The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-29
HARRISON HARDTO DOWN
he STILL KsEPs OUTwITTING HIS
PARTY BOSSES.

The Latter Think His Management OF
His Campaign VIII End DisastrouslY.
Ciarkson Greatly Surprised When
He Found That He Was Beaten Out
of the Craftsmanship.
| WASHINGTON, June 2S.-The President.
aided by Secretary Elkins and Secretary
Foster, his two cabinet lieutenants, having
begun the campaign for his reelection yes
terday by capturing the organization OF the
republican national committee, continued
it to-day by selecting from its membership
the names OF the men who are to be an
nounced by Chairman Campbell as tae ex-
eoutlve campaign committee which, under
the direction of the President and Secre-
taries Elkins and Foster, is to carry on the
| campaign work. 1t Is to be personally
conducted campaign, and may, therefore,
give Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt
an opportunity to redeem the pledges he
made in Boston in the spring to enforce the
civil service laws with respect to the inter
florence of Office holders with elections, for
the example set by those highest in au-
| thority will be apt to be copied by
| their subordinates. Civil Servics Commis-
| sAOuoI lNuOeONoIu Will nceu 10 Keep q bnhTD
lookout though, for everything that is done
| here is to be done as quietly as possible,
and, Of coures, in the name of the national
executive committee in New York.
HARRISON HARD TO DOWN.
The Presidents sweeping victory of yes
| terday in the national committee illustrates
his political methods, rs we'll as his political
ability aud adroltness, for it was 30 quickly
done that his opponents did not know until
the last minute that they were beaten
| Indeed, Chairman ClaTkson went to the
white house yesterday morning believing
that he still had majority of the COM
mlssee and that when he announced that
fact 20 the President the latter
would quickly ao0uiesce in his
reelection TO the Craftsmanship. His aston
| tshment may be imagined when having told
| the President that Al or 42 members Of the
| committee wanted to re-eleot him chairman
the President cooly said that he must be
mistaken, for majority of thems like him
| self, wanted another chairman, one who had
| desired the renominatioD, and therefore
| might be supposed to desire to -elecsiOn, Of
| the President. Gen. Clarksou hurried back
to the Arlington to learn from ex-senator
Fassett that the President knew what he
was talking sbout and that the administra-
| tion now had a majority in the committee
There was then nothing left for the anti
Harrison men to do except to Glority each
| other and revile the administration.
MAKES REED AND QUAY LAUGH.
Ex-Speaker Reed lunched at the Senate
restaurant this afternoon with Senator
Quay and Senator Cameron, each of the
three representing a certain element in
| the republican opposition to President Har-
rison. They were in so happy a mood as to
| attract the attention OF others in the room.
They were laughing over the harmony"
| which now prevails among the leaders Of
their party as exhibited in the national
| committee meeting and in the remarks
| which have been made since IL adjourned.
They were also laughing at the prospect
| that the personally conducted campaign
of President Harrison would come to a dis
| astrous end. They, with ex-Chairman
Clarkson, ex-senator Platt, ex-senator
Fasssett and the other party managers who
have been set aside by President Harrison,
propose to abide by his determination and
let him carry on his campaign without
interference or interposition on their part
They do not think he can succeed without
them and without the votes which they
represent, even if the new chairman Of the
national committee can get large
contributions from his clients
of the dressed beef trust, or from his CON
suituents OF the whisky trust, while the sugar
and other protected trusts in tie east are
giving generously 10 une new treasury OF
the committee and the Pacific coast
millionaires are loading up the new vice
chairman. The anJt-harrison leaders con
fidently expect to see Presidents Harrison de-
feated. They think President
Cleveland will carry New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut.
and as ex-speaker Fsssett inti-
mated in his remarks at the
national committee meeting, yesterday that
Illinois, Wisconsin and even Iowa are
doubtful and Massachusetts, probably so.
Senator Wolcott says President Harrison
cannot carry Colorado, Idaho or Montana.
In sharp contrast with this is the solidity
of the democrats in congress in support OF
MIR. Cleveland, with the solitary exception
of David B. Hill, who long since ceased to
be regarded as formidable.