Show BENNY IS VERY SORE His Views Regarding the Great Landslide CAETEElS RIPPED UP THE BACK Beside the Montana Mar Cameron Quay and Dudley Conic in f > r a Share While the Management 1 Denounced st NEW YORK Nov 1p sident Harrison Harri-son talked freely today abouttle recent defeat of his party and too causes which brought It about says dispateti from Washington to THE HjsrtACD The overwhelming over-whelming defeat of the Republican party the president said was due mainly to the position of the party on the tariff question Republicans forced tho issue to an extreme which did not meet tho j approval of the people Another Important element ele-ment the president said which had much to do with the defeat of the Republican party last Tuesday was the Force bill and It was felt in the north as well as the south Tho popular belief was that the Force bill kept the solid south within its old lines but in the presidents pres-idents estimation it did more than that for it brought to the support of the Democrats I Demo-crats many voters in the north The verdict ver-dict of last Tuesday the president continued contin-ued could be construed in but ode way it meant tbe condemnation of the extreme high tariff policy of the Republican party President Harrison has very decided views as to the couduct of the campaign He does not think very much at Chairman Carter of the Republican natiorni committee commit-tee He consented to Mr Cartorls appointment appoint-ment only when it became1 evident that no more acceptable one could be secured He said that the campaign had been mismanaged misman-aged and that much better results would have been secured but for the rainbow chasing scheme to which Mr Carter gave countenance and assistance The president pres-ident is particularly chagrined at tie result in his native state and believed it was largely duo to I lack of food gen oralabip What he wanted them to do ha said and what he endeavored to impress on them was tbe absolute necessity of keeping the Republican states in line and carrying Wow York The president said ho had realized for some time past thaCtke drift of public sentiment was against him and his party and it was tins that led him to force this advico upon party lenders Disregard of this advice hal much to do with the result last Tuesday The president realized before any election elec-tion returns came in on Tuesday that he was a defeated maui he hoped for success until the last hour but admitted that he had not expected i One of the reasons for tho presidents doubt as to his election was the well known disaffection of a number num-ber of prominent leaders of his party Tills was evidenced by c statement with retra to Dudley QJay and Cameron Cam-eron As to Cameron tuo president believed be-lieved he not oply failed to support the ticket but actually did all in his power to defeat it Camerons influence like Quays extends for beyond the confines of Pennsylvania and the president evidently realized that both these gentlemen were in a position t do much injury to the tifliet in the heretofore doubtful states of New YOrk and Indiana As to Colonel Dudley tuo president mud he did jibt believe Colonel Col-onel Dudley did anything injure the ticket but his influence bad rather been oT a negative character Practically the president admitted that Colonel Dudleys influtnca in Indiana had been used if not to knife the ticket to keep his friends from working font In cloning the interview inter-view the president said that while some I mistakes might huve been made it was quite evident to any man that nothing could have withstood the popular uprising of the people against the high protective policy which the Republican party stood pledged by the McKinley law |