The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-13
DEPEW CONFIDENT.
The Ticket Will Receive the Sup
port Of All Republioans&
NO BITTERNESS ANTICIPATED.

Chc Manner in Which the Nomina-
tion Was Made Will Lead to Earn.
est Work for the Success of the
Tickct-Business Men for Harri.
son.
CHICAGO, June 13.-Before leaving his
hotel Mr.. Depew, in an answer to a
number of questions, said in substance
as follows:
"You need anticipate no bitterness on
the part of those who voted for other
candidates than Blaine" he said. "Mr.
Platt will not oppose the nominee. The
very manner in which the nomination
came around will lead sooner than ever
before to the dying out of any dissatis-
faction withit. When the people set out
to knife ticket they also have some
thing to gain. They never knife a ticket
merely for revenge. The people are not
seifish. They contribute their time and
money to bring about that which they
sincerely believe to be for the best in
terests of the country. But it is differ
ent with the politicians, who manipulate
Tor power and place. The possible atti.
land, however, was not a possibility on
the Republican side.
The Apposition to Harrison.
"The opposition of President Harrison
was concentrated on Blaine. Nobody
believes for a moment that Blaine de-
sires to re-enter public life. A few
voted for Mckinley, and Mckinley him
self was for Harrison.
There is no doubt that Clarkson,
Plat and Quay honestly believed they
could nominate Blaine. But the Min
neapolis convention was run on popular
principles.
"Whitelaw Reids candidacy had
nothing to do with Blaine's defeat. In
the first place he was no candidate. l
made up my mind, however, some time
ago to secure his nomination if it lay
within my power. Everyone knows
my feeling toward Blaine. Had he not
written that letter to Clarkson he would
have had my support. More than that,
II lie had at an early date announced his
candidacy Harrison would not have
been u candidate.
Harrison had three elements Of great
strength. He was strong with the bust
less men. Nine tenths of the business
men of this country favored his renomi-
nation, and l believe that the laboring
men who are dependent upon the manu-
facturers and the business men felt the
same way. Then, too, he was strong in
tue solidity of the old soldiers. Among
these there was not a dissenting voice.
There arc 100000 voting soldiers, and
This element was distrustful of every
other candidate before the convention"
J AS Mr.. Depew descended the stairs of
his train last night he encountered Ex-
~ n
anti Harrison man from Louisiana.
81 presume you Harrison men are all
happy now," said the ex-governor to Mr..
Depsw.
"Oh, but we are all Harrison men,
ere we notf" was the New Workers. re-
spouse.
"oh, certainly" said Kellogg. "Of
course we are all Harrison men" But
tho ex-governor did not talk much like
a Harrison man when interviewed on
the situation later.
Other Leaders Views.
"Texas and Georgia." he said, ''nolni-
mated Mr.. Harrison. presume that the
officeholders from Texas expected that
Harrison could carry the state better
than a candidate demanded by the Re-
publican party in the north"
Colonel Elliott f. Shepard, who was
Will JHt Dtp6W party, WIS naturally
happy mt the outcome of the convention,
but in conversation he did not dwell so
much upon the victory at Minneapolis
as upon the necessity for victory at the
polls.
Gordon F. Allen, of the New York
delegation, who accompanied MIR, Platt
to the city and remained behind on
Worlds fair business, said:
Mr.. Platt is Republican. He has
always done more than his share of the
work, and he will do the same now."
Frank Hiscoek, Of New York, and
Michener, OF Indiana, re-echoed this re-
mark
Commissioner Edward c. O'Brien
said: You may mark it in your hat
that Harrison will have the largest
electoral vote that WAS ever cast for a
president"
Frank Hatton, of the Washington
Post, was much better satisfied at Har-
rison's nomination than he would have
been at that Of Blaine. He would, how
ever, have preferred dark horse.
Colonel Conger, of Ohio, said: "The
result of the convention came as an un-
expected shock to our fondest hopes.
believed, and am not yet fully able to
convince myself otherwise, that Mr.,
Blaine was the real choice Of the masses
OF the party"
Thomas b. Reed, of Maine, begged to
he excused from an interview on tue
Minneapolis convention.