The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-18

1sw re Lest sAe yrsssAsAsp u o.s II
susastaa New YsT1 Ds0sesns-
DseoGlyn Hagie.
Camden eompols tie e(sremrnt thsf NJ.
Cleveland doss not share IN the popularity
1t the other distineuished Democrata A.
matter Of faet. he ox-prosident SEAMS "a
asvs ous lev Democratic friends in the leg.
,siefurs. and I havs convsrsed With many
Osmocfsss concerning the sdvisability Of
rsnouinatfne him. have In my minds
80 oos senator, who said TO me:
The Democratic party made Grover
Caesssand PRESIDENT: ~ repaid the party
BY leading II 70 defeat. II he had kept hts
mouth shut be would b president today
! Know another senator. . Democrat.
who said:
Cleveland il still sleeping with the Mug.
wumps Let them nominate him for prssi-
dent In % We shall want . candidate
who = frss from entaneline anti Demo-
cratic alliances,
! do not exageerate when / state that /
have heard Democrats Of prominence in
the ieg1sIature, who discuss with bitterness
the proposition to rencminate him. His
support Of the 6axton so-calIsd ballot reform
bill has cost Mr.. Cleveland many friends.
He Is charged with having discarded old
friends while In ofiice. There IL one
Democratic senator who carefully refrains
On Ill OCCASIONS from discussing the e.
Presidents candidacy. yet when Grover
Cleveland We governor one Of his wsrmest
friends Was the senator 10 whom have ~
ferred. ] refer to Senator John @. Jacobs
One thing II certain, the intimate relations
formerly existing between the senator and
Mr. Cleveland were abruptly severed. Mr..
Cleveland became president, but his old
time friend never dsrkened the doors Of
the White House. A friend Of the senator
visited Warrington during the closing year
OF Mr.. Cleveland's term and met Colonel
Daniel Lamont. the presidents astuts sec
rotary.
Have you been mp 70 zee the prcsi-
6entf" Lamont asked.
No, didnt come 10 Washington 70 SEQ
him" said the senator's friend
lyon should call and ses him. He
knows you are in town and he will think it
strange II you don't call. - said the colonel.
The senator's friend did call at the White
House, and. after the usual saiutations
were unchanged, the president said gruffiy:
well, are you here after m ONCE. toof"
No. am not l came here ON q claim
case and I've got the money in my pocket.
and I'm going 70 get out ~ soon ~ can, /"
was the reply. sharply made.
How 10 Jacobsf" the president asked.
still gruT.
As we'll ~ he svsr was and just - in
dependent" responded the senator's
friend. CURLY.
why doesn't he como to Washington :"
inquired the president.
II guess you can answer that question
better than can," and the answer Was not
pitched In . gentle key.
Tell him when you 20 homo 10 come
down and See me- Tell him I've got bot
To Of The finest brandy no ever tasted"
said the president
The message was conveyed to the sens
tor. A am informed by the gentleman
who delivered the message, the senator
smiled sardonically - he listened to the
presidents invitation, and then an
swered:
'Tell him when you zee him again that
do not drink brandy now: that am emu
iating the example set by that celebrated
Prince OF England, who foreswore such
and turned his back on Falstaff."