Show WHOM WILL iT BE Preferences for the Presidential Candidate VIEWS OF DISTINGUISHED MEN II Harrison Cleveland Alger Hill Gorman Blaine and Others Put Forward by Their Friends I PITTBURG Pa March 12 1SSpecial correspondence of THE HtRtLDJAS the summer of 1892 draws nearer and nearer the great coming eventthe nomination of a candidate for the Presidency of these United States by the two prominent political politi-cal partiesalready begins to cast its shadow before Whom do you want in I 1S92 is the question that each man is asking ask-ing of his neighbor and to which ho is eagerly awaiting a reply This query is followed up immediately by another whom do you think the Democrats and Republicans will nominate in 1S921 With a view to ascertaining the preferences of a I largo number of voters and by thus answering an-swering tho first question to approximately answer the second also there was recently propounded to the United States Senators representing eleven different states the I following query Who according to the best of your knowledge ahd belief would be the most congenial Republican nominee I to the Republicans of your state for President Presi-dent in 1892 and who would be the most congenial Democratic nominee to the Democrats Dem-ocrats of the same sfction This inquiry was made by a friend of mine who is the head of the most powerful and most secret order ever organized for I political purposes Its very name is a mystery mys-tery and it already has a large membership I In every one of tho fortynine states and territories composing the Union I is therefore unquestionably destined to exercise I ex-ercise a powerful influence upon the political politi-cal future of every candidate for national office in this country though its only object I is to carry out the will of the majority of the whole people irrespective of party race or creed In compliance with a request from me my friend has kindly permitted me to publish the answers he has received to his inquiry They will be found below and they certainly present a better and more reliable report of the popular feeling on this all important subject and a better forecast of the action of the two great nominating nom-inating conventions of 1S92 than can possibly possi-bly be obtained in any other way as their authors are of all others the best qualified to write on these subjects GEOFFRET WILLISTON CHRISTINE WHOM OREGON WANTS Hon Joseph N Dolph the senior United L Stales Senator from Oregon writes as follows fol-lows UNITED STATES SENATE 1 WASHI TON D C Feb 25 1S91 f Jy Dear Sirl am just in receipt of your favor of the 24th inst In reply to your question with regard to the preference of political parties in Oregon as to the Presidential Presi-dential nomination for 1S931 would say that Secretary Blainehas been for many years a favorite candidate upon the Pacific coast I he were to be a candidate for the Presidential Presi-dential nomination in 1S921 have but little doubt that a majority of the Republicans in the state I represent would very strongly favor his nomination Governor David B Hill of New York has numerous admirers among Democrats in the state of Oregon but now that he is wholly out of the Presidential race by his acceptance of the United States Senator ship from New York I think from all the expressions I have heard in regard to the matter from the Democrats of my state that at present a majority of the Democratic I party would favor the nomination of ex President Cleveland Yours very truly I J N Dolph WHOM MASSACHUSETTS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE Hon George Hoar tho senior United States Senator from Massachusetts contributes con-tributes the following interesting letter UNITED STATES SENATE t WASHINGTON D C Feb 21 1S0l f Mi Dear SirI do not think there is as yet any marked feeling of preference among the Republicans of Massachusetts as to their candidate for the next Presidency The developments of the next year are waited with great interest and uncertainty in my state and the opinion which will determine de-termine the next Republican caudidate is yet to be formed Massachusetts Democrats feel a good deal of respect for Mr Grover Cleveland but the expressions of that respect are I think largely artificial and do not represent avery a-very deep seated popularity among the Democratic masses Some of the agricultural papers of my state recently undertook to obtain the views of the farmers throughout the country coun-try on certain practical economic and political po-litical questions and also desired them to name the man whom they desired to see nominated for the Presidency by both the I Democrats and Republicans Thousands of answers were received and when the i votes were counted it was found that the ballot for a Republican nominee for President Presi-dent gave Blaine 89209 votes Harrison 31 013 Secretary Rusk 20745 while 10903 were scattering The vote for Democratic candidates showed 71787 for Cleveland 17118 for Hill 11082 for Congressman William H Hatch of Missouri chairman