Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-12
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Washington. September 5..-epecin TO
Chicago Times HERALD -Senntor Quay
ara ex-senator Plat have an asreenent
concerning next years. preaidcnS maSinH.
The agreement IL that they viii ao to-
pether, throwing their combined strrugth
IA the republican National convention Tor
the Same man. II would be difficult 10
overestimate the Importance OF this com
bmNtlon. Senator quay, thanks to his
rcent remarkable victory at Harrisburg,
Is likely to control nearly all OF tho POM.
sylVania delegates next yuar. Three years
ago NJ Minneapolis forty Ave Of tie Yorty-
Elk drleg.,tes save their allegiance 10
MN. Next year perhaps MY five Viii
follow his ieadcgship. ana possibly tho
whole delegation viii vote AZ a rnit. In
Nav York Mr.. Plata controi Is not quito
~ absolute, but the delesallca ffoiu the
Eiapira state Is usually controlled by
the big four dclsgates-at-lurge, and
theke are likely to be dominated IN Their
turn by the statvaman OF Tioga. Even
rhould he meet with opposition Ia carry
inc out hts programme AIR. rlatt viii
probably he able 10 direct the casting
o. fully sixty votes IN the convention.
Al the least. Plat and Quay together
are pretty sure TO control from 100 10
10 Notas IN tho republican National COM
venticn OF lS9C-h powerful factor IN
body where about $50 votes Will consti- /,
f'N' " HftSNAahss
quay and Plat nrn now mora than ever
determined to niEue the, next republican
candidate FOR president. At Minneapolis
they were drawn together by their mntuari
hatred q Harrison. While the same mo- |
tue utin largely actuatoa thoni, they uro
nhio 20 conceive situation IN which tho l
Cx-preaifent would cut but HruHii hpirc,
and In which they might be driven In !
eppoaite directions. both failing OF uue- !
Germ. To guard nGainst puoh eontinBpncyl
tlssy have agreed 70 stand together. Hore-t
toforc they have been oontent with a tAcitl
understanding now tho compact boiwnent
them IA ~ dsanltt and binding ns 10 ltl
were a signed ana tcaied document con-
irininE penalty CLAUSE OF dlrest &C.
verify. They want no rcpouiion, OF the
result u the charge In 1874 whore thcvi
created u man who quickly hnBcSpa them
beth. They want no repetition OF hinne-
Epolin. whore this man, with tho power
which they had placed in hts hands. rode
rough shed over all their protasts against
him This time, proftnr by pitter cxpe-
Renee, they propose 10 have no failure.
NO mistaken they arc out fer the preel-
doney, and ny Information concerning
the nature OF their agreement and their
ganefal plan ID from the inside and wholly,
trustworthy.
Who Is Tho candidate OF these two
hNAf Nho NAin hh'lI W hNNo hlihNf hUtlri
control u fourth OF tho votes neecssary
to nomlnation2 Ho has not been locldof
upon. II "a too early. Both Plat nndi
Quay VIII carefully watch tho various,
ahifta of public sentiment and personal
popularity, They have had too iAueht
experience IN tho president making bust
negs TO choose n favorlte early IN The
funpina ana uttempt 10 land him winner
whsth0r or no. To tho contrary, they
arc wiilinE to wait for tho atmosphere
10 clear and FOR mon 10 rito or fall In
tho popular scale, This much however
may DO said with oonhdeneo Mr.. plntt'si
Grst choice IL Thomas u. Rood. while
Mr. quay IL atrongly inclined IN tho same
direction, with Senator Allison as his
second choice, Heed therefore, IL the /,
now most likely to receive the |
QUAY llatt support, but they are not M
yet pledged TO him. and tlip field is open.
II comes 10 me very straight that down
in his hoart Quay likes Senator Allison
better than Reod, and that nothing could
please him more than the nomination OF
the Iowa SENATOR Mr. Plat does not
know Allison vary well. and, healdsa has
a New Workers. prejudice against q
Western candidate.
1ndocd thsrs has been SONS talk OF
OF tho two fayofitoA In
tlobtt reading Reed and Allison. Tho
Immediate friends q tho latter gay. no
on the teias with any one. lie could nor
AFFORD 70 give up what practically
ayiyan!a IN Rned's bshalf-g pretty strong
assumed the people OF Iowa viii Keep
him IN his prcGtnt post nn long MS ho
wants 20 stay there. including the chair
Of the appropriations committee.
late change has hecn natieenhl" IN the
tho senate and a political hg,h wheel. It9
In interesting to know that Quay and5
Plat have predlBpoeitlon toward Resd'
and Allison. TIA latter. Il Ia assumed
win he their second oholoo IN case lloed
should fan 60 reach thu prize Easternl
politicians with good rourcea OF informa-.
tlon arc counting upon q combination OFT
New England with New York and Penn
to become simply the prsuidinK ofoor Of
upen which 20 build prasi-
DENTAL hope. II must be admitted.
In one respect Tom Heed has Improved
his prospects, durinE the lass sixty days
/. will b remembered that ia epoechl
NJ Ann Arbsr last fall hs declared aGanstl
any increase ~ the tariff schedules should
tho republicans coma again into power.
This expression displcased d great many
In the eastern states and
oausal them 10 look with much less frvor
upon Needi'n prssldsntiai ambitions or
amounts to u life senatorship, FOR II IL
views Of those manufacturers. Many who
ware nghinat Reed, and quite inalltentiyi
30, arc now Enthusiastically for him. /
learn that Mr. Reed has rocnnted his
Ann Arbcr exproaaon and has given
pledge that when tho proper tlmo comes
there shall DO n moderate Increase or
lariff raton. Moreover he or some one
acting IN his intcreets--very likely Mr..
Piatt--has found mems 0. conveying this
Information more or less privately 10 tho
The result Is a percept-
bio sliffering OF tho Reed presidential
boom throughout the east. Az the news
comes 10 me. the eastern manufacturers
10 net want much. Many Of them ask
,ny 10 hs let aiors. others desire
little dreaainE up Of certain schedules.
Senator Quay feels very friendly toward
Iovarnor MCKINLEY. Tho Ohio man IL
without much Doubt The mcst popular OF
~ thu republican presidential asplrants
n FsBnsylyania. aud Mr.. Quay would
ma n very easy and perhaps advan-
laEesla. TO rive Mckinley his airport.
w. Fiat, on tho other hand. had con-
isivtd some ksyt Of = prejudice against
NE buckevs aoyarpor. Ne persists in
loidinE Mckinley responsibIs for what he
ale me ohio business" IN Now York
Nv. tho risinR OF strong and othor re-
oFIn rsrvN'rRns In opposition to The
'iatt machine Walter weilman
Planting Strawberries.
Clear Creek, Texas, September s--Ths
yeathsr has been al farmers could ask
or prernitns and planting fan crops sndi