The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-17
SOMEBODY TO BEAT HARRISON,

The New York World publishes an IN
terview with governor Shee
han, in which he says:
Mr.. Cleveland cannot be nominated. If
be were nominated he could not be elected.
The action of the Minneapolis convention
settled that point. Harrison defeated
Cleveland four years ago. He is no weaker
now than he was then. He is stronger He
has given his party everything 1t wanted.
He has made one of the best Presidents
that the Republican party has gwen us.
The Democracy must put MP its strongest
men TO defeat Harrison and Reid Senator
Hill is the strongest candidate whose name
will be presented at Chicago, and he Will
be the nominee.
Mr.. Sheehan will 90 to Chicago to as
sist in comprising the defeat of Mr..
Cleveland and securing the nomination
of somebody who can beat Harrison.
The Journal has nothing to do with the
motives of his opposition to Mr.. Cleve-
land. tbs enough for our purpose that
Mr.. Sheehan is a practical politician,
Lieutenant governor of New York, and
presumably posted in its politics. He
says positively that Mr.. Cleveland can
not carry New York. and that it will be
necessary for the Democrats to put up
their strongest man to defeat Harrison,
who is stronger now than he was four
years ago.
The New York Sun agrees with Mr.
Sheehan as to Mr.. Cleveland's inability
to beat Harrison. In leading editor
ial entitled "Can the Democrats Beat
Harrison7" the Sun says:
Mr.. Harrison cannot be beaten by Mr..
Cleveland. That was demons trated in 1885,
In that year Mr. Cleveland had tho unani-
nous support of the New York delegation
In the Democratic national convention.
and throughout the cam paign ali the power
and patronage of the federal GOV ernment
were welded on his behalf. This year all
the resources of the federal adj istration
Will be employed for the Republican nOmi-
delegates from New York will present to
the convention the name of Mr.. Hill. and if
Mr.. Clevelands candidacy is forced upon
Democratic voters 1t will be against the
solemn protest of his party in this State.
No man of common sense will say that I'M
der such circumstances Mr.. Cleveland is
likely to run better in New York In 1892
than he ran In 1888.
The Sun is decidedly of the opinion
that Senator Hill is the only person
whose nomina alton will be a guaranty of
Democratic success. On the other hand,
the Indianapolis Sentinel and good
many other Democrat ic papers are as
decidedly of the opinion that Mr.. Cleve-
land is the only man in the party who
can beat Harrison, and that the nominal
tiOn of Hill would be political suicide.
A great many Democrats are of the
same opinion, and fully believe that if
Cleveland is not nominated they will be
doomed to defeat.
When Mr.. Sheehan gets to Chicago
he will find a multitude. of Democrats.
all intent on the same business that
takes him there, viz: to find somebody
who can beat Harrison. Besides the ar
dent supporters of Cleveland and Hill.
he will find largo number who believe
equivalent to defeat. and that the most
available man is Senator German. of
Maryland. He will find others who
think German fatally weak. The Sem
tinel says "Mr. Germans nomination
would be fatal mistake" A consid-
cradle number of Democrats think the
real Moses of the party. the man who
can surely beat Harrison. is Hon. w. X.
Morrison, of Illinois. But the Chicago
Times says he would never do. 1t says:
Morrison's sole recommendation is colos-
sal impudence, fostered by O lifetime of
selfseeking, with perpetual suggestion
that, come what may. the Republic, by
hook or by crook, must keep him in bread
and butter Himself lmpotent
for useful aid to the Democracy, he has
snapped his senile jaws and raised his
cracked voice, never heard for Democracy
upon the stump of even Illinois, against
every vlrile servant of the party who in
him In position which he had not the wit
to see lie never filed and whIch. so far as
at any time was his he lost fifteen years
ago. He is malignant aud impOtent sur
vival
The Times thinks it absurd to talk
about beating Harrison with Morrison,
and hopes the convention will not in
vite defeat by nominating him. Others
favor Carlisle, of Kentucky, or some
dark horse or favOrite son like BOies,
Campbell or Gray. But all these are
confronted by the fact that President
Harrison is man of strong personality
and aggressive char acter, and that he
cannot possibly be beaten by n weak or
negative man. And 80 the discussion
goes on. 1t is a vain search for some
body who can beat Harrison. That
somebody cannot be found in the Dem
Ocratic party.