Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-08
1~cEEsonL on POLITICS.
.u Democrats, Mug
,,umps and Prohibitionists'

,,.,,mns and Prohibitionists'
F,om the .ys,o York Herald.
,uno ONO. Oct. Cool. ROBERT IT,
loLLn has been in this city to-day on
-n1rosd business. At the boooy t1o"se
to-night he was asked;
Who. In your opinion is the strongest
IAN in the Republican party TO run ior
president in 1882" an,
M one can answer this question WIN
,, no said. "Mr. Sherman VIII
Ger o., That the strongest man nVes AT
ven !sald Ohio. and Mr.. Blaine Will IN
t. Rot the only man with any chahce
.. srccess lives at Augusta, Me Logan
aoohlv thinks that the coming man
w, nail from Illinois. Allison thinNs tnat
W. 49, ives further West and Evarts mas d
taint suspicion that she next Ires,oens 10
~ a senator from New YORK huiu uhus
aevs Vermont will furnish tne canu . .tIa,.
Yon see that there are so Iuany ..a III
.hat II ia hard for man not giiueu WIN
10 snirit Of prophecy to make even d
tne INA pness. The probability is that new
$50 Iii he nominated. AS Lincoln sald.
tnaI nard TO shoot twice with the SAME
rdarn This very question shows the
Io o,O ~ the nublic mind. The question 10
sts'9 n what policy is to be pursued,
NV Hot great reform is to be lnaugurated,
wv, What man is to be the President.
Most ANYBODY can perform the routine
dn,jes Of the Presidency and consequent
" il ia not very important WHO tnat man
y or ia Going to be. Cleveland gets along
about as we'll as any OF thefn. ne has
dome several excellent tnings'
"WjIl the Democratic party nominate
NJ CLEVELAND for re. election in 1SSS?"
W ttprnsidant cleveland is a civil service
ratdrmer, and will probably for the sake
- oitiI service use all his official IN
Snence to nominate himself. 1t looks
NOW as though he would succeed"
.,Eow does the strength OF the mug
wnmns. or independents, compare Win
that of two years agoF .
"a mugwump is kind OF gruo IN
transition state, He bears the sans IeIa
lion TO Democrat that certain worm
5oes to butterfly. Most of these gru6s
have changed, SO that there are now less
mugwumps but more Democrats"
ROUGH ON PROHIBITION.
.,What do Won think of prohibition as a
third party movement and OF It's future
influence on national politics."
81 am not a prohibitionist; do not be-
Iieye In that kind Of legislation. 1t has
never done good. You cannot make greai
men and women by keeping them away
from temptation. People grow strong
by resisting temptation. Prohibition
makes a busybody community full o.
spies, informers, breath smellers ana tat
tiers"
"Do you believe that Mr.. Cleveland is
as strong with his party as he was two
years ago, and, if not, In what respects Is
be weaker?'
"Mr. Cleveland is in difficult position
he is compelled TO be some Democrat
lust enough not to lose bis party, but not
enough to lose the mugwumps, and ht
ass to be just enough mugwump to save
that wing, but not too much-just enough
When he wants to put new man in anC
an old one out he is a Democrat. Wher
he wants to keep friend in, then he is .
mugwump. This gives him great ad
vantage. Politically he ought to be called
smbldexterous, as he works with b0tf
hands. think he is about as popular al
be has been at my time"