Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-14
VIEWS OF STATESMEN
Respecting the Democratic Ticket-Gat
cred from Various Sources.


Speaker Carlisle was overheard to tell a
friend that he regarded the work of the
convention serious business for the Dem
ocraey. The result Of our nomination de-
pends entirely upon what the Democrats
OF New York can do. If they can keep
their promises Mr.. Cleveland will be
elected. Mr.. Cleveland, personally. is
very acceptable to me, and shall do all
in my power to elect him.
Senator Davis, of Virginia, said: ssThe
ticket will go through, / guess, but |
would have preferred another. Still. we
must now give away our preferences
and work for the election Of the nominee"
Henry Watterson said: ''Cleveland was
not my choice, but it was the Judgment of
the majority that he should be nominated.
and we will do all in our power to elect
him.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. Rice, of Ohio. said
.'Cleveland is not very well known in our
State, but we will make an earnest fight
for him. If Thurman had been pomi-
mated we could certainly have carried the
State"
Representative Collins, of Massachu-
sets, said: Il am going to SARATOGA to
take the waters for a week, and al the
end of that time may be able to tell what
L Iulnk OF tue UcketH
Representative Budd, of California:
my preference was Thurman. Had he
been nominated | think we would have
carried the State. am sorry that there
was no emphatic anti-monopoly plank in
the platform. Such an one as Butler pre-
sented would have helped u.s."
John II. Mclean: 81 am gratified at the
result. 1t is really a stronger nomination
for Ohio than one of our own candidates
would have been. 1t brings into harmo-
nious action all the elements of the party.
and offers us splendid chance to carry
the State. Cleveland is a winner.v
Congressman Ermentrout, of Berks:
"Cleyeland's forces were managed with
great skill. The same forces must see
that he is elected. take it that his New
York friends knew what they were about
when they said he could carry New York.
Ii he does he is the next President"
Frank Hurd, of Ohio: 81 don't know
anything about the strength of Cleveland.
have been looking after the platform. |
assume that he is all right"
Congressman Lamb, of Indiana: 'tItis
stronger nomination for our State than
any man except an Indianian. He is not
weighted with record and will run well.
We will carry Indiana for him.
Senator Jones, of Florida: "It's good
nomination, and we can. elect this ticket if
Ex-senator William Wallace: "a good
days work. Cleveland is strong in the
States where the work is to be done. He
ought to, and will, be elected, for he is a
good candidate and will make a good
President"
Ex-senator Herman, of New York: 'sYou
have heard the last of divisions among the
New York Democracy. All factions are
now Tor Cleveland. He is strong in New
York ana can carry it. If we can elect
anyone, that man is Grover Cleveland.
believe he will be elected.''
Senator Williams, of Kentucky: tsHe
ought to run like a race horse if all the
New Workers say of him is true. He will,
of course, carry the South"
Senator COckrell, when informed of the
nomination of Cleveland, said: 81 have
all the time said be was the strongest and
most available man, and / have believed
he would make most excellent Presi-
dent"
Senator Garland said: s'Without dis
pragement to any of the distinguished
and meritorious gentlemen who were can
dIdates before the cOnvention-they were
all tirst-class men-I believe the nomina-
ton of Gov. Cleveland is the very best Iln-
der the circumstances which could have
been made. The country will now be
presented with fair and square issue be-
tween the two parties in the persons of
Mr. Blaine and Gov. Cleveland"
Representative Herbert, of Alabama a
member of the House Ways and Means
Committee, said he considered the plat-
form an admirable one and the nominees
no less so. The former could not have
been better, and the latter was the
strongest man who had been presented to
the convention.
Representative r. w. Townshend. of
illinois, said: 81 think the ticket is very
strong. believe it will carry New York
and Indiana, which, of course, means
that it will be elected"
Congressman S. S. Cox said: 81 was
at the end of the wire when the decisive
ballot was taken and knew the result at |
once. l am sure the New York DemOc-
racy will not be distracted. Time will
poultice the wounds of the past fort
night.
Representative Rosecrans said of Cleve-
land that he was not the choice of the
people; that he represented the capital
lists, and not the laboring classes. The
platform he regarded as ''solid," and said
of the tariff plank that it met his views
exactly.
Senator Vest sat under a tree in front
of Wizards Hotel, chatting with couple
Of comrades. Somebody came over from
the telegraph office and told him CleYe-
land was nominated.
rel me something neW," he replied. |
''He's been nominated for more than a
week. There wasn't stuff enough at Chi
cago to beat him.
The Senator said he liked the nomina-
tion and he liked the platform, which was
one of the strongest and most statesman
like documents ever produced at con-
ventiOn. He did not think Kelly would
be heard from during the campaign, and ]
If he should leave the Democratic party it
would be no loss.
Representative Holman, of Indiana, re-
garded the nomination as an eminently
respectablemOne. Mr.. Cleveland was a
very respectable gentleman, who, he
thought, could carry New York State and
the Union. He had not yet given the plat
form sufficient study to be able to pass an
intelligent opinion upon it, but as far as
he could judge from cursory reading, it
was an able document.