Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-24
TWO SENATORS TALK
They Discuss the Issues and
Candidates of the Com
ing Campaign.
CHANCES OF ASPIRANTS.
Senator Cullom Defines His Attitude
.or the Nomination.
SENTIMENT IN THE NORTHWEST.
Elaine Is Regarded as One of the Greatest
Men of the Country.
SENTIMENT In THE NORTHWEST.
Elaine Is Regarded as One of the Greatest
Men of the Country.
CLEVELAND THE DEMOCRATIC CHOICE
CORRESPONDING OF THE DISPATCH J

Presidential campaign. Senator Cullon
replied:
'Tt seems to me that the elections wert
the result of local fights and the campaign
were not made on national issues. Ii
Massachusetts, Iowa and New York the con
tests were rather those of the politicians
than of the people, and the results in these
States give no indication as to the coming
great fight in 1892. In Ohio Sherman anC
Mckinley made their campaign on ma.
tional issues Campbell accepted the situa
tion, and the result was that the State went
Republican. The two leading issues Of the
next Presidential campaign will undoubt
edly be the question of the tariff and the
silver question. There may be plank in
the Republican platform as to the reforma
tion of the ballot box stuffing in the fraudu.
lent elections of the South, but this issue
from the fact that the present Congress is Sc
largely Democratic, cannot be brought tc
the front so as to make it the predominant
one"
Guessing as to the Nominees.
'How about candidates, Senator Cul.
lom?" said l. 'Who will be the Demo.
cratic nominee?"
SIT seems to me that Grover Cleveland
will be nominated" d" said Mr.. Cullom. "The
trouble between him and Senator Hill
seems to be settled, and believe he would
be nominated even if it were otherwise
''What do you think of him as a candi-
date?"
Il think he will be the easiest Democrat
for us to beat. Mr.. Cleveland is an e1-
he
two great issues of the tariff
and the silver will lose him the
support ofseveral different elements of his
parry. He is for free trade substantially,
and in this respect he will lose the support
Of the protectionist Democrats, whose
name, by the way, is legion. A vast num-
her of the Democratic voters are for free
coinage Ex-President Cleveland is avow-
edly and stubbornly against it, and on this
accouu: he will not run as well in the West
and South as he did before. Still, he is the
only Democrat who has been elected Presi-
dent during the past generation, and his
support Is such that he will probably be the
nominee"
Cullom Is Not a Candidate.
GLOW about the Republican candidate?
You are mentioned in the newspapers as
one Of the possibilities. Are you a candi-
date?"
No." replied Senator Cullom s'I am
not a candidate for the Presidency, though
ii would be foolish for me to say that L
would not appreciate and accept the hor-r
of nomination if the party and the ,,olit-
ical conditions became such as to make it
seem advisable for the Republican Con-
vention to nominate me. NV position is
that 1 am ready TO work and vote for the
most available man, and if SIS tine conven-
tion approaches it is evident that there is
pronounced and a general feeling in favor
Of any particular candidate my name will
not be presented TO the convention. III,
however, there is no such feeling; if the
race for the nomination is 10 be 8 free-for-
all and my State should honor ME bv put
ting me forth as a candidate 1 will accept
the situation and do what l can under the
circumstances. At present L am doing
nothing and expecting nothing, and / am
for the best man, whether he be President
Harrison, Secretary Blaine, or some other
man"
''How about Tie candidacy of President
Harrison?"
"The President is, 1 believe, generally
considered 10 be a candidate. And it NAV
be that he will be found the most available
man to run. He is a man of strong char
acter, and his administration has been
successful one. He is very conservative
been well considered and well chosen. This
is especially so with those of judicial ma
ture. I know it is objected that he is not
at times as amenable TO advice from the
leaders Of his party as he should be to ap-
pointmcnts and measures, but this after all,
may be 4 good thing"
Blaine One of the Greatest Men.
GLOW about Blaine?"
81 do not think Mr.. Blaine replied SEN
stor Cullom, sis candidate in the working
and seeking sense of the term. Still, if the
nomination was spontaneously and yolun-
tariiy offered him, without anv direct effort
on his part. he would probably accept it.
James G. Blaine is one of the greatest men
Of the country, and he is especially great in
the number of his friends. ] have never
known of any man who had so many friends
who would work for him and push him to
he front without any effort or any intima-
ion of desire for such work on his part
These men are as strong to-day as ever
They may force his nomination, and ifnonl-
mated, think he could be elected He
Tould be safe President. With advancing
years he has grown more conservative, and
everyone knows that when james G. Blaine
chooses to act carefully and CONSIDERABLY
le can master any situation as well as any
nan in the country"
.reat Northwest is John II. Mitchell, of
oregon He has lived in Portland since
$50, and came within one vote of being
-nited States Senator in 1866. In 1873 he
)egan his first term in the Senate, and at
he expiration of this was a candidate for
collection, but was defeated by one vote in
he Republican caucus. Ee was elected
gain in 1885, and he is supposed TO have a
trong following in his State. He is one of
he hardest workers in Congress, and is
thoroughly posted on the condition of his
Ieople, and keeps his fingers as far as pos
ible on their political pulse. 1 asked him
o-day as to how Harrison was regarded in
lie great Northwest.
Senator Mitchell Gives His Opinion.
The Senator replied: ''Mr. Harrison
;tands very well with us. The people feel
nat be has made a safe President and we
eel friendly enough toward him. If he
rere nominated the Republican party of
)regon would vote for him. but if conyen-
ion were held to-day in Oregon for the
election of delegates for a national con-
ention; and if you would take 100 Re-
'ublicans at random from all parts of the
tate as delegates for such a convention, and
urlng the sitting some delegate should
rise and propose that it be the sense of the
invention that the Oregon vote should go
James u Blaine as a candidate, the
lotlon would go through with hurrah.
'lalne is the strongest candidate in the
,orshwest, and the people go wild over
IN. Ills popularity is wonderful, and he