Telegram-herald., 1891-07-07

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The Fort wsyas Gazette of the san
mat. Published dispatch from Chicago,
under date OF July a. which = 81 sig-
niticsnt that ne reproduce it entire:
"a well-known newspaper msn who
Was lately IN Detroit. CLEANED some Ia
tssestlng POLITICAL Information while IA
the City Of TIE Straits. Don NJ. DsCk-
lnson has quietly established press
bureau there. and 10 laylug tie
wires tor a presidential nomination IN
ls3s. IL Il believed that there Is an
understanding with Cleveland that he
vii soon publicly decline nomination.
Dickinson has the presidential itch
badly, and he feels that Cleveland can
not via ia ~. That would destroy
the chances for Dickinson forever after
ward. as lt 10 known he has always
been the most intimate advisor OF the
ex-Presdent. With Cleveland out the
claim will be made that Mich gan should
he honofed with the nomination.
Dickinson has bsg mouth, but IL
- not 90 big that he ever got hts
foot III it, anu the people
have nothing TO say against him.
Bat there Is split In the Michi-
gan Democracy. There IS the eieme nt
that has little use for Dickinson. They
are the rank and file Democrats, the
working men who think that Dickinson
10 too much on the silk stocking order.
IL rs this element that swept the State
for the Democracy in 1890. They will
agree that Michigan should have first
place on the presidential ticket. but fla
vor Wlnans. Ii can be assuredIy stated
that the two factions are growing.
Wlnans lately got tangled up in some
vetoes which made him some enemies
IN Detroit, even the leading evening
Democrat organ of the State, the paper
that nominated and elected him, threat
ening TO go back on him. But there is
an allegiance between this paper and
the horny handed Democracy and their
combined voice, it is said, will soon be
heard in the interest of the Livingston
county farmer, for the presidential
nomination. In the meantime the two
principals are on friendly terms. but 1t
Is much after the friendship that ex-
isted between Messrs. Seed and Clutch
OF time worn play"
The fact that Dickinson had estab-
lished psess bureau in Detroit became
apparent long since to any one who
had access to exchanges. The fulsoms
notices Of the gentiemen, headed by
cuts of his whiskers, were too similar
in tone and language TO be mistaken
for spontaneous effusions. They
smelt of the machine too pungently to
be natural. But those articles all
spoke of the willy Don as aiming at the
United States Senatorship. 1t is posi-
BILE, however, that that is only blind,
to use until Cleveland makes his decll-
nation. IL such is really the case.
Weston may be in the deal for United
States Senator instead of Don, lying
low until his superlors perfect their
plans and ready to take their leavings.
But Dickinson's "silk stockings"
trouble the rag-tag-an bob-ta OF the
party. Without that element Democ-
racy can not hope to win. While they
might not 60 so far ~ to insist that
their champion wears no stockings at
all, yet they draw the line at silk.
They prefer the home-spun WOODEN
socks of Farmer Winans. And this
has made a split in Michigan Democ-
racy. To one who associates the Presi-
dency with some idea of mental quail
fications, the candidacy of Winans
presents comlcai appearance. but
from the standpoint of stockings" he
might pass. 1t Is also a party necessity
to select candidate with reference to
other qualifications than brain power.
The Democracy beat Blaine once with
fat and now they look to stockings to
knock him out again. If he receives the
Republican nomination in 1892. The
Republican party, however. will not be
party to such an apotheos:s of socks.
II takes no stock in stockings as against
brains, and will protest against turning
a man end for end to fill the Presi.
dental chair.