Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-12
HARRISON IS IN IT,
ALTHOUGH TEE BLAINE HIH Arm MAKING
TIN MOST NOISR
II is Said that the President Forced the Rstirsmsn'
Of Quay and Dudley from The National k1se-
utiys Committee 0lrksOns Relations
With Harrison Of Friendly Nature
Special telegram to ne Register.

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WASHINGTON, ID. G. August 11.-Ai-
though the Blaine boomers are making
most noise just now, it might as well De
put down as settled fact that the
President himself is not getting lett.
While Mr.. Harrison is utterly lacking
in personal magnetism and does not pos
sess the breadth of nature that compels
respect, II not admiration, he inherits q
good deal of political sagacfty from his
grandfather and knows how to make the
most of the power and pap" at hiscom
mand In order to find room for his own
purposes and advance his own interests.
The common talk for months has been
that the National Republican Exec
utive Committee was almost to man
hostile to Mr.. Harrison. When the
committee met here some days ago, this
talk was stronger than ever, and the
designations of Quay and Dudley were
interpreted as meaning that they had
got out to be at entire liberty to actively
fight against Harrison's denomination.
AS far as Quay was concerned, SUISSE
quent events have demonstrated to be
quite true. But day by day the theory
that Quay's resignation was a measure
forced by Harrison received fresh con-
firmation. This is also true, no doubt,
of Dudley, who even worse than Quay,
was a dead weight on Harrison's
shoulders. And day by day the theory
that the Republican Executive Con-
mittee is made up OF men hostile to
Harrison becomes more untenable. Mr..
J. Sloat Fassett, OF New York, was
generally put down as an undoubted
anti-Harrison man, yet the very day
after the meeting Of the committee
here, Fassett received one Of the big
gest plums in the gift of the President,
the ColIectorship of the Port Of New
York. Harrison may be good deal OF
a "chump," as many disgruntled Re-
publicans call him, but he is not such
an idiot as to give such big Office as
that to a man of whose allegiance he
was not absolutely assured.
Mr.. John S. Clarkson Is another men,
Der Of the Executive Committee, who
has generally been classed as an anti
Harrison man. There is no doubt that
Clarkson has been grievously disap-
pointed in his own personal ambitions
by Harrison The latter's course gen.
orally has also at times received Clark
sons appreciation. But Mr.. Clarkson
makes business Of politics, and there
fore never breaks completely with any
man as long as he retains hope OF being
able to use him. Clarkson has never
had an open rupture with the
President They have always met as
friends. Between their families cordial
social relations exist. A pleasant little
story may be told to show how close these
relations are. Some moaths ago
one of Mr.. Clarkson's sons went TO Har-
ward to take the entrance examination.
He passed, and when he returned here
he told his father that it would be nec-
essary for him to give the bond to the
the rasitv authorities for the safety OF
engaged. His father, wishs-ses hn bod
the boy a business lesson, asked him
whom he could get to go on his bond.
The Young man said he didn't know any
ons very we'll in Washington except the
President. There the matter dropped.
The next day General Clarkson was
greatly surprised and amused when
his son came to him and gleefully an
nounced that it was all right; the Presi-
dent had gone on his bond at college.
Such was really the case. Itseems that
these bonds require two indorsers, but
the Harvard authorities accepted young
CIarkson's with one, In view Of the fact
that that one was the President Of the
United States.
There is very little doubt that Clark
son will support Harrison and bring all
the influence he possesses to bear to
swing the National Committee to his
support, II the President can make 1t an
object, and the President can make II an
object, for he is exceptionally forum
ate in having fat places becoming
vacant almost every day with which to
reward his supporters. So 1T is just as
we'll to bear in mind that while the
Blaine men are always making the most
noise, they are not going to have walk
over. Harrison is in it, and he will
make IL interesting for those who have
attempted to shut him out from the
nomination.
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