The sun., 1895-05-26
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS
DO NOT LIKE THE sU6G EsTIoN OF
DfCTiTING NONINL1IONS.

A. r,.t.opurer.mn ON Republican ro..,.
y" bIiitier-Nntbsn GoT Considered tho
Strongest Candidate In the south.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-ln the second md
tbjrl year of any given Administration it IS
very 5ifIicult to get any persons whose opinions
nrs worth anything TO express n decided prefer.
| ence for candidates for the Prcsidcncy fhry
will all talk glibly enough, but not tor puh,.,n-
zion A peculiar feature about WASHINGTON
Official life IL that when n man has uucc served
In Congress or in tho departments and got
bounccd he does not usually 80 back To- tue
pnce of his gnzctted residence. He pitches rs
tent right here. He fluids this city the finest,
eartb The atmosphere suits him cNnttl..
Having served under previous Administrator,
lie feels hat he has u mortgage on u fnt thias
In tho incoming one. To abandon tn" hrld, 10
yo back to the "deestrict' and the "con.til.
uwents," which are the subjects of his Thoughts
and speech all the time. would be an act OF lad
fnitb of which he could not be guilty. The end
of his misfortunes and tho life OF an adverse
Administration regarded as coincid"nt.
They often are but not always. II depend,
upon the Administration. President Clrvcaud.
for instance is an exception. lie objects to hay.
ing lightning strike In the same place twice.
When n man has been once referrcd, hu thinks
he ought to be satisfied. lie has made sx-
ccption in the case of Dan Lamont and MIR.
Thomas +. Bayarl.
Most OF the of1iceholdcrs appointed under tho
Harrison Administration who have received
walking papers under the present Administra.
tion are right here yet. They are waiting for
President Harrison or some other Republican 10
come again. When he docs come they will bs
on hand to greet him. and to make it hot frr
him until he fois;s them on the public pay roll,
or positively turns them down. In the mean
time these pCoplc are cautious TO ludirruu--
ness in their indspositton to say anything 10
hurt their prospects. All the candidates arc
all right. Any one of them will bo ncu, pt"H,o
as nominee They are for tho nominee ~ tho
party. right or wrong AS for shaping the oiiI-
ion which helps to make tho candidate, these
gentlemen not in 1t.
III discussing the situation with regard to Re-
publicans in the Southern States. based uuon
the avowcd candidacy of Senator Elkins ard
Justice John VI. Harlan. n Southern ext on
gresham said to me:
1.-The candidate who goes into the next Com
vcntion with the support that Gen Harrison
had in 1892 ought to be nominated. In tho
Convention OF 1896 it will proha bly be found
that Mr.. Quay. MIR. Platt. and Gen. CLARK on.
who were bitterly opposed to Gen. Harrison in
1902, will I've in favor of his nomination. In
many respects Gen. Harrison is the most araila-
Bile candidate in the running.
=" 1t was a cruel njustice 10 southern Reruh!i-
cans to claim. after the Convention of 1852.
that they forced the cnndidature of ten. l!ur-
rison. They did nothing of the sort, majority
of The delegates OF the Northern States wanted
Gen. Harrison nominated. and the southern
Republicans fell In with their view ana lp-
ported him. II would have been bad policy ior
them to do Otherwise.
favor OF any pnrticu lar candidate. am n thor
uughgolng partisan in the sense that acandidnte
West viii always be acceptable TO me. The
conditions are such that southern Republicans
Of the party. They should cooperate with the
| majority opinion OF the delegates whose con-
s' II think u That ' on i, the % issues Of protective
| tariff and the traditional sound-inoney policy
ss Ph s"s ssS%Gfsn P"sss %
Carolina; WHICH they carried last Novemner.
csroa The "n
against this latter state may eventuato IN a
ndr% 2 Dots@ nas hsrr wnrh Ie
| tion in al the Southern States except Missis-
ssippi, Louisiana. and FIordn TO break away
growth Of Populist sentiment is due largely TO
| the courage to Join the Republican party hn-
cause OF the prevailing prejudice against it. hut
after they they n, have w g. gone out OF the Democratic
enough to 90 on into the Republican party. In
Moth Carolina the coalition between the Re-
pubicans and P0pulists is complete and
dial; | believe we have seen the last of the
1t was Inevitable after the Washington Past
suggested the wisdom of nom mating South
man on the Democratic ticket for President,
rs0d tchs aed M stSnhn y akns II Of
same State have already appeared on the carpet.
think they will stay on i. senator Elkins's
shy into the arena Is apnre bluff; He doesn',rx-
pect to get the domination, but he wants to hep
name the candidate. Judge, Gof is a very
strong and popular man. and stands a better
named among Southern men. But If Southern
man l iS pushed 70 the front in 500 for the ,,c-
Ema Eikins or, or Judge Gofl but the Hon H. Clay
evans, VINO was elected Governor of Tennessee
IN November. but was counted out hy the lcp,iS
lature and Judge Peter Tnrncy seated instead.
Mr.. Evans has clements of strength not u"s-
sessed by any Other Southcr man whose nan!s
pcs S on h 1a SKe wit" tho
Harlan of the supreme Court is n candidate.
the Presidency are not generally taken from, e
supreme Court beach. And then the opinion
blasted any hopes he might entertain ior lie
Presdcpcy, as the Republican candidate in
Southern man on the Republican tlcke,. In i o
nss o p we mays n 91 hays ny o p
ing. Republican statesmen in the Sop'Lcln
states a during the past twenty years The climate
then we do very little voting. The Democrats
and popnl.ts have things their own way. IDe
ticket would not change one Electoral vote IN
all or the Southern States. What the ticket
needs nee Is Western err; and an Eastern, man. and
the ticket or the Democratic party will mo- ~.
i!niot isrii i VII be found. from tho sepuhr"n
Icket. am Tor the nominee Of the Republican
C9,inyenti9n Con @ and for the platform which 10
That is old; fashioned pArtisanship. with no
think and talk that way. but there il ends untl
the scramble for ofiice, begins. They do no 80.
ing: that is. not much: and seldom 20 To tho
States where they claim residence.
Il, THOMAS FORTUNE