The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-18

of two things he must d.. He mus {
either take another term as gOveraor, or
he must be Ia a pCsiti n 10 t3ke II, or 10
haad it over TO tle man OF BIS choii e. II
he accepts the senatorship, Re adehbeFateiy
walks oIt Of the battle ground ana the
various candi iates caa make tn If G nab ma
tons without him. That WOO. really mean
his reduction TO ranks. Hs. would be an
adviser instead of mmandsT. There is
no use mincing matters IL Is nos 8 gov
ernorship, but a presidency, which jsr AZ
stake with him The real .psint IS this:
Are his presidential chances pr5mfsing
enough TO jus ify him in ,Iesiins a United
States senatorship slip through sis f. gsrsl
he thinks they are. His strength as il. the
position he holds. He IS the only obstacle
In the path Of Mr.. Cleveland ard m the
United States Senate be would be no OBJ
stacle at all | heard pecufiar story the
other morning, but 1 didn't believe il when
heard It. IE was to the effect that Cleye-
land ana Hill had come to an understand
ing, the terms Of it being that Hilbis 70
clear the track for Cleveland aud that, in
return for it. he is 10 have 10 the next dem
ocratic cabinet the place which Thomas F.
Bayard occupied in She last one
Since l heard that rumor some things
have happened which seem to lend it
conf nation. Lieut.. Gov. Jones has in-
dulged in little side fling against third
terms. That was either a slap in the
face for the governor, who had already
Sc we'd two terms, or it was prompted by
the governor himself. in which event he Of
course does not mean to seek another nomi-
nation. Another very significant thing was
his allusion in his luual message to his
last year of gubernatorial service. That
allusion may mean something or nothing,
but it never was resorted to without
a purpose and it is certainly the
NJ . frRer hn
ship comes along at an unfortunate time,
because it compeis the men who dispose OF
it to show their hands too soon. However.
the situation is plain enough. By the time
the next convention is due in New York
state it will be good deal easier to predict
the presidential programme than it is nov.
Next November the governor will be able
to see just where his political interests can
be b9st subserved. If everything looks
like Cleveland outside of New York, he can
make his own terms for Strengthening out
matters for Nj. Cleveland in the Empire
State; if, on the contrary, he regards his
own chances as good, he can act acco. dinghy.
So you see he has little 10 lose by relinqush-
ing the senatorship."
Who will get the senatorshiprn
at looks like Flower. but l happen to
know that it hasn't been settled yet"
What will be the presidential significance
of Flowers election"
at will make the tie between Tammanv
and the governor stronger than ever. Tam
many was never more formidable than now.
and if the governor gives her a United
States senator Dick Croker will have a big
political debt to pay. 1t will simply help
the governor to be completely master of the
situation in New York when the time for
choosing delegates to the national conven-
ton comes. But there's no hurry about the
senatorship just now. The first thing is to
clear up the matter of the contested seats;
when this is done another page Of the po-
litical programme will be unfolded. Hill
never turns page over until he comes to
it, and one page at a time is enough
for him. You won't be able to infer the
contents Of the rest of his blok even
when the senatorshio page is revealed, but
you will have little more material for
guessing than you have nown