Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-15
PALMER FOR PRESIDENT.

A special dispatch to the San Fr an
isco Chronicle from Washington, 1ndes
ate of March 18th, says;
The name of John M. Palm - of u,;.
,ois. whose election to sbe Jinited
;tates senate yesterday. teIv,inated q
deadlock which has ? s.ttfacted national
is on ever,J lip. A prominent
politician who arrived in Washington
rom New York 'shis morning says that
when it was Known in New York that
General Pal.ner was elected senator the
talk OF Pa, ,.mer for president in 1882 was
rife. At the editorial rooms of the Com
rnercia. Advertiser, a well-known
Cleveland paper, Palmer's name
was put down as the candi-
dictate for 1892. 1t was stated that
the dissensions in New York state make
che selection of New York man wholly
impracticable. These views are thought
to be very significant, coming as they do
from a newspaper which has always
been Cleveland organ and whose edi-
tor is next-deor neighbor and warm
personal friend of Grover Cleveland. 1t
was stated, also. that various kilograms
have passed between New York and
leading western Democrats, the result of
which will probably be announced in a
formidable Palmer boom which will be
launched from New York in a day or so.
General Palmer is known to hold con-
servative views on the question of coin
age, which makes him popular in the
east.
What would be the strength OF General
Palmer as candidate on the Democratic
ticket in 1892? He was born in Ken
lucky in September, 1877 but has spent
nearly all his life in Illinois, He has
had good deal of experience in public
affairs. He won marked distinction in
Z the war, and at all times has stood be-
fore the people as the very exponent OF
rugged, incorruptible honesty OF purpose
and practice. Streeter in his natural
chagrin, to be sure insinuates what he
does not say but that is like the fly ion
the wheel of the cart. 1t raises very
little dust.
Palmer was Republican until after
the war, when the gross corruption and
un-American tendency of his party drove
him into the Democratic party. He has
the confidence of the Farmers Alliance
in the west, as is shown by his defeat OF
Streeter, whom the Alliance people can
not back after his own announcement
that he is a Republican in his tariff
views. If there is one thing the Alli-
lance wants above another it is relief
from the taxation system OF the Repub-
lican party.
Palmer would draw to him the votes
of great many Republicans in all parts
of the country, who are dissatisfied with
their own party under its present man.
agement.
These are his strong points: The vote
he would get from the Grand Army,
from disgruntled Republicans, and the
farmers.
Where are his weak points? He is
now nearly "A years old. But he is a
very vigorous man, in full possession of
all his faculties, in rugged health.
His age is small disadvantage under
the circumstances. A more serious mat
ter is the support he might lose in his
own party. He has always been rather
independent in his political career, and
the other day he openly announced that
in the senate he would follow
his own course without much reference
to party lines. In defense of this
announcement there is this to be said.
He is elected by the farmers votes, and
he means to be true to their interests
as senator first. Then the source from
which his boom comes indicates that he
will have large wing of the Democratic
party at his back. There is no doubt
that the inspiration for the Palmer
boom comes from the Cleveland camp,
and means to make the general second
choice as against Hill. The appearance
of this dispatch in the Chronicle, as
well as the sources referred to in it
show this. The man of all men whom
the Republicans fear is David B. Hill.
This is the secret OF all that appears tc
his disadvantage. They wish to pre-
vent his nomination, or failing in that
they wish to have foundation laid in
the minds of the people to attack him.
In view of the force bill, any Demo
crat' is sure of the solid south. The
only spot Of danger is West Virginia
where purchasable negro vote might
turn the small majority. What the
Democracy has to look to is New York
New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana
Hill is dead sure of his own state, and
no other man is. He is surer of Con
necticut than any other man. The Re
publican politicians know this well, and
that is the reason of their bespatterine
Hill.