Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-01
CLARKSON ON POLITICS
Pointing to the Path Which
Republicans Will Tread
to Victory
Young Men, Enthusiastic and
Active, Must Come Into
the Fold
The Character of the Man Re.
quired for a Presidential
Candidate

BOSTON, April 3O-J. S. Clarkson, presi-
dent-elect Of the Republican league, Is
making brief stop here while en- rout,
to Paris to Join his family. To reporter
Mr., Clarkson said tonight: "rhe honor oI
leading the Republican league is not of my
seeking, aud only assume the presidency
because my friends have made 10 seem to
be the proper thing to do. The failure of
young men to participate in politics is a
weakness OF the Republican party In New
England. | believe the New England De-
mocracy has out generated its Republican
opponents In that respect. They have as
leaders the sous of the founders of Repub-
licanlsm. The Republican party must uti-
ftzc their young memen. IL was born out Of
! the courage and enthusiasm of young men.
1t must have u new birth of courage and
enthusiasm.
81 am glad to see the Republicans Of
New England organized against the mer-
cenary element In politics. Aleck Wal
coJt, president OF your new Republican
cluh, sent out an cpigram, which believe
VIII do missionary work throughout the
country when he said: We must drum
This Is the line Of life for the Republican
party.
The labor question will figure In the
next campaign, and ought 10. Wealth
should be more evenly distributed. Some
thing is ready for correction when one
man can pile up his millions In few
years, while another has Il hard time To
make living. The Increase Of wealth
should tie more evenly distributed "
Mr.. Clarkson defined reciprocity as op-
ttonai free trade, and said that the Re
publican party fayors limited reciprocity
and the Democratic party universal re-
clprocity. He thought the Mckinley bill |
would grow In popularity when fully !
understood and fairly illustrated to every !
community.
Il have no personal choice for presl- !
dent, continued Mr. ClarksOn. "rime |
VIII Indicate the man. II the silver aHes-
tlon Is settled the situation will be greatly
cleared. The seat Of Republican power, |
the West, will never consent to see the |
treasures OF the country dwarfcd to a
gold basis The West will not consent |
70 any candidate or any platform that
viii not represent the dOuble-standard |
idea, and the greater part will not consent /
TO platform that Will not recognize sill
yer as money by the coinage Of the Amer /
lean product. With such position ON
money, and with the position for a revis-
ion OF the banking laws so as TO make our
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cultural communities cities and towns,
and with the purpose to provide good
money, ard enough Of it, the Republican
party will hold the West as solid for the
party as 1T was in 1888, while the McKin-
ley bill will carry with it New York and
the doubtful states for the Protection
party.
The next Republican candidate for
president" said MIR Clarkson. must be a
man broad enough to cover this broad
land, and able to administer Justice on all
the differing interests with a true regard
TO all national interests. President nar-
riSon has made faithful executive in
every public sense, aud is lacking only ln
the personal popularity which gives a
man the power OF electricity in politics. !
He has demonstrated his qualities fully,
and IN pure intellectual ability Is not
second to any American living today,
not even his phenomenal secretary Of
state.
Whoever is the Republican candidate
must be a man who can maintain the
solidarity OF the party Ia the great agri-
cultural region west Of the Mississippi
The candidate must not only be near to
the people, but must not be far from the
farm. All political parties will go more (
closely to the farms hereafter than they
have fn the past fifty years. The farmers !
are going to assert themselves in public
affairs and for the good of the race
Mr.. ClafksOn said he believes that
Cleveland will be the next Democratic
candidate. 'If Cleveland's personal views
on the silver question: he said, 'do not
quite suit the south and west, he will
make them suit. He feels that the gold I
people will trust him anyway, and, as the I
western and southern Democrats believe
In him as man Of destiny, he can sue {
;essiully hypnotic them on the silver I
question, and think he Is doing IT, Ex-
President Cleveland Is one of the smartest
that his party has ever had.
aud the Republican party has always un-
fefestimHted him In this respect.
"To win In 1872 said Mr.. Clarkson,
we must bring up the Republican news |
paper circulation to meet that Of the
Democratic party, whose program Is to
place tens OF millions Of arguments direct
y IN the homes Of the voters" Il
Mr.. Clarkson goes hence To New York
where he Will meet other members OF the !
League management and will sail for
Paris May @.