Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-12
NEW YORK's UNCERTAINTY.
The Republican, Of tho State In q Guam
dary-Spring Election Results Not Con-
sidered a Settler-HarrIson's Weakness
and the Inability of tho Opposition to
Combat Even That.
lrRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT,


lrxoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT,
NEW YoRK. March 11.-There is a deal
of uncertsintv about Renublican nolitics in
this state inst now. and not anv great
deoree of confidence among Renublicans in
the result OF the fall elections. except in 80
far as the present and probably future
laundering of the Democratic majority,
both in Washington and Albany, may turn
the people into the Republican line in the
hope of relief True, the spring elections in
the State have gone overwhelmingly Repub-
lican, returning about 600 Republican Sup
eryisors out of a total of s75 in the various
counties and taking from Democratic con.
troll Inv emnbatic maforities every countv
in which the Senate returns were juggled
last fall. This means much for hon
est election returns in this State hereafter,
no matter what they show, but it is doubt
full whether there is another wad in that
gun. especlally IN view OF tne ,act tnaS resi-
the ,,art;sanshin in a man leading him 70
overiook for tine aake of o;vino HE yort1
+ho p,osidanor sroh a.. tr;yio1 mo ttar a 9 +ha
a.1;h.rota I'd cunninglv nl.nnad +boft of
tna aa;sI.t trra
-,
" ia 'iio AS' A'os ="
There is the utmost confidence In the
popular strength in this State OF the Repub-
which are to be the main issues, but there is
little in the candidate who, 1t seems now, is
certain to head the ticket. Nine mon out of
ten whom one meets here agree that Harrison
has made an able, discreet ana patriotic
PRESIDENT, and yet when you ask them II they
believe he can be elected the entire nine
will shrug their shoulders and declare that
1t will have to be done without New York's
Sc electoral votes. What the New York man
says is echoed by the Republicans of Con-
necticut, which State is still kept in the
doubtful column by political mathemati-
clans, though both Blaine and Harrison
failed to carry it. With these two States,
representing 45 electoral votes, standing out
against him 1t is d11hcult to see now Harrl-
sons friends in these States can figure out
victory, granting that every one OF the trans
Mississippi States that he carried in 1883
should do so again next fall.
Harrison Has Ant,.oniz.d Tben, All
L. Is naru W analfze lne opPosl'ioh nere
..S " ienoiniila.lon. IL IS no. .ao-
raaa s-U,,' III SHens W ,noiuue at.nosS WI.
sncceedad IN doina vol, 90 f., as chic state
is concerned, during his administrat ton, has
been to antagonize both the Platt and Miller
forces. For the first time since there have
been two such factions here, they are to-
to the President. Miller neither asks nor
will he accept anything from Harrison
either for himself or his friends. He warns
all of his followers to keen off the White
House grounds Platt, on the other hand
has kept up tireless hunt for patronage for
the "boys," and is even now getting
all that is given out in this State
despite his open declaration that if Harrison
is renominated he will seat himself on the
highest pedestal he can find, and hurl his
banner to the breeze as high moral re-
former with big R, who would not soil his
fingers with the dirty work of campaigning.
That is Platt's position, and Millers, too, for
that matter.
Yet both men regard Harrison's renomina-
tion as inevitable, and both have told me so
within the past week. Their one hope Is to
convince MIN tha1 ne cannot De elected' II
nominated, ana TO get thlngs IN sucn shape
mere, IN Connectlcut ana IN tne 1ree coinage
States OF the west as to convince potn the
PRESIDENT ana the National convention tnaS
a renomlnatlon would mean TO lmpern ne
pupncan supremacy a1 washington.
Now sparring for Position.
The State Con yention at which the 70
delegates to Minneanolis are to he named is
to he held on AnriI % at Albany Roth fac.
tions of the partv will have to make known
their position as to the Presidency then.
At present they are sparring for position
one watching the other closely for some in
dlcatlon OF whom tne opposltlon Is TO settle
on as lts canaldate instead OF harrison MOI
until TO-DAY mas any evidence come TO ilght
as TO Platt's purposes, but 1t IS plain now
tnat ne 1ntends TO give Ieneral Algef as
many votes as possible Alger was one OF
Platt's favor1tes four years ago, and but 1or
the Eiklns pledge o. the treasury portfoilo
-Whlch pledge harrison repudated-he
" votes OF New YORK soldly into the Harrl-
son camp at Chicago until after Alger had
had chance to impress the convention with
them.
ae' booming Aissr'
have it to-day on the best authority that
Platt is responsible for the publication of
aloacy, ana thas Aiger emassarles nave 0een
s sIal 70" ou' W Tne en,o, otaoeS vi VIC "eeO
up "il 1i.e ueiesaIes Possloie ~,
VIC Isn "spno. D,.a! A.sei .e n'u" gooo
aanS Ias irienus IL poil'iIs on 'ie cihc o,ope
io''' anu no naS noS ioss any VI 'Hsin slhce
% Sn.n o"lAson, .n MS olose liienu, Is Is
soms W nave Ino ooinpiiinenIaly vo'e vi
W Asop ~ - Ian 70 oH
w Aisoi - 'no-o - "nS ie"'oA ioi oo's so'
Inc hig -FOUR once more.
famous "Big Four'' OF 1sss-Platt, Depew,
Hiscock and Miller-will undoubtedly lead
the delegation again as delegates-at-large.
Hiscock and Depew are professedly for Har-
rison, and may hold out from II to 20 dele
gates for him from this State. Platt will de.
liver all lie can to Alyer and Miller If renort |
tr1a will fry tn hIinO Rnbart