The Portland daily press., 1897-10-16
WHY TRACY.
Secretary of Interior Bliss Gives Reason,
Why He Should Be Supported.

The Hon. Cornelius N. Bliss, Secre-
tary of the Interior. has sent letter to
the Hon. Benjamin F. Tracy, the Repub-
lican candidate for Mayor of Greater New
York. For many years Mr.. Bliss was
Treasurer of the Republican National
Committee, and only resigned that place
to Vice President James G. Cannon of
the Fourth National Bank when he &C
cepted the Interior portfolio in President
MoKinley's Cabinet Secretary Bliss is
one of the closest friends of President
Mckinley.
Secretary Bliss's letter is as follows:
Washington, D. c., Oct. 10, 1897
"Hon. B: E. Tracy. New York City
Dear General:-I was in New York
yesterday and went to the Union League
Club, where was told you were staying,
but failed to find you. l wished to con-
graduate you on your speech of Saturday,
and to say to you personally, as citizen
of New York who has been identified to
some extent with former city campaigns,
that l am most heartily in accord with
those who are working for your election
to the Mayoralty of the Greater New
York.
sfI have not failed to announce my po-
sition in conversation with friends, but
it has not until now seemed to me best,
in view of my position here, that should
take any public action. Now, however,
when the Republican party is menaeed
by some of those who have heretofore
stood in the front ranks, it seems prop
er that every voter who is loyal to the
principles of his party should let it be
known in no uncertain way where he
stands.
ssThere have been occasions when men
of other parties who were not in sympa-
thy with all our principles have found
that good government was only to be
secured within our open doors. No more
notable example of this was ever known
than the one exhibited in 1885, when, to
save the country from socialism and an
archy. thousands of patriotic Democrats
worked earnestly for the Republican can.
didates for President and Vice President.
1.-THE contest of 1873 has been renewed
all over the country, and it is inconceiv-
ablesto one absent from the scene of con-
test that there can be even suspicion
that a majority of the three million and
more inhabitants of the New York-that-
s-to-be can. with the George and Tam
many parties, each, in its own way,
striving for the reversal of the verdict
given by New York on the great issues
then presented to the American people,
deliberately surrender, upon the specious
plea of non partisanship, all that was
then gained.
at is impossible that the people of New
York have SO soon forgotten the danger
that menaced them only a short year ago,
and are now prepared to make such sur
render chiefly to crafty the ambitions of
few men, who are irreconcilably op-
posed to the Republican party, whatever
its position, and to send out to the states
that are fighting again the Same battle
which they waged year ago. the mes
sage that New York has no further inter
est in the cause which was gained by
such magnificent concerted effort.
''If, after the victory of Gettysburg, the
Union Army had incontinently taken TO
its heels and left the remnants of the
onfed crate Army free road to Wash
ington, it would have been parallel
case.
'If my friend, MIR. Low, had been
nominated by and accepted the nomina-
ton OF the Republican party on its patri-
otto platform. | should, with others, have
cheerfully recognized his sterling person.
nj qualities and have given him such sup
port as could; but in view of the great
conspiracy of 1896 against the honor and
safety of our goyernment-a conspiracy