The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-06-13
Interviews With Various Prominent
Republicans on the Nomina-
tiOn.
Opinions Vary According to the Bias
Z OF the Numerous People Ex.
pressing Them.
The General Tenor Of the Talk Is
That All Will Fall i'm Line for
Harrison.

over the country want to make up their
minds right now that they have big
fight on their hands. We will pull the
ticket through but it will be no easy
task, I can tell YOU" Thus spoke John
M. Thurston, of Omaha, at the Grand
Pacific hotel. The Nebraska orator was
the first Of the big Blaine contingent to
arrive, having left Minneapolis imnedi-
ately after Harrison's nomination. Mr..
Thurston was greatly disappointed at
Blaine's defeat and his every word indi-
Gated it. Blaine was our candidate,
we should have won easily with him.
But Mr.. Harrison will not get
by many thousands the votes Mr..
Blaine would have received. But
I am confident the president is strong
enough to be elected. There is not a
Blaine man in the country today who
will bolt the ticket. The Blaine men
never do that" A sad look came over
Mr.. Thurston's face when he was asked
about Mr.. Blaine's probable future. 81
doubt If he will ever enter public life
again. Certainly he will not re-enter
the cabinet. He will, of course, support
tie ticket heartily. No one ever ques-
toned his loyalty to the party. should
not be surprised if the good Mr..
Depew were named as secretary of state
THE Republican party will support
Harrison Loyalty" said Warner Miller.
81 have been in too many political bat
ties to cherish any resentment against
the nominee and never used political
knife in my life and never will. sup
ported Mr.. Blaine because saw in him
the strongest man in the upper counties
of New York. decided to support Mr..
Blaine only after had received numer-
Gus dispatches from those sections re-
questing me to vote for him.
But now we're all for Harrison,
and there are no factions and there will
be none. / believe Mr.. Harrison is
stronger in New York than he was in
1888 when he swept the state. Republi-
cans and decent Democrats have been
aroused alike, as they have never been
aroused before, by the theft of New
York state, committed last fall, and the
people viii express their sentiments ON
disreputable methods in very emphatic
way. Then, too, Mr.. Reid will add
greatly to the strength of the ticket.
"Will Mr.. Platt leave the party
81 don't believe a word of it. Mr..
Platt will support the ticket. He fought
hard for his candidate, but If he is de-
feated he always supports the ticket"
NEW York, June 13.-The World has
expressions of opinion on the nomina-
ton of President Harrison from Messrs
Clarkson, Hiscock, Depew and New.
Mr.. Clarkson says that now the contest
is over General Harrison's administra-
ton will meet endorsement at the polls.
After all he believed that no man named
by the Democrats can defeat him.
Mr.. Clarkson says that there
has been no bitter feeling
on their side in the contest
just closed. It was clean and above
board and nothing to be ashamed of.
Republicans, he concluded, no matter
what their personal preferences were,
will unite for the sake of party and the
party's candidate.
Hon. Frank Hiscock says he is pleased
and gratified at the nomination He had
no doubt it would be ratified by the
people at the election in November.
Mr.. Depew says the people wanted
Harrison and the convention respected
their views. He says he has not dis
covered the slightest trace of factional
bitterness and predicts that the Repub-
iean party will be unanimous i'm support
of him.
Mr.. New says the friends of General
Harrison have more than realized every
claim they have made in favor of his
nomination. They had won victory
that would have been impossible had
they not been backed by the popular APP
probation of General Harrison's eminent
qualifications for denomination and cleo