St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-08
John Kelly Irritable, Saying He
Won't Lift a Finger to Elect
Cleveland.
The Platform not Likely to be much of a
Bone Of Contention.
The Minnesota Delegation Harmonious
Like Everybody Else. Two Days
Will End It.
Especial TELEGRAM to the Globe

Inc state OIL New YORK has had monopoly
of the whole business and apparently there
will by nothing left for the convention to
fight about when it gets or
ganized. Even the tariff question
is not likely to make much of disturbance,
and the election will be so nearly settled by
this convention that there will be no fun
left for the campaign. Why shouldn't / be
mad under such circumstances? Every
newspaper man ought to be mad, and I am
mad myself.
If New York couldn't agree then Ben.
Butler would come in as a disturbing ele-
ment.
If New York couldn't agree, then Melon
aid would come in as disturbing element.
If New York couldn't agree, then Bayard
disturbing element
If New York couldn't agree then Thurman
would come in as disturbing element. But
New York not only could agree, but it has
agreed and that ends it,
The die is evidently cast and the name Of
the cast, or die, as the case may be, is Cleve
land. The New York delegates caucused
this forenoon and at first blush scored ~
votes for Cleveland out of r. Flower re-
received 81 and Bayard 4. A vote was then
taken on the question of casting the whole
vote of the state for Cleveland, and it
was voted so to % to make it
unanimous. An adjournment until p. m,
was taken and at that meeting it was voted
81 to II to cast the vote solid for Cleveland.
John Kelly had been declaring all day that
he would go into the convention and demand
that the two-thirds rule be enforced in the
New York state delegation as well as in the
national convention. AS he can now mus
ter only II out of 70 votes / should judge
that he ought to be sufficiently amused on
his two-thirds point.
Tonight John Kelly talks very bitterly.
His rooms at the Palmer have been con-
stantly thronged and the crush to see the
Tammany chieftian is positively terrific. Ii
man tries to get in he wishes he hadn't, and
if ne gets in when he tries TO get out he is
sorry he succeeded in the first place. His
standing speech of the evening to his visitors
was: II viii not lift my hand to elect Gov.
Cleveland. Tammany will not bolt but we
do not propose to sacrifice our organization.
know we cannot carry our people to
Cleveland He has fought the laboring men,
he has fought me, he has fought
my friends, he has fought my religion, and
will do nothing to aid his election"
''Could Flower carry New York;" was
asked him.
'eFlower is out of the ree," was the re-
ply.
'sWho could carry New York!''
~ viii not speak only of what I know
he said 'Bavard could carry New York
county, know, and beyond that it would be
mere guess work.
The Minnesota delegation will call on
Kelly at o'clock in the morning in body.
Perhaps after he hears from our folks he will
think better of it, and then again
perhaps he won't. / am going to
join the gang myself, and may conclude
to make speech at him. At least l am
''taking the matter under adyisement,' as
we say in the supreme court when the law
yers have muddled US up so that We don't
know whether we are on foot or horseback.
Possibly if he knew what was impending he
would surrender, like David Crockett's coon,
to avoid the speech The more / think
about it the more am inclined to give him
an intimation of what may happen, just to
see what the effect is.
''wHIsKY STRAIGHT VS.. STRAIGHT WHISKY.
Perhaps it is the cold weather or perhaps
it is the lack of funds, or perhaps it is the
predominence of the moral element, which
renders the bar rooms very much less fire.
quented than they were in the month of June
by the ''grand old party" ] don't wish to
be too specific, but leave the reader to Judge
which one of the perhaps" is nearest cor
rect. After all, l have always been very
much at a loss to determine the difference
between the Democrats and the Republicans
on the whisky question; at least the supposed
difference in favor of the temperate qualities
of the Republicans. 1t is true that the De-
mocracy has constantly opposed sumptuary
legislation, but it is not true that the Demo-
Gratis are any greater consumers of the ardent
fluid than are the distinguished members OF
the ''grand old party There is no reason
why they should be. The 'sgrand old party''5
sprang chiefly from the ashes of the Wing
party The advent OF the Wing party into
power in 1910 was through a singing and
drinking campaign. 1t has gone into his
tory as the .'Tippaeanoe and Tyler too" hard
cider ampaign. A log cabin with coon
skin nailed to the door and a barrel of hard
cider on tap inside was the basis of that
campaign. We hear great deal about
''bar'ls'' in the present campaign, but they
do not contain hard cider. Indeed, hard
cider is as intoxicating beverage as Ken
lucky whisky, so much so that ii has sub
stantially gone out of date since 1910, and
people who wish to get drunk do not
attempt any temperance disguise by
calling their stimulant ''cider,'' but indulge
openly in the ''elear quill Harrison was
elected more by hard cider than by any other
one element. Perhaps his sudden death,
so soon after his inauguration, was a judy
ment sent upon the party in behalf Of the
Temperance cause. l throw that out as a
pointer for Bro. Satterlee to use in his next
temperance address. At all events, it is a
well established philosophic principle that
child drawing nourishment from its moth
er's breast, drinks in the elements which
the mother possesses and an Incorporate
mother frequently produces an incorporate
child. As the grand old party'i sprzng
chiefly from the relics of the Wing party, it
Is natural to presume that the characters
tics Of the parent would be reproduced in the
offspring. Hence the assumption Of vir
tue on the temperance question, on the part
of the Republicans is like many other sham
assumptions they indulge in, having no sub
stantial basis
The difference between the parties on this
question might be said to be about as wide
as the difference between the issues which
are now presented TO the COUNTRY. In other