The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-18
In tho Air.

Tho Hon. JOHN E. KENNA, or his simula-
crum, was intercepted by reporter the
other day and made to say some queer say.
ings. For example:
"ro my mind there is no doubt who the Democratic
candidate WILDE 1t is In the air. All the signs point
CLxvELAsp. Some Democratic Senators are opposed to
him. bnt that 10 all there 10 to she opposition 1t Il con-
fined to the politicians The great ma'a Of the people
want CLkvHLANp and In the end their wishes must
vail Ibslevs that CLkvkLAsp stronger with the rank
and s OF the party than he was when he left the White
House. lie il identified with the question which 10 to
form the Issue the campaign next election. tho great
question Of wrnxinG from the people millions Of money
for legitimate purposes Of Government. That 10
bound to be tho issue rear and on It the Demo
Gratis will win."
This Is grateful and comforting In the
canicuar days. and We are glad II Mr.
KENNA said IT.; and II he didn't no less
thankful to tho reporter whose mind con-
ceived the fiction. There is print OF the
practsed literary hand in this under done
under-statement: "Some Democratic Sena-
tors are opposed to him." Some hens have
no teeth, and when tho mind Is nornorwest
some persons OF intelligence know jackass
from Surinam toad. There has been and
is, in fact, such an unanimous turning up Of
Senatorial noses at the Claimant that every
mag Will NO siAA W
hear Of Democratic Senator who believes
that the Talow Trust Is In the air.
Did Mr.. KENNA say a few kind words for
the Notwithstanding hero Of the Mug
wumps, or did tender.hearted reporter in
vent them? Never mind, 30 long as kind
hearts are more than solid facts. The re-
nomination OF the Claimant, then. is "in
the air." In what particular section OF the
atmosphere it is concealed cannot be found
out. Neither Mr.. KENNA's reporter nor any
Mugwump seer will give particulars. 1t is
inconvenient to give particulars when you
have to supply them out Of your imagina-
ton. To give O local habtation to that
mythical region where the rank and file,
1.-THE great mass OF the people," want
CLEVELAND, would be as hard task as to
draw up summary Of real estate titles on
the land due east OF the sun and due west OF
the moon, or to float the bonds OF Cloud
cuckootown. II tho people really banker
for the Claimant, the Democratic poll
ticians must be the rashest and blind
est set Of men from Alpha to Oma-
ha, or "from hell to breakfast" as Col.
| WATTERsoN's ecumenical formula runs. 1t
is not usual and it Is extremely unsafe for
politicians to try to buck against an evident
and strong movement in their party. II
there is such a movement in the direction
Of the Claimant why is it not visible at
Democratic Conventions? Why are resolu-
tions In his favor ignominiously sat upon by
the Kentucky Democrats? Why does Iowa.
said to be paradise Of tariff reform, have
nothing to say about him? Why do the
Mississippi Democrats proclaim that they
hay ny for hin, ~ fboro ia Cr pvr
LAND boom. it is as mysterious, evasive,
and intangible as the sea serpent.
When Mr.. KENNA or his simuacrum says
that the Claimant is identified with the
great question Of wringing from the people
millions OF money for no legitimate purposes
Of Government" we suppose that tho Bill
lion Congress is meant. Mr.. KENNA will be
panied to learn that the Claimant did not
hear OF the Billion until some weeks after
the Fifty-first Congress had adjourned.