St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04
A KANSAS DEMOCRAT.
Just Returned From Visiting New
York and Albany.
Talks About Campaign Topics and Election
Prospects.
lspecial Telegram to the Globe. l


''My first impressions of Gov. Cleveland
we're very pleasant" he said to a report er
last night, "and l must confess was agree
ably surprised in him. l was not a Cleve-
land man before the convention, but now
think the entire convention was wiser than
any member of it. The pictures of Clcve
land that are distributed around
ar" fairs likenesses, bnt they
fail t. give co~~"rt IDA of the
mans face. tits a strong, earnest face that
shows frmness and brains in every ine and
is indicitive of great will power His speech
to the committee was full of earnestness and
all present came away full of enthusiasm for
the speaker.n
"Dut wnl he be elated!''
u feel confident thai he will. OF course.
New York is the battle ground, and no mat
ter what one may say, and what figures he
may produce, there can be no doubt that the
party which carries New York will carry the
election. l, myself, am too ignorant of the
politics there to give any opinion which
would be of value, but the loca-
managers, whose opinions are val
uable, and who are intimately
acquainted with the field, all say that there
can be no reasonable doubt of Cleveland's
carrying the state by from 1000 to 10000
majority.
What will tie the strength of the hide
pendent movement there!n
That, no man can figure, but it will be
considerable. myself while l was in New
York, heard as many as hundred Rcpub-
hcans say they would vote for Cleveland.
l mean by this that the speakers were men
with whom l had no acquaintance, but whom
ov erheard talking on the street and in the
cars. They were men in all conditions of
life, from the car driver to the millionaire.
You can also put it down for certain
that the men who held that great
meeting in New York on the
SD ut. men like Benz. H. Brstow, Carl
Schurz and George VIM. Curtis. are not
without followers. But in addition to this
Independent vote, 50 called, which is really
a Republican vote, which repudates Blaine,
there is is another Independent vote in New
York state, which has existed since 1875
This polls at least 100, 600 votes, and is the
balance Of power in the state. 1t went for
TiIden in 1876, for Garfield in 1880, and will
20 soidly for Cleveland this year. This vote
belongs to no party, but 1t decides the result
in the state Of New York;
"What Of Tnmmany and Butler?''
''Tammany will support Cleveland without
any trouble. It has been a Democratic organ
ization for nincty-fve years, and has never
yet boIted Democratic candidate for the
presidency. 1t only bolted state nomina-
tion once, and that was in 1879, and then it
gave fair warning long before the nomina-
ton. Butler am not so clear about, and 1
doubt if he is himself. My impression is,
and it is the general impression in New
York, that he is waiting for Clcveand's let
ter Of acceptance If that satisfies him in
its expressions on the labor question he will
support Cleveland. If he does, it will give
Us Massachusets.u
''And New York;"
New York is safe enough, anyhow~
''But how about the Irish bolt!''
'That is fast fading away. There was I'm
doubleday boom for Blaine among the
Irish when he was first nominated, but ow
they have got to thinking about it they are at
loss to know why. l hardly think that the
Irish are disposed to leave now the party
that they have always affiliated with. OF
course mean that they viii not leave in a
body; individuals may change the same as
other votcrs.p
''How much time will the Democrats spend
in explaining Cleveland's vetoesl"
mot an hour. We have nothing to ex-
plain and no excuses TO make. We are 90
ing to make an aggressive campaign this
year and carry the war into Africa. Mr.
Blaine and his friends will have TO do the
explaining"
"How about this so-caled scandal9"
There will be no attention paid it more
than to strike back and strike hard if it is
harped upon too much. Mr.. Blaine is much
more vulnerable than Mr.. Cleveland, and he
may reuret the rashness Of his friends if they
60 too far IN New York, however, where
Cleveland is best known, it will have no ef-
feet except to excite disgust in the minds of
decent Republicans, who are acknowledging
that their party leaders must be in desperate
straits when they can give no other reasons
for Clevcaud's defeat than an improbable
and sensational story
''What are YOU going to do in Kansasl''
''Eect Click, If we can"
Can you2
"That is question cannot answer We
will fight just as hard as if one vote would de-
ciae It, however. 1t is a thing we Kansas
Democrats have got used to. -
''Will You carry any congress men!"
40. I think not
GLOW will st. John run, thcul"
The Prohbitionsts claim 20 600 for him"
'Willhe get that manyin
al doubt ii. ST. John is undoubtedly popu-
lar in Kansas, and has strong friends among
the ultra prohihiuonists-thos who care
more about prohibition than they do about
epuhlcanlsm-but there has never We t
been an election in Kansas that demon
stratcd how many of those voters there are.
The prohibition amendment was carried by
the Republicans as party measure, so its
adoption did not prove anything, and the
prohibition vote Of the state is an entire "
unknown quantity"
III he gets 90 090 would 1t carry the state
Tor Cleveandr'
"undobtedly; but the chance is too slim
to bank upon"
SQUELCHlNG A NEWSPAPER.