Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-18
THE TICKET OF ,S4 AGAIN.
10 Il to Be Cleveland Against Blaine
I'm '02?
THAT'S WHAT THE POLITICIANS sAY-LRssoNs OF
THE NovEMBER RLRCTIoN-"BLAINR vINDI-
cATED"-DRMocRArs OF AL THE STATES Ix-
CEPT NEW YoRK FOR CLEVELAND.

The candidates for "a are being discussed
with almost as much earnestness 40 il the nom
mating conventions were about to be held. Il
is astonishing what . near approach to
unanimity there IL In the opinion that the two
men brought to the head of their respective
parties by the result Of the election are Blaine
and Cleveland. It is in the mouth of nearly
every politician who comes to the capital from
whatever section of the country, that Blaine
alone Of his party has come out Of this election
without scratch, and that if the party is to
win in 80 il must be with him as the standard
bearer and that the platform must be Of his
making. The tide has set in SO strong already
that when the next republican convention
meets some Of the best informed politicians
believe it will be merely question Of
WHETHER on NOT Mr.. BLAINE WILL AccrPr
the nomination. Ever since the election there
has been very loud cry Of "Blaine vindicated. +"
Now, as showing how serious a view of the
matter is taken, some of those who have their
own presidential aspirations are trying to
Whisper into the party ear another interpreta-
ton OF the language at the polls Here and
tnere IN certain quarters an effort 10 being
made quietly to give currency to the idea that
II MI: Blaine had not spoken out his opinion Of
the mckinley bill the republicans all over the
country would have taken it without question.
This talk is not apt to make much impre ssion,
az the only implication in it is that Mr. Blaine
refused to deceive the public as to what he be-
heved to be the defects Of the Mckinley bill
EVERY STATE EXCEPT NEW YORK.
There appears to be no room to doubt that
Cleveland has the democracy in nearly every
state in the Union except New York. In the
latter state Tammany has no love for Cleveland
and just now Tammany is the democracy
there. The question which worries the demo-
Gratis is not whether Cleveland can carry the
democratic delegation from other states so
much as whether he can carry New York if he
gets the nomination. Democrats from every
direction who have expressed any opinion on
the subject assume, as a matter of course. that
Cleveland will be the leader in 80, and the
democratic newspapers, with but few excep-
tlons here and there, tell the same tale. The
Iammany people too are a little less outspoken
in their opposition to the big man, possibly be-
cause they see they must take him as the nom
inee; possibly because they hope to defeat him
with their man. Hill, and want to avoid alien.
atlng Cleveland democrats in case Hill does
win.
NEW YORK MUST FALL IN LINE.
An important feature of the situation H.
however, one that Mr.. Springer calls attention
to. The New York state convention is one oi
the very last to be held. and before il has met
about three-fourths Of the states will have de.
clared for Cleveland at their democratic con
yentions and there will be nothing for New
York to do but fall in line