New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
THE DEMOCRATIC PROBLEM.
WHO Is TO LEAD AGAINST BLAINEf
RANDALL STRONGER AND CLEVELAND WEAkEH-
BAYARD. M'DoNALD AND THE OTHERS.
ret pcP lpu To THE rHfBuSH.l

BAYARD. M'DoNALD AND THE OTHERS.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rEiBUSEl
WAsmNGTON. JUNE 25.-As the time draws near
for the assembling of the Democratic National Con-
yention the anxiety of Democratic Congessmen
steadily grows in intensity, and the situation and
prospects are discussed with an earnestncss deeply
tingel with regret account Of llldens refusal 10
be a candidate. 1t is true that lew Democrats
still cherish hope that he will be candidate ana
it is likewise true that his letter has quIekencd inc
hopes Of men who aspire to the honor which hs
has renounced. The latter believe, as does nearly
every other Democratic politician, that lilden VIII
never consent to enter the race southern dele
gate to the Democratic National Convention to-day
said:
When our convention held, Tden's letter had not
been published, and while the delegates were rot
nstuc ed OF them favored his nomination 90 nos
know where shall 1t seems 10 me- noiVlausl-
y that il would for to take adyan'age as fsr
IA possible OF the sentiment by the great fraud
OF i576. Mr.. Tiden's physical condition iofDIs MN 10 20
heye for the sake OF his party, he would he willing
to accept the ylcePresdenal nomination WIN hsndaI
Randall disputed and believe that Randall ana
Hendricks would form stronger % nnaor ,no %
Tien and his friends, II would be very strong Ia
drcks would give it great strength in Indiana Tho
nomination OF Calkns or Governor and Tue popuariy
OF Blaine and Logan Will compel the party 10 eAei '
strOnsest efforts.
There are Indications that Mr. Randall will 60
into the convention with a respectable support In
addition to the delegation from his own state. Ac-
cordlng to one well-mformed Democratic Congress-
man. Randall will receive the first oailot num-
Der of votes from West Virginia, Maryland, VIZ
gna, North Carolina. Tennessee and Louisiana.
and in case no Ohio candidate Is put FORWARD as
first number of votes from that State IL Is GER
tain hat Mr.. Randall feels comfortable aud nope
full about his prospects. He finds time, despite the
/. dut, oh
Appropriations Committee, to give his personal at
tention to a large and rapidly increasing political
correspondence and even to absent himself for
dav from Washington to deliver an address
to-day at Washington and Lee University. One
of his supporters was asked whether Dir. Randall
would be willing to stand as candidate on
tariff for revenue only platform, and he repned'
The career of the word only in our convention
will be a short one. That little word has given
us quite enough trouble, and we propose to get rld
of it,"
GROWING OPPOSITION TO CLEVELAND.
If the opposition to ClevelaDds candidacy Is
gaining headway as rapidly among the DE mocra'io
delegates as it is among the Democratic Congress-
men, the prospect Of his nomination will not be
fair when the convention assemblies His friends
are active but they do not able TO counteract
a growing fear that he could not carry his own
State. They are troubled. too, by mtimations that
some men who are ostcnsibly working for him are
at heart opposed to his nomination. One OF these
suspects is Congressman Dorsheimer, who moves
abont in a mysterious way that has earned for him
the distrust even of some of his Tammany asso-
ciates A Democratic Congressman today SAID;
Dorshemer went 10 Saratoga 10 be made one OF tne
and b. caused 1t 10 be proclaimed that
he would present Cevelands name to the NATIONAL Con-
ogered place az alternate which would have given him
q Of the benches In the tonYentio ne 10
his nose out OF Joint" and of political influence
believe l.ttle bird has consoled him by whispering
Presidential lightning strike him in the conventloh
BAYARD, MDONALD AND OTHERS.
Mr. Bayard's friends active aud hopeful. They
urge that nomination OF Blaine makes 1t necessary
the Democrats to select candidate to match bis
eminent name and record, and they that the Della
ware senator is the man for the occasion One OF Mr.
Bayard's most earnest supporters Is Perry Belmont
whose relations and associations make his advocacy pei
cularly agreeable his favOrite The friends
Mcdonald greatly annoyed, first by the persistent
talk about bringing Hendricks out of his retirement
and, second by what seems 70 them formidable move
ment In favor of an Ohio candidate. -
They the nomination Of either Payne THUR
OF Hoadly would be fatal to the Dem9ctsuS paIS,
idea the tariff question. or course the taiiH re-
formers are quite as strongly opposed TO Knda =. 20
that Randall be nominated Blaine VIII ca!ty hentucSy.
of The hostility Which the free-trade Democrats feel
toward the Pennsylvania candidate whon IN ther mdef
moments they describe as 4" a Judas"
FREE TRADERS NOT so FIERCE.
It's noticeable however, that he free trade Democrats
betray symptoms OF weakening In the determination 50
loudly avowed two months IN regard to the National
platform. Then nothing short OF tariff for revenue
only formal approval OF the Morrison bI ny tho
convention would they accept Now, does not hear
the Morrison bill mentioned and much less Is thtro
apparent disposition to make Its approval one ot inc Is.
sues before the convention. Democratic orponents OK
the Morrison bill also evlnce a concllaory disposition