Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-08
M'KINLEY ASSISTED
The President to Change His Mind
About Canadian Reciprocity.
BLAINE'S HOBBY TO BE CURBED.
The Major Sees Bright Political Skies
From the Result in Ohio.
CLEARING THE WAY FOB TIE CONTEST
trRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT,

tFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, April 7.-Msjor McKIn-
ley, the prospective Republican candidate
for Governor of Ohio, takes world of COM
fort from the result of the municipal elec-
tions in Ohio. "Take them all round" he
said this afternoon, 81 think the municipal
elections of yesterday are very encouraging
to the Republican party. Take the election
in Cleveland, for instance. At the last
election the Democrats carried that city by
nearly 1000 majority. We have just carried
it by some 5000, though the Democrats
nominated strong man, and good, hard
fight was made. The Republicans are very
active in Ohio, and there was pretty hard
fight for the nominations"
"What do you think has led to the in
creased Republican vote?" was asked.
81 think Republicanism is reviving, not
only in Ohio, but in all parts of the country.
The people are beginning to find out the
false prophets who talked about the tariff
last. year. They see that the increased
prices and all that was part of the scheme
OF misrepresentation.
Recent Elections in New York State.
"You remember the recent local elections
in New York State were very encouraging
to the Republicans. You can never argue
with absolute accuracy from merely local
elections but think the Republicans are in
pretty good shape all over tI, the ,oe,s country"
Il think the Republicans are bound to elect
the President in 1872, whoever they nominate.
1 notice that Mr.. Hill is trying to change the
the November elections from that popular
with the Democrats. do not know that there
is any significance in that"
"What is the chief danger to the Republic
II do not think that thereis anything par
ticularly dangerous to the Republicans in the
political situation. unless it is the Farmers Al
lance movement"
Discussing politics further, he said that he
did not see how the Democrats could avoid
making silver a leading issue in the next Pres
idental contest if they passed free coinage
bill through the House, and 1t was defeated,
either In the Senate or by the Presidents veto.
He did not think, however, that the nomina-
tion of Mr.. Cleveland would necessarily be in
terfered with by that.
McKinley's Opposition to Reciprocity.
In this connection it may be said that Major
Mckinley gets some credit for being the par
tial means of sending the Canadian Reciprocity
Commissioners home without conference. He
and several other public men, opposed to
reciprocity with Canana, and who believe that
Blaine has gone reciprocity mad, visited the
President yesterday morning and 1t is asserted
changed him from an inclination which he en-
tertained to hear the commissioners now
that the; are here
There is tremendous opposition all along the
N orthern tier of States ana in all of those boz
dering on the lakes against reciprocity, after
the Blaine plan. with Canada, and the probabil
ities are that Canada will never again be in
vited to a conference. 1t is said that Harrison
and others have declared that Blame
must confina his hobby to the South and Gen.
trail American republics and that this field Is
quite large enough for him. LIGHTNER.