St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-14
Pettigrew Says His Littleness
in Making Appointments
Did Him UP.
He Thinks the Republicans
We're Overwhelmingly in
Favor Of Blaine.
Mr. Cleveland Continues to
Deny Himself to the Gen.
eral Public.
Many Democratic Organiza-
tions Preparing for the In
augural In March.

New YORK, Nov. Ex-senator r. f.
Pettigrew, of South Dakota, arrived Ill
New York today to meet some capital
lists who are associated with HIM in
building railroad from Sioux Falls to
Puget sound. The senator expressed
himself with feeling emphasis on the
presidential election and the cause OF
President Harrison's defeat. He does
not think it was defeat altogether OF
the Republican party.
1--WE people, espe ecially in the North
west" he said, wanted Blaine nomi-
mated. If he had been, he would surely
have carried the election. But the
officeholders insisted on Harrison. and
by the most strenuous use of power
ever known in political history he was
renominated. Some. Of our people
wanted Cleveland and got him, and the
leaders of the Democracy were forced
to support him. The officehoIders could
not force their allies to support their
candidate. When man has 100000
offices to dispense he is bound to COM
mand 600,000 votes, and you can't ex-
pect them to support him very earnestly,
to say the least.
!, "Presldent Harrison lost several
thousand votes in Illinois, II not the
state, on account of his attitude toward
Senator FarWell."
SHOW do you account for President
Harrison's defeatT'
Il think it was largely caused by his
personal unpopularity and littleness III
using the power of otficeholders to force
his denomination when Blaine was the
overwhelming choice of the country.
am strong Republican and as firm a
believer in the principles as any man
can be, but l cannot help thinking the
Minneapolis convention made grave
mistake. No, do not think the cleo
tion of Cleveland means refutation OF
prote nor, as the Democrats claim,
that the Republican party is dead.
They will find that the Republican
party will be very much alive
for many years to come, and that
The Republicans will survive. | think
good many Democrats are In favor OF
protection in some form. do not be-
hepe they will dare pass any measure
looking to free trade.
ANY party that undertakes to abol-
ish protection will soon go out of power.
Protection has resulted IN prosperity 10
the farmers in the West, and especially
in the two Dakotas. They are great
wool-raising states, the production
amounting to over 100000 pounds
yearly. A bill is pending in the senate
providing for free wool. If 1T should
be passed. it would cripple, If not ruin,
wool growers. Should an attempt be
made, which is not probable, to pass it
at the coming session of congress,
shall offer an amendment to
put all woolen good on the
free list. There are also bills
(passed by the house, to put iron, bind
ing twine, tin plate and lead ore on the
free list, but / do not think they Will be
passed at the next session. l shall not
vote for them. If the Democratic party
represented anything but what is bad,
if it did not lack moral sentiment, 1t
might remain in power, but any party
without character or principle, and sup
ported by the solid South, New York
and Chicago, is not likely to last long.
| think that Tammany HalPs influence
will be felt all over the White house,
and aid in retiring the Democrats from
power four years hence"
Senator Pettigrew said the Peoples
party would no doubt have made bet
ter showing in the West if it's followers
Douth had not sold out and become
Semocratized early in the campaign.