Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-01
THEY SHOULD ALL BE LOCKED UP
Is the Harsh Judgment Which Chairman
Bremen Passes on the New
Organizations Leaders.
J. N. GuFFEY DOES PLAIN TALKING
This Oil Magnate States His Position and Severely
Roasts Mr. Harrity.

ranging 10 organize CLUBS alSo ANU u il'eiy
fight is promised from now until the dele
gates to the National Convention are
chosen.
"What on earth do the ex-Democratic
Office holders mean, )" asked Chairman Bren-
ncn in reply TO question yesterday. III
the movement is intended to help ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland, then somebody should take
charge of the e1-offiee holders. At least,
that is the way look at the matter.
'In politics. Mr.. Bremen continued,
"people are guided either by hope or by
fear. They are either hopeful of good gov
ernment and that thev or their friends will
profit by their course, else they are fearful
that the government and its various
branches will not be safe in the hands of
those they oppose, or that persons for whom
they have dislike may profit by the success
of the other side. If those who held
Office under President Cleveland are to
take charge of Mr.. Cleveland's campaign
what hope have we that those who did not
hold Office can be induced to remain in the
party. 1t is observed even if the ex-office
holders are popular, and 1 am free to say
they are not, that as a rule they are con-
demned not because they are not good men.
but because their success meant some other
mans disappointment.
Too Big a Load for Cleveland.
In my judgment 1t would be simply
suicidal to encourage the e1-ofice holders
to assume charge of affairs in and about
Pittsburg in the approaching national
campaign. Mr. Cleveland is pretty
strong man, but he is rot able to carry that
load.
Mr. Bremen will leave for Washington
this evening to attend meeting of the
Democratic District Chairmen of Pennsyl-
rania, who will assemble at the Windsor
Hotel in that city on Thursda7 for two
purposes. They will first decid. upon a
date for meeting of the Staae Central
Committee, for the purpose Of naming a
successor to the late William L. Scott on
the Democratic Natl ?al Committee. Then
it is expected that they will devise ways
and means to assist Sta;e Chairman Kerr iE
his campaign for the Chief Clerkship of the
Lower House of Congress. They vii: en-
deavor to secure for him the united Con-
gressional delegation from Pennsylvania,
and they will probably arrange to assist
him in other ways.
The committee which meets at Washing
ton, MI. Bremen saws, will not have au-
thoritv to act on the vacancy caused by the
death OF Mr.. Scott. The vacancy, he SAYS,
must be filled by the whole committee.
The report printed on Saturday last to the
effect that Mr.. Harrity would be chosen to
succeed the late W. L. Scott on the National
Committee, and that ]. NJ. Guffey, of Pitts
burg, would not be a candidate for the
place is emphatically denied by Mr.. Guffey
himself
Guffey Severely Roasts Harrity.
''It is true have not asked member of
our State Central Committee to support me
for Mr.. Scott's place on the National Com
mittee, but it is just as true that great
many members of The State Committee
have written me pledging me their support
for the place, and asking me to stand as
candidate.
'T want to say now," Mr.. Guffey con-
tinued, that Mr. Harrity is not being
chosen for that place il preference to me.
By personal appeals he has secured pledges
of support probably from majority of the
State Committee, and / have no: vet asked
any of them to vote for me. 1 may and
may not be a candidate, but Mr.. Harrity is
hardly big enough for me to go into a con-
test with. Z"
Mr.. Guffey will probably go East to-mor-
row. He believes that he could be of great
service to his party on the National Com
mittee Financially he is nearer the equal
of W. L. Scott than any of those mentioned
for the vacancy on the committee, and his
friends argue that he aspires to membership
of the committee for what he can put in it
and not for what he can get out of it. He
has no political ambitions. He will, it is
conceded, be chosen delegate to the Ma
tional Committee without opposition. and it
is not likely he will be asked who he will
support for President
The sentiment in Pittsburg and in Penn
sylvania it is said by those accepted as au-
.hority, is in favor of Grover Cleveland for
President, but it is limited by others that
Governor Hill and his friends will not only
control the New York delegation against
the eI-President, but that they are quietly
making an effort to secure control OF the
Pennsylvania delegation.
The Straigthouts at Work.
The new Democratic club promised by
members of the Committee of Twenty.one
during the last campaign will be organized
next Monday night. The movement has
been a strong one from the start and has
recently found its most powerful exponent
by the addition to the ranks of Attorney
w. A. Sipe Mr.. Sipe's greatest promi-
nence was gained last summer, when he ran
for the nomination for judge in opposition to
the Governors appointees and is said
to have had promises from q majority of
the delegates in spite of the bitter opposi-
tion of the party leaders. He Withdrew
lust before the convention, and since then
has not appeared on the political board.
1t was supposed by many that he had gone
into the O'Leary-Larkin camp, and his an
nouncement that he will throw his influence
with the faction opposed to the present
Democratic organization is the biggest
bomb that has vet been exploded in the camp
ofthe Randall Club and County Democracy.
Mr.. Sipe's ability as fighter was
shown last summer when even Judge Ken
nedy's friends admitted that he had nearly
200 delegates. He is said to have more
country friends than any other politician in
the county, and will now advance on Rich
mond by changing bis residence to Alle-
gheny. When asked his views yesterday,
MI. Sipe said:
tI will Join the new Democratic club
and use all my efforts to release the Demo-
cratic party from the dictation of a few
bosses. 1t will be fight against the ring
and will be made within the party. The
organization will not be formed to defeat
any one man or promote the interests of a
few. The club will be for the masses and
will place the initiation fee at figure that
can be met by the rank and file of the
party.
Not on the Speak-Easy Plan.
"It is not on going to be beer drinking
organization or have buffet of any kind.
The object will be to get as many members
as possible and have them ready to fight
the combination Democratic Republican
ring whenever called upon. l am not liv