of the House committee on agriculture and 8803 scattering In the New England states alone the result re-sult was as follows Republican candidates I For Elaine 11056 for Harrison 10924 for Secretary Rusk 702t scattering 4837 I Democratic candidates Cleveland 23529 Hill 3484 Hatch 4700 scattering 2031 I I am faithfully yours George F Hoar MAINE WILL SHOUT FOR BLAINE AND CLEVELAND I CLEVE-LAND Hon Wm P Frye may be called the junior United States Senator from Mainer I Maine-r just fourteen days having taken his seat ha nnntn nn H H L i u uu JUULvU iO LCOl WU11U Eugene Hale the other Maine Senator had first taken his on March 4 of the same year He gives the news from the Pine Tree state in the following words UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON D C Feb 191891 I Alp Dear SirIn reply to yours of the other day I would say that in my opinion tho administration of President Harrison has in every regard commended itself to the Republicans of Maine But they are very loyal to Mr Blaine and would probably prob-ably prefer his candidacy to that of any other man in the country I believe the Democratic preference would be decidedly forMrCloveland Very truly Wm P Frye MICHIGAN FOR ALGER AND CLEVELAND Hon James McMillan the junior United States Senator from Michigan thinks that his state will continue loyal to her favorite son Governor Alger as will be seen from his letter UXITIm STATES SENATE I WASHINGTON D C Feb 20 ISm f Dear ShIn reply to your letter inquir ing as to the Presidential preference of Michican Republicans and Democrats for Ib921 would say that the delegates from my state to the Chicago convention in 1888 gavo their united and most hearty support to our former Governor General R A Alccr ana I firmly believe that tho delegates dele-gates to the next Republican convention in tho summer of 1S92 will repeat that action At the St Louis convention of 1SSS the vote of the delegation from the state I rep resent was cast for Hon Grover Irlp and I think there is no doubt that our Democratic Dem-ocratic exPresident will continue to bothe favorite with the Michigan representatives of the Democratic party at the Democratic nominating convention in the summer of 1892 Yours Truly James McMillan LITTLE DELAWARES CHOICE Hon Anthony Higgins is the junior United States Senator from Delaware He thus gives voice to the Presidential desires of his state SENATE CHAMBER t WASHINGTON D C Feb HJ ISm f Dear Sir With regard to the choice of t t < < f A the Democrats of Delaware of a standard bearer for their party in the approaching j Presidential contest of 18H I would say I I that the Delaware faction of the Democratic Demo-cratic party controlled by exSecretary of Stato Thomas F Bayard and United States I States Senator George Gray have the I I mastery of their party in my state now and I i I believe they are neartilv for Grover Cleveland in 1S92 j With regard to the choice of the Republicans I Repub-licans of Delaware for a Presidential candidate can-didate in 18921 think opinion has not yet I taken definite shape preference either popular or otherwise has as yet been expressed ex-pressed Very truly yours Anthony Higgins ARKANSAS WANTS CLEVELAND AND BLAINE Hon James K Jones United States Senator Sen-ator from Arkansas first took his Senate seat n on u ATnrMi A ice < iiln hie lnlp rnA HOQ James H BCTV did not do so until March 25 of the same year Mr Jones may therefore take rank as the senior Senator form the good old state which is popularly believed to pick its teeth with its bowie knife He voices the choice of his people for 1892 as follows UNITED STATES SENATE t WASHINGTON DO Feb 13 1S91 J Dear SirYour favor is received and while it would be imposible for me to give you in detail all the icasons for my belief there is no doubt in my mind that Mr Cleveland is by all odds at this time the most popular Democrat among the peopla of Arkansas and lam inclined to think that Mr Blaine is the most popular man among the few intellIgent Republicans that State but the fact that Mr Harrison is President wouid give him a strong support and as the rank and file of the Republicans in the state have no opinion of their own I have no doubt they would follow the one class or the other tho supporters of Blaine or the followers of Harrison Very respectfully re-spectfully yours James K Jones KANSAS IS ox THE FENCE Hon P B Plumb junior United States Senator from Kansas writes thusly UNITED STATES SENATE t WASHINGTON D C Feb 20 1SO1 j My Dear ShAt the present time I hardly think there has been manifested by either party in the state of Kansas a preference pref-erence for a Presidential candidate for 1892 sufficiently strong to last until the assembling assem-bling of the Republican and Democratic conventions in the summer of that year Blaine and Harrison have many admirers among the Republicans and Cleveland and Hill many among the Democrats Whether the Republican delegates will vote for either of the two former whether the Democratic Dem-ocratic delegates will vote for either of the two