Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04
CLEVELAND AND CAMPBELL.
Southern Democrats Indicate Their Pre-.
ference for 1892.
HOUSE TO HOUSE CAMPAIGN.
Bourbons Circulating Among the
Farmers, kissing Babies, Etc
Another Clerical Error-Thc
Irrigation Question.
h1Q EnIr L Nrm SrnnRr

WAsuINGToN ID. c., May 3.
| EX-President Cleveland has gone back to
New York without having argued the case
which he came to lay before the supreme
court.
Mr.. Cleveland's warm friends claim that
there was no politics in his trip and they aver
that his meeting with the democrats in the
parlors of the hotel where he was stopping
was just an informal reception. The Critic
tonight says point blank that Mr.. Cleveland
| was here to start his boom for 1892. 1t fur
ther says that this boom was started
at meeting of the Free Trade Reform club
held in the ancient city of Hagerstown, Md,
last night This was attended by Messrs.
| Springer, Wilson of West Virginia, and
Breckenridge of Kentucky. The Critic says
"The Hagerstown meeting was gotten up to
present an opportunity for these gentlemen
to outline the desires and intentions of the
wing of the party to which they belong, the
great southern free trade wing. The real in
tent and object of the meeting was to set
| going the boom for Cleveland and Campbell
in 1892 The three gentlemen noted are all
| warmly in favor of that ticket which they
fondly believe to be a winning one.
Besides this letter was read from Mr..
Cleveland in which he reiterated the views
1
his famous message. 1t was received with
tumultuous enthusiasm. Another letter was
read from Governor James f.. Campbell of
Ohio, which was warmly received. Other
| letters were read, mostly from Maryland
| politicians. That the meeting accomplished
| the purpose it Svas gotten up for is evident
| from the satisfied and complacent looks today
| of the gentlemen named. 1t has started the
| Cleveland and Campbell boom going, and
| much to their own satisfaction, started it in a
southern state, and they did so by authority"
HOUSE TO HOUSE CAMPAIGN.
| The executive committee of the national
republican committee will hold a meeting in
this city on Wednesday of next week. The
meeting is anticipated with much interest on
the part of the leaders of the party and it is
| expected that many prominent republicans
who are not members of the executive COM
mittee will be here. The committee
is composed of Matthew Stanley
| Quay of Pennsylvania, chairman;
| John G. New of Indiana, M. H. De Young of
! California, G. A. Hobart of New Jersey, Sam
uel Fessenden of Connecticut, j. L. Fassct of
New York, Colonel j. S. Clarkson of Iowa,
| A. L. Conger Of Ohio, George r. Davis of
| Illinois and w. w. Dudley of Washington.
| There is "a vacancy TO be filed, caused by the
| death Of Colonel Cassius NJ Goodloe of Ken
| lucky.
| On the surface of affairs the democrats are
doing nothing in the way of campaigning and
| the republicans are active. The republican
organization has headquarters here which
| seem to be active with men who are attending
to the work of the committee. 1t looks as if
! the organization were doing effective work,
while the democrats were asleep. The re-
verse situation is true and the meeting the
coming week will discuss the situation. The
republicans are not doing a fraction of the
work the democrats are. The heavy
weights of that party are carry
ing on very crafty still hunt
they are making an expensive compaign.
| They are doing house to house missionary
work for the spread of the gospel of free
trade. Chairman Brice Colonel William
Scott of Pennsylvania, Miles Ross Oclerichs
Barbour and Senator German and others are
behind the work. The party has large
force of ''walkiug delegates" scattered over
the country. These apostles of democracy
go to the farms. They stop at the farmers
house. They kiss the farmers baby
and are deeply interested in the
condition of his crops. When they have
worked the farmer into the proper frame of
mind over the depressed condition of the
farming interests they use their eloquencc to
pursuade him that all this is due to failure
Of the democrats to carry the country at the
last election, and having planted this seed in
| his bosom they are gone for another man.
| This sort of campaign is very expensive,
| but the democrats have already levied for
the necessary funds. To some of the states
large amounts have been sent to be followed
with more as soon as needed. This is the
h; .,l
| publican leaders at the meeting next week
ANOTHER ERROR.
An error was made in giving the date of
| President Harrison's proclamation of last
year opening to settlement portion of the
| territory of Oklahoma in the bill providing
temporary government for the territory.
which was signed by the president
last night This was brought to
the attention of Mr.. Springer one of
the conference committee which prepared the
bill in the form it passed congress, He says
the error will not affect the law as a whole;
that it will stand and the government of the
territory will be established as intended. If
the clause containing the error is held to be
invalid Mr.. Springer says the only effect will
! be to authorize the secretary of the interl or
TO issue patents to claimants under the home
stead law for land anywhere within the ter
ritory instead Of being restricted to the limits
of the land opened to settlement by the terms
of the proclamation of the president on March
49, 1889,
| THE IRRIGATION QUESTION
| In its discussion of the irrigation question
| the senate will investigate closely tho amount
of public lands withdrawn from the public
domain and set aside as property of the United
! States not subject to entry under the act of
October >, 1855. Senator Teller this morning
secured the passage of a resolution asking the
secretary of the interior for complete infor-
nation as TO the amount of lands
withdrawn under the act. He also wants
TO know just what consideration the secretary
of the interior gives TO this act and howmuch
authority the secretary thinks he has by its
terms A great many entries have been sus-
pended under the provisions Of this act, and
/ Senator Teller also asks for a statement Of
! just how many there are The secretary of
the interior has for some time had this ques-
tion under consideration, and recently re-