Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-03

idea gives him some strength as compr0.
mise candidate, but the lightning wili
Me- Mr. Carlisle sil viii have the support Of the
land deleaation. bat tho time has not come
vet when the Democratic party can ven
fure the experiment of nominating south:
ern man for either place on the presidential
ticket.
Governor Robert z. Psttison, Of Penn
svlvaria. will be another competitor Tor
the nomination. He 10 q young man, and
though be has never been q member Oh
either house OF Congress or held once un-
der the United States Government. he has
been made conspicuous ny career OF
State, the second Commonwealth in the
Union. The lights have been turned upon
him in two excited canvAsses for the gov
ernorship of his State, and II there had
been any flaws in his personal or political
character they would not have escaped de.
lection and exposure. But we are yet
to hear OF any. After lar sno trying
test of his administrative ability IN one
gubernatorial term he was recalled from
private life to assume the responsibilities
of a second term by the voice OF the peo-
ple of his Republican State. and ~ now dis-
CHARGING the duties of that high office.
His personal character - beyond reproecn
and his Democratic record, because 1t has
been unassailed. may be safely regarded as
unassailable. If he should be nominated
for President there IS no reason TO appre-
bend that any Democrat would withno'd
his vote or yield him a half-hearted sup
port. He could not be otherwise than ac-
ceptable TO the rock-ribbed Dem ocracy
Throughout the whole country. and the
1ammsny machine and the County De-
mocracy of New York would vie one, with
the other as 70 who could best work anu
best agree in insuring his election.
There is equal reason to Deiieve tnat no
would be equally acceptable to the great
mass of Mr.. Cievelapd's Mugwump friends
The history and antecedents Of Mr.. Cieve-
land. which commended him to their sup
port in his original candidacy IN 1884. nave
been almost reproduced IN Governor fat,
tison's career MIR. Cleveland's po1ficai
life had been then, as Governor ra..,,
sons has now been, confined to his own
State. Mr.. Cleveland had filed by poPu-
lar election the offices Of sheriff OF ms
county and mayor of his city, and on the
strength of popularity acquired WIN the
independent voters by his administrator
of those Offices, he had been nominated
for Governor and elected by phenoine-
nal majority. Now Governor Pattisohs
career is almost exactly parallel. A Demo-
publican city of Philadelphia. he was
elected as very young man by his party
aided by the votes of independent hepuo-
licans upon q reform issue, 10 inost re-
sponsible financial Office under the CITY
government. He 30 demeaned himseii III
that Office as to retain the commences Oh
the reform element in the kepupIican
party, and by its support again III ntaee
canvass was elected as Governor. he Is
now Governor for the second time, after q
third endorsement by the Mugwumps Oh
PENNSYLVANIA. If that is not GOOD OASIS
upon which to build for Mugwump votes
in the coming presidential election we
cannot conceive what would be.
WHAT ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA?
But we are told that Governor Pattison
cannot, If nominated for President, carry
his OVID State. We may concede that ne
cannot. but his success in twice carrying
the State for Governor makesit not Alto
gether improbable that he might, but
certainly no other Democratic candidate
can carry PENNSYLVANIA, and II Pattison
should not, nothing would be lost by his
nomination. The true question Is not
whether he will lose his own State, but
what other State, if any, would he lose
that any other Democratic candidate could
carryY Is there any one! Is there SIN
gle State which may be reasonably calcu-
nominees in which Governor Pattison
would not probably command as full q
support as any other competitor Tor the
Nomination.
But even If he cannot carry his own
State his nomination would be O tower of
strength to every associate with him upon
the Democratic ticket. Members OF the
House of Representatives have to be
elected at the same time, and 1t may De
g. -, .snt, fa1 hot
President would secure the return OF
several Democrats to Congress from Penn
sylvania whose seats would be otherwise
occupied in the next Congress by Republi-
cans to vote for Reed as Speaker and the
infamous force bill as law.
NORTHERN METHODIST.
Governor Pattison has one element OF
strength which may prove Of great value
IN a presidential canvass. The Republican
party in all of its history has found most
active and efficient ally In the Northern
Methodist Church. Its eplscopate, Its |
itinerant ministry. and its periodical press
have been pronouncedly and intensely Re;
publican, and it's lay vote has constituted
an imposing element in the Republican |
masses. Now, Governor Pattison IS him.
self a member of the Northern Methodist |
Church. and the son of Northern Metho- |
dist minister. This fact contributed no |
little strength to his candidacy for Gov
ernor of his own State in two canvasses,
and upon the larger arena of presidential
canvass in closely divided States 1t may |
prove to be most material and efficient |
element of success.
/ have no personal acquaintance with |
Governor Pattison. and have had no cor |
respondence with him or any OF his friends, |
and have no axe to grind. But l am so |
profoundly impressed with the absolute |
Of
that shudder with apprehension of the loss |
of the golden opportunity. The force bill Is |
not dead, and If MIR. Harrison should be re- |
elected and the Republicans retaining the |
Senate should recover the House OF Re- |
representatives., O renewal of the days of re- |
construction is not two years IN advance |
of US. In view of that imminent danger |
to every southern interest OF home and |
fireside, is it not worse than Nero |
adding while Rome was burning for |
southern men to be jeopardizing Demo-
cratic success by worship and squab- |
bling about candidates or encouraging /
divisions in our party at home or in other |
States upon questions of currency, silver /
coinage tariff, or anything else /! Let us
endeavor as far as possible to quiet all
dissenslons among ourselves; to agree to /
disagree where necessary; to abstain from /
all elimination and reciimination to /
close up our ranks for the impending bat
tie: and TO send our wisest and calmest men |
to the national convention to nominate not |
the men of our choice, but candidates |
who can concentrate III every section OF /
the Union the full anti-Republican vote.
believe that Governor Pattison can do |
this better than any other man before the |
people, and / earnestly invoke from my |
Democratic brethren a thoughtful con-
sideration of the reasons upon which that |
conviction is based. w. X. Is.
The Last Gun.
fClothier and Furnisher.l
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