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Show MAN OF DESTINY IN '92. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MUST BE NEAR TO THE CHEAT WEST, Mot fr From the Term and in Sympathy, With tiiu Weetern Ideee on Finance What Must be Done to Win. Boston, April 24. Tho Herald has a long interview with President-elect Clarkson of the republican league. Clarkson says: "The failure of young men to participate par-ticipate in politics is the weakness of the republican party in New England. 1 believe the New Knglaud democracy has out generaled its republican opponents oppo-nents in that respect. They have as leaders persons who were the founders of republicanism. The republican party must utilize its young men, The labor question will figure in the next campaign aud ought to. The wealth should lie more evenly distributed." "Do you interpret the Cincinnati convention as favoring Blaine instead of Harrison. "1 was not at the convention so I cannot assume to judge its sentiments" was the rejoinder. "It is said that you are personally out for Blaine as against the renoniina-lion renoniina-lion of President Harrison." "I have no personal choice for president," presi-dent," replied Clarkson. "Time will indicate the man. If the silver question ques-tion was settled the question would be greatly cleared. The seat of republican republi-can power, the west, will never consent to see the treaury of the country on a gold basis. The west will not consentto any candidate or platform that will not represent the double standard idea, aud tho greater part will not consent con-sent to a platform that will not represent repre-sent silver as money by the coiuage of tho American product. "With such a position on money, anil with a position for a revision of the banking laws, so as to make our banking bank-ing advantages favorable to agricultural communities, cities and towns, and with the purpose to provide good money aud enough of it, the republican party will hold the west as solid for tho party as it was in '88, while the Mcliiuley bill will carry JS'ew York and the doubtful state-i. "The next republican candidate for president ought to be a man broad enough to cover this land and able to administer justice on all differing interests with a true regard re-gard to all national interests. President Harrison has made a faithful executive in every public sense, and is lacking only in personal popularity, which gives a man the power of electricity iu politics. poli-tics. Ha has demonstrated his qualities fully, and his powerful intellect is second sec-ond to no man living today, not even his phenomenal secretary of state. "Whoever is the republican candidate must be a man who can niaiutain the solidity of the party iu the great agricultural agri-cultural region wst of the 'Mississippi. Tha candidate must be not only near to tho people, but must not be far from the farm. All political parties will go more closely to the farm hereafter than they have in the past I: fry years. Tho farmers are going to assort themselves in public affairs and for the good of the race." Clarkson said he believed Cleveland w ill tie the next democratic candidate. "If bis personal views on the silver question do not quite suit the south and west, he will make them suit, lie feels that tht'gold people will trust him any- way. and as the western aud southern i democracy believe in him as a man of ' destiny he can successfully hvpuotie j them on the silver question, and I think he is doing it," "To win in ''JJ," said Clarkson. "we must bring up the republican news-paper news-paper circulation to tueH that of the democratic party in its programme to circulate millions of argiiineuts directly to the houses of the voters." |