The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-26

A
Republican National Committee on Ac-
| count of His Free silver yiews--Carter.
! on His Part, Comes East to Serve a Wes-
tern Free silver Notice on All Men Who
Would be President.
New York, May o5.-Ex-President
Harrison's visit 10 this city took on q
| new and interesting phase today, when
| it became noised about among the know
ing politicians that the Indiana states
| man is very anxious to have the present
chairman of the Republican national
committee, Senator Thomas H Carter,
| OF Montana, deposed from his position.
1t is reported that he has bluntly de-
clared that the election of a new chair
| man who is opposed to free silver or az
least less pronounced in his advocacy of
that embarrassing heresy, is the real
problem for Republicans The party
leaders are evidently beginning TO fear
with Harrison that they will not be able
TO raise campaign funds, if Carter, with
his free silver views, remains at the
head of the national committed
The ex-presiednt had enough friends
around him today TO fiatter any private
citizen. His first two callers were Mr..
Charles Emory Smith, editor Of the
Philadelphia Press, and Colonel Fred
Grant, police commissioner. Later the
ex-president received an informal ova-
ton in the corridor, when these men
shook hands with him: EX-Congresman
Stewart of Vermont: Major ]. G.. Rath-
bun, of Hartford. and w. 3. Clark. presi
dent of the Etna Fire Insurance COM
pany, of Hartford.
CARTER TALKS PLAIN.
Senator s. 3. Elkins and B. +. Jones.
of Pittsburg, had a short chat with Mr..
Harrison in his rooms, and while they
were there Senator Carter sent up his
card. The eX-president went down in
the lobby to meet the Montana sena-
tor, and they made quite a picture con-
rersing in the big corridor, until Mr..
Harrison had to leave for another sit
ing at Artist Johpson's studio.
Chairman Carter said that his call on
General Harrison had no political sig
Difiicancs. When asked. point blank,
what the silver men of the west would
do if the Republican national csIven-
ton next year failed TO have free
silver plank in the platform, he replied:
well, YOU know what Colorado and
Nevada did in 1892 and what Cali
fornia came near doing. Those states
went against the Republican nominee
for the presidency, and they did it be-
cause they favored silver. Now that
showed how great the sentiment was in
favor of silver.
THE sentiment out west then. is as
nothing compared to what it is now,
and if the Republican platform ignores
silver as it did in 1892, the west will go
against the Republican party. My visit
east is not political"
CAME EAST TO SERVE NOTICE.
II is the current rumor that Carter
was commissioned by the silver folks
out his way to come east and serve
notice on Messrs. Harrison, Mckinley.
Reed, Elkins, Allison, Cameron, Nor
ton, Culborn, Lincoln. Higgins and
half dozen aspirants for the preSi-
Dental nomination that they must
come out for silver or quit the race.
The western idea of the situation, as
reflected by the Montana senator, is |
that Harrison has less show than either |
Reed, Mckinley, El<ins or Allison, I'M |
less he comes out for silver. and Carter |
just dropped in the Fifth Avenue hotel |
lobby today to tell the ex-president so. |
Carter will wait in town until Gov
ernor Mckinley of Ohio gets here next |
week to show the Ohio man his silver |
brick. tom" Reed may see il, too if |
he comes to New York as he intends.
Charles Emary Smith, Who was min |
lister to Russia under Mr.. HarTisons |
administra ton, said that he did not |
care to talk about presidential candi- |
dates. |
why, in Pennsylvania" he contin- !
ued, Eve have five presidential candi- |
dates, and. of course. cannot say any |
thing about candidates in other states. |
believe the Republicans, though, will |
win next year"
The five candidates were not men
toned by MIR. Smith. but they are sup
posed to ex-MayOr Filter. Senator Don
Comeron. Governor Hastings. ex-Post-
master General Wanamaker and c. L.
Magee