St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-26
BLACKBURN's POSITION.
He Is Still Doubtful About CIeve-
lands Running Qualities.

land'S Turning Qualities.
WASHINGTON. ID. g., Sept. 25.-Sena-
tor Blackburn, who is IN the city for a
few days, talks freely about Democratic
candidates, and his attitude toward Mr..
Cleveland. When told that he had been
credited with saying that he is about
the only man i'll Kentucky who is
against Cleveland in 1892, he said:
That is not fair way of putting my
position. If, when the time comes to
make nomination, Mr.. Cleveland ap-
pears to be the strongest man in the
party. and the man who can win, will
vote for him. i know number of
people have tried to make 1t appear at
state that | struck blow at Cleve-
land. l did not. l was, it is
true, chairman of the committee
on resolutions that drafted the party
platform, and upon which we won A
splendid victory in August, electing
everything from the governor down. In
that platform | Incorporated free sill
yer coinage plank. Some people said
that L did it as slap at Cleveland, on
account of what L considered his iniudi-
cious, unnecessary and gratuitous silver
letter. AS matter of fact, Mr.. Cieve-
land was not III my mind at all. kept
Within the lines of the national Demo-
cratic platform of 1884 upon that sub
ject.
Il did not mean slap at Mr.. Cleve-
land or any other man. He had ae-
copied the nomination upon the plat
form of 1884, had gone to the country,
and had been elected president. 1t was
a broad declaration of friendship to sill
yer, and If there has been any change
i'll the party front upon this national is
sue since 1884, down to the present do
not know it. Certainly all that has
happened in Kentucky politics since my
election and reelection to the senate
warrants the conclusion that there has
been no serious or substantial differ
ence between my people and myself. l
would not take man as candidate III
1892, except the one who shall appear to
be tine most available and the trueSt
representative of the principles upon
which the Democratic party has been
fighting in the years that have passed.
That the tariff is the pivotal issue in
the contest, all sensible men know and
all honest men admit, but to ignore the
currency and silver issue some people
think would be a mistake, and with
their conclusions / am disposed to
agree"
Senator Blackburn has been invited
to make speeches both i'll Ohio and New
York. He is not certain whether he
will take any part in the campaign. He
admits that he may be troubled about
the result in Ohio, but in the case of
MIR. Flower he has no doubt.
Il am frank to confess" the senator
said, that at the present time Mr..
Cleveland does not appear to be the
most available candidate, but the pres
ent conditions may change by next
spring. | know that in 1888 there were
elements in New York who deliberately
knitted Mr.. Cleveland, and thus kept the
Democratic party out of control of the
executive branch of the government.
| have learned nothing since then to
make me believe that these Democrats
have either repented or relented or will
not do worse next time. l do not be-
lieve that either Cleveland or Hill can
carry New York. The factional fight is
to tie great. If it is necessary to have a
candidate from New York there are
other men upon whom all can unite, but
the day will soon come, l hope. if it has
not already come, when the Democratic
party Will not be dependent upon New
York for its Standard-bearer. There
has been no Democratic candidate for
the presidency since Buchanan's
time who has not come from New York.
Mcclellan was said to be from New Jer-
sey, but everybody knows he was a
New York man. Hancock was accred-
tied 20 Pennsylvania, but / doubt if he
had lived there for twenty years. The
Republican party, Oh the contrary, has
always taken its president from the
West, around Ohio, Illinois and Indi-
ana, and we can learn lesson from
them. If Campbell wins his fight i'll
Ohio this year it will certainly put him
in the foremost list of available men,