Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-11
CAMPAIGN NEWS AND COMMENT.


there is every indication that politics will
be lively enough to suit the most captious
from now until November. The campaign
IS Mt last really open Torches have glared.
red-nro has been burned and even the roor-
back mas made its appearance. Perhaps the
most Important declaration of the
moment Is that of Chairman Carter,
backed by Senator Sherman and Aid
r1ch, to tho effect that If President
harrison fails OF reelection both bran ches
OF congress will be lost to the Republicans.
by inns IL Is meant that If MI. Cleveland car
rles the States necessary to secure major
lty OF the electoral college these same States
will insure Democratic Senate and House
OF Represen tatives. The statement that the
Senate is in danger will strike conservative
Republicans as rather an alarmis5 an
nonncenent, as even the Democrats hardly
claim TINT they will carry that Dody til is
yeM,r. ys,I soneh u contingency is possible put IL
enma, %,u require ,Ide tidal wave cnrnst almost
IDEA undoubtedly is to arouse the people of
the country to q realization of the danger
whlch would menace the tariff ana cur
rency systems should such an event occur
inc TACT that there is even a possibility OF
the entire government of the country falling
into the control of the party which stands
on the Chicago platform is believed by the
Republican committee to be calculated to
to the necessities of the situation.
TODAY is the first date for registration
this year in New York City and Brooklyn,
and for some days past Tammany Hall
has been sending around wagons on the
outside of which in huge letters are the
words Register on Tuesday, Inside of
the wagon is gong that is kept ringing
constantly telling the faithful OF Tammany
Hall to register.
ACCORDING to the best advices from
New York the Republican plan of campaign
In that State is not a novel one, but it Is BE-
ing carried out with thorOughnesS that has
not characterized the Republican move
ments in that State in several years. 1t will
be remembered that last year Fassett was
defeated by the failure of tho Republicans
in tho country to vote. He ran well in tho
city, where the Democratic majority was
much below Richard Croker's expectations
Outside of New York and Kings counties,
however, Fassett's majority was only 25.7G5,
while Harrison's, in 1888, was S2,6i3 The
efforts of the Republican managers now are
being directed to register every Republican
voter in the country, and to see that
he comes to the polls and votes. This
is no easy undertaking i'll State
as large as New York, with y total vote
of million and a halt. While striving to
get every Republican vote above the Harlem,
the Republicans are at the same time striv-
ing to Keep the Democratic majority in New
York and Brooklyn down to normal proper
tions. The majority given to Flower, who
was Tammanvs own candidate for GOV
ernor. was 50 502, or only LBS more than
that given TO Cleveland III 1888. II they can
repeat the Harrison vote above the Harlem
with the natural increase that should come
with the growth Of the population in four
DemOcr:ltiC m;llOrttv
the city down to that given to Flower or
even something more, they are confident of
victory. The Republican situation in
Brooklyn is not altogether satisfactory, but
the managers claim that the factional quar-
rels there will not hurt the national ticket
very much. However, the Republicans can
afford to give the Democrats considerably
more than the l24H majority they gave
Cleveland in Brooklyn, provided the full
Republican vote above the Harlem is
poled.
THE Independent Washington Post is of
the opinion that "When an Indiana Supreme
Court refuses to participate in Presidential
it is time to prepare for the polit-
ical millennium"
THE attention of the Civil Service Com
mission has been called to the fact that
the Missouri Republican Association, of
ment clerks soliciting suggestions for the
and intimating that the Treas
urer would receipt for the same In dis
cussing the matter Commissioner Roosevelt
the indirect compliment paid
the commission by the cash hunters. Once
it would not have been necessary to take
such roundabout way of tapping the
pockets of Government clerks Mr.. Roose-
welt expressed his opinion in these words:
"With the information now before the COM
mission, consisting only OF a copy of the
Hunter circular, handed to me to-day, it
will be impossible to take any action ut
present. The circular is request from
James T. Hunrer, signing himself Financial
Secretary. purporting to have been sent to
certain clerks from Missouri. asking them Co
,all on him to consult upon political matters
or the advantage OF the Republican
party. II when making that call |
-ectly OF indirectly, for funds, / am |
1t present inclined to believe that MIR. Hun |
er would be liable to prosecution under the |
,ivil service law-that IS, II the original let |
er was sent, as l understand 1t was, to the |
clerks in a Government building. The law
ays that no person shall solicit in any man.
Ter whatever in Government building.
This, of course. includes soliciting by letter. |
nd u letter requiring q man to call at IL
,iace where, as matter OF fact, he is So
iciIed comes perilously near the line of
if it does not pass over it. 1
hink we have been very successful thus far
II minimizing the effort to make political
assessments. From all that can learn there
s a great and favorable contrast to what
ook place four years ago. have no doubt,
however, that here and there an effort will
,e made TO get around the law. The CON-
nittee will welcome any information about
uch cases and will take prompt action in
ella ton thereto"
WAYNE MACVEAGH, the topper, is to
Ieliveran address in the Academy of Music.
next Saturday night, in an
wer to Senator Sherinan's recent speech in
he same hall.
THE general public is likely to learn
omething definite about Alabama elections
low that the Democracy is divided into
actions which are wagins a wordy war
pon each other. The regulars claim that
lie Kolb men were the ones who formerly
i'd all the ballot box stuffing in the State.
hey are circulating story purporting to
ONE from one Richardson, a son-in-aw of
Iolh which runs thus: "Ny father-in-law,
,aptain Kolb, is wonderful man." said the
rho saved the southeastern part of this
tate. Yes, sir. it was Captain Kolb who
ame to the front when things looked
laclest and said: Boys. we can save tile
ay.' 1t was in a Congressional election
bout ten years ago. The boys said the
egroes would surely carry the district but
ap;ain Kolb wouldn't give up. do as
ell you,' he said and we'll win.' So he or.
anized us. We drilled in secret night after
light before the election under Captain