Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
CHAIRMAN CARTER
What General Harrison's Friends
Say About Him.
STORY OF TIE ATTEMPfTOR REMOVE him
1t is Characterized as Pure Nonsense
and Reasons Given.
THE TWO MEN FRIENDLY

Some of the friends of Gen. Harrison are
of opinion that some of his opponents are
overplaying their hands. Reference is to
the story just put out, which represents
the Harrison people as anxious to see
Senator Carter retired from the chairman
ship of the republican national committee
on account Of his silver views. This story
is characterized by these men as pure nom
sense. And for three reasons:
Why Bring ON the Fight.
a. Why bring on the silver contest with
in the party over this place? Such would
be the effect of an effort to depose Mr..
Carter. and such would be very bad poll
tics. There would be no justification for
such a step. Mr.. Carter has shown no dis
position to abuse his place. His silver views
have all along been well known. but he has
not sought in any manner to forward the
silver cause through the prestige Of his
Office of chairman. And even were he dis
posed to do SO. his opportunity would be
small. There will be little for him to do
between now and the holding of the next
national convention. The question of
chairman-either Of selecting new one, or
of continuing Mr.. Carter in his place-W1ll
come up then, and will be decided in con-
junction with the candidate chosen and the
platform adopted. The other procedure
that of undertaking to influence the matter
of selecting chairman by overt action az
this time, or at any time soon-would be to
put the cart before the horse-not to say
the Carter before a possible dark horse.
1t is to nobody's interest to undertake to
leadership advises kindly negotiation rather
than a club in dealing with the silver con-
tingent of the party In union only will be
found strength and success.
Friendly to Carter.
CT Gen. Harrison personally has never
been inimical to Mr.. Carter. Their reia-
tions on the contrary, have always been
friendly. Mr.. Carter was not General Far
rison's choice for chairman in 1892; but, for
that matter, it is asserted, General Harri-
son pushed nobody for the place. He ask
| sition to leave the question largely to his
friends. Mr.. Carter was the third man
proposed. Mr.. Campbell Of Illinois and
General Sewell of New Jersey were unable
to undertake the task. General Harrison
accepted the suggestion as to Mr.. Carter at
| once. and the latter accepted the place The
| two men, 1t Is declared, worked together in
perfect harmony during the campaign, and
after it was over Gen. Harrison thanked Mr..
Carter for the very hard If unsuccessful
| battle he had directed. He never dreamed
of attributing any part Of the disaster met
| with to Mr.. Carter's management, but
| took his medicine uncomplainingly and like
| a man. The two men are friendly today.
They met recently in New York, though not
of course by appointment or for any par
ticular purpose, and spent some time pleas
antly together. They may have talked poll
| tics, but nothing connected with the meet
| ing Is thought to warrant in the slightest
degree the story now in circulation.
| Harrison Friendly to Silver.
O. Gen. Harrison, so far from antagon-
izing republicans friendly to silver. is him.
| self, 1t is stated, friendly to that metal. His
| record on that subject may, some of his
friends believe, prove to be the basis of his
strength before the next national conven-
| ton. He is not a free coinage man, but
reither is he a gold man. He signed with
| out hesitation the last piece of legislation
| enacted for silver's benefit. The Sherman
| act. as Is well known, was a compromise.
| The choice was between a free coinage act,
which Congress seemed to have the power to
| pass-which the Senate actually did pass
and which Gen. Harrison as President
would have vetoed, and something less than
| that made acceptable to the silver men. The
| President participated in some of the confer
| ences that were held, and advised a compro-
mise, and approved the one arrived at. That
was the last thing done for silver by Con-
| gress. The next step taken by that body
| was the repeal three years later of the pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman act, which
left silver without leg to stand on. Mr..
Cleveland advised 1t, and the promise was
made by some Of his friends of the enact.
ment of some remedial Legislation. But
nothing in that line has been done. Much
| IN that line has been attempted and resisted
| but the claim of the friends of Gen. Harri.
son is that had he been in the White House
instead of Mr.. Cleveland. silver would moi
have been left exposed thus naked to its
I enemies" The Sherman act had failed of it.
| purpose, and he would probably have ad
| vised its notification; but he would alsc
have advised, and have assisted in bringing
about, some additional action by Congress:
fashioned in silver's behalf in the light o.
| up-to-date revelations.
What His Friends Say.
For these reasons-all borne out by com
mon knowledge and the record-it is idle tn,
Harrison men claim, for anybody to attemp
to represent the ex-President as in any sens,
the enemy of silver. or inimical to the politi
cal fortunes Of silver republicans
THE SUGAR WITNESSES.