The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-18
LATER, BUT NOT NOW
Mr.. Harrison Asked for His
Views on the Tariff Bill.
Saws He Will Give an AnaIvsis
Says He Will Give an Analysis
Of It Later On.
HIS LIPS ARE SEALED.
Would be DiscourteOus to Criti-
else the Administration.
He Says Hands Off, New York
Republican Fight.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S-The CONNER
cial- Advertiser today prints the following
interview with Ex-Presideut Harrison,
at the house of Capt. Barnholt, at Spring
Lake, n. J., Thursday:
my position is a peculiar one. 1t is
hard for people to understand how 1 am
situated. My lips are necessarily sealed
SO far as criticism of this administration
goes. 1t would be in very bad taste or
form 20 draw comparisons between my
own and Cleveland's administration.
1t would be highly discOurteOus for me
to state wherein l believe this admins
tration errs. Therefore, 1 have uni
formly refused to express any opinion. to
draw any comparisons, or to criticise and
shall continue that policy"
"Shall you not have something to say
about the new tariff billf"
"That is a different matter. That
measure is not fathered by the admins
tration, as l understand it, and is a legiti-
mate matter Tor discussion. But / am
not yet ready. 1 do not wish to speak
hastily of a matter that intimately
concerns the welfare Of party and coun-
try and goes TO the very root of our pros
perity nation.
"Later 1 shall prepare a careful anal
ysis of the situation and shall speak to
the people during the Indiana campaign
1 shall speak two or three times, and Will
let the people know my views on the tar
if question. Some things that l say may
be worth printing"
s'When viii the campaign open in In
diana9"
Locally it opens very soon now. But
the great battle will not begin until the
fall is well advanced"
do you confidently expect Republican
SUCCESS Jhere.''
1T would be premature to predict
s'What do you think Of the situation in
New York states"
"After the Indiana campaign closes,
snail you return TO California to resume
your lectures in Stanford university"
lie answered, speaking slowly, Il do
not know that | shall return to Califor-
MIA this winter. When 1 left there
it was with the understanding that I
might resume my lectures this winter
and then again that l might not It rests
with myself entirely whether I shall con
tinue my present relations with the uni
versity or not, I have not yet made up
my mind. 1 do not know how many
students may be enrolled this year.
Il 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
prosperous last year"
.sWhat do you think of the condition
of the country and the chance for the re-
turn of business prosperityI" was asked.
The general replied that he had not
been able to guage the future and could
say more about business next year.
Il think that the situation IN New
York state demands that every man out
side of the state keep his hands off. That
is what I think. Let outsiders keep their
hands off and attend to their own busi-
ness. L don't see how anything that I
or any other outsider can say
in the way of encouragement can
help restore harmony. All that | know
about the situation l read in the papers
and 1 know that the harmony Of which
you speak has not yet been secured and
that the two wings Of the party still
maintain separate organizations and are
as far apart as ever.
Suggestions. advice or talk Of any kind
from outsiders would be impertindnt
and ill-advised- OF course the result in
New York this fall viii have d mighty
influence upon national affairs
.sSince the conclusion of the Hawaiian
incident removes that question from the
field Of politics. possibly you would not
mind stating whether you consider the
contingency of annexation settled for all
time" was suggested to Mr. Harrison.
s-To answer tnat question would be an
assumption of superior knowledge akin
to prescience,s was the reply.
Hawaii is not 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 the result would probably have
been different. However" added Mr.
Harrison, Il do not wish to pass strict
ures upon this administration l do not
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