The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-06
CAMPBELL TO RETIRE
Cannot Hold the Republican Com
mittee Craftsmanship.
BUSINESS ENGAGEMENTS PREVENT.

6uplNhpo hHtAdhmhNIb PREVENT
General Clarkson Discusses the New
Condition of Affairs. ana Incident
ally Gives Some Advice to Andrew
Carnegie and Pays His Respects
TO Chandler.
WASHINGTON, July g. Chairman
Campbell, Of the national Republican
committee, arrived here yesterday. He
was met at the depot by Mr.. Kitchener,
the presidents personal friend. They
Immediately took a carriage for the
Arlington hotel. Mr. Campbell did not
register, but went directly to the room
of Commissioner Carter, of the land
Office, who is also secretary of the ma
tional committee. Mr.. Carter, Mr..
Kitchener and Mr.. Campbell held
consultation lasting about half an hour.
They afterwards left the hotel together.
going directly to the White House, and
were in conference for four hours with
the president, Secretary Elkins, ex-sena-
tor Spooner, of Wisconsin, and Secre-
tary Rusk. After this conference Mr..
Campbell gave out the following state
ment:
"When was elected chairman Of the
national Republican committee it was
with the distinct understanding that my
business engagements then pending
might render it impossible for me to act
in that capacity. This contingency was
fully understood by the committee and
Others directly interested. Since the ad-
tournament of the committee have been
unable to adjust my affairs 30 as to rem
der it practicable for me to act as chair
man, and | therefore, as l reserved the
right to do, announce that l will not so
act. Under the authority vested in me
by the national committee will proba-
bly, announce the executive committee
within the next few days, and that COM
mittee will meet at an early date. At
that meeting will formally tender my
resignation, and my successor will be
then selected. My successor will be
chosen by the executive committee, as
authorized by resolution adopted by the
national committee"
Clarkson's Advice to Carnegie.
NEW YORK, July Gin an interview
with Mr.. Clarkson, ex-chairman OF the
Republican national committee, it was
suggested that he might now be induced
TO take charge again: "Never for one
minute since the Minneapolis convention
has there been the remotest possibility
of that" replied General Clarkson Wig
orously. when forty-eight of the fifty
two members of the national committee
requested me to take the craftsmanship,
l declined, and it is not likely that will
reconsider under the present conditions.
There are any number of capable men
who can be found. At the present time
party affairs appear to be somewhat
mixed, but in few days everything
will be Strengthened out and the cam
palgn machine running in good order"
General Clarkson did not care to ex-
press any opinion of party prospects,
but did have something to say about the
troubles between Carnegie and the steel
workers at Homestead, Pa.
"Mr. Carnegie is a man of vast for
tune" he said, "and his wealth has been
made by his workmen. In saying this
l do not belittle Carnegies marvellous
faculty for accumulation. He has writ
ten great deal about triumphant de-
mocracy' and the responsibilities of
wealth, and created an impression
among many that he is at heart phil
sbam fbat iS gs dsssryed
Those workmen cannot be wrong in OBJ
jecting to the treatment they are now
subjected to. There have been no such
conyulsions in business that could possi-
bly, make these great reductions neces-
snry. Mr.. Carnegie should settle tho
difficulties at once and be generous to
those men.
ANDREW Carnegie. has discussed the
beauties of cooperation in magazine ar
ticles; now he should put his theories
into practice and make his works coop
erative. My sympathies' are with or
ganized labor, anyway, as l am mem,
Der of the typographical union"
In referring to Senator William Il.
Chandler's recent criticisms of his abil-
tiles as national chairman General
Clarkson said; Senator Chandler, be-
lieve, remarked that was not per-
manent ass, but only at intervals. Sem
ator Chandler is not go happily situated
as |, for nature has made him one for
his natural life. Ever since Joe Black
burn pulled his nose and heightened his
ears Chandler has gone around grumpy
and peevish, finding fault with every
body and everything, He figured in one
national campaign as manager, and
did not make much of a success, except
in weakening the party in Republican
states"