The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-19

Thoes VIA prslie4ed thzs o1Fos.tion u
Mr. C.sTe-aagt's rsaoEr4i zatl9a wo1d sppear
~ .-s vsr,oEs States sppo.1tel 9e>-2z-es ~
tos natural colveEtloa have teen d-aap-
n, ted L 10 safe coa Te1saoa
h&a tSs@gs b@ea sI expTess4oT la
fa7of II any 1s1er csntl date. All - tn
raess.aZ II TIE national c<av@-ts14 zL.
occ9r IL ~ t11a three zee1s,
% y fair ~ szs1lase slas there 1ll ~ ~
exn.b.tioa y sen.l.oe1E - favo- al ana
o4Eer candidate. !. wa tboazat = fev
WeeSs azo t6st IRE Ee0 T1r< de.@gat.0a
zoa1 " GlT.ded D.. /. IL Do7r caear TIA.
tLoae Who ezterta.a41 TIA. ocau.oa we're
Ullataken- That cs.ezztsoa il void for Mr.
Cle7e.ard, and i vii n ssc,ld u n01s fn
The nat.olz! colysltsoa in IL eztazs.asza
f)r a--a.
The Ssu York Sun, tas DAY after ths
Ven Yorx de.szat.Dn VA app<suted. in :
Gl1O.s .sa5sd edltor.aI, eE5eaYo~ed " ere
sca ths i.nDress.oa IN tie SoEth that Mr.
C.eye-aad Il MT poplar IN his oNn STATE
L sa4H; Had tie cDol aud far-sigLted Iead-
IN II The Sorg1ern Dslaocrzcy- sonla e,r
szccsssora II the men who. throughout The
greater part II TIA. century, have suaysd
The councils II the DeEoocratlc Iarry-
knoEn a. Chicago In ia scs truth abDzt
Mr.. Clevelaa1is strength ia his oHn State,
would shsy have turned a deaf ear u the
noses II ~arraingl Had thsy foreseea that.
sided by ludicVoas but nOns The lezs e.
fsctivs sccadsnt. he co1Id Oniy get a b.g-
garry plurality II bss than 100 yotes
would they ever have ad0pts1 HIN an their
candidate for Prea;entl They were guIlsd
and Dauboozlsd then. but pow tbs truth 70
all befOFs them. what will they d. abDus
itr
Ths South favored Mr.. CleYeland's aonl-
natios' in 1871, mt only because it belieyed
tina, he was tao most popular candidate
who could b nominated, and that be could
carry his ONn STATE but, also, because i
vas firmly convinced that he was al honest
man and a rsfortner, and that BE- would
give the country a fair, just and an sco-
nonical administration. II did not make
mistake. Hs carr.si his State by only
email ma ority IL u true, but hs carried il,
Notwithstanding the extraordinary efforts
made n defeat MIN, and the remarkable
popularity II the Republican candidate.
The Sun wants 81 kaow What the South
will DO st the approaching national con
vention. There Is NJ DOUBT On that point.
II viii vote soiidiy FIR the denomination u
Mr. Cleveland. he has made an excellent
President, and he has kept his pledges "
the people. He Is more popular nov than
in 1874, and bis chances for being elected
are letter than they were then. What bet
ter evidence u his strength could thsre BE-
than the indOrssment which be il receiving
In syery State In the Union The Sun in
sinuatea that DO is not popular IN his own
State. Where Is the eyidencef The New
York convention, no doubt, fairly repre-
gentcd the Democratic party throughout
the State, and in that convention not a
voice was raised against Mr.. Cleveland A
delegation % the national convention was
chosen in his interest without the least OBJ
lection. Where does the Sun find evidences
u his unpopularityi
Not only il Mr. Cleveland indorsed, but
his tariff policy meets with approval The
work which the 81. Louis convention has
70 do, therefore, Is very simple 1t has
only 10 indorse their party's choice for
President and it, will with respect 10 the
tariff plank Of the platform. The only
question IL will bs ia doubt about is, who is
the most available man for Vice Presi-
dentl The settlement Of this question
ought not ~ occupy IA great deal Of time
The convention ought 10 get through with
it, work in a couple Of days