Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-22
HARRISON WILL SPEAK.
| The Ex-President Announces His In
tention Of Taking the Stump
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Spring Lake, n. j., Aug. 1S.-Ex-Presi-
dent Harrison is here for brief rest and
in an interview today discussed his plans
for the future. He declined to express
his opinion of the present Democratic adj
ministration.
My position" said Gen. Harrison, us
peculiar one. 1t is ha | for people to
understand how | am situated My lips
are necessarily sealed SO far as criticism
Of this administration goes. 1t would be
iii very bad taste or form to draw COM
PARSONS between my own and Mr.. Cleve-
lands administration. 1t would be highly
discourteOuS for me to state wherein L
believe this administrat ton errs. There
fore ! have uniformly refused to express
any opinion, to draw any comparisons, or
To crfticise, and | shall continue that
policy"
Shall you not have something to say
about the new tariff bill?'
That is a different matter. That
measure is not fathered by the admins
tration, as | understand it, and is legiti-
mate matter for discussion. But | am
not yet ready | do not wish to speak
hastily of a matter that so intimately con
Germs the welfare of party and country
and goes to the very root of our pros
perity as 4 nation. Later l shall prepare
careful analysis OF the situation and
snail speak to the people during the Indl-
ana campaign. l 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 print
ing.
When will the campaign open in Indi-
ana?"
Locally it opens very soon now. But
the great battle will not begin until the
fall is we'll advanced"
DO you confidently expect Republican
success theret'
at would be premature to predict
What do you think of the situation III
New York stateE
Il think that the situation in New York
state demands that every man outside of
the state keep his hands off. That is
what | think. Let outsiders keep their
hands off and attend to their own BUSH
ness. l don't see how l or any other out
slider can say anything in the way OF en-
enlargement or that can help restore har-
mony. All that | know about the situa-
ton | read in the papers, and | know that
the harmony of which YOU speak has not
yet been secured and that the two wings
of the party still maintain separate or
carnations and are as far apart as ever.
Suggestions, advice. or talk of any kind
from outsiders would be impertinent and
ill-adviSed. OF course the result in New
York this fall will have a mighty influence
upon national affairs.
Since the conclusion of the Hawaiian
affair removes that question from
removes that question from the field or
politics. possibly you would not mind
stating whether YOU consider the con
tingency of annexation as settled tor all
time" was suggested to Mr.. Harrison.
ITO answer that question would be an
| assumption of superior knowledge akin to
Drescience," was the reply.
Hawaii is now an independent repub-
lie What her future may be no man can
predict. ! will say this though: had the
Hawaiian crisis come six months earlier
than it did, the result would probably have
been different However" added Mr..
Harrison, L do not wish to pass STRIFE
lures upon this administration. [ do not
wish to impugn motives.
After the Indiana campaign closes
shall YOU return to California TO resume
your lectures in Stanford university|'
Il do not know" he answered. speak
fOrnia this winter When | left there it
was with the understanding that | might
resume the lectures this winter and then
again that | might not. 1t rests with
myself entirely whether | shall continue
my present relations with the university
Or not, and | have not yet made up my
mind | don't know how many students
may be enrolled this year. / have not
the slightest idea how the suits against
the Stanford estate and the Southern
Pacific may affect the finances Of the
college The institution was very pros
porous last year.
What DO you think of the condition of
the country and the chance for the return
of business prosperity" was asked.
The general replied that he had not
been able to gauge the future and could
say more about business prosperity next