The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-07-12
THE GUARDIANSHIP.

dle-No Competent Nan
to Conduct The
Campaign.
Cor. Republic.
Phil Armour has vetoed Harrisons
choice of . chairman ofthe republican
national committee. 1t was . great
victory for Armour; . greater victory
for ex-senator c. B. Farwell of ILL.,
nois, and most positive humiliation
of Benjamin Harrison. To-day Will
liam j. Campbell announced that he
intended to resign the chairnaoship
of The national committee in . few
days. He Was only elected few days
ago. Behind this serio- comic politics
there is q very interesting story. It
has already been explained in these
dispatches that William j. Campbell
is the attorney of the Armour beef
combine, pork msnipulators, sausage
syndicate and bull butter manufactur-
ers Phil Armour 10 the boss of these
concers. He has associated With him
two brothers, one located in New
York and the other at Ksnsae City,
aud has affiliated with him under
strict 'trus." regulations other great
firms engaged in the same business
that Is, in the business of buying cat
tie and hogs from the producer at
sta, walton prices and selling the meat
and grease and oleomsrgariLs ut ex-
horbitant rates.
When Senator Vest, in his place in
the United States Senate, called At
,ention to Campbell's selection - chair
man Of the National Republican Com.
mittee, and announced that he was
the Armours' attorney, the Republi-
cans who had not previously known
of him bstted their eyes OminOusly.
When the Democratic newspapers OF
the United States. under the lead OF
The Republic, concluded to discuss
Mr.. Campbell and his relations to the
Armours themselves, became alarmed.
Mr.. Campbell 10 receiving . salary Of
81, 600 . year from the Armours -
their attorney, general adviser and
handy man in legislative lObbies and
elsewhere.
PHIL ARMcUR's FORESIGHT.
Phil Armour, who can see some
distance ahead of him came to the
conclusion that if Campbell was kept
At the head of the National Commit
tee the affairs of the beef combine and
the Armour business generally would
be discussed on every Democratic
stump throughout the country.
This is the very thing that
Armour did not want. that
be is ever anxious to avoid 20 he
served no,iace upon Mr.. Campbell that
be could either resign the attorneyship
of the meat combine or retire from the
Craftsmanship of the republican M.
tional committee. Mr.. Campbell pre-
ferred his lucrative attorneyship to
the questionable honor of being chair.
man Of the national republican COM
mittee. He therefore announced to .
few OF his friends confdentislly that
he was going to resign the chairman
ship Of the committee. One of these
was Ex-senator Fsrwell Of Illinois,
who made such a gallant contest .
couple of years ago to have Campbell
appointed collector of the Port of Chi.
cago. When Farwell was informed
of Csmpbell's resolve, be wrote his let
ter to the Washington Post that was
printed in these dispatches few days
ago. This was q square taunt at Har-
rison, and insulting, seductive, nasty
taunt, 10 view of the fact that the ex.
senator knew when he wrote the let
ter that Campbell was going to retire
from the national committee chair
manship. This is the secret of Camp.
bells retirement. To-day be arrived
here and went to the white house i'm
mediately and was in conference four
hours with the president, Secretaries
Rusk ard E kins, ex-Attorney Kitchener
of Indiana, Commissioner Carter of
the land office and ex-senator Spooner
of Wisconsin. Campbell announced
to the President and to all present that
he would retire from the national CON-
mittee craftsmanship. The President
said that would never do, as his enc
mics in the national committee, who
were in the majority, would be apt to
elect q chairman ipimical to him. All
the others present voiced the senti-
ment Of the President. 1t was finally
agreed that Campbell should appoint
the executive committee, then tender
bis resignation to that body, and allow
that body to elect his successor; in