The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-05
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The row in the Republican national COM
mittee BODIES no good for party success
next autumn. The anti HARRIsoN men
are angry with the president for driving
CLARKsoN out Of the craftsmanship. They
insist that CLARKsoN's services to the
party demanded that the compliment Of a
reelection should be given him, and they
are very sore because the president would
have none Of it. CLARKsoN and FAssETT
and others are giving out covertly that
nothing must be expected Of them during
tie coming campaign, and it is evident that
90 far as their influence goes they will af-
filiate with Plat and other Of the New
York politicians in q quiet but none the
less determined opposition 10 the presi-
dents reelection.
1t is possible, however, that these gentle
men are suffering from an enlargement of
the head, and that their services to the Re
publican party are not nearly so necessary
as they would have q long suffering public
believe AL Of them are bright men. They
are young, good looking, well groomed aud
well dressed. They are agreeable in man
ner and without exception popular. But
they are superficial, and not one of them
viii ever be accused of setting the world
on fire.
CLARKsoN, for example, in his frantic
efforts to secure a reelection as chairman
Of the committee, made the point that for
years past he has given his services to the
Republican party and that the least the
party could do was to retain him in his for
mer position. Mr.. GARRISON is singularly
obtuse. His services to the party have
never been conspicuously brilliant or use
full He tskes great credit to himself for
the supposed good work done by him as q
member Of the National Executive COM
mittee in the presidential campaign of 1883.
Everybody knows that the real brains OF
the committee was MATTHEW STANLEY
Quar-, Of Pennsylvania, and that it was
his intellectual fertility and corrupt meth
DDS which resulted ia the election of HAIR
RIsoN CLARKsoN may have done good
work under QUAY, but it was the work OF
sn understrapper and not that Of com
manding officer.
Mr.. CLARKsoE had an opportunity to
show the stuff he is composed Of in the
Congressional elections of two years ago.
Representative JAMES J. BELDEN. of New
York, was the chairman of the Republican
Congressional committee, buutne real man
agement OF the campaign was assigned to
CLARKsoN. Up to thev very day Of the cleo
ton, CLARKsoN insisted that the Republi-
cans would carry the nexs House
BY a majority OF from eight to twenty. He
told the president so and gave similar in
formation to some OF the other Republican
leaders who went TO him for information.
When the returns were ell in, 1t was seen
that only eighty-nine Republicans were
elected and that the Democrats had cleac
majority of one hundred and forty-nine
members. If this is a sample of Mr.. CLARK
sons political foresight and good work.
the Republicans are to be congratulated OF
turning him down.
Mr.. CLARKsoN has no reason to com plain
Of the Republican party. Political. parties
like republics may be ungrateful, but in
CLARKsox's case the RepublicR party has
done more for him than he ever did for the
Republican party. The party lifted him
from obscurity and gave him prominence
be never deserved. Butfor the Republican
party he would be editing his paper in Des
MONIES and would never have been known
outside Of the state. All the prominence
he enjoys, all the prestige that his little
circle Of satellites affect to believe sur
rounds him like halo, he owes to the Re
publican party. He owes 1t everything and
it owes him precious little. He has no
right to complain Of ingratitude. 1t is he
who is ungrateful in attempting again to
foist himself upon it.
More than this, CLARKsoN Is inconsis-
tent. Fer month before the Minneapolis
convention met he went sailing about the
country from the Hot Springs Of Arkansas
to St. Louis, Chicago. New York, Wash
ington and out west again, leaving in his
track cords Of newspaper interviews re-
rarding the situation. Wherever he went
he insisted that HARRIsoN could not be
elected If nominated and that il would be
political suicide again to make him the
partyss standard bearer. He was then the
chairman OF the National committee. and
as such his words necessarily had weight.
ne went to Minneapolis and in company
Will "a III "a DJICA cOkCA1hl pDllllCAub
worked zealously 10 accomplish Mr. HAIR
Rlsos's defeat and TO secure the nomina-
ton Of that prince Of political crooks.
JAMES @. BLAINE.
CLARKsoE staked his political reputation
that HARRISON would be beaten. HAR-
R1soN's easy victory again demonstrates
how little Mr.. CLAREsoN knows of ma
tional politics.
FAssETr is even Of less consequence. He
was the editor Of small daily paper in
central New York when he married the
rich Miss CRocKER, a daughter OF the late
Judge Z. B. CRocKER OF Sacramento, Cal.
Mrs. FAssETT is young and ambitious and
her money gave her husband prominence
that he would never have gained without
it. FAssETT is bright and snowy and