Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-12
HENRY WATTERS0N.
TIE BRILLIANT KsNrucKlAN ON THE
PRESIDENTIAL SITUATION.
IN. Nomination of Any New Yorker Now
rmpossibie-cieveiand. Palmer, Boies'
and Other Possibilities.


c,,o,oo. March ii.-An authorized in
,.,,icW with Henry Watterson is made
'-trc Mr.. wattorson read the inter
- after IL was written and endorsed 1t
c,rrect. Three questions were pro-
.,.,5co. The first and second related TO
~. yatterson's well.known views upon
t.,onT and silver. The third and most
'..,,rtant question, that of'the presiden-
..i nomination, Mr.. Wattefson answered
last. lie said:
FOR TRE NOMINEE.
.rt,vc never INDUCED myself much IN
-t ,rorship. and any good Democrat
r, ,be national convention NAV see mt
.,r,,nafc will suit me. IL l had 10 put
IAN in the White House he would be
~. Carlisle / regard HIM as the best
..rippci Democrat IN puohc ne. lie IL
.rl honest. He Is sound 20 the core
L la. the courage Of his convictions.
.,,,s making Crea, oxpOsitions OF Demo
..,. f0rc and leading Democratic tariff
S....,. vlcn Mr. Cleveland was mayor OF
49,. Re would make an eminent
,.Ierf Him aside. anybody will suit
I,-l.o d1es not come from New York"
"Nty sof
ANFw YORKER IMPOSSIBLE.
..r.,euse the factions there have made
....tnation OF any New Yorker impos-
Goyernor Hill has killed Mr. Cleve-
I atd m doing 50 he has almost killed
..Il The nomination must come Mest
., III Massachusetts,. Pennsylvania or
1fr.and. II we could not elect Mr.
...rt in 1855. when he was IN the
.,. Uouse and when ne had oil the
.., f,rm and show of harmony IN the
...,- I'D New York. what chance should
lsve against the present vehement op-
.,.rs Mr.. Cleveland made us good
-..5..f. In great affairs he has many of
dement's of "a great man. | am most
'..,eIr hi- friend. But | must contest,
..l ..metines / feel like resenting, the
-.t.n that be Is our sole, our only and
,..t original Moses IN the matter oil tarln
REFORM
c.rtrfAyu's NOMINATION WOULD BR SUICIDE.
n. Cleveland allowed three years Of his
c.1 .,lutristrat,OI TO pass before he de-
.r.d himself When other Democrats
,,.-. struggling with the demons OF DARK
,..~ he was passive and silent. When he
+..r.,k ont he spoke well. but he was SO
..rnfiel. of the issue he had himself pre-
..,t.+al That be sent Mr.. Gorman and the
I+.Mutam L. Scott TO 81. Louis with cut
.rd dried platform Ignoring his own mes
,,,e Iru0rire the Mills bill. anC TeasSeTt-
'r. a.. fre party Jaw the straddle we had
rr9Falu Chicago in 1854. do not mean TO
,-.ra,.u or cr.ticise Mr.. Cleveland IN the
l.s.f Ueis AS good q tariff retormer as
'r.tolv. but be Is no better than halt a
dozen who have an equal clam with hlm
.,uubhc confidence. In the face OF the
Now York schlsm II seems TO me his nomi-
nation would he sheer suicide, and have
S, much respect for his sense Of dignity
and honor that take II for granted he Will
In due tiao withdraw his name"
SENATOR PALMER.
DO you think Senator Palmer is too
oldy"
Why. what is the matter with Glad
stone or Bismarck No, certainly not.
Ueisan excellent man, and If there are no
srkh holes IN his record would make an eX-
c.lent candidate. SO would Governor
Boie-. of Iowa SO would Governor Rus
fel. ~ Governor Pattison, or Mr. .Gorman.
20 we decide 10 60 East. The woods are
ful OF admirable possibilities"
wATIKRsoN HIMSELF.
I'm reference 10 hint that he himself
rieht be a candidate Mr.. Watterson re-
marked: when there has been a foreign
vsr and | have had the opportunity 10
.nk nv Confederate record under Union
-ommission and do prOdigies OF valor on
fhe tented field, or words 10 that effect,
come 70 me and | Will talk 10 you about
n'
Tonight Mr. Watterson left for Louis
Vile