Evening journal., 1892-05-13
snALL wg oefY New YoRK9

In Enthusiastically thoughtful and
well.writteu article on the situation the
Baltimore sun shows that Senator Bills
opposition 70 the nomination Of Cleve-
land is dictated by selfshuess-he wants
the place for himself.
Il is diiferen. with Henry Wsttersou.
His chars cteristlc direetness and frank
ness dispose Of his own interests in ad
vance. BE says be has no Presidential
or other ambitions to crafty; be prefers
bis own place. He says
lam free niger aud not a slave
Niger. and the highest sort Of a high
private, and, please God, | Intend % re-
main 50 as long as | live.
Commenting on the situation thus
presented, the Baltimore Sun says:
The fault that we find with Mr.. Wat
terson Is that he - not logical and not
even consistent with himself. BE proves
either too much or too little. he says:
las soc it. we can only elect with the
vote of New York, which the fac ions in
the Empire state make hopeless for any
nominee identified with the Hill-Cleve
land imbroglio. either as principal or
as an accessory. According 70 Mr.. Wat
terson, the Democratic party cannot win
| uithont the electoral vote. Of New York,
aud those votes neither Mr. Cleveland
nor Mr. Hill can possibly obtain. Mr..
Watt.rscn utterly fails TO show what
other DemocrA. can win them. ln fact
be kills everv other possible candidate In
the sweeping declaration that no man
can carry that state who Is Identified
either as principal or accessory, with
the Hill- Cleveland controversy" WhRi
distlngui he'd Democrs, can he name VII,
is not 10 sympathy aud opinion, II not il
q word and set already on the one side o.
the olherf What prominent Democra
is there who Is not either a tariff re
former, a civil service reformer,
champion Of honest money with Cleve
Z land. or a supporter OF machine polite
a and Of the spoils system, and trimme
upon the tariff aud currency issues wit
Hulf What better chance than MI
Cleveland would Mr.. Csrlisle. Kentucky
l. own gifiei son. whose claims TO the non
q ination Mr.. Watterson eloquently advc
h Gates, have Of carrying NeS York, th
Empire State Of the East
p Ifa faction 10 New York which
Ia Of en- controlled. as In this case. by Il
= personal ambition Of one man, is to di
a tate the candidate and then knife hin
!. or trade him as was done in 1883. for Il
r $l5 600. 600 to be divided among Il
r. spoilsmen IN New York, then II IS tin
N for the Democratic parry to defy Ne
|, York. II cannot be relied upon, eth
M before or sfter the bargain sksll hs'
. been struck. Even IL Hill himself we
81 nominated there is no certainty that q
I'd spoilsmen would not dump him or ei
n change him to continue to collect tn
in SIS. 900. OOO That Is what thew are be
". for. They do not care for principles Al
he more than for the Democratic party
by The Democrats Of the West and Of
ID south are tired Of New York dictatiS
ye. they are weary Of New York treaehei
leh they are wary OF the New York trade
art The East will not thrive under them.
he The Democrats Of the country mean
It 20 to Chicago for the purpose Of canva
ec. ing the situation thoroughly, and, If
be that shall have been done, they '
70 determine whether to listen to the So
a old traitors plea from the New "
r. politicians or TO defy New York.
ne To do the latter would assure
T. party, srss, OF political health, then o.