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

SCI Iii. As liill began 10 70 down CieYe-
land came up. They sit On the ends Of
a balanced pole. aud Cleveland Is now
on the upper end. The danger OF Mr.
cleveland s nomination IS passing away.
lie las 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 ey-
cry one Of them was afraid 20 show his
hand. The eX-president was naturally
strong with The people Of their states,
and the candidates did not want 10 Of
fend these friends. They did not want
10 weaken themselves by opposing, or
seeming 10 oppose, the nomination Of
the popular Idol. So they talked for
Cleveland while they were working in a
half-hearted sort Of way for themselves.
Ihcy 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
AS result Of this sort Of timjdity on
the part Of the minor candidates Hill
was left practically alone 10 stem the
tide of Cleyeland's popularity. The
tlnld Leaders talked so much for Cieve-
land that they convinced the country
Cleveland was the only great man in the
party and that HUI was a scOundrel and
an enemy Of tie party for having thrown
obstacles IN the way Of the IDOLS nomi.
nation. Having sOWn great quantity
OF CIeYelaudism as cover to their own
ambitions, the minor candidates soon
reaped the consequences, and the con-
sequences were almost Il certainty Of
Clcycland's nomination, despite tie Op-
nHLlftnn nf tift. L ~
There was nobody but Hill 10 stand
against Cleveland, and he did not sat
lsiy the people. Every step which
Hill took toward the n0mna-
ton only made the Cleveland
worshlpcrs the more eager and
the less rational; In the reaction
against Hill Cleveland came 50 rapidly
o the front that the question was, would
he not be nominated by acclamatlOn?
The danger of this IS growing less every
day, and tie signs Of the times point in
tile direction Of Palmer and Flower.
"Ihe Rhode Island election has had a
tremendous influence upon party opn-
ion here, as it doubtless has had through
out the country. II tie Democrats had
carried Rhode Island on the tariff issue,
| believe nothing could have stopped
the nomination OF Cleveland lie would
have been nominated before the state of
New York was reached on ;he call Of
states in the Chicago convention But
the result Of that election, while not
at all unexpected by thO7e who under
stood the situation, has called
halt. Men have stopped in
their mad rush after Cleveland u
think, 10 weigh the facts 10 Try and look
into the future. Rhode Island has
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likely to be good year for rainbOW
chasing. ] was one Of those who Weru
charged with rainbow chasing four
years ago, and am not going to repeat
INV error this year. We may as well
lace the cold facts Of the situation. and
the cold facts are that, TO make sure Of
clecting president, we must name Il
ticket that can carry New York ANA
Indiana. We might eject our ticket by
the aid of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa aud
other " eStern states. We might carry
Massachusetts. But these are only pos
sibililies. We viii carry those states
if we can, but we must not depend
upon them.
IgIII Now out Of the Question.
Nov, when we come to consider can
ddates we have queer state of facts.
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New York for our candidate. Probably
! know New York politics as we'll as
any man in Washington, and | declare
it would be q 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. 10
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
today. CleVeland's own friends admit
this, and talk Of electing him without
New l ork / do not believe the Demo
cratic national convention will name
for president a man who cannot gain
the support of the delegation from 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.
Mir. Gorman's state Of Mary land is likely
to be for him. Ohio will he IN part
favorable to him. Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota. Kansas and other
Western states are coming IN for him.
So are some of The Southern states. The
great stumbling block is the opposition
of the delegation from New ork. There
is a Chinese wall for the Cleveland
boom to climb. The convention, if
Cleveland convention, might take The
bit in It's 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
i'm November by 200,0 900 majority. OF
course. the convention Will not DO any
thing of the sort. 1t will not even adj
nit one of the contestants TO be elected
at the May convention, if that conYen-
ton is ever held.
whitney Holds the Key.
Il will now give you some inside pO-
litical information bearing on this crltl-
cal situation. The Cleveland managers
think they have it all fixed to secure a
part of the New York delegation. You
may not Know it, but number of men
are in that delegation who feel very
friendly to the cX-presldent such men
as Mayor Manning, of Albany, and
John Boyd Thatcher. But Sjill more i'm
portaut is the peculiar position in which
Tie delegations from New York city and
Brooklyn find themselves. 1t is well
known that in the midwinter conyen-
ton the Tammany delegates opposed
IrOn-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 Whomsoeyer three or four
men say she shall be for. Who is the
real master OF Tammany hall? Net
Croker not Mayor Grant, but William
c. Whitney, who was Mr.. Cleye-
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