Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-18
Nd. SATURDAY EVENING JUNE ls, 1899.
ABOUT HIS HATSHIP.
THE SOUP KETTLE YAWNS FOR
BENJAMIN HARRISON.

BENJAMiN rrAFtntOON.
Governor Peck says ne WIN Lose wis-
He Was In fsss-Boies Can beat Him
in Iowa
The following opinions of leading
Democrats in different parts Of the coun-
try viii be of interest:
ILLINOIS.
President Ewing, of the Iroquois club,
the banner Democratic organization of
the city: Mckinley was their logical
candidate, but they had not the courage
of their convictions, and so chose Harri-
SON. OF course we shall beat him.
Harrison will never again make as
good q race as he did in 1888, !" said Pot
ter Palmer. "You can't enthuse with
him, and this Blaine quarrel viii cripple
him from the start"
Carter Harrison voiced the general
sentiment Of Democrats when he said,
1--WE can almost certainly elect the
Democratic nominee IL we only use dis
cretion in choosing him."
MICHIGAN.
o. NJ. Barnes, q member Of the Demo
cratic national committee, says: 81 think
Harrison as q candidate Is weaker than
Mckinley. Harrison will have to bear
the odium of the Mckinley high tariff
enactment. and he lacks the personal
popularity of the Ohio man. The cam
paign will be fought upon the tariff
question. Harrison is certainly no
stronger than he was in 1888. He can
offer nothing new; no viii fail TO arouse
the enthusiasm of his party, and will be
beaten"
L. e. Rowley, deputy secretary of
state and editor of the Lansing Journal,
says: 81 do not believe that Harrison
can carry Indiana. The opposition to
Harrison In New York is as irreconcil-
able as 1t is In Indiana"
MISSISSIPPI.
Governor Stone thinks that "if the
Democrats can beat anybody they can
beat Harrison. II the Democrats act
wisely at Chicago Mr.. Harrison will not
be elected"
Chief Justice Campbell believes Har-
rison will be as easily beaten as any Re-
publican who could be named, far more
50 than Blaine.
Attorney General Miller's fears are
relieved. He says, 1T is the best thing
that could have happened for the De-
mocracy."
GEORGIA.
Hamilton Douglas: blaine was by all
odds the strongest Republican in the
field. The sore in the Republican party
caused by his defeat cannot be healed.
The nomination Of Harrison means the
supremacy Of small men,"
Josiah Carter, editor of The Herald:
'eThe Minneapolis convention is blot
ON American politics. The Blaine move
ment was conceived in sin and born in
treachery and lived by corruption. The
Harrison strength was bought and paid
for with money and offices and promises.
From the highest to the lowest the COR
ruption extended, the rival candidates
debauching convention to secure the
highest place In the gift Of the people to
cover themselves with loud smelling
'honors' of Office"
WEST VIRGINIA.
Governor Fleming: "This suits me.
In my opinion Harrison has less strength
In this state than any one else the Re-
publicans could have nominated. The
nomination of no other presidential as
pirant would have so encouraged the
Democrats of this state. Harrison's
record as to the force bill Is especially
Objectionable. The steps taken in 1890
to colonize negroes for political purposes
In this and two other states, In which
scheme persons very near to the presi-
dent were engaged. will give the admin
istration party more trouble than per-
haps they expect"
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
L. b. Brown, managing editor Of The
People and Patriot, and one of the best
informed politicians in the state: 1.-THE
nomination of Mr.. HARRISON must be re-
garded as q sore disappointment to the
Republicans of New Hampshire. The
feeling Of the rank and file Of the party
In the state was largely and unmistak-
ably in favor of the nomination Of Mr.
Blaine, If his health would admit of it,
and il not then Of taking some new man.
The ticket win fail to arouse q particle
Of enthusiasm among New Hampshire
Republicans and will be the easiest to
defeat in this state of any that could
have been named from the mentioned
list"
INDIANA.
Chairman Taggart, of the Democratic
state central committee, said: "Harri-
SON Is not as strong In this state by sew
eral thousand votes as he was In 1885,
A great deal of this is due to his failure
to remember the men who did the hard
work in 1888, and the appointment in
stead OF men who simply looked wise
and gave Mr.. Harrison q large amount
of highly colored but extremely worth
less advice. Before state pride cut a
large figure. want to say now that
state pride this year is a barren
ideality."
Attorney General Green said: "Har-
rison comes out Of the convention with
. good many quarrels on his hands.
don't think he is as strong now as he
was In 1885,"
Secretary Of State Matthews, Demo
cratic candidate for governor, said: 81
think there is such breach between the
Harrison and Blaine elements that it
VIII be an extremely difficult matter to
reconcile them. Indiana win be Demo
cratic notwithstanding Harrison's nomi-
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