Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-11

III think he will. think
THE PRESIDENT
is an honest, sincere man, add that he
will do his best to execute the wishes OF
the Democratic party"
''If he shout not urge tariff reform In
his message, what then 2"
"Why, the Democratic majority in the
house must go ahead aud pass bill IT.
respective of either the wishes or desire
of the senate or the president"
"How will the president stand with
the Democracy Of the Southwest II he
should fail to urge tariff reform in his
messageY
"Well, / would rather not answer that
question. / sincerely believe that the
president is a tariff reformer, and have
no desire to shake red rag in his face.
The Democrats of the Southwest have
heretofore given very generors support
TO the president. They believe him TO be
a so ARE Democrat, tn ugh he disap-
appointed them Ia some things, but If
he should fail to range himself on the
side Of 80 per cent. oil the party on the
tariff question it is difficult to see how
Southwestern Democrats can be induced
to refrain from abandoning him."
f'What do you think of the attitude Of
the administration on the
SILVER QUESTION:"
"There is no doubt that the admins.
tration is opposed to an overwhelming
majority of the Democratic party. be-
lieye that according to the soundest
principles of political economy and also
the experiences of mankind, there should
be unlimited coinage of gold and silver.
1t would have been better when silver
was remonetized in 1878 to have adopted
the free-coinage policy, and so believing,
| voted for free coinage and against linn
itations. But the limitation bill passed,
and half loaf is better than no bread.
1t IS clear that the house, as at present
constituted, will permit no repeal of the
present law authorizing the coinage of
not more than S4,000,0O0 nor less than
$1,000 900 monthly. This will do for the
present"
"Suppose the president should sharply
antagonize the Democratic majority on
the silver question, would he be forgiven
by Southwestern Democrats in the next
national convention?"
"Well, it will be time enough to Crap
pie with matter of that kind when it
comes up. Sufficient to the day is the
evil thereof"
"Have you any idea that the
EAST AND WEST
will clinch in the next Democratic ma
tional convention?"
at is bit too far ahead to speculate.
am opposed to sectlonalism of any kind.
We are all Americans and the president
OF the country must be national man.
1t is safe to say, however, that the South
and West will not tamely follow the lead
of New York, or permit New York any
conspicuous dominency in the selection
of candidates or PRONUNCIATION OF q plat
form"
"You have doubtless observed that the
New York Sun has served notice that it
Will be fatal to the party to refuse to
adopt the candidate presented by New
York;"
son, yes; but the Sun does not speak
fo- the New York Democrats. 1t sup.
ported Ben Butler in 1874 and did its best
TO break up the Democratic party, and
since then it has lost its influence as an
organ Of Democratic opinion. The World
is much in the same box now.
DANA AND PULITZER
are opposed to Cleveland, and what the
papers controlled by them say will not be
accepted by Democrats as strictly ortho-
dox. Both are soreheads to certain
extent, and neither is safe guide to
Democratic sentiment"
"But suppose, as the World alleges, the
New York Democrats shonld indorse the
administration of Cleveland but elect
Hill delegates to the national convention
what would the Democrats of the
Southwest do about it?"
THAT is question. III the sentiment
OF the country is favorable to Cleveland,
the New York Democrats must come TO
1t. The mountain cannot go to Mahomet,
and, II they must meet, Mahomet must
go to the mountain. SO with New York
and the national Democracy. New York
must come to the Democratic sentiment
OF the country instead of the Democrats
OF the country going to New York.
"But suppose the New York conven.
ton should be governed by rabid anti
Cleveland faction, and should send
delegates to the national convention
pledged to anything to beat Cleveland;
what would be the RESULT"
"Oh, New York is weaker than the
combined Democracy, and would have to
succumb."
"But what effect would it have ON the
vote OF New York at the election?''
81 think the voters of New York will
not be
INFLUENCED by FACTIONS,
and that the nominee of the next Demo-
cratic national convention, whoever he
may be, will receive the vote of the
state"
DO you think Cleveland will be sup
ported by the Southwest in the next ma
tional convention?"
ut is hard to tell this distance in ad-
vance. The people Of Texas are very
friendly to Cleveland The Galveston
news, the aolest and most widely circu-
lated paper in the state, has given the
Cleveland administration most cordial
support. and the weekly papers in the in.
terror OF the state have generally taken
its cue. AS result, Cleveland seems to
be pretty solid in Texas, though the peo-
pie would like him better if he would
turn out the Republicans little faster
and put Democrats in their places.u
what do you think OF the presidents
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