The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20
The Commercial Advertiser Gets the
Ex-President to Express Some
Views.
WILL MAKE SOME SPEECHES
During the Indiana Campaign, Which
win Deal With Political
Matters.

NEW YoRK, Aug. 2o.--The CONNER
cial Advertiser prints the following In
terview with ex-President Harrison at
the house Of Captain Bargnolt &c Spring
Lake, NJ. u, Thursday:
MY position Is peculiar one. II is
hard for people to understand how ! ana
situated. My lips are necessarily sealed
30 fer as criticism OF this administration
goes. II would be in very bad taste or
form to draw comparisons between my
own and Mr.. Cleveland's administers
tion. 1t would be highly discourteous
for me TO state wherein / believe this
administration errs. Therefore, I have
uniformly refused to express any opin-
ion, to draw any comparisons or to crit
icize, and shall continue that policy"
"Shall you not have something TO say
about the new tariff bill?''
VIII Talk ON the TariH.
THAT il q different matter. That
measure il not fathered by the adminis-
tration, as I understand IL, and Is q
legitimate matter for discussion. But
I ann not ret ready. / do not wish TO
speak hastily of matter that 80 inti-
mately concerns the welfare of party
and country and goes to the very root
of our prosperity as nation. Later ]
shall prepare q careful analysis Of the
situation, and shall speak TO the people
during the Indiana campaign. shall
speak two or three times and will let
| the people know my views on the tariff
question. Some things that ! say may
be worth printing"
When win the campaign open in
Indianas'
Locally il opens very soon now
But the great battle win not begin until
| the fall Is well advanced"
do you confidently expect Repubh
can success theref'
''It would be premature to predict"
The situation i'm New York.
ssVhat do you think Of the situation
I'M New York slater u
/ think that the situation in New
York state demands that every maj
outside Of the state keep his hands OF
and attend to his own business.
don't see how anything that ! or an.
other outsider can say in the way Of en-
couragement can help restore harmony
All that know about the situation
read in the papers and know that th
harmony Of which you speak has no
| yet been secured, and that the tw,
wings of the party still maintain sepa
rate organizations, and are as far apar
as ever
Suggestions, advice or talk of an.
kind from outsiders would be imperti
nent and i'll advised. OF course the resul
in New York this fall win have
mighty influence in national affairs
The Hawaiian Question.
"Since the conclusion of the Hawaiian
incident removes the question from tn,
field of politics, possibly you wouldn'
mind stating whether You consider th
contingency of annexation settled TO
all time" was suggested to Mr.. Han
rison.
i 40 answer that question would b
an assumption Of superior knowledg
akin to prescience," was the reply
Hawaii is now an independent repuh
| lie. What her future may be no MAJ
can predict viii say this, though
had the Hawaiian crisis come six month
earlier, the result would probably hav
been different. However, added MI
Harrison, II do not wish to pass stric
lures upon this administration. d
not wish to impugn motives"
/ Mr. Harrison did not know whethe
he should deliver more lectures at th
Stanford university. He had not We
decided.