Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-19

Albany, and may some day tackle the Van
derbilt combination.
Whitney's brother owns all the street
railways in Boston, or combines them. This
| combination began with Republicans In
Philadelphia, who sent Yerkes to Chicago,
to see If there was anything to pick up.
Their programme is to discount the pros
perity of the country, which, in their plat
forms they question. They will bet you
that every city franchise Is worth three
times as much as it stands at In the stock list
Then they will take two times the stock
| capital and let you play. with the other
third for period of years
Mr. whitney set Mr. Cleveland on his
feet as a real estate man In Washington,
and made for him full two years of the
Presidential salary. The big outside man
of this combination is Ryan. The alder.
end is Widener and Elkins, of Philadelphia
Three Wise Men Of fhe East
When Baby Bissell and Whitney and
Harrity had drawn together it looked like
the three wise men of the East who had seen
the star and travelled toward It Whitney
got place in the Cabinet after Manning
had been put there, Manning being less de-
sired than Whitney.
Here see AL Fletcher, for years Ran.
dall's appointee In Congress, and afterward
under Whitney in the Navy Department
He, like Lamont, went into the street car
combination, being appreciated for his mix
ing capacities to make the acquaintance OF
the aldermen, all of whom, he says, keep
saloons. The advantage of having an alder
man with q saloon is that he is always at
home, you need not send him your card. for
the price of a glass of beer you can call him by
name, and for half dollar, with which you
treat, can even become his friend.
This is not like ex-Secretary of the
Treasury Fairchild, who, at his hotel, yes
terdav, was called upon bv a parcel of
those reporters who come in with nothing
in particular to ask and expect the great
man to supply his own questions as well as
answers Mr. Fairchild was not loath to
receive. He had valet at the door, with
golden buttons upon him, who extended q
silver tray and took the reporters cards,
and after some minutes of mystery the door
opens, and his countenance completed the
statement: "Tbe Department is now open
half an hour for visitors to shake hands
| with nv master.
Mr. Fairchild announced that he had no
further business before this convention
than concerned the State of New York and
the disposition of its delegations. He was
crat," thus meeting the Western Bourbon
ism half way which said: 'You are not q
Democrat
CIeveland's Nomination Expected.
Said Mr. Fletcher, who seemed to have
no side in this conflict, II am expecting
Cleveland's nomination, but if they can
stay him off a ballot or two, he may go
under That hardly looks probable. There
is too much ambition, and there are too
many State favorltes. In reality, we ought
to look out for New York and Indiana, and
let the whole of the North beside 60. I
tell you, gentlemen. that if the
Democratic party is beaten this
time 1 believe it will 20 down
for good. The strain to work and
raise money for eight Presidential cam
paigns will cause q snappsge, some day.
Nothing holds US up now but the solid
South and the two States have mentioned,
both of which we have to carry. This man
Harrison is unusually smart He can make
hundred speeches. and you can turn them
over and over and get nothing out of them
to comment on. His appointments show
that he is fine politician, and that is why
his convention so easily renominated him.
He had laid the pipes for it from year to year,
and when he found Mr.. Blaine was prepar-
ing to run, three or four months ago, Har-
rison Just got ready for him. He held his
negroes firm, although Sherman lost them
after he had bought them"
A bystander remarked chat only the negro
vote kept the Northern States Republican,
and that the negroes were fast dividing.
An UnexampIed State of Affairs.
"Pshaw!" said Mr. Fletcher 81 did .
large part of Randalls work in the Fourth
ward of Philadelphia 1 have bought
negroes time and again. They will stand
by you in local contest, but for Governor
or President, do not believe you can buy
a negro in the land unless he has received
an unusually big bribe. They vote and are
counted, and that is all there is to it. Now,
while 1 have nothing more to do with poll
tics, have been too long in it not to under
stand it. 1t is unexampled for a State to
come here with a candidate and have the
convention nominate from the same
State totally different man. If
there are any precedents for this
do not know them. They state their case
frankly. The City of New York is all in all
to the Tammany delegation. Mr.. Grace,
who is here for Cleveland, heading the out
side delegation. wants to be Mayor of New
York. His organization has completed .
State Committee, and they mean to fight
Hill, Murphy and Tammany The idea is
to recognize the County Democracy. Now,
do you know how Tammany Hall would
meet them? They would say to the Re-
publicans: Here are 80, 200 votes; take
your President and let us have our Mayor.
OF course, it might be possible for the
Cleveland interest to pull Grace out and
break up his campaign, but he thinks more
of CARRYING the City of New York for him
self than for National politics.
Where the Democrats Are Intrenched.
"The Democrats have got surer thing on
New York, if they are united, than they
ever had before. The Republicans in the
last Legislature allowed their State system
of election officers to apply to the 900 elec-
tion districts in New York. In the country
districts the Republicans have two to one of
such officers who do the registering and
supervise the voting. They weakly let the
same system go to New York, and Tammany
has two to one there. Hence, the challeng-
ing of registration and OF voting will be of
no avail in New York City, and thev can
put $4,000 more votes into the box than
they ever did before.
"The so-called Federal Detective Agency
there / have always believed to be an ap-
pendage of Tammany Hall Did you ever
read OF anybody being convicted for false
registering or voting? Now, Hill can hard
ly expect to be nominated, but there are
plenty of Democrats whom every Democrat
could vote for, in both New York and In
diana. Campbell or Morrison would do
very vel" GATH.
THE FEELING AT JAMESTOWN.