Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-25
More Than Ever Determined to De-
feat His Aspirations
AFTER AN AVAILABLE CANDIDATE
Many Men Who Are Among the Presi.
dental Possibilities.
ENDEAvORlNG TO PLACATE TOM PLATT

Quay. They are eager to know what he in
tends to do in the way of opposing the am
bition of President Harrison to a renomina-
tion. Mr.. Quay will be ready to talk to
them in day or two He will begin the
fight on Harrison by opposing the pending
Pennsylvania nominations
The opponents of the President appear to
be very quiet now, but this is only because
they are of necessity playing waiting
game
They are more than ever determined to
find some candidate with whom they can
defeat Harrison, but the absence of Quay
and Clarkson, owing to illness in both cases,
has heretofore made it impossible for the
Presidents enemies to put their plans into
operation. 1t is now said that both of these
shrewd Republican leaders will be ready
with the coming of the early April blossoms
to inaugurate the anti-Harrison movement
in earnest In the meantime the less con-
spicuous, but none the less effective Repub-
licans who are in the field against the
President, are doing all in their power to
create a sentiment in the various States that
will prevent the pledging of administration
delegates.
Plans of the, ,Anti-Harrison Men.
The plan of the anti-Harrison men is to
create as long list of 'favorite sons' as
possible in order to scatter the votes of the
delegates in the hope OF being able to finally
concentrate them upon some candidate of
their own.
Senator Cameron is as bitter in his enmity
to the President as his colleague, Senator
Quay and Just as anxious to prevent his
nomination. There seems to be no doubt
moreover, that these men will succeed in
using the Pennsylvania delegation in such
a way as to greatly embarrass Mr.. Harri-
sons chances of denomination. Mr.. Cam
eron has been confined to his rooms for
several weeks until yesterday, and during
his convalescence from severe sickness, the
old-fashioned house, on Madison place, next |
door to Mr.. Blaine's, has been the scene of |
many conferences, at which the anti-Harri- |
son movement has been talked over fully.
No determination as TO a candidate has |
been arrived at but Mr.. QUAY will be in
formed of what has been said, and will be |
ready soon to map out plan of action |
The Washington Republicans who are most |
earnest in the attempt to find a candidate
whom the anti-Harrison men can support
and nominate, are Senators Quay, Cameron,
Washburn, Cullom, Wolcott, Teller, Stew
tive Tom Reed, while the outsiders include
long list of once strong politicians, headed
by Colonel Dudley, all of whom the Presi-
dent saw fit to turn down as soon as he was
in the White House chair.
Bitterly Opposed to Harrison.
The ex-Speaker is as bitter in his opposi-
tion to Harrison as any of the Senators
named, if not more so, and he makes no
secret of the fact that he stands ready to
render any assistance in his power toward
the success of the anti Harrison movement
From advices received by the anti-Harrison
managers they are confident that there will
be four or five candidates before the con-
vention, and that there will be two or three
more in the background who can have the
solid support of their respective States
whenever it is apparent that there is a
fighting chance to beat Harrison.
Illinois, it is calculated, will present Cul-
lom; New Hampshire. Blair; Michigan,
Alger, and Ohio either Mckinley or Sher-
man. Wisconsin will be united in favor of
the nomination of Secretary Rusk, and will
only be dissuaded from making him a can
didate at the start by the sentiment that he
Is in duty bound to remain loyal to his chief
as long as the latter has any chance of sue
cess.
The delegates from Iowa, Minnesota,
South Dakota Colorado, Montana and
other States can easily be brought into line
to support an anti-administration candi-
date who has a fair prospect of success.
That man, however, has not yet been found,
and the task of finding him gives the great
est concern to the antl-Harriscn managers.
What Will Tom PIatt Doe
The question to WHICH they all now seek
an answer is, what will Tom Platt do, and
who is his candidate? 1t would be a COM
paratively easy matter to dispose of Har-
rison if New York and PENNSYLVANIA should
tho onnoeifiop with solid da1apafiope |
or even with determined majority of these
delegations opposed to his nomination. 1t
is already known what Quay will be willing
to do, but there is no such certainty with
regard to Mr.. Platt. Many Republicans
have been to him of late endeavoring to
earn his intentions, but they have not sue
,eeded in their mission. !
The reason given by one of these visitors
is that Mr.. Platt does not know himself
ioes not want to have Mr.. Harrison renon !
mated. but further than that he is entirely 5
in his mind.
When Senator Hiscock was in New York '
recently he had long and not very amia- !
Die chat with Mr.. Platt on the subject of
he Presidential nomination, at which the s
discovery was made that these two members
IF the big four are very suspicious of each O
,ther. n
Played a Double Game. z
Mr.. Platt, according to prominent Re b
publican who has since talked with him,
lccused Senator Hiscock of attempting to
play double game with him by pretending
20 be opposed to Harrison's denomination, Z
,ut while leading the President to think s
hat, in return for a few crumbs of patron b
Ige, he would use in his interest what little i.
influence he possesses with the New York \
State Republicans.
Mr.. Hiscock, of course, endeavored to
,lacate Mr.. Platt by making as plausible
Iefense of himself as possible, but the two -
zig Republicans parted without having
rrived at satisfactory understanding as to
heir past or future actions -
To another Senator, Mr.. Platt. made no -
ecret of the fact that he would like to take
n antiHarrison delegation to Minneapolis. ~
ut he almost despaired of finding a proper :
andidate The names of Sherman, Alger.
IcKinley, Rusk and two others were talked
yer at great length, and their good and bad
ualities as candidates were minutely dis | 4
ussed. At the outset of the conversation III
Ir. Platt surprised his caller by stating III
hat he was unalterably opposed to the III
omination of John Sherman. II
Surprised at the Statement
This statement was a surprise, because. y
,ithin the past few weeks, there has been a
ecided Sherman boom in Washington,
ased chiefly on the report brought from
lew York by Democratic Senator that the
bio Senator was Mr.. Platts favorite can y
idate. Mr.. Platt has stated, however, in
le strongest possible language that under
o circumstances will any New York dele
ates be for Sherman with his consent. As
, Mckinley there is some doubt. Even