New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-03
DEMOCRATIC CHAOS.
THE TARIFF AND THE rwo-rHIRDs gULE
A LONG TALK BEFoRE TIE CONFERENCE.-The |
LAND AND PROTECTION.
fBr rELgGRArn TO rue rrTBU NE.i


lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rrrBU NE.
CHICAGO July O." 1t is chaos" SAID Noah A.
Plympton, manager for Gsneral benjamin r. But
Ter to-day he glanced over the list of delegates 10
the Democratic National Convention and attempted
TO cipher the siren 9Th of the various candidates for
President He continued: Before the Repub-
ican Convention met every one who travelled
about the country as did knew that Blaine would
be nominated. lie was The choice of the Repuo-
lican party. But who is tho choice OF the Demo-
cratic partvf / defy any to tell You can
not even estimate the number of votes each man
will get for there are figures. 1t is chaos, say
Noah Plympton's firm opinion as expert that II
ia chaos is also held BY the leading Democrats OF
this city. and by those few Democratic delegates
who have arrived here. To dIssipate chaos" 1t IS
advised that there e long talk before the
convention is permitted to get actually to work.
Delay in nominating candidate for President Is
suggested. Mean whilo lot there be unlimited tax
concerning AMI abrogation of the two-thlrds ruie'
and upon the platform. While the talk is
prooeedns perhaps the party can stumble upon
a James K Polk This Is at loast the policy OF the
Butler men, the Flower men and OF other mon sup
porting leading Democrats for President. Dir.
Plympton said to-day:
From what hear think there will be gen.
oral agreement not to nominate man for President
until we know the platform he is to stand upon. OF
course some will say that if we have row IN the
convention over the platform that the Republicans
will gain by ii, but we cannot
avoid talk about the tariff. There
will undoubtedly be long debate over 1t.
The Massachusetts delegation IS IN favor OF re-
duction of the war tariff We favor tariff for rev
enue limited TO the needs of the Government, and
so srran ged ~ to aid the American worklngman
But we are not in favor of protection for protec
tion's sake as the Republicans are General Butler
said to me before came here: The platform Is OF
no consequence. I'll mako the platform myself,
meaning that by his acts If elected President he
would make a platform for the Democratic party :"
Under cover of the debate on
the platform and the two-thirds
rule the intriguing for the nomination
for President will 90 forward. This feature OF the
! convention will be a repetition OF that OF 1915
when the hard-mOuey platform was weighed IN the
| balance and almost found wanting by the conven-
| ton This year Mr. Morrison and Mr.. Carlisle are
| suspected Of ha wing already drawn up the patent
DatfOrrn II IS needless To say thar speaker Oar
| ijsic and MOrrsOns flowers favor a radical re-
! duction IN ne tariff without regard to protecting
| the American wO-klngmcn. Dir. MOrr;SOns IrlendS
| here think that his views will be supported ~
twc-hirds of the convention Yet they kuowled3 e
| that samuel j. Randall through his friends IS Ike
lv to raise lively scrlnmage over the tariii ques-
non before il is settled as Mr.. Morrison desires.
MIR Cleveland friends her declare thatt they wonld
think twice before advising him 70 run upon free
trade platiOmIn such state "a -,ew OH WIN Ils
great city possessing more MANUFACTURES Jhdh any
| city upon the continent.
In regard to the twO-thirds rule II should be SAID
that six states have passed resolutions ln favor OF
! its abroyarion. some OF the delegates now here
| .h the rule, regarding 1t as detrimental to the
paTty's interest.