Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-23

Opinions OF senators and Representative
on Cleveiandas Nomination.

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Opinions OF senators and Representatives
on Cleveiand's Nomination.
MOST OF THE DEMOCRATS ARE INCLINED TO m
ENTHUSIASTIC, ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE oPPo-
srTIoS ARE NOT YET REcoScrLEp-nR- HoL-
. NAN cRrrIcIsEs THE PLATFORM.
Probably Is much Of the opposition to Cleve-
land prior 10 the nomination a. could be found
anywhere was conferred among the democratic
members Of the House. To-day. however, q
general scquiescence In the nomination Is
found. The House only remained in session
ten minutes this morning, and only q
very few membes were present. Talks
with members brought out various
shades Of opinion, mainly highly
favorable to Mr.. Cleveland There was, how
ever. decided feeling Of opposition 10 the
platform, which WAS denounced in vsriegated
number Of adjectives.
How TIE OPPOSITION TAXES IT.
The opponents Of Mr.. Cleveland. nomination
o. general rule, were inclined TO accept the
result il not with enthusiasm ct least with
cheerfulness. As one anti-Cleveland man
put il: The situation reminds me
of hunting trip once went
grumbled at the food should do the cooking the
next day. One Of the party by his
cheerful acceptance Of everything without a
murmur had escaped the task during the entire
trip and IL was decided to put up Job on him.
Some biscuits were made In which about bag
oil SALT WIS emptied. Our friend at breakfast bit
into one Of these saline creations and his
face assumed shastly look. HI, he ejacu-
lated, these biscuits are salt, but. and he made
several efforts 10 swallow, Il like them that
way"
MORE on LESS uNREcoxcuEp
Some Of the ants, however. are still more or
less unreconciled. Mr.. Hooker Of Mississippi
said, referring to Mr.. Cleveland: IF he can carry
New York he can be elected, and certain parties
in New York having forced him on the party,
why, let them elect him."
Mr.. Bum Of North Carolina was also inclined
to be doubtful. ~ am afraid" he said, III
will have bad effect. In my state IL gives us
no chance to attack the third party, which viii
put ticket in every district and am afraid
render many Of them doubtful
OPPOSITION TO THE PLATFORM
There is opposition to the platform, although
most members Of the democraticu persuasion
are coy about expressing their views. Mr.. Hol-
man, however, IL outspoken
Speaking Of the nomination he said: at is q
good nomination; as good as could be made"
Z. le.
ne said, marked by more timidity than any,
thing the democratic party has done for years.
1t is as weak as q combination Of timidity and
slush could make it,"
As q rule, however, democrats were inclined
to be enthusiastic.
MR. DocKERys VIEWS.
Mr.. Dockery, who good judges say is marked
for q cabinet position In case Of democratic
success, said: "Cleveland's nomination was de-
manded by the democratic masses, and
assures . democratic triumph. His nomi-
nation emphasizes the necessity for q
larger market for our agricultural surplus
reduced prices for the necessaries Of life in
daily use among the people and increased
wages for labor. II means stability and pros
perity in every business interest and no federal
marshals or federal bayonets to supervise and
control elections"
WINNING NOMINATION.
at ID . winning nomination" said Mr.. Nc
MILAN; with Cleveland the democratic party
will be successful The advance is toward
democracy. Never has the party been SO
strong with the people and with the independent
press. Last year we elected thirty governors
carried the House Overwhelmingly and the
country by 100000 majority. This year we are
stronger than ever with the tariff issue and Mr..
Cleveland will be triumphantly elected.
Mr.. Kilgore Of Texas Is an old Cleveland man.
He is the choice Of the people," he said, "and
the people will certainly elect him by q large
majority
Mr.. Stone Of Kentucky was confident Sleeve
land VIII certainly carry New York and be
triumphantly elected" Was his summing up.
Nh. WHEELER ENTHUSIASTIC.
Mr.. Wheeler Of Alabama was enthusiastic.
Select him?' he said. "well, ! should say we
would. 1t is the strongest nomination
that could have been made. can't
see how many people should have
thought there was possibility of
defeating Cleveland's nomination The south
il solid for him, not because the people Of the
south are after Office, but because we all believe
that the best interests Of the country are met
by democratic administration"
SENATOR KENNA SATISFIED.
Senator Kenna, West Virginia, (dem. MIR.
Cleveland's nomination has seemed to me, for
an indefinite period, to be the logical result Of
the situation of the democratic party
pendently. II is rather one Of q num-
Der of important events in the recent his
tory Of the party, which. taken together, consti-
tute Q sequence. I think that much Of the
talk of his want of availability will disap-
pear when his nomination shall have demon
strated that other ambitions are not 10 be
gratified on that score. The Tammany democ-
racy believe to be o true democracy and
think that il will be found staunchly support
ing the ticket. I think that West Virginia
will elect its democratic ticket, including
the presidential electors. I think that
the democratic ticket will command the
standard strength Of the democracy in my
state, and that the republican ticket, with Mr..
Harrison at its head, will suffer in West vir-
ginia, because, especially, of the action of the
Minneapolis convention and Mr.. Hsrrison's
known earnestness of position in favor Of what
we have commonly called the force bill
CAN BEAT THAT NOMINATION.
Senator Plat (republican) Of Connecticut
said: We can beat that nomination. II viii be
hard, after the adoption of that tariff plank in
the democratic platform, for the New England
democrats to insist that they are as good pro-
tectionists as the republicans and it viii be
difficult to convince voters that they are.
Senator Pettigrew, South Dakota (republi-
can)-Mr. Cleveland 10 more popular in my
state.tha any other democrat The democrats
themselves cut but little figure with us po-
itieally. The strong party in South Dakota
il the Farmers' Alliance. On account Of
Cleveland's position on silver I think
the same Of his nomination asl do Of Harrison's s,
and that IL, that any other democrat, no matter
how little known, would have been stronger,
just - any other republican, no matter how
little known, would have been stronger than
Harrison.
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