asked by them.
Now about MaxwelPs appointment, Mr..
Frank?"
81 do not think that he will be confirmed.
Why? Well, he is not q suitable man for
the place, so near as l can understand. l
have talked TO number Of prominent men
in California, and the only reason | can find
for MS appointment is the fact that he is
chum of this man De Young, who tried to
run the commission. II California had
pushed the tight kind Of man to the front,
no trouble would have resulted. Now,
there is Professor Ives of St Louis, who
was appointed chief of the art department.
He had no political pull at all-n0t even a
Congressman or a Senator was asked to
recommend him. Yet he went in with fly
ing colOrS and that without the influence of
man who stroYe to run the commission.
Maxwell was bad mistake"