The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-24

possibilities. He undoubtedly has an or
ganization as complete as any man ever
had who aspired to the nomination of
either of the great parties. 1t is composed
almost exclusively of men who held Office
under his administration. Harrison was
renomina ted in 1892 through their efforts,
and he hopes to secure another nomina-
ton through the same means.
The headquarters is at Indianapolis and
John c. New, who organized it, will re-
sumo its active management as soon as he
returns from Europe. But no steps have
been taken and no steps will be taken
without M. Harrison's personal consent
and advice. Nobody has ever questioned
the ex-President's skill as a politician, and
when the Republican National convention
meets it will be evident to the country that
his hand has lost none of its cunning. The
Harrison organization is better equipped
in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin than
anywhere else.
John G. News success in manipulating
the Minneapolis convention, where 40
Federal office-holders presenting a solid
front effected Harrison's nomination, in
sures skill in management which none of
the other aspirants for the Presidency can
afford to ignore. "Long" Jones is at the
head of the machine in Illinois. He is the
man who planned the famous noon-day
conference at Minneapolis which made
evident Harrison's strength and fore
shadowed the outcome of the convention.
The Harrison manager in Wisconsin is
ex-senator Spooner. These three States
form the pivot upon which the entire
movement is to turn. To them may be
added West Virginia and New Jersey,
where Stephen B. Elkins and ex-senator
Sewell are in control of the machine.
In Washington there is literary bureau
managed by former member of Harri-
sons official household, whose business it is
to keep the ex-President's name constantly
before the public, and to secure the publ
cation of interviews from members of the
cabal of ex-office holders now engaged in
advancing Harrison's interests. Ex-Sena-
tor Blanche K. Bruce, who was appointed
by Harrison to be Register of Deeds for
the District of Columbia, has just returned
from tour through the Southern States,
undertaken in the interests of the man to
whom he owed his office.
His purpose at this time was not to Sc
cure delegates actually pledged to the ex-
President, but to prevent the crystalliza-
ton in sentiment among colored Republi-
cans in favor of any other candidate. For
this purpose he preached the doctrine that
delegates from the South should wait upon
the action of the representatives of Repub-
lican States and be ready to join in the
support of the man who should seem most
acceptable to those who would be de-
pended upon to elect.
While the ex-President affects pseudo
retirement and causes the PRONUNCIATION of
a report that he is not a candidate for the
Presidency, and would not turn a finger to
influence delegate or secure the nomina-
ton, the managers of his organization are
sedulously cultivating the impression that
out of the struggle among minor candi-
dates like Reed, Mckinley and Allison
will come spontaneous demand for the
nomination of the real leader of the Re-
publican party. 1t is regarded as scheme
to place Harrison on plane little higher
than all others, at the same time quietly
securing the election of delegates favorable
to him as a second choice.
The scheme will be to fill the convention
with as many ex-ofice-holders as can be
chosen. Indiana. Illinois. Wisconsin.