The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-05

ba. RESIGNED bis Office of Secretary OF state.
This means of course. that be Is an avowed
candidate for the Republican nomination..
Let the contest come. Mr. Cleveiaho ha'
beaten him once before the people OK inc
United States and he will beat him again.
Assuming that Blaine will be nominated oy
,be Reuublicans the nomination OK Cleyelauo
hv tho Danocrats ia rendered certain, If there
had been any doubt about 1t before
We shal then have a contest led on the one
side by an honest. upright, able statesman III
an endeavor 10 secure 70 the masses Oh the
people the rights Of which they are no"
forcibly robbed by protective tarin a"s'
passed 10 increase the huge piles OF money
accumulated out Of the peoples savings by
bloated. lsw-protectsd monopolists On the
other aide the contest will DO led by man
wholly devoid Of political principle bail
feIlow we'll met" with tho boys" who aim at
getting their fingers into the public crlo' VIII
all that popularity that belongs to the maghe-
tism of q Fra Diavolo doing battle ID
campaign Of jobs. trickery. oyerreacnine 10.
ceptions and guile. We shall have hght OF
honesty and uprghtness upon one sioe' gnu
Of decisions. shams and frauds upon the other'
Where will the vote Of New YORK be ID
tins contest? II is hard to suppose that she
will cast her vote in Blaines favor ei'ei nsi
course in 1884. but surely nothing out tAe
unexpected happens in New lorE. MI
Cleveland received r. more votes III Ne"
York ia 1855 when he lost the State thah ne
received in 1885, when he carried 1t against
Mr.. Blaine. And he received 52,S0A more
votes in 1883 when be lost New ! ork thah
Governor Flower received in 1891 when he
carried the State by AZ SAT over fassett. bu'
unless all signs fail be will surely carry Ne"
York against Mr.. Blaine. and IN this connec-
ton the following recent interview with OK
Register John Reilly. one OF Iammany
most important leaders. is very significant.
He said
"Tammany Hall is going to support the
nominee OF the Chicago Convention. II " -
Cleveland oil right: Iammany Will support
him. MIR. Cleveland IS very strong IN TINS
state and he can be- elected over any kepub-
hcan who may be put up. Senator HUI Is a
strong man and he has done great WORK Tor
the democracy. II looks as If Alr. Cleveland
will be nominated. But whoever the noml-
nee is Tammany will support him.
Coming as these utterancos do from one OF
Tammany's most influential leaders they are
utterances Of the very greatest Importance
They may be taken as complete evidence OF
what they state. to wit: that Tammany will
support the nominee OF the party. whoever he
may be. whether Dir. Cleveland or some other
man.
The common sense Of the situation points
80 absolutely TO the same conclusion that 1t If
difficult to understand how any ono can think
otherwise If 1ammany has any objection
10 Mr.. Cleveland it must in its nature be one
devoid of any deep seat. Not one IammanS
voter In a thousand can by any possibility
have any personal acquaintance with Mr..
Cleveland. 30 that whatever OF personal OBJ
lection 10 him exists must of course be con
fined to a few individuals There are nc
great measures of public policy upon which
Mr. Cleveland and Tammany Hall are divided
We may. therefore, conclude with absolute
certainty that Tammany's objections TO Mr.
Cleveland. if il has any. which we do not be.
heve are Of the surface and temporary kind
which would yield at once to his nomination
by the party.
Upon the other hand Tammany would have
everything to gain by the election of the
Democratic nominee whether II could use him
after election or whether it could not. New
York city spends each year on its city govern
ment between thirty and thirty five millions
Of dollars. Tammsny's great aim and object
in life is the control Of the spending Of TINS
enormous sum. Tho money spent by the
United States Government in New York city
is a mere bagatelle compared with this i'm
perial revenue.
Tammany knows its position for controlling
New York city's annual expenditures is very
much stronger with Democratic administra-
ton of the Federal Government, even If II
cannot control that administration, than il
would be with a Republican administration
of the Federal Government. Ii would. there
fore, infinitely prefer to see Mr.. Cleveland. OF
any other Democrat President than to see {
Republican President Tammany has there
! fore. no objections 10 Mr. Cleveland that res
on any substantial and important basis. but d
has tendencies Of the very greatest signif
canoe that lead it to desire Democratic
/ President.