Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-13
HARRISON AS A FAULT FINDER.


blame of their Waterloo upon each
other. We rather expected this amongst
the Depews, Platts, Quays, Camerons
and others who have hitherto managed
to keep together in sort of appearance
OF harmony, but we confess that it sur
prised us to see Harrison himself rush
into the bull-pen and begin to gore
every one in sight. For q time the
president managed to keep his mouth
shut, and it would have been happy
thing for him if he had continued to do
so to the end. If the woman who hesi-
tates is lost the man who talks under
such circumstances as those which sur
round Benjamin Harrison is ruined with
campaign the president spares nobody.
He is particularly severe on Chairman
Carter of the Republican national COM
mittee, who was imported from New
York all the way from the wild and
woolv west to take charge of the ma
chine and run 1t. This importation is
accused of rainbow chasing" a phrase
borrowed from Senator Brice's career as
head OF the Democratic national COM
mittee in 1888. Senator Don Cameron
also comes in for ashare of the presiden-
tial structures. As they are near neigh
bors, the Cameron mansion being only
across the little Lafayette park from the
White House, these gentlemen ought to
understand each other. Don, like his
father, the old Winnebago chieftain, is a
good hater, las are Matthew Stanley Quay,
Tom Platt, and others of the leading
Republicans Harrison has estranged by
his coldness and selfshness. When these
gentlemen hear what the occupant of
the White House has had to cay about
them, look out for squalls. They all
possess tongues poised very accurately
in the middle, and the Marionette in
the White House will soon discover that,
in this kind of combat, there are blows
to be given as well as received. Ex-Sen-
ator Charles B. Farwell of Illinois said,
after the election, that it was the per-
sonality of Harrison that beat him.
There is much truth in this. He seems
to be sngularly devoid Of any personal
charm, and his ability lies exclusively
in the line of making enemies. He
made an extended trip over the country.
including California, and for the Golden
state at least we can say that he
did not make friend. 1t was. per-
haps, an injudcious thing for him
to have shown himself to the
people because, to look upon him, was
to part with any illusions that might
have been cherished as to his greatness.
In summarizing the causes of his de-
feat, General Harrison omitted to men
tion the shameful bull'dozing of the
Minneapolis convention by federal Office
holders and negroes. There was great
and implacable indignation amongst the
people at this spectacle, and, though
the office-holding cohorts secured the
defeat of Blaine, the real beneficiary OF
the disaster was Harrison himself. He
had thrown boomerang that is unsur-
passed in history for it's power. But
perhaps the man of ali others who will
be most disgusted at the reasons assigned
by Harrison for his defeat is Mckinley.
That puzzled statesman will hardly know
where to turn for comfort. Repudiated
by the country, after laboring like
pack horse for his party, he has lived to
see his own political associates endeavor
to make him the scapegoat for the SINS
and misfortunes of the Republican ma
jority. How worse than the sting of
serpent's tooth must gnaw this fang of
the fantoccini president in the writhing
bosom of Ohio's Sweet William? 1t is
certainly rather diecouraging to find
Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart baying at
his heels. 1t is even enough to make
him turn tariff revisionist.
By the way, was it really Benjamin
Harrison, or come personator and in