Connecticut western news., 1892-06-30
CAMPBELL CHAIRMAN
GENERAL FLOYD S. cLARKSoN WILL
 IN6LY STEPS OUT.

Re-Election, and He Refuses to Fight
 for the Place-Sew Plan Cor the seleo.
 tion of Delegates.
 WASHINGTON, June 2s-The national Re- publican committee organized for the presi- dential campaign of 1899 by electing W. J. Campbell, of Chicago, as its chairman; Cor nelius N Bliss, the New York banker. as treasurer, aud Land Commissioner Carter of Montana, as secretary. Next to the selec- tion of it's officers, the most important feat ure of the session was the proposition of Delegate Scott, of West Virginia, looking to the complete reformation of the present method of apportioning delegates to the na- tional convention. Mir. Scott proposes that hereafter delegates shall be apportioned to a state, not in proportion to the electoral vote to which it is entitled, but in propor tion to the Republican vote cast.
 Who MT. Campbell Is.
 Mir, Campbell's selection was first urged by Secretary Rusk and l.. T. Kitchener, both of whom have great admiration for the qualities possessed by the new chairman. He was born in Philadelphia Dec. i2, 1850, but as he went to Chicago when an infant he is practically native of that city. He is recognized as an attorney of great shrewt.- ness, and is the lawyer for Armour S Co. Mir. Campbell has had much to do with shap- ing state Legislation in Illinois for the last fourteen years. He was elected to the sen- ate in 1878 and again in 1882, being elected president pro tenn of the senate in 1881 and also in 1883 and 1885
 MT. Campbell was delegate to the Repub- lican national convention of 1880 and 1888 cob. g.N lican committee during the latter campaign. In 1890 Mir. Campbell was chosen the Illinois member of the Republican national com. mittee to succeed Colonel George R. Davis. In personal appearance Mir. Campbell is commanding. Stalwart in physique, his clean shaven face is almost boyish in ap- pearance.
 CIarkson Ready to Retire. During the session of the committee ex- Senator J. Sloat Fassett, who appeared as the proxy of Frank $. Witherbee, urged the selection of Mir. Clarllson.
 Mir. Clarkson in reply said that while he appreciated the friendship extended, and while he had the personal tender of forty one members of the committee of their sup port, and thirty had declared their inten. tion to vote for him whether he was a can didate or not, it was his duty to say that the president desired some one else as chair. man, and as 8 good Republican he bowed cheerfully to the desire.
 Quay and Dudley EulogIxed.
 Resolutions highly eulogistic of ex-Chair- man Clarkson were adopted.
 In response to calls Mir Clarkson said: ''For the goodwill and honor conferred by these resolutions am deeply grateful. To my knowledge no campaign was ever con- ducted moro cleanly, more honestly, than the campaign of 1888. know Senator Quay and General Dudley, and hope there k no | Republican in this laud who ever cease to render due honor to those two honorable men, and want to say to you, gentlemen, that upon my dying bed, before my family, I could not name two men moro to bc | loved and honored than Senator Quay and | General Dudley. I want to warn you, gen. | lemen, against a growing tendency in the | Republican party, under the hypocriscy of the times, not to defend its leaders.
 "The cases of Senator Quay and General Dudley afford living examples of this prac- | tice. So far as l am concerned, if 1 have another boy to name 1 will be glad to con. fer upon him the name of Quay or Dudley MT. Cleveland Congratulated. BUzzARD's BAY, Mass, June 2L--Cloudi-
 
 Gables. There were few callers. but Mir. Cleveland's time was largely occupied in reading the POO congratulatory telegrams | that arrived Among those received were | dispatches from ex-Governor Greene, of l New Jersey: Governor Pattison, of Penn sylvania; Pinckuey White, of Maryland; one or two from members of the Tammauy organization, but largely the telegrams have been from friends. Mir. Cleveland was ask ed by United Press representative if he had received any congratulations from Mir. Hill or the Tammany organization and he smiled as he answered in the negative. True to his promise ex-President Cleve- land notified the reporters at 4:30 that he was ready to send them his statement. The | statement was presumably written by Gov ernor Russell, who in this instance enacted the reporter, representing the combined press representatives. The statement is as l follows:
 I should certainly toe charged with dense in- sensibility if were not profoundly touched by this new proof of the confidence and trust of the great party to which belong and whose mandates claim my loyal obedience. l am con hdent that our fellow countrymen arc ready Co receive with approval the principles of true Democracy, and cannot rid myself of the be. lief that to win success it is only necessary to consistently and honestly advocate those prin- clpleS. Differences or up1nton ana Judgment m Democratic conventions are by no means un- wholesome indications but it is hardly con | ceivable. in view of the importance of our sue | cess to the country and the party, that there | should be anywhere among Democrats any lack | of harmonious and active effort to win in the | campaign which opens before us. have there. fore no concern on that subject 1t will ccr- tainly be my constant endeavor to deserve the support of every Democrat.
 Senator Teller and the Silver Planks. NEW HAVEN, June 2s-United States Senator Teller, of Colorado, is in the city | attending the commencement exercises at Yale. He says the two great parties are so nearly alike on the silver question that it is | difficult to choose between them. "Iu both cases," he said, "the candidates are worse than the platforms"
 He further said that Blaine would have been more acceptable to the silver men than Harrison, and the Democrats of the silver states would have preferred any one to Cleveland. The attitude of the two old | parties on this question would greatly strengthen the Alliance. "While it is true that both parties are nearly alike on this question: he added, Harrison is not so objectionable to silver men us Cleveland, who is a pronounced antisilver man. We have nothing to hope from him. His policy while in the White House was in the inter- est of the few-the credit class-and there | is every reason to suppose that he will fol- low the same policy if elected again" Republicans win Fight the Law. NEW YORK, June 2s.-The legal battle which the Republicans of this state purpose to wage against the apportionment bill | ,asoad Inv tba tir lepislatura iS tnlI