Omaha daily bee., 1892-06-17


posed and whose nomination would mean
certain defeatl
Anyone Preferable to Cleveland.
''The d 'mocrats of the state OF New York
are inspired by something besides loyalty
ard friendship for Governor Hill. They are
fighting for the life of the party and they
would be opposing tho nomination Of ex-
President Cleveland as strongly today as
they are now doing whether Governor Hill
was n candidate or not In addition to this
fact, the rank aid file of the democracy Of
New York believe in organization, because
they have become convinced that the present
organization of the democratic party means
success.
Tin 1885 the New Ysrk Times and Evening
Post and all their followers boted Governor
Hill Ever since, that time they have
assaulted him at every step-misrepresehted
tho reasons for every action taken. More,
they have since that time opposed him again
for the Office of governor after Il unanimous
nomination in 1882 Openly and boldly oppos
ing him, at the SAME 1ime charging that MIR.
Cleveland. who was! also a candidate for
Office, did not wanta him elected, nor could
prominent members of the national commit
tee induce Mr.. Cleveland to so much as say
that no one had authority to say that he was
opposed to the election OF Governor Hill"
sinned Against Tammany.
EVERY oneknows what they did in 1890 in
the contest against Tammany hall, the
regular democratiea organization of the city
of New York, in which contest Messrs
Fairchild and Grace We're prominent in an
open aud undisguised combination with the
repu bican organization OF New York. at the
head of which was ex-senator Thomas Platt,
and had the combination been successful the
whole election machiaery of that democratic
stronghold would haye been turned over to
the republican party, and not only would
that election, machihefy, now controlled by
the democratic regular organization, be in
control of the. republican party
asv Tns that sontro sao party Wosd sbis nres
dental election. AS the people know and
understand, the various other acts of treach
cry occurring in the several years from 1854
down to the present time, | will pass them
and come TO the convention of 1891, when the
democratic party, smartng under the indig
mites and insults which have been heaped
upon 1t by these mugwulnps, determined to
drive them out of the party; to fire them out
of all connection with the organization of the
state so that their only home should be with
their allies, the common enemy, on the prin-
cIple that our party could moro easily fight
It's enemies when it could put them all in
front of it, so they elected the county q =
mooracy official representatives OF the mug
wump from the convention, tumbllng Mr..
Grace and the rest of them in a heap
together" 49,.
In the action of the mugWump convention
proves that he is willing to go before the
country las Representa- tative of body of
boilers and no work the party leaders in the
state might do, IN my opinion, could con-
vince the rank and file that they should sup
port candidate who was the representative
of such BODY"
The above interview was carefully re-
vised and fully considered by the anti
Cleveland leaders now IN this city, and 1T
represents their careful and deliberate
opinion in the matter 1t can be taken as
representative of the views of Mr.. Croker,
the head of the Tammany hall organization,
tod nhn intt-
tenant Governor Sheehan of New York aud
| Corporation Counsel Clark of the city of
| New York.
From IA Cleveland Source.
Mr.. Fairchild, secretary of tho treasury
under Mr. Cleveland ana the head of the
| May convention, also arrived in the city dur
| ing the day, and in response to numerous
| requests from newspaper men the following
statement was prepared:
MIR. Fairchild said that no fair minded
| man well informed as to the sentiment of
| New York can doubt that Cleveland is by
| many thousand votes the strongest candi-
! date for that state, which is earnestly in
| favor of tariff reform, and which contains
| very large body of independent voters, who
are enthusiastic i'll support OF Mr.. Cleve-
| land. Mr.. Cleveland is, however, not the
| favorte of the democrats OF New York
| alone. but of the masses of the party
| throughout the entire country. and his
| friends in New York desire that no mis-
| TAKEN luca aDOub NEW OFh
the action of delegates Of other states.
Democrats Everyone ot Them.
MIR. Fairchild further said that everyone
| might be sure thatbhe action OF the delega-
| tion appointed at the Syracuse convention,
| after full consultation with the delegates 5
from the whole co'ifttF. so lar rs they could
have il, would be the &isest and for the best
interests of the depio &atic party Us q whole
that his friends Would come here, not as ii
| fort hlt as m an GaUshlv devoted tC
I the democratic party f,who cared Tor it more
tnan they did for any individual member of
the party, and wheiyere and would he abso
lutely unseliish in all Of their actions before
the convention. They represented q great
body of democrats'in the state OF New York.
the vast majority OF democrats OF that state.
No man need feel{ hqsaid, that any member
of this delegation would do anything for sci
fish or personal Considerations which coulC
IN his judgment in the least imperil the well
being and success jof9he party.
Their Astipp Undecided.
Mr.. Fairchild was subsequently, asked b,
an Associated press reporter whether or nc
the New York May convention delegates
| would make an out and out contest Tor th'
| seats of the February convention delegates
| and carry thDt contest on the floor of III,
, | convention, or be content with statement
to show that they represented the majority
OF the votes in the democratic party in New
York
Mr. Fairchild answered frankly, but sale
r he could not speak for the delegation. as 1
had never met since selected. IL would, IN
added, depend upon the action OF maiorit.
Of the delegation aftesalb arrived here
Nothing was said In the Syracuse conven
tion on this point Whatever discretion tn
! Syracuse convention had IL transferred I
. the delegation, said Mr.. Fairehild. He em
y phasized again his previous declaration tha
o the delegates did not como hers for the pui
0 pose OF stirring up strife and disrupting IN
party in New York by eop est fer conlro
of the organization.
Mr.. Fairchild was asked whether Nj
Whitney was absolutely and M npromis