New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-30
HR rLEVELAND AND 1899.


informed poI1tical circles that Mr. Cleveland
will he the next Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. 1t is believed that he will receive
! the barren honor, not because he has any greae
affirmative strength or popularity, but rather
| because all the other candidates who have Deeh
named are weaker than he is. In the country
Of the blind the One-eyed man is King. Inc
democratic marty is 20 nearly out of PreSiden-
tial timber chat so small and diSreputable
politcian as David b. Hill, whiskey's Gov
ornor. is looked upon to-day as Mr.. Cleveland'S
chief opponetlt for the coming nomination.
It has not been evident hitherto that Mr.. Hill
could count upon entering the next National
Democratic Convention with many delegates
outside his own State His recent Southern
trim. which he doubtless counted on to give his
boom great impetus, was hardly success.
Indeed. il is not certain, in view of his NAL
adroit reference to the encyclopaedia in all
that it implied of d srespect for the Democratic
expresidcnt hut tn at the trip did his prospects
MOI ei harm than good. In the West no Demo
cratic paper Of any account has seriously re-
cardcd him as Pr esidential possibility, while
| for several years /" 1.-The st. Louis Republic" has
| rOundlv denounced him At length however.
! HIPS literary burea II for the dissemination OF
information which is calculated to assist his
candidacy in the West and the South may be
said to have been formally opened. recent
number of "The Chicago Herald" Dem.) con-
| tains n letter over a column and a half long
| entitled "Grover's Great Error" and signed
| L" New.Yorlk Democrat" 1t evidently was pre-
! pared with great care, and has for its object to
p,ove that Mr. CleVeland's record is that of
weak candidate III support Of this proposition
a number of salient figures are presented For
example:
Mr. Tilden's popular plurality in 1876 was 100000,
that OF Mr. Cleveland, after four years of power,
was only 1900. OF the votes given 70 Mr. Cleveland
In 1884 513 226 were maiorities obtained in the
southern States, showing that In the great Northern
| commonwealth his popular vote was 100000 less
than that of Mr. Harri on: and It was in the Northern
| Democratic States that Mr. Cleveland needed his
msjorltles and not in the South. The State of New
York gave him l92 s5I majority for Governor in 1853
In 1884 It gave him 047 plurality in 1888 It gave
Mr.. Harrison 1917 plurality and at The same
election gave the Democratic candidate for Governor
1871 plurality; and vet the State OF New York was
| and Is a Democratic State
The election just past shows Democratic plurality
of % 900 for Mr. Rc, and this I'm spite Of tho cOall
| ton in New-York city of the Republican party and
the County Democracy. peculiarly Mr.. Ceveland's
faction. In 1Ss4 Mr. Cleveland carried. exclusive Of
the metropolitan counties. eleven country counties
By puralitles aggrcgatng $3.50; these same counties
I'm 1898 only gave him 1,s70-a loss In Democratic
pIurallties I'm Democratic counties OF 1910 votes
Reference is also made to the vote of Con-
necticut Indiana, Virginia and Illinois in 1884,
'8S, and as result of the study of all these
election returns the conclusion is reached that
the Western Democracy will never go Cleve-
land and that he would have succeeded last year
only that he was not " enshrined in the hearts of
the Democracy"
II is evident from this that st is high time Mr..
Clereland'S friends were stirring. They may
rest assured that copies of "'Ghe lIeIald' con-
tanning this artice-attentiorI being directed to
it by broad marks made with David B. Hills
blue pencil-will find their WY into every school
district in every State of the UniOn-particulall y
every doubtful State. Can they answer it ?
Can the figures be turned into boomerang
which shall dash the Hill boom to pieces like
potters vessel? The public will await the an
swer to these questions with much interest. In
the meantime the energetic Governor is to be
congratulated upon the brilliant opening of his
bureau