Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15

ratio were based on the intrinsic value Of
the silver in the dollar as compared with
gold. there would be no danger in free COIN
age. I hardly think it would be dangerous
as it is, though it may affect our dealings
with foreign countries. When money passes
from one nation to another, it goes by its
actual value and not by its mark on the
face, and if the dollar does not contain 100
cents, it cannot be used as 100 cents In set
Ting the accounts of nations"
"What figure will the Farmers Alliance
cut in the next campaign?"
"It will have its place and will perhaps
affect matters to q considerable extent. 1
don't expect it to last, however, and a year
or two will be the extent of its life. You
cannot nave a successful party in this coun-
try which is not broad enough in its
principles to embrace all classes and to suit
all sections and all sorts of individuals.
These single idea parties spring up and are
cut down after they have lone their work by
the great scythe of public sentiment, and
the people fall back into the two great
parties which, under one name or another,
have been in existence since the organiza-
ton of,our Government"
Grover Cleveland's Chances Slim.
GLOW about candidates?"
"If the nominating conventions were held
to-day 1 suppose the candidates would be
| Harrison and Cleveland and under such
circumstance I have no doubt that Cleve-
land would be the next President of the
| United States. The situation from now on,
however, promises to be very different. If
the silver question enters into the campaign
it may mean a change OF candidates as far
as the Democracy is concerned. 1t the free
coinage bill passes the House and is vetoed
by President Harrison it will force silver to
the front as a campaign issue. President
Cleveland is understood not to favor what
is known as free coinage while claiming to
be o friend of the silver coin, and he might
not be satisfied as a candidate in a CAM
paign in which free coinage would be the
leading issue.
ST believe that Harrison will veto the sill
yer bill if it passes, and it seems to me that
there is no doubt that he will be the next
candidate of the Republican party. The
only man who would stand any chance
against him would be Mr.. Blaine, who
shows no inclination toward the nomina-
ton. and whose loyalty to Harrison, shown
by his acceptance of the place of Premier
in his administration, would hardly permit
him to take the nomination, even if it were
rendered him. The power of an admins
IL lax Va " hOoa AVA y
second term is very great, and President
Harrison will develop a remarkable strength
before the convention meets"
Democratic Candidate From the West.
"Suppose Harrison vetoes the silver bill,
and the silver issue becomes such as to make
the nomination of Cleveland seem inadvis-
able, from what part of the country will the
candidate be chosen?"
tI fnink tho candidate will anna from
the West. I do not believe that Hill could
be nominated if Cleveland were a candidate
and were defeated. Tine Cleveland men
would not support Hill under such circum-
stances, and 1 don't see how he could be q
candidate at this election, though he may
be later. As to other Eastern candidates, I
suppose that Pattison, of Pennsylvania,
would be brought to the front, and another
man who would be looked upon as a posi-
bility would be Governor Albeit, Of New
Jersey.
1.-THE candidate, in case silver is one of
the leading issues, will probably come from
the West, and there are q half dozen differ
emit States from which he might be taken.
Illinois is now trembling in the balance,
Wisconsin is a doubtful State, we practi-
cally " Michigan. We hardly know how
to figure on Iowa, and Indiana is always q
fighting ground"
McDonald's Own Position.
"You have often been considered q Presi-
dental possibility" said I.
"Nol mol noi' said the Senator, as q faint
blush crept up from the white whiskers nm.
der his collar and travelled over his broad
expanse of healthy features. "No, L am not
a candidate, and / have never been stung by
the Presidential bee. Ny friends are very kind
to mention me in such a connection, but ]
am, as I told you, thoroughly content with
being a private in the ranks of the Demo
cratic party, and all I want is to see its prin.
ciples and its candidates succeed"
"Suppose Harrison should be nominated,
the Vice President may be taken from In.
diana9" said I.
"Yes, possibly" replied the Senator.
in Indiana. 1 would be satisfied to see any
Of them receive the nomination, with the e1.
ception of Governor Gray. I don't consider
HIM q good Democrat, and I don't think he
would make q fit candidate for the Vice
Presidency. I say this, not because I have
any personal feeling against Governor Gray,
but I think his record Is such as would unfi
us to make a good fight with him a. one oil
the heads of the ticket"
We VIII Own the Continent.
''The attack upon home rule" said Sena.
Mcdonald, was the most dangerous ele.
ment of the force bill. The protection oil
the rights OF the States is the principle upon
which is based the ~expandibility of oul
Government. If we can keep our present
Constitution as it is, we can become a great
nation and under it we can and will
conquer the North American Continent ]
belieye that the whole of this territory will
be under our Government before the middle
of the next century.
"Long before that we will rival England
and perhaps surpass her as the greatest man.
ufacturing nation of the world. If we adopt
her policy of free breadstufs and free raw
material, there is nothing that can stop us
and the United States will be the workshop
of the nations. New York will be a greater
city than the widest Imagination has evel
dreamed of and Chicago, the Giant of the
Inland, will increase in population an6
wealth beyond conception. This vast terri
tory will TEEN with millions who will bt
brought together by the Improvements o.
the future as to INSTRUMENTATION, an6
its possibilities of goodness and greatness
are appalling"
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
MIGHTY ARMS OF LIGHT.