The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-09-16
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, Sept. IA, 1902.

Mr.. Harrison finds it more and
more difficulty as the campaign grows
more interesting to boss the republi-
can machine from out Of the way
Loon Lake, SO he will this week re-
turn to the White House, where he
can watch and direct every move
made He thought seriously at one
time of taking up his residence in
New York city during the rest of the
campaign in order to make certain
that his orders were carried out, but
he was finally made to see that it was
more polite to remain in Washington
and pretend to be engrossed with his
executive duties.
"South Dakota. said a gentleman
just from democratic headquart ers
in New York, q, as been cleverly
taken out of the republican column by
an arrangement made day or two
ago by Representatives Of the demo
cratic and of the peoples party. In
that state there are three fully or
ganized parties, and when they vote
for separate tickets the republicans
have the plurality. A democrat who
is a member of the national com
mittee conceived the idea of a fus-
ion between the democratic and the
peoples party in that state, both to
support the peoples state ticket and
the four presidential electors to be
equally divided, and after consider
able negotiation the fusion has been
agreed upon" If this gentleman's
news is trustworthy, and have every
reason to believe that it is, Cleveland
and Stevenson will get two electoral
votes that have not be en- counted up
on.
The same gentleman assured me
that all the republican talk about the
failure of Mr.. Cleveland to harmonic
certain alleged discordant elements in
the democratic party Of New York was
the veriest bosh. Said he: Before
the fist OF October it will be so plain
that the most sanguine republican
will have to acknowledge that the
democratic party Of New York is
harmoniously working to carry that
state for Cleveland, and what is more
to the point, they are going to succeed
in doing it."
EX Treasurer Huston, of Indiana,
is in Washington on political mission
and it is significant that he admits
that the chance of the republican to
carry that state is largely dependent
upon the outcome Of their efforts to
have the court declare the present
apportionment law OF the state uncon-
stitutional. He also admits that
there is republican disaffection in the
state. This is in marked contrast to
the claim everything tone, of the
Indiana republicans who have come
to Washington since Harrison was
nominated.
General A. S. Duford, of Virginia,
prominant railroad man, says about
politics in his state. ~ do not think
the third party vii! cut much Of
figure in the Virginia campaign this
year. 1t appears to be weakening
every day, and l think, the demo
cracy will carry the state very cleverly
for Cleveland.
According to the information re.
ceived here the peoples party is also
weakening every day" in all the rest
of the southern states, and the dan
ger which was apprehended at one
time on account of its existence Is
now regarded as very small. The
issue between the democratic and re,
publican parties is sharply drawn in
this campaign that no man who has
ever been democrat feels like aid
ing indirectly the republican party by
casting vote for a ticket which he
knows can by no combination Of cir.
r, ,ck,