The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-17
CLEVELAND AND NEW YORK.


The opponents of ex President Cleveland
are making one last desperate ehors TO de-
feat his nomination. They eoncede him
clear majority OF all The votes on the nrst
ballot. thereby admitting that he IS the
ayowed choice of the Democracy OF the
Union against the field; still they are deter
mined 10 leave no stone unturned to defeat
the people for their own selfish ends. and one
OF the main scsrecrows they will use 20
frighten the timid away from his support Will
be the same old chestnut that Cleveland
cannot carry New York"
Well one thing is very cortain-if Cleveland
cannot carry New York there is no Democrat
in the country who can. The midwinter
snap convention of the spoilsmen and ma
chinists is no criterion that the Democracy OF
the Empire State do not desire his nomins-
ton. The petition of 100000 true and tried
Democrats IN the State. and 60 900 more IN the
CITY for the Syracuse Convention is ample re-
futation .of the clam Of the spoilsmen that
they represent the New York Democrats. ana
the contesting Syracuse delegation Will make
it clear before the convention that the better
element of the, party prefer Mr.. cleveland
to any one else. and that he is the strongest
selection, especially as far as New York is con-
cerned. that the convention can make.
cleveland lost the State in 1855" say the
wrappers. But the circumstances now gov
etning are decidedly different from what
ahey were then. This year there is no Ruoer-
material election progressing. thereby oferipR
friends Of any candidate opportunity and
temptation TO trade off q president for
governor, as was done in 1883. Gov
ernor Hill himself may not have sanctioned
anything Of this kind, and we do not assert
nor believe, that he did, because not only
has he himself denied the statement TO that
effect. but Mr. Cleveland has also said ne was
not guilty of the charge SO frequently made
against him. But that trades were made is
certain; else why was the Democratic
State ticket elected and the national
candidates as we'll as the candidates for
Congress defeated? Mr. Warner, in his
speech here at Mozart Academy just before
the presidential primaries, said that this ira
ding was due to the ignorance of the people
regarding tariff reform, and doubtless he was
right But the people are now instructed
about the tariff and will have no desire 20
trade votes even if they had the opportunity.
Then again. Quay will not be able TO make
such wholesale purchases OF votes in Kings
county with the Republican corruption fund
as he did in 1888. He is very sore over the
defeat of Blaine at Minneapolis. and will not
work so enthusiastically for Harrison as he did
before. Even if he were willing TO do 80, how
ever he would not be able, because the election
laws Of New York have beeh changed since
'ss. and now trading. dickering and the pur-
chase of votes cannot be carried on on any
very extensive scale without exposure. There
is little danger now from that source which
proved so fatal to Cleveland four years ago.
AS to the report that Hill will knife"
Cleveland if he is nominated, that is all the
subhmty of bosh Mr.. Hill boasts that he IS
a Democrat, and as such he will, Of course,
Loyalty support the ticket no matter of whom
it may be composed Besides this 1T is as much
10 his interest, and 10 that of his followers.
that Cleveland should carry the State If nomi
mated as il is TO the interest Of Mr.. Cleveland
himself for if he should lose it there are hun
dredS of thousands in the country who will
never be convinced that it was not lost
through the fault of Hill. and he would never
survive il. Therefore Mr.. Hill and Tammany,
and all the rest of his friends will
be found working like beavers on election
day to carry New York for the Democracy let
the standard bearer of the party be whom he
may.
There is no fear, then. that Cleveland will
lose New York if he is the nominee of the
Chicago Convention. and that he will be there
is little doubt His enemies have tried hard
to defeat him. and yet he, without exertion,
and by the pure strength of his character and
the confidence the people have in him, has
beaten them at every point. If they accord
him now 500 votes. 1t is quite safe to claim
for him the other hundred. and General
Tracy. one of his most devoted friends,
evidently knows what he is talking about
when he declares that 1T is all over but the
shouting"