The morning news., 1888-12-05
ALLsETTLEp FOR MR.. CLEVELAND.
a Home in Orange and q Seat in the
United States Senate.
From, the Orange Herald.

from the orange Hefutu.
NEWARK, Nov. 30.-There need be no
cause to marvel if President Cleveland
should make his home in Orange after next
spring. He will probably open a law Office
in New York. and it is as much of GER
tainty as any of his plans can be at this
date that he will live in this state. he
always had warm corner of his heart for
New Jersey. He was born just over the
mountains at Caldwell, and if anything
were needed to increase and strengthen his
affections for the state that gave him birth
1t was found in the gallant support which
she gave him at the polls few weeks ago.
Since the election he has spoken often of
this part of the country to his most lnti-
mate friends, and to at least a few he has
expressed desire to make a home for him
self in this state and i'll this county. That
being the case what more natural than that
his eyes should turn to Oraugel
Mr.. Cleveland is anxious to get country
residence, and Mrs Cleveland naturally
wants to be in some place where social joys
are not unknown. Orange meets the re-
quirements of both, aud if the President ad
heres to his present intention of resuming
his law practice in New York, it is pretty
we'll settled that he will live in this neigh
borhood
A few prominent politicians who know
these things were discussing the subject the
other day, and one of them said IN posi-
tive manner:
"Grover Cleveland will sncceed Rufus
Blodgett as United States senator from New
JERSEY"
Absurd" said the other "Do you really
think that man who has been President
would return to Washington as a senators"
''Pll tell you what | do know. AS the mat
ter stands at present Mr.. Cleveland has not
decided definitely that he will locate in this
state, but the chances are that he will. In
that event he will naturally take an inter-
est in our state politics, though Of an unob-
truslve kind, and just as naturally he Will be
consulted by the leaders on many matters
of Importance. Under these circumstances
| feel pretty sure that Jerseymen would in
sist on comforting upon him some mark of
their favor and admiration, and the highest
manner in which they could do this would
be by offering him the senatorship."
"Yes, but there is no reason for believ-
ing that he would accept"
1T is more than likely he would. He has
only got a thorough grasp of the leading
public questions within the last year or so,
and it is impossible that he should cease to
take an active interest in them. Take the
question of tariff reform, for example. He
launched that before the puthc Perhaps
he did it at a bad time, from purely poll
tical standpoint, but he knows that his
ideas must sooner or later prevail. What
more natural. then, than that he should be
pleased at the opportunity to exUouud
and champion in the United States Senate
this policy with which his name is asso-
ciated. If any consideration were needed
to complete the chain of reasons it would be
found in the hearty and unanimous way in
which the people of New Jersey would
signify their desire that he should be their
representative. He would do honor to them
and they would be honoring him. Alto
gether, l think it more than likely that
Grover Cleveland will yet be one of the
United States senators from this state"
The specious arguments of this political
light appear quite plausible, don't they!
But of course tuey all fall to the ground in
case Mr.. Cleveland changes his mind and
does not come here to live.