The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-09-30
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 1So.

Who will Mr.. Harrison name 10
take his place as Car of the republi.
can campaign machine1 is a question
that is daily becoming more import.
ant to republicans. The condition
OF Mrs. Harrison is such that Mr..
Harrison will not leave her long
enough to hear and familiarize him.
self with the reports Of those who have
come here to inform him of the peril.
Gus condition of his campaign and 10
receive his orders, and there is little
prospect Of Mrs Harrison becoming
well enough to permit him to resume
control of the campaign. He has SO
far absolutely refused to talk politics
with those who have tried to impress
upon him the necessity for an i'm
mediate delegation Of his power to
some one else.
Steve Elkins has been sent for and
he will try to get Mr.. Harrison to
name new boss, and it is possible.
indeed, would be probable, that Elkins
would be the man if it were not that
Mr.. Harrison has always regarded
Elkins as being tarred with the Blaine
stick, and feared to trust him in
matters affecting his own political
welfare. He may have to do so now.
There is no other member of the
cabinet, excepting Charlie Foster, who
has sufficient political sagacity and
experience to do the work; so, unless
he goes outside Of the cabinet, one of
these two men will probably be Sc
lected to wear the republican crown
during the remainder Of the cam.
paign.
General disappointment has taken
command of the republicans here.
abouts. The first disappointment
was caused by the fla: failure to
make tie &. A. Il. encampment a
republican campaign gathering, and
by the upsetting Of all the plans that
had been made with that end in view.
Vice President Morton was ap-
preached and asked to lend his aid to
carrying out those plans; he positive
" refused, and also informed those
who broached the subject that if any
attempt was made to bring politics in
to the encampment he would at once
return to New York. 1t mattered
not whether Mr.. Mortoa acted as he
felt about this or was acruated by
feeling of revenge and a desire to
"get even" with those who kept him
out OF the Vice President nomination
at Minneapolis; it is enough to know
that he helped to disarrange plans
that would have been disgrace both
to the administration and to the G..
A, R. had they Eeen carried out
Another disappointment, and a big one
1t is too, is that caused by the know
ledge that Senator Hill has gone
actively to work to help carry New
York for Cleveland and Stevenson
Just as those who know him best have
maintained that he would at the
proper time.
Great was the success of the G.. A
H. encampment, in roint OF attend.
ance and IN the enjoyment of the en-.
ormous crowd of visitors, it did not
escape the baleful shadow OF the
"nigger"-few things in this country
do. it has just leaked out that the re-
ception in the rotunda of the CAPITAL
building, which Congress by special
act authorized Mrs. Gen. Logan and
her lady associates to hold, and which
SO mysterously came to an end al.
most before it had fairly got started
was spoilt by the aforesaid baleful
shadow Of the ''nigger'. 1t was stated
at the time that the doors were closed
IN the faces of the thousands STANDING
in line waiting their turn to pass
through the rotunda, and reiterated
IN the local pTpersnext day, that Mrs
Logan and her lady assistants had be.
cnme SO fatigued that it was phvsicaI.