The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-11-13
CONGER TALKS.
What the National Republican Committee
man From Ohio Thinks of the Result In
His State-The Tariff and Reciprocity.

What the National Republican Committee
man From Ohio Thinks of the Result I'm
His state-The Tarifr and Reciprocity.
CHICAGO, Nov. GA. L. Conger. ma
tional committeeman from Ohio, thinks
the time has now arrived to talk about
the candidates for the next presidential
campaign. He believes that the nation
al committee, which will meet at
Washington, November %. will con-
slider the matter of candidates. d
Regarding the dispatches from Ohio
intimating very strongly that an at
tempt would be made to keep Senator
elect Brice from taking his seat and
electing a republican in his place, Col.
Conger said he did not believe any such
move would be made. ut would be
very unwise to do Sc" he said. "Sena-T
tor Brice was elected squarely by a
democratic legislature. and as for his
being a nonresident of Ohio there Is
nothing in that Senator Brice Is the
best man for the place and as his elee.
ton was open and fair 1t would be next
to impossible to carry through any
scheme to keep him out of the Office. ="
Col. Conzer believes that the Ohio
election has demonstrated that the
Ohio protective system has been In
dorsed by the people and that now new
industries fostered by the, Mckinley
law will start up.
Col Couger gave a history of the
events that brought about the resigna-
ton of Mr. Conkling from the senate
owing to his dissatisfaction with Presi-
dent Garfeld's appointment of Robert
son as collector of New York, and the
unsuccessful attempt to concil-
late Conkling. When the .latter's
resignation was shown the president
Garfield said: MIR Conger. do not be
alarmed. We shall develop a policy
during my administration W hich will
make the republican party more popu-
lar with the people of this country
than it has ever been since the day of
it's birth We parted and ] never saw
poor Garfield again His assassination.
came soon after. s 80 as.sh sgh
Now, as to the policy about which
he spoke, that was to become SO popu-
lar with the people, visited WASH
iugton several months after President
Arthur had taken his seat as president,
with his cabinet reorganized. think
Mr.. Blaine at that time was working
upon his book. l met Maj. Mckinley
and we went together to call and pay
our respects to Mr.. Blaine. We
found him at his house and had a
pleasant chat with him for half or
three-quarters of an hour. During this
conversation Mr.. Blaine took up
and discussed the proposed Pan-Amer-
lean congress, which he said would
have been held and the project carried
out under the Garfield administration,
and expressed his great sorrow and
disappointment at the unforeseen ca.
lamity that had prevented 1t. He then
went on to demonstrate the great adj
country under the proposed policy
which they had hoped to inaugurate.
He discussed the policy of reciprocity
coupled with protection and the
benefits that would accrue to
Americans, especially the manu-
facturers: how it would provide
an additional market for American
cereals, American beef and pork and
American farm machinery, etc. Being
largely identified and connected with
the business of manufacturing Amer
lean agricultural machinery, business
which had at that time more than two
hundred millions of dollars invested in
the manufacture of various kinds OF
farming machinery, was quick to
catch on to every word that Mr.. Blaine
uttered during the conversation. Isaw
in it q policy that would put in motion
the wheels of nearly every manu-
featuring esta blishment in the United
States; that would give employment
to the great mass of American work.
ingmen; that would further the
interests of the American workingman;
that would further the interests of the
American farmer-and the last words
that Garfield had spoken touching the
popularity of the policy that he would
develop during his administration
flashed across my mind. was partic.
ular to catch on to all this because in
politics legislation which affects ones
business always attracts the greatest
attention. I have no doubt that If Gar
field had lived that the same policy
which Mr.. Blaine has now inaugurated
under President Harrison would have
been fully carried out by Blaine under