The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-04
" a>ilinytpu Letter.

WASHISGTnN. d. C., Oct. - foitIcS
WAS hy unanimous consent a t"Io"vd
subject in Washington from the tlme
the death of Mrs. Harrison was an
nounced until the funeral train hearing
her remains started upon ITS snrf"WiuI
tourney to indianapolis The hearts "i
our people were Overlooking with sym
pathy for the President of the UNITED |
states VINO WAS, for the time f"g"tttt
Ms the candidate of - political party, ana |
remembered only as the loving ana be-
r,aved husband of the good woman |
living dead in the White House. lhere
was no boundary line To this sympathy
IL came from every section OF our own
country, ~ well ~ from all parts of the
world. Mr. Cleveland, our candidate
WAS among the first tn wire condolences,
and the local Democrats, as mark oil
their sympathy, removed their CIeNeahu
and Stevenson banner until after the
funeral cortege had passed down Penn
svlvania avenue on its way To the tram.
Mrs. Harrison belonged To the type of
mother and wife of which every Amer
lean is proud she carried herself with
the same quiet dignity when presiding
over her little three room cottage as when
| ing as the =. first lady in the land. This
country owes more To this type of woman
| than history will ever tell, and 1t WIS
only right that it should pause in the
\ midst of "A Presidential campaign to shed
, a tear over the grave of Caroline Scott
4 Harrison.
Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, of Pennsyl-
yania. was in Washington this week to
| AtrY
| H.. saws he has received hundreds of let
tiers from Republicans, many of them
who have in the past been prominent IN
that party, endorsing his action in COM
ing out for Cleveland and in denouncing
the Republican tariff policy, and inform
ing him that the writers intend To vote
the straight Demo cratic ticket this year.
He predicts the election of Cleveland 10y
an overwhelming majority, and that the
tariff refOrmers will be in a majority IN
| both Houses of the next Congress.
| Let no Democrat be thrown off hiS
guard by the story sent out from Repub-
lican sources in New York that by
advice of Senator Quay, now bosslng the
Republican campaign, New York Is TO
/ be abandoned to the Democrats, and all
the money and other resources of the
Republican National Committee are to
be concentrated upon Miss uri, Tennes-
see, West Virginia, and North Carolina.
There is not "A word of truth in the story,
which was given out for no ether pur-
pose than to make the ID, mo, ITS lcss Ell
their efforts to carry New York, which,
if kept up, the Republicans know are
bound to result in victory. The Repub
lican National Committee has no idea Ot
! abandoning the cont, ST in New York. as
its members know, aS everybody else
I does, that there are about nlnety-nlne
, chances out of possible one hundred
in faN or of the election of the lre>lden-
, tial ticket that carries New York but il
[ | the Demo Gratis can only be lullcd into d
= feeling of Sc, urity, Boss Quay undoubt
edly thinks the corruption fund at hlS
disposal big enough TO buy victory III
New York.
Mr.. Blaine is back in Washington,
2 and he is far from being pleased with
| what he considers the trICkery of the
, men who prevented his nomination al
Minneapolis IN trying to make him share
r the responsibility for their managemt nj
I of the Republican campaign by remain
: ing in New York, supposedly as an adj
wiser of the Republican National Com
mittee, but in reality as n dummy lay
figure, with nothing to say or do except
p to look pleased He told "A friend that h,
had neither given nor been asked to Civ,
| the National Committee any advice.
Senator Hill passed through Washing
ton on his way 10 Virginia, where ht
t makes several speeches this week. III,
5 was asked what the prospects were IL
p New York, and his reply was both char
acteristic and significant" Oh, New
= York is all right"
Union Veterans who are Democrats
and there are lots of them, regard the
announcement that Judge John i. Rea
e OF Minnesota, ex-commander-in chief O
q the G.. a. r., would support CLEVELAND
:, because of his pension vetocS and hi
position on the tariff aS "A very impor
D taut one believing that it will have
: great deal or influence with the muci
o talked about "soldier vote" The Re
publicans are already trying to break tn,
force of the announcement 10y charging
that Judge Rea has been mad with Mr.
. Harrison ever since he refused to ap
point him Commissioner of Pensions
:. when Tanner was kicked out, and tha
e he has taken this method of {" getting
= even " with him.
There was a big scare of some sort n
|, the Republican headquarters in New
York this week, and Committeeman
Hobart was sent post haste to Washing
r ton with the news. He arrived here il
e time to hold consultations with scvera
n members of the Cabinet before their de
y parture on the funeral train. NJ.
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