Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-15
HE'S NOT A TRAITOR.
That's What General Jones Says Of;
Governor Mckinley.
FOR HARRISON ALL THE TINE.
Some Of Mr.. Blaine's Fatal Political Moves
Pointed Out.
A REPUBLICAN SUCCESS PREDICTED

mckinley was not traitor to President
Harrison in the Minneapolis Convention,
and Congressman Bergen, OF New Jersey,
was mistaken when he said he waa''
So said General Asa w. Jones, of Youngs-
town, O., at the Duquesne Hotel last night.
General Jones continued by saying: 81
have known Major Mckinley too long to
doubt him now. Why Congressman Ber-
gen made the statement he did, do not
know, but I am certain he was mistaken.
"Major Mckinley went into the conven-
tion Harrison man, he was Q Harrison
man during the convention and he came out
of the convention q Harrison man. To be
more concise, he was true to the President
throughout.
'How would Major Mckinley have re-
ceived his own nomination." asked The
DISPATCH man.
''With deep regret" replied General
Jones. don't think he sought the nomi-
nation at all
Mr.. Blalna's Mistake.
"How about Blaine2"
"Blaine made one mistake, returned the
youngstown capitalist, 'tand that was his
refusal to come out as a candidate four
months age. Had he done that, he would
have been nominated by reclamation and he
would have been elected. He hesitated
suspense too long, and as a result they did
not have an opportunity of working for him
as they should have had to secure the NOM
nation"
"How do you feel towards the nominee2"
Il feel that his election means another
four years Of business progress and pros
perity. President Harrison has made a
most satisfactory Chief Executive of this
country. He is an able man in every sense
of the word, and he is the man for the
Office: shall support him and I expect to
see him elected. !"
Would Have Preferred Blaine.
Republican Delegate II. E. Megrew,
Assistant Sergeant at Arms Of the
National Republican Committee, passed
through the city last night,
on the fast mail, en- route from Minneapo-
lis to Washington. He talked with DIS
PATCH man while his train was at the
Union depot. He sal that while he did
not wish to criticise the administration he
thought the coming election would have
come nearer being great Republican sue.
cess with Blaine at the head of the ticket
than with Harrison.
''The people wanted Blaine" he con-
tinued, "and Blaine should have been given
the nomination"
"What do you know about the Democratic
situation?"
II believe Cleveland will be the Demo-
cratic nominee and the contest will be
strictly q party issue. Coming East from
Chicago fell in with some delegates to the
Ohio State Convention and learned the
delegates to the National Convention
would be Just about evenly divided between
Hill and Cleveland"
Mayor E. o. Emerson, of Titusville,
was guest at the Anderson
last night He emphatically told
DISPATCH man that he considered the New
York story, that the Republican club had
decided to request all the Republican clubs
of the country to unite in asking Presi-
dent Harrison to withdraw his name
from the ticket and if he refused, to refrain
from registering, to be canard. mot
word of truth in the entire story in my es-
he continued, land it will take
some good practical illustrations to disabuse
my mind of the belief President Harrison
has good record and is man upon whom
the people may depend, and the strongest
political bodies Of the country are not going
to take any such action. The story is ab-
surd upon the face of it"