The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-12
The Mckinley law and Disaffection of Working
Politicians. He Is Quoted as Saying,
Contributed to His Defeat.
Twenty-Five Ohio Republican Electors
Pull Through by Small PluraIities.
Democrats Must Be Content with One-Cali-
fornia and Wyoming Also Safe for Har.
rison-I.atest Election Returns.
ALLEGED INTERVIEW.

Views of the President as Reported By the
Correspondent of New York Paper.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12-"Presidcnt Har-
rison talked freely to-day about the recent
defeat of his party, and the causes which
brought it about" says . dispatch from
Washington TO the Herald. This afternoon
he discussed not only the recent eiec-
tion but tho gravity Of the situation
which now confronts the Republican party.
The overwhelming defeat Of the Repub-
lican party, the President said, was due
mainly to the position OF the party on the
tariff question. The Republicans had
forced this issue to an extreme which evil
IDENTIFY did not meet with the approval of
the people.
''This expression of opinion on the part
of President Harrison verifies the rumor
current here some time ago that it was the
party, and not the President.
who took such an extreme po-
sition on the two leading issues
on which the Republican campaign was
to be made. There was another imple-
ment. the President said. which had much
to do with the defeat OF the Republicans
last Tuesday. and it's force was felt at the
North 90 we'll % at the South.
1t was that there was pop
ular belief that the foroe bill
issue kept the solid South within the old
lines. but in the Presidents estimation, it
did more than that, for 1t brought to the
support of the Democratic ticket many
votes in the North.
'The verdics of last Tuesday" the Pres
ident continued, could be construed in
but one way. It meant q condemnation OF
the extreme high-tarif policy of the
Republicans. The inevitable result.
if the party was to hope for q
renewal of power. was modification of
this position, but not q depunciation alto
gether of the protective tariff policy. which
had been the keynote of every Re-
publican campaign for many years past.
The President did not dwell on this point
of the discussion, possibly because 1t would
have revived the Blaine reciprocity idea,
regarded by many here as the saving clause
of the Mckinley law.
President Harrison has very decided
views as to the conduct of the campaign.
He does not think very much of Chair.
man Carter. OF the Republican ma
tiousi committee. He conssRted 10
Mr.. Carter's appointment only whom il
man could be secured. He said tho cam
paign had been mlsmsnaged, and that much
better results would have been
secured but for tho rainbow chas-
ing schemes to which MT; Car
The President is particularly chagrlned at
the result in his native State, and believes
that 1t was largely due to the lack Of good
generalship. What he wanted them
70 do. be said, and what he en-
was the absolute necessity of keeping
the Republican States in line and carry in 9
New York. The President said that he bad
realized for some time past that the
drift OF public sentiment was against
him and his party. and it was this that led
him to force this advice upon the party
leaders The disregard of this advice had
much to do with the result of last Tuesday.
The President realized before any OF
the election returns came in Tuesday that
he was q defeated man. He hoped for sue
cess until she last hour, but admitted he
bad not expected 1t. One of the reasons for
was the well-known disaffeotion of num-
ber OF the prominent leaders of his party.
This is evidenced by his statement with
regard to Dudley, Quay and Cameron. AS
to Cameron, the President believes he not
only failed to support the ticket, but
actually did all in his power to defeat it.
Cameron's influence extends. like Quay's.
| far beyond the confines of Pennsy sylvania.
and the President evidently realized that
both these gentlemen were in q posi-
| ton TO do much Tor the doubtful States
| of New York and Indiana. As to Colonel
| Dudley, the President said be did not be-
heve Colonel Dudley had done anything to
| injure the ticket bu his influence had rather
been of q negative character. Practically
| the President admitted thGt Colonel Dud-
| ley's influence in Indiana had been used ii
not to knife the ticket to keep his friends
| from working for il.
Il
| said that while some mistakes might have
| been made 1t was quite evident to any
| man that nothing could have witbstood
the popular uprising of the people against
the high protective policy to whIch the
Republican party stood pledged by the Mo
| Kinley law