Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-16
AFRAID OF BLAINE.
Harrison's Cabinet Very Shy of the
Maine Man as a Candidate.
THEY DON'T LIKE HIS POPULARITY
Secretary Mobiles Public Views Not What
He Thinks in Private.
MORE WESTERN GROUND TO BE OPENED


Union depot last evening waiting for a
train to Washington. He had been to Mis-
souri, looking after President Harrison's in
terests In that State. He admitted there
was strong Blaine feeling there, but he
added that many of the people are for the
President. AS long as the Secretary is al
lowed to praise Mr.. Harrison he is very
complacent, but when reminded of the anti
Harrison movement he becomes irritable at
once and refuses to talk. He declined, also,
to speak about the Sherman boom in Ohio.
John Connolly, of the Columbus Ne,rs,
had a lengthy chat with Mr.. Noble on the
train, at wouldn't be fair he said, ''to
give the Secretary away, for have known
him personally for some time, and he was
very frank with me- We discussed the
Presidential question freely, and to sum up
our conversation ina few words, the Cabinet
is very much afraid of Blaine. His great
popularity with the people worries them,
and it is believed he will be forced to
accept the nomination.
Sherman Talks of Insincerity.
81 am Democrat, and have taken pains
to investigate the Sherman movement.
Yesterday 1 saw a letter written by the
Senator to Columbus man, in which he
said positively he would not be Presiden-
tai candidate. He concluded by saying that
the talk in his favor was not sincere. but
was for the purpose Of centering tho opposf-
tion against President Harrison. He will
not be party to the deal under any circum-
stances"
In the interview on politics Mr.. Noble said:
president Harrison will uudoub edly be re-
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know anything about the movement against
him, but it will not amount to anything. L
never talked with the President about re-
nomination. He never says a word about it.
1t is not true that he is pulling strings us
many people charge take 1t that his re-
nomination Is the only logical conclusion to
draw from the situation. He has been an
able and conscientious President. He has
served the people faithfully, and deserves
another Endorsement.
"As for Mr.. Blaine he is a very brilliant
statesman. lie, too, has done his work well,
and is very popular with the people. There
is a strong clamor for his nomination, but
there is n limit to human endurance. The
Secretary reels that his h ealth will not per.
init him to endure another campaign, and
am convinced his declination is final"
Harrison's Feeling for Morton.
"Is it true that Harrison is opposed to
Vice President Morton?" was asked
81 don't believe word of it," Mr.. Noble
answered hotly. Harrison and Morton
have always been in accord. A great many
tbi-gs are written these days that are not
true said before that Mr.. Harrison is not
soliciting aid from ANYBODY. l don't know
anything about the politics of Pennsylvania
or New York l am not following the move
ments OF Senator Quay or Mr. Platt."
Turning from politics to the land and In
dian questions, Mr.. Noble forgot his irrita-
is strongly in favor of opening up lands in
the West to the people. He says since 1889
about l00, 600 people have settled in Okla
homa In one day 80 cities were started, and
he thinks the growth has been marvellous.
Last year the farmers in the new country
sent train load ofgrain to Chicago as their
surplus stock. 'If we had found an nm
known island in the sea with population
or 900 people, We would think it a great
discovery" he continued. "but here
bv opening up new. territory, our
a market for Pittsburs. In time other vaiu-
able lands in Montana now held by Indians
as reservations will be opened to the people.
nie nj witt viii rush into ITO territory at given sig
nal to claim land without bloodshed. Such
an observance of law and order is unpar
alleled.
American Ga!lantry Never Forgotten.
"why, in the last Oklahoma openidg men
stepped aside for women, ana, If one section
was taken, the land hunter moved on to an
other location rather than quarrel with his
16llOW. AS lOC tuC luuldllS, luoy Hdfo Deeu
provided tor. We have 25O, 0O0 in the United
States but only $4,000 receive rations from
the Government. The balance are self-sup-
porting. l know it is commonly said that
the reds should earn their own living,
but we can't say to them, root hog or
die That would be cruel. The
Indians are savages, but they are improving
rapidly, and the time is coming when they
will be able to take care of themselves
They are the natives of the soil and we
ought to look after them. If they were in
terlopers, then we might turn them loose to
rustic for themselves. You know it would
be easy to kill them off, but that is not
humane.
The work of education is going on very
satisfa ctorily among the Indians We can't |
bring them all into the schools at once and
when only a few are educated, thev stand |
aloof from their fellows and the tribes are
not benefited. 1t is only when education is |
generally diffused that the masses are i'm |
proved The whites are about the only peo- |
pie who have been able to develop them |
selves. 1t remains Tor us to push this hu- |
manitarian work among these beniShted |
people. All treaties with the Indians must |
be observed" |