The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-24
ISSUES AND CANDIDATES
Political Views of Hon. J. s. Clarkson,
President of the Republican League.
He Is Not Committed to Either Harrison or
Blaine-Tribute to the Former-Laborers
and Farmers Must Be Considered.

BosToN, Mass, May 23.-The Herald this
evening prints q long interview with Hon.
j. s. Clarkson. president of the Republican
League. who is making a brief stop here
while en- route to Paris to join his family.
Mr.. Clarkson says: The failure of young
men to participate In politics is weakness
of the Republican party in New
England. / believe the New Eng
land Democracy has outgeneraled
its Republican opponents IN that
respect. They have as leaders the sons of
the founders of Republicanism. The Re-
publican party must utilize their young
men. The labor question will figure in the
next campaign and ought to. Wealth
should be more evenly distributed. Some
thing is ready for correction when one man
can pile up his millions in few years.
while another has hard time to make q
living. The increase of wealth should be
more evenly distributed"
Mr. Clarkson defined reciprocity as op-
tional free trade. and said that the Repub-
hcan party favored limited reciprocity and
the Democratic party universal reciprocity.
He thought the Mckinley bill would grow
IN popularity when FULLY understood ana
IdlEly illustrated 10 every
DO you interpret the Cincinnati conven-
ton as favoring Blaine instead OF Harri-
sOnP'
81 was not at the convention. so l cannot
assume to Judge of its sentiments" was the
rejolnder.
1T is said that you are personally for
Blaine as against a denomination OF Presi-
cent Harrisonp suggested the reporter
II have no personal choice for President"
replied Mr.. Clarkson with elaboration.
" "a a ma
question Is settled the situation will be
greatly cleared. The seat of Republican
power. the West. will never consent to see
the treasures of the country dwarfed to
gold basis. The West will not consent to
any candidate or any platform that will
not represent the double standard idea,
and the greater part will not consent to
platform that will not represent silver as
money by the coinage OF the American
product. With such position on money.
and with the position for revision or
the banking laws so as to make our
banking advantages as favorable to
agricultural communities, cities and towns,
and with the purpose to provide good
money and enough of 1t, the Republican
party will hold the West solid for the
party as 1t was In 1888. while the Mckinley
bill will carry with it New York and the
doubtful States for the protection party.
The next Republican candidate for Pres
ldent," said Mr.. Clsrkson. must be q man
broad enough to cover this broad land and
able 70 administer justice on all the differ
emit interests, with a trne regard to all
has made a faithful executive, in every
public sense. and is lacking only in the
personal popularity which gives man the
power of electricity in politics. He has
demonstrated his qualities fully, anc his
pure intellectual ability Is not second to any
his phenomenal Secretary of State.
Whoever is the Republican candidate must
be man who can maintain the solidity of
the party In the great agricultural region
west OF the Mississippi. The candidate
must not only be near to the people, but
must not be far from the farm. All politi-
cal parties will go more closely to the farms
hereafter than they have in the past fifty
years The farmers are going to assert
themselves in public affairs and for the
good of the race.'
Mr. Clarkson said he believed that Mr.
Cleveland would be the next Democratic
candidate. IF his personal views on the
silver question do not quite suit the
South and West" Mr.. Clarkson said, "Mr
Cleveland will make them suit He feels that
the gold people will trust him anyway,
and as the Western and Southern Democ-
racy believe in him as q man of destiny, he
can successfully hypnotic them on the sill
Yer question. and / think he is doing it.
Ex-President Cleveland is one of the smart
est politicians that mis- party has over had.
and the Republican party has always
underestimated him in this respect. To win
In 1892 we must bring up the Republican
newspaper circulation to meet that of the
Democratic party in its programme to cir
culate tens of millions of arguments di-
Iectly TO the houses of the voters"
Mr.. Clarkson goes hence to New York,
where he will meet other members of the
League management. and will sail for Paris
May q.