The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-05-31
s.. Louis Cow ntion

Inc 81, LOUIS Convention VIII meet on
the 5lh of June to formally announce the
Democratic Presidential tick. t and pro-
mitigate the platform. ! he Presidential
candidate has already been nominated; or
rather nominated himself. He has also an
nounced the platform. All that the Con-
vention will have to do will be to 90
through the forms Of assembling, taking
a vote and adjournlng. Even the Vice
President will be indicated in advance
Gov. Gray is at present Cleveland's choice
and that will be supreme. 1t is possible
he may change his mind. Unless he does
between this time and the. 5th of June, the
Democratic ticket will be Cleveland and
Gray, and the President S free trade mes
sage the platform. The President is the
supreme boss of the party. He Yields
the party club numerically and I'm
hesitatingly. No one dares go against
his wishes, and escape the revenge of the
ADMINISTRATION. An IA llentown for every
Sowdon," is the sententious and impress
sive way the Washington Post puts it,
Sowdon is a Pennsylvania Democratic
member of Congress, who does not work
in the free trade harness, nor submit to
caucus dlctation. Recently he secured the
passage of a bill making an appropriation
for a public building at Allentown, in
his district. No one doubted but that
the President would sign it, In fact he
had left Sowdon under that impression
But the next day the bill was returned
with the disapproval of Cleveland, and all
because Sowden refused to allow the eau
Gus to control his vote On the direct tax
bill.
Randall, likewise, is under the ban of
the administration. The President has
entered the ring to kill or conquer the
sterling protectionist Democrat. He had
his man defeated for Craftsmanship of the
Democratic State Committee. He, through
his office-holders and patronage controlled
the more recent Convention, which en-
dorsed the Mills tariff bill and the Presi.
dent, and demanded his denomination. The
fact is, Cleveland allows no foolishness.-
He must be obeyed. promptly and satisfac-
torily, or failure to do so will be followed
by severe punishment and discipline, If
not expulsion. He is the party. lie or
ders his party in Congress and they obey.
He controls State and District Conyen-
tiOns, dictates chairInen and resolutions,
and will just as effectively control the st.
Louis Convention on the 9TH. The ticket
has already been determined. The plat
form has been prepared. There will be no
changes unless the President shall make
them. NJ one else will have the temerity
to do SO. There is gnashing of teeth and
suppressed imprecations among the faith.
full, but it amounts to nothing. Cleveland
orders everything. lie plans and compels
his party to act. He clubs them into
obedience and does it effectively.
SO the st. Louis Convention will be a
tame affair. Already the Democracy have
coralled l53 electoral votes. Only 81 more
will be needed. New York SO and In
diana, 16, would fill the bill. Cleveland
thinks he has New York, and with Gray
on the ticket he IS certain of Indiana. So
the Solid South, without any effort or
finesSe to secure, is put down positively,
and New York and Indiana are to finish |
The count; while the President s free trade |
is to constitute the platform, 1t |
will be a simple and uneventful Conven-
Jon, and hardly be worth the expense of |
travelling to st. Louis to witness or partic-
pate in j..