Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-08

here was Elkins. Elkins had a long acQuaint-
anceship with Harrison on the Allegheny
Mountains, when Harrison was Senator.
Four years ago Elkins was worker for
Harrison, and not for Blaine, as some have
charged. The convention wanted Blaine,
and % was with difficulty persuaded to take
Harrison, but Elkins carried the Harrison
nag with all his might. He is religious
man, like Harrison. You may smile, but
there Is no man more orthodox and rever-
entail to his Deity than Elkins. Harrison
years ago praised him, and has been for
some time guest at his house in New ork.
Elkins gave $4,000 of his own money TO
BLAINE, In that campaign Blaine himself
gave the proceeds of his labor on his books.
1t did not come in lump, but the Dllls
around the headquarters were settled out OF
tine hard-earned money and clearea our ac-
counts; tS,u Then there was poor oid MI; 10 Zones,
the Chairman of the committee, fond OF
money, who nevertheless went down to his
weasel-skin and fetched out in bonds $4,000
to tide us over a crisis in that campaign OF
skin and bones My GOD, how poor we were
Tor money! And while they were accusing
Blaine of making money in Congress-, the
champion campaign for the absence OF re-
sources was that OF 1884 1t was literary
mans campaign.
Blaine's Friends in Time Of Need.
"An Blaine's friends came up like npn.
Sam Fessenden gave $40 900. One OF the best
mon we had was Thomas C. Acton, Of New
there. L saw Blaine the afternoon he re-
signed from the Cabinet. He looked first
rate, seemed to be clear of countenance and
refused to say one word on that subject,
but it was like him"
a few of the newspaper men sitting in the
Minneapolis Club Monday night, after mid
night, heard again Mr.. Clarksons statement
which was made last Friday, when some one
said Harrison was poor politician I'VE
may find" said Clarkson, before we get
through this convention that he is quite q
good politician"
Before left Washington 1 said to Lieu.
tenant Parker. of the navy, who married
Mrs. Harrison's niece: you are going to
Minneapolis"
81 think not" he replied; "the President
would not allow me TO CO." He inquired if1
thought the Blaine movement would be
formidable one. l said thought 1t would,
and might succeed. 81 do not believe it."
said Lieutenant Parker; 81 do not believe
the Presidents supporters can be taken
from him"
This has turned out to be literally true.
In each State there have been enough firm
Harrison men to arrest any stampede from
within, and yet the conspicuous Harrison
States In this Convention are the conspicu-,
Gus Blaine States with the populace. Take
Nebraska, with l6 votes for Harrison and
not one for Blaine. This is one OF the least
Harrisonian States in the Union, and
Colonel Edward Webster, who was As
sistant Secretary OF State under Seward,
and is an instructed delegate at large for
Harrison, says that Harrison cannot carry
the State. Nevertheless, the few Harrison men
who got the State Convention together in
the absence of any Blaine movement at that
time tied thewhole delegation up for Har-
rison, and got the newspapers, of course,
into the bungle.
Working among the Organs.
The Harrison influence has been especially
felt in controlling the principal organs In
Minneapolis the Oldest established news
paper is for Harrison, under a recent man.
cement. The old standard paper of Mime
sofa at st. Paul has been Tor Harrison,
though one of these papers is protariff
and the other one free trade.
i said to Mr.. E. W. Wright. the son-in-law
of Colonel Clapp, late proprietor of the Bos-
ton Journal this morning: How DO you
make out the resultf"
"a hard and somewhat intense contest"
said he "but the Blaine movement has not
yet stampeded the Harrisonites. They hold
together very toughly."
"But you KNOW" said l, "that Massachu-
setts has been for Blaine for years past"
Yes, but look at that banner up the street,
from Colorado, Blaine and free
silver Massachusetts would vote for Cleve-
land rather than take that shot. Then
think that >Blaine's resignation left the i'm
preston that he got mad, and it don't do to
get mad in q competition"
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND.