Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-05
THELEADERSINTHER RACE
CLEVELAND THOUGHT TO BE
FIRST IN MASSACHUSETTS.

No Hope for Butler in Massachusetts
Cleveland's Chances in Kentucky and
MissOuri-A Buffalo Editors Tall
About Blaine.
Ex-Mayor Frederick o. Prince. of Bos
ton, Secretary Of the Democratic National
Committee, just before leaving for Chicago
in an interview said:
''Well, things are somewhat mixed.
Mr.. Butler has sixteen of the twenty.
eight delegates from Massachusetts in his
taVor and he may receive complimentary
vote Tor the nomination, but further than
tnat ne has not ghost Of a chance. Be
fore receiving even that recognition from
his State delegation, he ought to be asked
If he VIII pledge himself to work for the
nominee of the convention, and if he
refuses, then he ought not to receive even
complimentary vote. If he SAYS that
he will, then what becomes of his own
candidacy as the nominee of the Green
back Labor party? He win try to carry
things at Chicago with hurrah and
noise, as he did at Worcester, but it won't
do at Chicago, and the Western men will
sit down upon him.
Being asked whom the Massachusetts,
Democrats preferred, he said:
cleveland first, L think, but they will
support Bayard, or Hoadly, or MeDon-
aid, or Thurman, or Field, but they won't
support Butler. The anti-Blaine element
is very strong there, and there is a very
profound feeling that if the Republican
party is beaten in this contest it will
never rise again, but that a rev party
Will be formed
"Who do you think will be the nomi-
neef"
81 think the selection is practically
narrowed down to Cleveland and Bayard. .
"And of these which is your choicegr
individually, l favor Bayard, but think
Cleveland the most available. The only
thing against his nomination is the oppo-
sitlon of Tammany Hall in this State, and
l don't think that viii amount to any-
thing more than an opposition to the NOM
ination. / think that TammanY will sup
port the nominee. l remember how siren
uously Mr.. Kelly opposed the nomination
OF Mr. IIlden at st. Louis, but after he
was nominated he said that he should
give him hearty support, and ho kept
his word.''
'Will the question of the tariff be made
prominent issue in the next campaign ?"
mo, hut it ought to; the fact is, the
Democratic party has been out of power
so long that it has become cowed; it has
not the courage of It's convictions; it needs
bold and aggressive leaders, such as it
used to have. 1t tshould be bold ana out
spoken on the tariff issue and make a
square fight on it. do not, however, ex-
pect anything more than a few glittering
generalities on that suhject.v
How is Massachusetts, going to go in
this next electiOnS"
"Unless the Democrats make some mis-
take, and don't we'll see how they can,
Massachusetts will as certainly 90 DEM
ocratic as that the sun will rise to-mor-
row. have been profoundly impressed
Tor some years past that Massachusetts,
was becoming more and more Demo-
cratic. 1t is manufacturing State, and
its population is largely of the laboring
classes-poor men and men of moderate
means, who are naturally Democrats
but we have been handicapped by the
fact that there is property qualification
there which has deprived the Democratic
party of many votes which otherwise they
would have had"