St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-12

! land came up. They sit on the ends OF
a balanced pole. and Cleveland is now
on the upper end. The danger OF Mr.
CleYeland's nomination is passing away.
lie has for eight years been the party
leader, and his name is stronger with
the Democratic masses throughout the
| country than any other name A host
OF other aspirants sprung up. but with
the single exception OF Senator Hill ev-
cry one OF them was afraid to show his
hand. The ex-president was naturally
strong with tie people of their states.
| and the candidates did not want 10 Of
| fend these friends. They did not want
to weaken themselves by opposing, or
| seeming TO oppose, the nomination OF
| the popular idol. 80 they talked for
| Cleveland while they were working in a
halt-hearied sort OF way for themselves.
| They said they were candidates only In
the event that Mr. Cleveland could not
| be nominated. but if there was any show
! for Cleveland they were for him.
LAS result Of this sort OF timidity on
| the part OF The minor candidates Hill
was left practically alone 10 stem the
tide OF CleyeIand's popularity. The
tlmid leaders talked so much for Cieve-
land that they convinced the country
| Cleveland was the only great man in the
| party and that ii! II was scOundrel and
an enemy Of the party for having thrown
Obstacles IN the way Of the IDOLS nomi.
nation. Having sOwn great quantity
! or CleYelandlSm as a cover to their own
ambitions, the minor candidates soon
reaped the consequences. and the con-
! sequences were almost a certainty OF
| Cleyeland's nomination, despite the OPP
| position of the state Of New York
! There was nobody bat Hill to stand
| against Cleveland, and he did not sat
lsfy the people. Every step which
Hill took toward the nomna-
ton only made the Cleveland
worshlpers the more eager and
the less rational; In the reaction
against Hill Cleveland came so rapidly
the front that the question was, would
he not be nominated by reclamation?
The danger Of this is growing less every
day, aud Tie signs Of the times point in
the direction Of Palmer and Flower.
1.-The Rhode Island election has had 4
tremendous influence upon party opin-
ion here, as it doubtless has had through
out the country. If the Democrats had
carried Rhode Island on the tariff issue,
| believe nothing could have stopped
the nomination OF Cleveland. He would
have been nominated before the state of
New York was reached OH the call OF
states in the Chicago convention But
the result of that election, while not
at all unexpected by those who under
stood the situation, has called
a halt. Men have stopped in
their mad rush after Cleveland to
think, to weigh the facts, to try and look
into the future. Rhode Island has
taught us the lesson that this IS not
likely to be a good year for rainbow
oh | of 4Vi
charged with rainbow chasing four
years ago, and am not going to repeat
my error this year. We may as we'll
face the cold facts of the situation. and
the cold facts are that, TO make sure OF
electing president, we must name a
ticket that can carry New York and
Indiana. We might eject our ticket by
the aid of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and
other Western states. We might carry
Massachusetts. But these are only pos
sibilities. We will carry those states
if we can, but we must not depend
upon them.
Hill Now Gut Of the Question.
"Now, when we come to consider can
didates we have queer state of facts.
TO carry New York we must go outside
New York for our candidate. Probably
know New York politics as well as
any man in Washington. and | declare
it would be miracle were we TO nom
mate either Hill or Cleveland and then
carry the Empire state for him. Hill is
now out of the question, anyway, and
so we need only talk of Cleveland. To
name him is to throw away the cleo
toral vote of the state in which he lives.
This is as certain as that human nature
will be the same November next as it is
fri a.
this. and talk of electing him without
New l ork / do not believe the Demo
cratic national convention will name
for president Il man who cannot gain
the support of the delegation Ifrom his
own state and who mas no prospects OF
getting the electoral votes Of that state
in November.
still there is danger that Cleveland
will be nominated. All New England
is for him. Pennsylvania is for him.
Mr.. Germans state of Maryland is likely
to be for him. Ohio will be in part
favorable to him. Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota. Kansas and other
Western states are coming III for him.
SO are some of the Southern states. The
great stumbling block is tle opposition
OF the delegation from New York. There
is a Chinese wall for the Cleveland
Cleveland convention, might take the
bit in its teeth and admit the contest
ing or Cleveland delegation from New
York, and in this way secure New
York's consent to the nomination of the
fayorte. But if the convention were TO
do this the Republican candidate for
president would carry New York state
in November by 20000J majority OF
course, the convention will not do any
thing of the sort. twill not even adj
init one of the contestants to be elected
at the May convention, if that conyen-
ton is ever held.
whitney Holds the Key.
81 will now give you some inside po-
litical information bearing on this crlti-
cal situation. The Cleveland managers
think they have it all fixed to secure
part of the New York delegation. You
NAV not Know it, but number of men
are in that delegation who feel very
friendly to the eX-president. such men
as Mayor Manning, of Albany, and
John Boyd Thatcher. But still more i'm
portant is the peculiar position i'll which
the delegations from New York city and
Brooklyn find themselves. 1t is well
known that in the midwinter eonyen-
ton the Tammany delegates opposed
lron-clad instructions for the delegates
who were to be sent TO Chicago. So ala
the Kings county men. Now Kings
county is for Cleveland, and Tammany
hall is for whomsoever three or four
men say she shall be for. Who is the
real master of Tammany hall? Net
Croker. not Mayor Grant, but William