The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-05
A HARRISON STILL HUNT
One Of tho Features Of the Repub-
lican Campaign Under Car
ter's Management
Secrets Of the National Commit
tee Which Manage to
Get Out.
The Hard Work to I3e Done to Keep the
orthwestera states Frem Going
Democratic.

Democratic.
NEW YoRK. Sept 3-Thsrs srs evidences
that President Harrison. through his ma
sional COMMITTEES. 10 making 1 still hunt
this year. Chairman Carter 10 keeping
remark ably quiet ~ TO what 10 going On IN
ttn brown stone building 5l8 Fifth avenue.
and the only signs Of activity which are
allowed to come 10 the public eye through
the newspapers are brief official statements
A. to tho callers who are taken
up to see him and some campaign
Interviews which predict harmony ON al
sides and unbouudsd popularity for the
Republican candidates and issues. There IL
about the building whore business 10 trans
acted some Of that mysterious secrecy
whioh characterizss approaches to q
Aasonie lodge room. The casual visitor to
headquarters will probably get q sight at
from fvs to ton watohmsn. guards. and
doorksepers who are always there, and
comfortable chair in the front room
will be given to him, whore he may cit
unmolsstsd % long ~ he plsasss. From
this room il 10 possible TO see hslf dozen
clerks, typswritsrs, and minor secretaries at
work, but they must bs viewed from dis
tancs unless the visitor has influence or il
man whoao name carries weight sufficient
to pull open the iron gate which IL the frat
bar to the privacy of the business Offices.
Chairman Garter SKIS up in the little trent
room on the second floor, and, while it has
bssn from time to time announced that the
'prslininary work Of the campaign has
been indefinitely outlined" and speaker Q
bave been sent to states where early cleo
tions are to be held, information has leaked
out that many of the plans Of battle have
been pretty accu Ately detsr1ained On.
Leutenants have bsen chosen. have &C.
oretly received their instructions. and have
.been fitted out with the necessary imple-
msnts for carrying on the work in their re.
spsctive ssctions.
The policy has been adopted of summon
ing from tho states which are to be sspe-
cially taken into confederation representa-
tive politicians who have gone back to their
homes loaded with instructions fresh from
the Loon Lake wire. Some of the details
Of this work have leaked out. and it is pos
sibls to go into some Of the particulars Of
the fight sooot ding to Information given
by lspublieans who have discussed tho stu
alton. Chairman Carter has received per-
sonal information from nearly cvery state
this side of the Rocky mountains at q series
Of inte views which were planned on the
quiet and held without any blare of trum-
pets. From this information tho work has
been mapped out. It has been determined
to make hard fight for Now Jersey. De-
spite the fact that the member of the COM
mittss I! ON that state has been abroad ever
sinoe the early summer and his services
are not available: reports have come TO
headquarters that by the use Of plenty of
money there is . possibility Of success.
Psnnsylvania, which is looked on a. the
harvest deld of campaign funds according
to tho best information, il to be held largely
respoasibls for the nght in that state.
Thomas V. Cooper, of Philadelphia. col
lector of tho port has been placed in direct
charge of the southern portion Of the state.
Hs is also TO have charge of Delaware. He
IL not only an expert in raising cam paign
funds in his own state but has had expert
'nce in the intrioacies of the politics Of both
states. He had proninent hand in the
mans management e Of tho campaign in Delaware
which elected Anthony Higgins to the
United States senate four years ago.
Connecticut is to be enriched to a con-
siderable extent bv the goodly sums of
campaign money which are to be sent thore.
The manufacturing towns will bs assessed
heavily. but, in addition to the home Drop
Of Doodle. some Of the contents of the
safes at headquarters will be sent there.
In Indiana, it 10 said. tho national COM
mittss will not be asked to do much work.
President Harrison and his leutensnts in
that state. who are thoroughly familiar
with tho shady methods Of 1ndiana politics,
reckon that they will bo able to handle that
state fully ~ advantaReouslv if loft to
themselves. Reports which have besn re-
ceived from the state are not 10 satisfao-
tory ~ from any of those states which are
usually classified Al doubtful" The dis
tribution of offices which President Harri-
SOD has made. according to reports. has
otsatsd bitterness among q few eliques
which cannot be. or have not 40 yet been.
healed. and in SO close state this is dis
astrous. Accordingly the energies of the
president and his faithful followers there
are to be largely exsrted to the patching up
Of these loca! differences, aud this is the
not want Chairman Garter 70 have much to
say about Indiana. He wants tho work
done by some one who ia more familiar
with the inside machinery, and who may
deal with the conflicting elements in way
that will not tread on the tender toss of
thority that President Harrison is mors
deeply concerned for his chances in his
own state than over any one of the doubt
full ones under the old classification.
There have been several delegations from
the northwest in close consultation with
CuHlLIuuu OdBboI WlVulu q Wooh OE tWOs Io
10 familiar with that section of the ooun-
try. and those who have his confidence as
sert that he is hopeful Whenever he turns
his eyes in that direction. There have bsc n
received at republican headquarters pretty
accurate reports as to the strength OF
the Farmers' alliance in the two
Dnkotas. Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota
aud Iowa. Republicans who have brought
these reports have doubtless given Chair
man Gait ter as rosy \ view az possible. One
OF them said that the most hopeful outlook
in any of the states named was in
Nebraska, whore, he said. prominent rspub-
licnns who had never before wavered in
their belief that the state was for all time
in the republican ranks were now doubtful
of the ability OF the party to carry 1t. II
ia in these states wherc the Farmers' al
liance vote Ia SO strong that ono OF tho
warmeat battles will be attempted.
In this connection comes another evi- |
dence Of the 'still- hunt fsaturs Of the
1t has Eesn officially declared
that no western headquarters would bs ss-
tablished in Chicago, and with some clever
ness an attempt has been made to scatter
the impression abroad that there WAS dis
satisfaction on that account But one
me ember Of tho committee made u statements
the other dAy which indicates that this
talk was ~ part of the game" ~ he OK
pressed il. 1.-THE central point FOR the bat
to- which IL TO BE- made In the west and
no thwsst, would naturally bs Chicago" hs
said. "Ihs surface indications are auch |
Al Hk~ a. h.