The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-21

to candidates and platforms and
record. Mr.. Cleveland is quoted as
having said recently that "fhe Dem
ocratic party had never committed so
many blunders within so short time as
since the opening of the present House of
Representatives, and there are many
| cool Democrats who agree with him. The
present House is, indeed, making history
very rapidly. 1t has started out with the
avowed intention of accomplishing as
much in the direction of positive free
trade as possible by its piecemeal attack
of the Mckinley bill. The first and
great point of attack has been
on wool, which will solidify in op-
position to that party in several
doubtful states, the interest and influence
of 100000 voters interested in the wool
growing industry. This attack on wool is
intended TO satisfy the clamor for free raw
materials among the wool manufacturers
of New England, who have been rapidly
verging towards Democracy on the free
raw material issue. But Mr.. Bland and
his ultra-silver associates, backed by an
immense majority of the Democrats in
the House, majority which comprises
two-thlrds of the entire vote of the House,
have endorsed the free coinage of silver,
which is. in the view of New England cap
ltalists and New England sentiment gen.
orally, a more severe blow 10 the manu-
featuring and industrial interests of that
section than any tariff on wool that could
be devised. 1t is scarcely necessary to dis
cuss the details of these two great propo-
sitlons further than to state them. The
effort to maintain Democratic gains in
New England by this contradictory policy
viii be entirely futile. The discussion in
the Democratic party as to candi-
dates discloses 4 more positive ami
mostly than has been known even in that
party of hostile camps. Mr.. Cleveland
and his friends have not given up the
struggle. They realize Mr.. Cleveland's
popular strength in the party, particularly
outside of New York and New England.
Even in the South Mr.. Cleveland is the
man above all Others whom acute South
ern politicians believe can most easily be
elected. In their opinion he can most
certainly succeed, and success above all
other things-above principle or men~-is
what the Southern leaders are alter.
Mr.. Hill Is campaigning even more
vigorously than ever i'll every direction.
He regards New York settled Cleveland
dead and buried, the South fallow field
for his operations, and in that direction
ne is about to make an effort. His play is
for the South. The South for Hill, with
New York would give him an easy ma
jority. He expects nothing from New
England; he expects nothing from the
Northwest; he expects nothing from rant
ing. senseless crusade on the
lines of tariff reform, but he
expects to win in the South
ho
ton to the so-called'fo force bill, and on his
ability to convince the Southern men that
he can carry the doubtful states necessary
to succeed. The candidacy of Palmer of
Illinois, while he may be able to carry
that state against Harrison, carries no
strength with it in the East or South. He
may be able to impress some Western
states with his strength on the grounds of
availability. Assuming that Hill and
Cleveland might succeed in destroy
ing each other, the candidate
selected would undoubtedly come from
the West, and it is this situation that
Palmer is endeavoring to cultivate. 1t is
scarcely worth while to discuss the
strength of any other candidates of the
Democratic organization. The party is
divided; it is dominated by Tammany: it
is torn to tatters by the influence and dis
sensions of the Mugwumps; it has no set
tied policy; its pretentions of economy
are sham, and the people will not be de-
ceived by them.
On the other hand the policy of the Re-
publican organization is ,in1t of Tho Ia,
The party believes it Ndv ON hand. g,
tariff agitation; it is oppthis greatest of Q
coinage of silver and believqion for which
currency; is believes in decent YOU can ha
tions for the honest administrator reasonat
government; liberal appropriate uuer ~
pensions, honest appropriations fo. .ire.,
continuance of the new policy regardIlv i
the construction of a modern navy
1t is supporting the president
regarding all recent foreign complications;
it has been indorsed by the supreme court
in its conduct of legislation in the Fifty
first congress; its record as to appoint
ments and conduct are attracting new
support from conservative men in all parts
of the country every day. Nobody ex-
poets the president to alter his course or
change his opinions, and nobody believes
that the Democratic party will give this
country definite policy during this ses-
sion of congress by which to be judged.