The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19
senntor Rrown.s Recollection.


In recent article in the Atlanta Jour
nal, reviewing Senator Joseph E. Browns
letter advocating the nomination Of Sena-
tor Hill for President, Mr.. Harvey John
son takes the position that Senator Brown
is not well enough acquainted with the his
| tory Of the Democratic party TO justify
him in assuming TO be an authority with re-
gard to it. Senator Brown in his letter
said: II recoilect no instance where a
third nomination has been given TO a demo-
cratic President or 10 any democratic can
didate."
The trouble with Senator Browns recol-
lection is that, although it reaches back a
good many years, it does not reach far
enough to take in the entire history Of the
Democratic party. That Jefferson was a
democratic President no one doubts, and
yet he received third nomination from his
party. Does any one doubt that Andrew
jackson was a democrat? And yet he was
nominated third time.
Senator Brown in making clearer the
purpose Of his letter said that IL it has been
the usage Of the Democratic party to give
no man a third nomination for the presi-
dency "then the usage is unfavorable TO the
claims Of Mr.. Cleveland
But the usage OF the Democratic party
has not been as stated by Senator Brown.
From the precedents cited it is apparent
that 1t has been the usage to give demo-
cratic candidate a third nomination when
be has been sufficiently conspicuous 10 de-
serve It And the usage is not unfavorable
TO Mr.. Cleveland. With the two conspicu-
GUS precedents staring him in the face will
Senator Brown say that It isl Mr.. Cleve-
land may not be quite as prominent as either
jeff rson or jackson was, but in some par
ticulars he is as great a man as either of
them was, and the popularity of neither Of
them was greater than his is. There exists,
therefore. neither precedent no reason
against nominating Mr.. Cleveland third
time.
Senator Brown seems to think that Mr..
Cleveland's defeat in 1888 is an unanswera-
bic reason why he should not be nominated
again. He forgets that jefferson was de-
feated In 1906 and was triumphsntly elected
in 1900, and that jackson was defeated in
1924 and was elected in 1923.
And Senator Brown is equally unfort-
innate in his parallel between Mr.. Van
Buren, and Mr.. Cleveland. 1t is true that
Mr.. Van Buren, was elected the first time he
ran for President and was defeated the sec
ond time, and that was the experience of
Mr.. Cleveland, but Mr.. Van Buren, was not
denied third nomination, as Senator
Brown intimates, because his party
was opposed to giving can
didate third nomination. He
was refused a third nomination because
he had become a convert 10 free soil doc.
trines, and hence, the south objected to him.
And the two-thirds rule was not adopted to
prevent him from getting a third nomina-
ton, as stated by Senator Brown. That
rule had been applied in the two national
conventions which Immediately preceded
the one to which Mr.. Van Buren, came as a
candidate for third nomination.
Senator Browns letter may have caused
some OF Mr.. Cleveland's friends to desert
him, because Senator Brown has considera.
BILE influence throughout this state. II the
senator becomes satisfied that he has made
erroneous statements that are calculated to
injure Mr.. Cleveland's chances for the nom
nation he will take an early opportunity :,
doubtless, to correct them.