The San Francisco call., 1896-03-15
He Says the Hawkeye Senator
Will Receive Powerful
Support.
LIKED IN WEST AND SOUTH.
Mckinley Has the Hurrah, but That
Does Net Always Carry the
Election.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 1.-THE
Allison boom made itself felt in Los An
ge!es to-day upon the arrival OF Hon. J. 3.
Clarkson, who is championing the Hawk
eye statesman in his race for the Presl-
dency of the United States. Clarkson es-
tablished himself at the Westminster Ho-
tel, where he received many local Repub-
leans during the day Adherents OF Nc
Kinley and other candidates, as well as
Allison supporters, called to pay their re-
spects and get in touch with the man who
wieds such a powerful influence in the
politics of the country. Speaking OF AL
Eson 5 candidacy. Clarkson said:
81 am for Senator Allison for President,
because | believe he would make the
strongest candidate and the best Presi-
dent that the Republican party could
nominate. He is not one-idea man, but
a thoroughly qualified statesman. He has
been in Congress thirty-one years and was a
contemporary of Lincoln and his asso-
ciates in the earlier part of Republican
history. He participated with Salmon P.
Chase in devising the monetary system
which carried the Nation through the
Civil War and saved the Union. He has
been a mem Der of the Finance Committee
of the Senate for twenty-five years, and in
knowledge OF the finances of the country
has no equal except Senator Sherman.
He was recommended by Blaine to Pres
ident Garfield for Secretary of the Treas
ury, and in fact the secretaryship of the
treasury has been offered to him by three
Republican Presidents. He was the au-
thor of the administrative act accompany
ing the Mckinley tariff bill, part requir
ing a most intimate knowledge of Govern
mental details.
"When Blaine was endeavoring to ex-
cite interest in his reciprocity plan he
could hardly get leading Republicans to
accept the idea. Even Mckinley was op-
posed to it. Allison and Aldrich we're the
only Senators who agreed with Blaine at
the start and assisted him in getting the
reciprocity feature Incorporated in the
Mckinley bill. In 1883 the Re-
publican party promised TO revise the
tariff, and Blaine had prepared
a revision of the old tariff, he thinking
it unwise to make an entirely new bill, like
the Mckinley bill. which raised the price
OF nearly all manufactured articles so that
every woman who purchased a tablecloth
or napkin was confronted with an ad-
vance IN the price of the article. That's
what lost US Congress in 1892 and event
ually the Presidential election in 1894.
Senator Allison represents National
policy which covers and fosters the agri-
cultural and mining industries OF the West
as well as the manufacturing industries of
the East He has been in politics in Iowa
for forty years and during the whole of
that time never lost friend and never had
a faction in the party in that State. Party
leaders are generally favorable TO him
because they believe he would build up
the party while building up the eoun-
try They believe he would by wise and
tactful policy keep the party i'll power
eight, twelve or sixteen years. General
Harrison was a great President, but a poor
party President.
The Associated Press is sending dis
patches all over the country which would
indicate that Mckinley is a very much
stronger candidate than he really is. One
of the leading officers of the Associated
Press is one of McKinley's managers and
the dispatches are given a strong MeKin-
ley coloring. 1t is not always the candi-
date who has the hurrah who makes the
strongest nominee at an election. They
say that the bosses are against Mckinley.
Those who are called bosses are leaders
whose experience has taught them that a
party idol is more than likely to be the
weakest candidate.
"Allison is not demonstrative man, but
he is wise and safe man. There is not a
man in Congress, unless it be Senator
Morgan of Alabama, who understan the
details of government like Senator ALI
son. His opinions upon financial ques-
tions are held in high esteem, not only in
this country, but in Europe. He is not q
free-silver man, but he is a. bimetallist,
and in the International Monetary Con-
gress his arguments in favor of the Joint
use of silver and gold were received with
the greatest respect. Rothschild said
that there was not another American
whom ne ever heard speak so understand
ingly upon monetary subjects. He has
the training of statesman.
"The Associated Press is giving out the
idea that Allison has no strength in the
South, but it will be compelled to acknowl-
edge It's mistake at st. Louis. 1 do not
think that Mckinley has more than l0C
votes in the Southern States. Many lead.
ing colored men are with US.
"Allison is man OF the people. Not
a stain ever attached to his name. He
lives in the same little house in DUBUQUE
he moved into when he brought his wife
from Ohio thirty-fiye years ago. and his
fortune consists of small competency,
amounting to perhaps $25, 600 or $50, ,OOO .
Clarkson left for San Francisco this
evening. His travelling companions are
Senator Andrews of Pennsylvania, Major
E. M. Ford and E. A. Barnes of New York.
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