The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-30
Harrison beaten by BOSSES.


About the most interesting thing to the
country generally connected with the re-
publican state convention Of Pennsylva-
MIA, which ended Wednesday. is that Sen
ator Quay's victory practically eliminates
! ex-President Harrison from the list Of
republican presidential candidates. Sena-
tor Quay is now the boss Of the RepubIi-
can party Of the Keystone state. He Is
the chairman OF the republican state cen
trail committee. and he will use his posi-
ton to name the delegates from that state
to the national republican convention. 1t
is quite certain that the Pennsylvania del
egation will not be for Gen. Harrison.
Mr. Plat. who is the republican boss Of
New York. is against Gen. Harrison. That
being the case, It is regarded as sure by
the politicians that the New York delega-
ton TO the national republican convention
will be against him. With the two great
states of New York and Pennsylvania
against him Gen. Harrison would stand
a very poor chance Of success in a cam
paign for the presidential nomination.
Both he and his friends see that he would.
and hence. his home organ. the India
napolls News. has taken the very earli-
est opportunity to announce that Gen.
Harrison is not in the race for the nomi-
nation. That newspaper says that while
Gen. Harrison believes that a majority
of the republicans Of Pennsylvania and
New York favor his nomination, he rec
ognizes the fact that the party bosses in
those states are against him. and that
he could not get the nomination without
making a fight for it, and that he is not
willing to do.
From what his newspaper organ says
the inference is that Gen. Harrison would
like to have the nomination II he could
get It without making a contest for it,
He would like his party to rise up as one
man almost and demand his nomination
That being his ambition it can be said that
he will not have it gratihed in 1896. He has
no such hold on the masses of his party
as justifies him in expecting the nominal
ton without making an effort to get it.
1t is very doubtful If he could get it if
he and his friends should put forth all
their efforts from now until the meeting
of the national convention. Gen. Harri-
son is not personally a popular man, and
his administration was far from being a
successful one. 1t is true his admirers as
sert that If he had been elected in 1892
the country would not have been afflicted
with the panic of 1893, but what his adj
mirers say is not accepted by the coun-
try. If he had been elected in 1892, in
stead of Mr.. Cleveland, the probabilities
are that there would have been a worse
panic in 1893 than there was. The signs
of the coming financial troubles were APP
parent long before the close of his term.
Indeed, his administration assisted in
bringing on those troubles, and had he
been President when the troubles came
they would have been worse, probably
than they were. because he hasn't the
frmness and courage that are necessary
for the successful guidance of the coun-
try in troublous times that Mr.. Cleveland
has.
In some respects Gen. Harrison is a
very capable man, but the fact that his
partys bosses prefer that he shall remain
in retirement will cause no tears to be
shed by his party and no regrets to be
expressed by the country.