Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-23
CLEVELAND CRITICS
Admit That the EX-President
Is a Much ShreWder Pol
itician Than He
is CREDITED WITH BEING.
Men Who Know Him Well Insist
That He Can Pull the Wires.
WHY BUFFALONIANS OPPOSE HIM.
Too Many of Them Thought They'd Get All
They Wanted From Him
is CREDITED WITH BEING.
WHY BUFFALONIANS OPPOSE HIM.
WHEN he WAS PRESIDENT BEFORE
rrRox A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. ]


CHICAGO, June 22-Upon. Wednesday,
bright morning, after the midnight rain, q
few knowing spectators saw two carriage
loads go past. The first carriage contained
Croker, Cochran and Sheehan, the triumvi
rate against Cleveland. The second car
rage contained Bissell, Stetson and Whit.
ney, the triumvirate for Cleveland.
Said William C. Hudson, looking at
these: '1 would much rather be among the
men who have fought Cleveland at this con-
vention. Yes, sir; these very Tammany
leaders will fare better in Cleveland's
hands, if he gets the Presidency, than those
who have served him. 1t has been the case
with me and with all others The first
business in order with Cleveland to dis
charge his debts of gratitude is BY kicking
the bearers Of them down the back stairs. Z"
Mr.. Hudson is an accomplished novelist,
and his books sell and are paid for in cash.
without recourse TO the 10 per cent mockery.
He is the clerk of the Railroad Commission
at Albany, and is favorite with Boss Nc
Laughlin.
"why is not Mclaughlin here?"
asked. 'Ts it true that he is down on both
Hill and Cleveland?"
mo. the old man is too infrm to come to
these big things 1t is about as much as we
can do to get him to State convention"
CreveIand's shrewdness in Politics.
''Tell me-" said /, SIS Cleveland-whom
you know so well, having been in his Ex-
ecutive Department when he was first
nominated-is Cleveland taking any active
part in pulling the strings here?"
''He Thoroughly deceived us as to that in
1884 He has the cunning faculty of SEEM
ing to be independent of the events of life
and indifferent to manipulating anything,
while back be takes the keenest interest
Stetson and Whitney are to all intents and
purposes his partners, as Bissel was his
law partner. Those three men carry the
commercial, legal and political interests of
their partner together"
"Can Cleveland carry New York?''
''He may do so by Republican votes A
good many Republicans who hate the De-
mocracy on all other things seem to me to
be for Cleveland. But Cleveland himself
/ regard as being played by the principal
Mugwumps, whose game is to annex what
part of the Democracy they want and turn
the rest loose"
A few minutes afterward ran upon John
Wiley, who was a member of Congress at
Buffalo, and for some time rather moder-
ately critical of Cleveland. Being out of
politics now, and with bright young wife
whom he has married in the West, he was
in a position to speak about Cleveland's 8
old homestead at Buffalo
"Has Cleveland ever gone to Buffalo of
late years?''
why Buffalo Doesn't Like Grover.
"Only once. At the Inauguration of our
Young Mems Cleveland Club he came
over and made speech. He was treated
pretty badly in Buffalo by some Democrats
there from whom he expected differently.
Lots of these thought they could go to
Washington and get claims put through the
department, and, failing to do so, they de-
nounced him, like Mr.. Locke, who is here
now"
"Has Cleveland recovered strength in
Erie county, New York?''
81 think he has. The Republicans, since
he ceased to be President, uniformly speak
well of him. The Republican members of
the bar there remember with truth, and say
with candOr, that he was one of our best
lawyers. The Sheehan element is against
him. That is about the extent of the oppo-
blAlOu " NltNGldHu lHtTe Erle COuDIV
has gone Republican by as high as 5000,
but we carried it some time ago. and it may
be said to be debatable ground
'Are you in favor of Cleveland's nomina-
tion here?"
Il am out of politics, but will tell YOU
why he is going to be nominated, as think
he viii be. = 1t is because the Democrats
prefer to float their candidate by national
impulse into victory rather than to riddle
about whether they can carry this State or
that, and just manage to get enough cleo
toral votes TO pull through.
The Multitude With Cleveland
'The multitude is with Cleveland. The
honest masses of the Democratic party per-
ceive that he is being opposed by individu-
ais from individual interest. There is
Governor Flower, who has injured himself
greatly by signing this autographed pro-
test. There are names on that protest /
can't understand, such as that of Daniel
Manning's son."
Referring to Mr.. Hudson again. he said:
81 have no hostility to Cleveland, though
he could not restore the illusion once had
for him. In this convention about two
thirds of the delegates are at heart against
him. One-third of these is tied up by the
unit rule and State instructions and casts
Its vote with hesitation and another third is
against him, all the time bitterly. There is
one-third here who would rather be de-
teated with him than nominate anybody
else. Now the two-thirds against him have
been struggling in vain TO come to some
combination. They have not cut out their
work in time to make it effective. They
required some time ago to have seen these
Western men, but they thought they could
nominate Hill, and like some of the other
delegates, are rather afraid to wander away
from lest they break the delegation up"
Tammany Feeling Greatly Injured.
Some of the Tammany Hall men with a
band of music were going elong Tuesday
night when some Western bvstanders re-
marked aloud, "Why don't YOU play
'Croppies Lie Down." alluding to the old
Wexford legend that the short-haired Irish
in the rebellion of 179S would not stand up
at the firing of the bullets. Poor Tammany
Hall feels injured.
A great man came out of the South whose
name was said to be German. This indi-
Gated that be was descended from an Irish
King. He had the solid South all banded
together and would beat Cleveland out of
his boots. The understanding was that after
Hill had been laid aside this great German
should be nominated. 1t now appears that
the great German did not have one vote in
his own delegation which he could transfer
TO anybody but himself He was led like
the prize OK on Mardi Gras through the
streets with a laurel crown on his head, in
order to be cut into steaks the day after
The Tammanv men want nothing but
their positions in New York. Seeing Ed
Stokes come into the Richelieu, late at
night, big-badged Tammany man squatted
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