Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1889 — NO LOVE FOR HARRISON. [ARTICLE]

NO LOVE FOR HARRISON.

Brooklyn Republican* Angered Because Olhces Have Not Been Given Them. The condition of Republican politics in Brooklyn has undergone a marked change since the election of Harrison. The significant reduction of the Democratic majority in that oity contributed largely to the Republican victory in the State, and the lenders, ns well as the rank and file, of the party confidently expected that that fact would meet with due appreciation at the hands of the incoming administration. The appointments of Gen. Tracy to a place in the Cabinet, and of Corporal Tanner to the Pension Coramissionership, were regarded more as State than local appointments, and after their announcement the Broolyn leaders continued to be as pressing as ever in their demands for some of the rich official plums. First and foremost of these was the demand that Theodore B. Willis, the manager of the campaign, should be named as Surveyor of the Port. The organization was apparently united in favor of Willis, and he was said to have the influence of Tracv and the backing of ex-Senator Platt, Secretary John A. Nichols and Congressman Wallace. Willis has all along been encouraged to believe that it was only a matter of time until he should step into Surveyor Beattie’s shoes, but both he and his friends admit that he cannot possibly capture the coveted prize, and that he will have to be contont with a much loss important office. The defeat of Willis has resulted in embittering the internal dissensions in the party, and it will require careful management on the part of tho leaders to prevent an open faction fight when the general committee next assembles. Harrison is not half so popular with the organized Republicans in Brooklyn as he was six months ago, and some of the statesmen are regretting the hard work they did for him during the campaign.— Brooklyn dispatch.