latter or whether either or both will favor some darkhorse it is now impossible impossi-ble to tell Personally I have no opinion opin-ion of my own to express as to who will be nominated or who might with propriety be nominated by either party Truly yours Preston B Plumb SENATOR GEORGE GRAY SPEAKS AGAIN FOR DELAWARE Hon George Gray the senior United States Senator from Delaware is now in his seventh year in the upper national House he having been elected to till the unexpired term of Senator Bayard when that gentleman was called to Clevelands Cabinet in 1883 and having been reelected in lbb As ho is one of the political masters mas-ters of Democratic party in his state his views as expressed in the appended communication may be regarded as oracular oracu-lar UNITED STATES SENATE 1 WASHINGTON i CPebi ISJl f Dear SirIn reply to yours I would say thatat the present time the overwhelming choice of the Democrats of the state I represent rep-resent for President in 1892 would be the Hon Grover Cleveland As to who is the most popular man among tho Delaware Republicans I would say that I believe his name is James G Blaine Yours respectfully George Gray CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATS WANT CLEVELAND OR HILL Hon Orville H Platt has sat for Connecticut Con-necticut in the United States Senate since March 18 18i and in point of services is the senior representative of his state in that body Senator Hawley having first taken his seat On March 1851 but in point of age the latter is i nearly one year the senior of Mr Platt who sends the subjoined epistle UNITED STATES SENATE t WASHINGTON D C Feb 23 1891 Dear SilIn their choice of the next Democratic nominee for President I think the Democrats of Connecticut are pretty evenly divided between Hon Grover Cleveland Cleve-land and Hon David B Hill Which i either has the preponderance of the popular popu-lar sentiment in his ivor it would be diffi cult to say Whether or not the recent election of Governor Hill to the United States Senate has affected or will affect tho feeling in his favor it is difficult to tell I do not think that the question of who shall be the next Republican nominee for the Presidency has as yet been much agitated among the Republicans of Connecticut Both Blaine and Harrison have many admirers ad-mirers in the state Yours truly O H Platt IOWA IS NONCOMMITTAL Hon James F Wilson junior United States Senator from Iowa speaks for his state UNITED STATES SENATE t WASHINGTON D C Feb 1 18D1 f Dear SirThere has beep very little discussion dis-cussion in Iowa as to possible or probable candidates for the Presidency in 1892 by either Democrats or Republicans Blame and Harrison Cleveland and Hill are the names most frequently mentioned and each one of those gentlemen has no doubt a con siderable following but it is impossible for me to say at present who is leading in the popular favor of their respective parties or what will be the action of the Iowa delegation delega-tion at the nominating conventions of the Republicans and Democrats in 192 Public Pub-lic sentiment among both parties seems greatly divided at the present time Yours truly < James F Wilson PENNSYLVANIA WANTS BLAINE AND CLEVELAND CLEVE-LAND That no shrewder politician or one more familiar with the political complexion of his own state and the country at large ever figured in American politics than MathewS Mathew-S Quay chairman of the national Republican Repub-lican committee that gentleman has himself him-self abundantly demonstrated He therefore there-fore speaks with authority for Pennsylvanians Pennsylva-nians in the appended letter UNITED STATES SENATE t WASHINGTON D C Feb 16 IS2 f Dear i1ri believe that Blaine is the Presidential candidate desired by the Republicans Re-publicans of my state for 1892 and that Cleveland occupies the same position among the Democrats I it was left to the Democratic Dem-ocratic rank and file Cleveland would be f nominated But despite his popularity with the masses I believe he would bo easier beaten than any other Democrat He has made too many enemies among the Democratic leaders Senator Gorman of Maryland is now talked of by the Democrats He would be a strong man I believe wo would fare bettor bet-tor with a southern Democrat for President Presi-dent in tho event of such a calamity as the election of a Democrat for Presidentthan a northern one The Democrats of the south are more liberal minded and cleaner cut than those of tho north Yours very truly M SQuay A KENTUCKY SENATOR TALKS Hon Jos C S Blackburn Kentuckys senior Senator has thus given his sentiments senti-ments UNITED STATES SENATE t I WASHINGTON D C Feb 1 lS1 f Dear Sir However popular Mr Cleveland Cleve-land may have been with Democrats generally gener-ally I think him no longer available as a candidate by reason of his letter on the silver sil-ver question Personally I have not the slightest objection to him but I believe any man opposing silver coinage would be defeated de-feated for President in 1893 Yours etc Joseph I C S Blackburn |