Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-06
A CHANGE OF VIEWS.
The President Not Compelled to Dwell
on the Force Bill Issue
IN his LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
The South to Be Left to split Itself on the
Third fsrty Rock
DELIGHT OVER PLATTS STATEMENT
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WAsHINGToN, Sept 5-While much in
terest is manifested to learn the contents of
the Presidents letter of acceptance, the
public are denied that privilege this enen-
ing, though the important campaign docu-
ment is generally known to be on the cleo
trio wires on the way to the millions of
readers of the morning papers of the coun-
trv. The public only know in general
way that the maj or part of the letter is de-
voted to finance, tariff and reciprocity, and
that the elections bill rock has been pretty
safely steered clear of.
One of the Cabinet officials who has had
access TO the letter said to THE DISPATCH
correspondent, to-day, that there is no
doubt the attitude of the President, judg-
ing from the utterances in his letter upon
the force bill matter, have undergone
marked change since his letter of lour years
ago and his message of two years ago, when
he urged the enactment of a rigorous Fed
ersl law for the protection of the polls from
the fraud and intimidation that were then
rife in the South.
Revolution of Sentiment
''But," added the Cabinet minister,
the question has almost been rerolutionized
in the interval If there were an absolute
certainty of its passage I do not believe
that Mr. Reed or Mr.. Lodge, the leaders of
the advocates of the force bill two years
ago, would now introduce a bill of the
character of the Lodge bill The sold
South is practically broken up. The Demo-
cratic party of that section is forever
divided and the best thing the Republicans
of the South and of the whole
country can do is to assist to make the
break in the ranks as complete and as great
as possible, and in the strife of the Demo
Gratis of to-day with the Democrats of yes
terdav secure the desirable division
in the ranks of the colored people
that must come before the voters of
that race can enjoy a free ballot
and an honest count 1 have been giving
special attention for some time to the great |
revolution that is in progress in the South,
aud plainly forsee that the third party |
movement, while it may not at once help |
the Republicans to win victories, will |
eventually accomplish much that the |
Republican party started out to do and |
failed largely through a mistaken gene
rosity.
Couldn't Be wholly Ignored.
"Of course the President could not wholly /
ignore the subject, but in view of the con- |
dition that now obtains, he was justified in |
modifying his former strong utterances, and
in so doing he will be more nearly in line
with the general sentiment of the best ele- /
ments of his party than he was when he
favored the enactment of a force bill, which
measure was opposed by the broadest men
and the broadest newspapers ofthe whole
country.
81 think that the letter, as a whole,
concluded the member of the Cabinet, Twill
be esteemed by those who intelligently read
it as one of the most careful, most convinc-
ing most forcible and most statesmanlike
papers of its kind that has ever been given
to the country. While it is a justification
of the administration during the tenure of
Mr.. Harrison, and a commendation of the
great principles of the Republican party, it
is also the deliverance of man who feels
that he is now the President of the whole
people, and not merely the representative
of and advocate of party dogma
Delight Over rlatt's Statement
There was hearty congratulation of each
other among the Republicans in the depart
ments and out of them to-day on account of
the apparently Official announcement by
ex-senator Platt that while his affection for
President Harrison NAV not have increased
to an astonishing extent, his love for the
grand old party had asserted itself and he
would do his best for success, notwithstand-
ing the lies that had been told about him.
If the Republicans who are in the classified
service of the Government, and therefore
protected in their positions, are glad, thote
who are not thus happily conditioned are
fairly iubilant at the return to the fold of
the prodigals, and that one the great New
York prodIgal, whose repentance means
that slccess is now to be made probable
where it was problematic.
The officials who are not in the classified
service have nothing to hope for as means
of retaining their positions except the sue
cess of the party to which they belong If
Harrison wins they may succeed in retain
ing their heads. If Cleveland wins they
will, every mothers son of them, be given
to the guiliotine as fast as their places can
be supplied. The slaughter will begin with
the highest, as new administration loves
TO pick out shining mark for death.
Every Ground of Hope Grasped.
Cabinet officers will expire with the
President on March 4 Assistant secreto-
ries will pass away few DAYS later, and in |
rapid turn heads of bureaus and chiefs of
divisions will follow on the mournful iour-
ney. Consequently, every new ground for
hope is seized upon BY those who
hold these precarious offices with
pleasure that cannot be described, and one
would have thought to-day from the ex-
pressions of delight that the one thing that
was wanting to complete the happiness of
this unprotected class was the declaration |
of Mr. Platt that he would use his best in
genuity to bring about Republican success
In the great pivotal State OF New York
At the Democratic headquarters Secre-
tarv Lawrence Gardner and his corps of
brilliant assistants seemed to be taking the
matter coolly. They look on New York as
sure Democratic State, and they do not
believe that dozen Plstts could transform
that fact into a matter of doubt When a
gentle insinuation is made that there is yet
q considerable breach to be healed before
the New York Democrats can work to-
gether in harmony, they look wise and
swear that 'that is all right, just as
though the coyness of Hill 10 all pre-
arranged matter. ami that it means q grand
coup at the proper time which will have
far-reaching effect in the way of manufac-
turing enthusiasm that could not have been
produced if Hill had sllen into the arms of
Cleveland the moment the nomination was
made.
Love Feast Good At Any Time
"It is the harmony and the love, and the
feasting of the last moment that counts in a
they assert and they actually
seem to be sincere in their belief that the
present GOODNESS between Cleveland and
Hill is a good thing, to be turned shortly
into strategical spectacle that will astonish
the country, arouse no end of enthusiasm
among .he Democrats, and bring panic and
chaos to the ranks of the Republicans
At the headquarters OF the Peoples
party Editor Dunning held sway, and he
swept the matter aside with the cynical re-