What Mr. Joy Said

The followlng is tue full Interview wltli Mr. James F. Joy In New York rcgardlng Gen. Alger and the nomination for tho Presidcncy In ÏS'J-, taken f'rom the Cinctnnali Enquirer of last Sutúrela; niorniug, and upon which scveral reporta of a similar nature have been based : "Gen. Alger is a candidato for the republican nomlnatlon tor president In 1S92 and will go to the national convention backed by the solid delegation f rom Michigau." Mr. Joy was cool and delibérate white niaking this statement, and reiterated it with emphasis in a dozen different forms. He Is here on hls way to Europe with his wife, who Is In ill-health, and he continued his talk about Gen. Alger In this strain: "I know that he is a candidate, and so do all his fiiends in Michigan. In making the statement that he is a candidate 1 can not put it too strongly. I live next door to hhn, and nalurally I would not lie mistaken in a matter of sucti grave iniporlance. He is a candidato to win, too, and his chances scem trood. ín Michigan thn people are enlhusiaslic and wU support him unanimously. llis popularlty in the state is greater than any outsider can imagine. He is so generous, so fair, so broad and statesmanllke, that Michigan is proud of htm and will give him the largest Republican majority ever polled if he runs for the Presidency in 1392." 'Were the people in Michigan much disappointed when Gen. Alger was defeati'd for the nomination In 1SSS?" "Yes, but we tliought he was n litlle premature then, and so we concluded to wait. He is now rlpe and not an unknown mun. When he goes befoie the conventlon he will have a greater clalin upon it, and not be considered tno forward. The people in the United States, trom the large cities down to the villages and hamlets, know him, and o the charge that he is an obscure candidate can not opérate sgainst him. I do not suppose tliere is a man In the republicaci party who has stronger frlends and ha grown more In popular favor within the past few years than Gen. Al-rer. By 1898 la will be a potent and formidable candidate. lie is formidable now and has a large following. Michigan haí no sccom) cholee, but will support him rirst, last and all the time." "Will any other state support him in the convention?" "I know his own state will, and J think many others will, too, thotigh I canuot speak authoritatively for them The ticket will be a Western man for President - Alger - and some strong East ern man for yice-president. Alger and Reed would be a strorig ticket. The bitter has made a record in the hous", aiu would be a good selection for seconc place on the ticket. I know he is spoken of for the llrst place, but he i not quitt ready for that yet. Pertaapa afu-r he serves a term as v'ce-presldent lila cháñeos wouUl im prove for Brt jilice." "Then Gen. Alger is not trylnü to couceal his desire to be noiniiiated In lsíní"Xot at all. He is not that kind of a m:m. Tliere is nothing secretive abou him. 11e abhors the foolish esoterlr school that tries to mystify and confound His friends have openly declared for hirn, and he does not object. Indeed, lic is with his friends. I want to say rili hcre, that if Gen. Alger is iioininatcd 1 believe lie will sweep the country. Wl nced not hang on the ragged edjre 01 doubt about his being eleuted. Tliere will be no nlghts of dreadful anxiety over the prohiibiiity of losing a republican state. The democrats will be the anxlous ones. Gen. Alger would unite all repub lican I'aotions, and there would be no ground whatever for dissention."