The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-18

The combinations of possible democratic
candidates for President and Vice President,
made by Henry Watterson and published
! few days ago, have had the effect OF set
ting afloat a good deal of political gossip OF
one kind and another 1t is said that, not
withstanding Watterson's expressions OF
regard for Mr.. Cleveland, he is notln favor
| of nominating him for President. lie wants
/ a western man nominated, and prefers
! Senator Carlisle. In a recent letter from
| New York the statement was made that
! Mr.. Watterson knows very well that there
| is a scheme Matching in the south and south
west which has in contemplation the nomi-
nation Of another man than Mr.. Clevs-
! land. " and that the WatterSon clique favors
| it.
Itisnot gu easy matter to discover just
what WattersoE.s purpose IS. At present
it seems to be to attract the atten-
ton of the public to himself. But there is
no doubt that there is growing feeling
among western politicians that the west, as
sisted by the south, is strong enough to die
tate the nomination of President. And
there is some foundation for this feeling.
The west and the south are getting closer
together. The great transportation lines,
for instance, which have their terminals on
the South Atlantic coast, are reaching all
parts of the west. and are gradually getting
control of the transportation business that
has heretofore been monopolized by rail
roads reaching the seaboard on the North
Atlantic coast.
In a speech in Galloway county, Missouri,
the other day Hon. r. p. Bland, in answer
to question as to what he thought of Mr..
Cleveland, said: "Mr. Cleveland is an honest
man, fearless and has the courage of his
convictions, and made us a good President.
But | am opposed to Mr. Cleveland / want
q western democrat, g man fully In accord
with the west and south upon all the issues
| regard Mr. Cleveland as a great and pure
man. don't question his democracy. He
has the right to think for himself. | would
not assume to dictate TO him or any other
democrat, but he is not with us of the south
and west upon all of the issues. |, with
him, regard tariff reform as the leading
and greatest issue for 1892.
Mr.. Bland admits that Mr.. Cleveland is
great and pure man and a good democrat,
but he doesn't want him nominated for
President. He wants a we3teru democrat
one fully in harmony with the west and
south upon all issues. He thinks that tariff
reform will be the great issue in 1892, and
admits that Mr.. Cleveland is the leading
exponent of that issue.
The only issue upon which Mr.. Cleveland
cannot be said to be IN harmony with the
democrats of the west and south is that of
silver, and it is far from certain that the
west and south are committed to the free
coinage of silver. What they want is more
currency. Give them that in some other
shape than silver, and the great majority
Of them would not care whether the coinage
Of silver was increased or not.
The truth is, the west wants to control the
country and expects the south to help her
do it, and MIR. Bland only voiced this feel
ing when he said he was in favor of nomina-
ting western man for President.
The thing for the Democratic party to do,
however, is 10 nominate the man it can
elect. The question whether he is ac east
ern or western man should not be raised.
There is no doubt that the majority of the
democrats of the country think that Mr..
Cleveland is the strongest man that could be
nominated. If they continue to hold that
opinion it would be mistake to nominate
western man. 1t will be time enough to let
the desire of the west for power have con-
trolling influence when the Democratic
party is absolutely certain Of success.