St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-05

and its restless water. He has an active
mind and active body. and these things
are in consonance with him. He was
sitting Oh the eastern piazza of the
hotel as l approached. and he greeted
me as he always greets newspaper men,
most kindly. told him wanted him
to talk politics, and that wanted to
print whatever he said in the Herald.
He hesitated moment as if thinking
over the eXpediency of saying anything,
but finally he replied:
"a right: | suppose it is fair and
proper that should say something. l
suspect know the questions you have
in mind to ask me, and so. considering
that, perhaps, it is suitable for me to
say something, | shall talk frankly and
clearly
You talked that way just before the
Minneapolis convention" | ventured to
remark.
Nothing TO Retract.
swell. yes. so did," the senator re-
piled; $50 | did. Nor have any
thing to take back, Or anything to re-
gret. L did then what | thought was
my duty to the Republicans of New
L
do what think is my duty now. We
live in land where the majority rules.
must rule and is going to rule every
time. The majority did not agree
with me at Minneapolis. l did
my best to defeat the president,
but he had more votes than the other
candidates. aud that settled it. Now he
is the nominee of the Republican party.
| am a Republican,. was a Repub-
lican in 1855; have been Republican
every hour OF every day from then until
this minute, never faltering i'll my sup
port of Republican principles and Re-
publican candidates, no matter whether,
the candidates were men of my choice
or not. The aims and the policies and
the characters of parties in this coun-
try have got to undergo Il wonderful
change before shall be anything else
than Republican,
Senator Piatt paused Il moment, and
during the pause | suggested that, nev-
erthelesS, he had been rather quiet
since the Minneapolis convention and
perhaps sourceof some solicitude
among the presidents friends. MIR.
Platt smiled and said: THE
Weather Has Been Hot,
you know" and then he went on more
seriously:
Yes, have been quiet, though I
shall not fiatter myself with the idea
that | have been source Of much
solicitude. 1t would be the shalowest
kind of pretense for me to claim that L
was not greatly disappointed by the re-
suit at Minneapolis. My friends and
enemies have generally agreed, think,
in charging me with strong feelings, and
fancy they are right. What believe,
/ / I tNn1i i
so far as | can try to act accordingly. l
do not get over such a disappointment
as l had at Minneapolis in twenty-four
hours, and | confess there has been in
my mind grave question whether it
was my duty to go into this cam
Daign with the activity [ have
usually put forth. | do not know that
there has been man in this state and
perhaps in the whole country who has
been more rOundly and indecently
abused than |. In SO far as this comes
from Democratic andmugwump sources
that is from the common enemy-I
expect it and am ready for 1t, but when
j spend day and night in service for the
Republican party doing what l can to
promote the success of its principles
and its candidates, without thought or
hope or expectation of Office or re-
ward, it
Seems a Little Hard
that should have to take from Repub-
licans what even Democrats ought to be
ashamed to give me.
stDOubtS were raised In my mind after
the Minneapolis convention how far my
services were required by those who
seemed to be in charge of Mr.. Harri-
sons campaign. heard that some per-
sons were representing to him that all
the misfortunes the Republican party
had ever undergone in the state of New
York were to be attributed directly to
me, and that 1t would be good politics
for him to let it be understood that he
wished to have nothing to do with me.
Certainly L had no desire to obtrude
myself upon the president, nor to force
myself into the conduct of his campaign
If | was not wanted. AS they have
proved, | was probably Over-sensitlve.
But if man must have faults, that ole
is among the most easily forgiven"
There was another pause here, and I
filed in with the question::
$50 you waited2"
why He Waited.
ssYes, | waited. waited to hear from
President Harrison. Some people sid
that waited to hear from him request
to take office: that waited to make
saIiil hargaini that EtaaG Like load