The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-30
Political TAN

The Democratic National Convention
has selected Grover Cleveland as the
stzndz-dbea-e- Of the party in the coming
campaign. The nomination was dictated
BY the fact o. Mr. Cleveland's being at the
present time Governor Of the State Of
New York. He has never been q recogui-
zed Democratic leader The nomination
would not, IN all probability, have been
made but for the show Of opposition TO
B,Ains made by TIE Republicans In New
York and Massachusetts,. The strange
argument in Cleyelsnd's favor Is that tins
dissatisfied element in the Republican
party viii Temporarily ally itself with the
Democrats In point Of fact, the Repubh
cans have made two nominations this year.
and the Democrats none. The Republi
ran party proper nominated Blame, and 3
faction Of that party used the Democratic
Convention for the nomination Of Cleve-
land The people viii now choose be
tween the two men In some respects II
IS the Clay and Polk campaign over again
Bl2ine's name has been an American
household word for years. Clsveland's.
the American tongue has yet to become
accustomed to. The Democratic war-
horses have been thrown aside as Of no
further use Neither Thurman nor Hend-
ncks Will come before another national
convention. Bayard and Randall are
younger men. but the outlook for them Is
not encouraging. The leadership Of the
party is decided by accident rather than
service. A village lavyrr stands as good
a chance Of being nominated as a Senator
The National Democrats. Convention
completed its lsbors by nominating Hen
dricks for the second place on the ticket.
The chairman Of the New York delegation.
who represented Cleveland in the conven-
ton, has given assurance that Hendricks
VIII accept the nomination HIS name
viii undoubtedly add strength to the ticket
-Four years ago be refused to be considered
for the second place. In the convention
this year be developed an unlooked-for
popularity, which IN effect crowded Ne
Donald from the list Of candidates. With
out having been formally placed IN nomi-
nation be received 45l votes on the second
ballot BE Is the sole representative Of
the odd ticket. but II Is doubtful if he can
carry the sympathy which the old ticket
might have inspired into one on which !
Mr.. TIldsn does not appear Is the central
figure In al essential respects the n0mi- |
nation IS a good one. Hendricks, at least, |
Is a man Of national reputation. whose re !
cord has been subjected TO one crucial test. 1
Some speculation exists IS 70 General /
Buffers future course. He has not been /
treated with much consideration by the /
Democratic Convention Whenever and |
wherever he appeared the convention As
sumed an attitude Of sullen hostility. In |
the subcommittee on resolutions he was 4
steadily voted down, and when be pre-
scented his resolutions to the convention.
they met chilly reception The man and
his following were dISregarded It now
remains to be seen whether the labor
forces he represents VIII accept Mr.. Cleve-
land as their leader TO the extent Of not
pushing their own candidate sgainst him
II Butler subsidies he VIII pass out Of pub
lie life. The convention had courage to
disregard not only the man himself, but
the forces behind him II Is clear that
Butler would hsve accepted Thurman or
Mcdonald and possibly Bayard He was
opposed to Cleveland, but. IN
the face Of his opposition, Cleveland was
nominated The impression now Is, that
Butler did not 90 to Chicago with any eI-
pectstion Of receiving the nomination him
self. he probably expected to effect a
combination which would accept his ideas
with some other man as the candidate In
that case. whether success or failure at
tended his efforts to elect the ticket he
would have been received into full fellow
ship with the party, and his personal fol
owing would have become Z part Of it.
The nomination Of Cleveland dlsarTsnges
IN thasn rlsrs