The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-07

Mr.. CLEVELAND a. their own. He proposes
that the Mugwumps shall make Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND the Mugwump candidate. that he
shall have the Mugwump and tho Column
bian nomination:
think that nearly an Of No were glad In go and 'Bs.
and would DO glad D7 to for oaovns oLrvELArp:
but Clsve,andism and Democracy are two distinct
thinss That hasbec fully proved BY tho very recent
memorable logic OF events
"ot tn. ar.t, cleveiandlsm We. the members Of the
new party. want As much as We can get or the sec.
ond Democracy. We have become distrustful that
we want to leave It free to follow lie own bent.
"ff you will Join this party and work with In the
months to come II you will work until tho month OF
May. you will then have built up party which will
give GROVER CLEVELAND the support be needs. and
whose nomination he will be thankful to accept know.
ing that he will have party behind him which will
hold up his hands and will not try TO drag him down.
base that assertion upon my belief In CLEvkLANp As
patriot and staesmsn nrst. last. and every time"
Mr.. MEANS hopes that there will be Re-
publican CLEVELAND men. too. but he Is con-
fldent that the Mugwumps and Columbians
have the power to elect their favorite:
81 believe that Republicans will come to the support
Of CLEVELAND but cannot tell yet: have to live
and learn.
III We hold our Convention week or two before
the others held. and II We Mugwumps claim GROVER
CLEVELAND ~ our own as well We may. for We made
MIN PRESIDENT ana " We support TINS man VINO mas NOT
been supported believe that We can carry the next
national election"
In his peroration Mr.. MEANS prophesied
the glories OF the Reform Club. when the
years have passed by" he said. "what shall
our grandsons have to say OF US? May
they not say, my grandfather was men,
Der OF the Massachusetts Reform Club. and
the Massachusetts Reform Club was the
alma mater Of the new party?"
Mr.. WINsLow WARREN. Mugwump. was
for forcing the nomination Of Mr.. CLEvE-
| LAND upon the Democrats. and discouraged
the Columbian-M ugwump scheme:
~ do not believe In the party proposed because
believe GROVER CLxvsLAYp will be . new party when
he 10 nominated tGreat applaussl In GRovER CLEvr.
shall have all the principles which the new
party advocates: honest money. tari6 reform. and
civil reform This 10 not the time to take to the
woods. when we do not know what 10 before us We
can compel the Democratic party to nominate GROVER
CLEVELAND. or they may nominate some one else at
their peril"
The Democratic party Is forewarned. 1t
must put up Mr.. CLEVELAND. the Mug
wumpo- Columbian candidate. on Mug
wumpo-C Columbian or CLEVELAND platform.
or the Mugwumpo-Co lumbians will put him
up on separate ticket. CLEVELAND and
Democracy are two distinct things. The
Columbian Mugwumps are consistent. and
believe in nominating Mr.. CLEVELAND as q
third party candidate. The not yet Column
bianized Mugwumps think that they can
force the Democrats to nominate the Mug
wump and Columbian candidate. It Is we'll
to have these things understood. Mr..
MEANS and his friends admit that Mr..
CLEVELAND is opposed to Democratic prin-
s.1o ~
still believe that Mr.. CLEVELAND should DO
nominated by the Democracy. the frankness
| OF his Massachusetts, admirers may en-
tighten them. As the candidate Of the CO.
! lumbians, he will be In his place.
The Gear Depicted by an English Hand.
1t is an interesting sketch Of ALEXANDER
| III. which Is contributed by Mr.. w. T.
STEAD to the January number Of the Re
pic,c of Eepie,rs. The Russian autocrat is
not popular in Great Britain. and therefore
we were not prepared 10 see full justice
done to his character by an English Jour-
nalst. This tribute OF respect is the more
weighty because Mr.. STEAD is the only
Englshman who has had the opportunity
OF interviewing the Car in the interest OF
q newspaper. 1t is thus first-hand impress
sions. and not borrowed or speculative
opinions. which he sets before US.
| What especially concerns the world to
know is the Cars personal feeling in re-
gard to war. Does he wish to hasten or to
postpone as long as possible the seemingly
inevitable CONFUSION Of Europe? It is Mr..
STEAD's conviction that the Emperor looks
upon war with horror. In the last Russo
Turkish conflict he saw enough Of the reali-
ties OF campaigning to recol from the
thought OF causing such calamities. Unlike
Kaiser WILLIAM H.. the Russian sovereign
desires. we are told. not to be reputed a
great monarch. but to be the ruler OF a
great people. whose welfare and progress
are safeguarded by peace. Mr. STEAD. in
deed. would not affirm that the Car is for
peace at any price, but he believes him to
be for peace at almost any price compatible
with national honor and the defence OF
Russian interests.
This view Of the Cars wishes seems ut
first sight irreconchable with his present
friendliness to France and his former atti-
tude toward Prince ALEXANDER OF Batten-
berg when the lattcr was reigning at Sofia.
Mr.. STEAD insists. however. that the incon-
sistency Is apparent rather than real. At
| Cno very DetSluuIuS VI Ills reign, ALEAANDEH
I'LL met tho German Emperor at Skierne-
wicze to rcnow the ties which had long
bound Germany and Russia. To that ira
ditional understanding he adhered until he
was alienated by what seemed to he proofs
OF BIsMARcK's duplicity in tho forged de-
spatches to Bulgaria. When tho forgery was
exposed. tho Car showed a willingness and
even an cagerness to renew friendly
relations with the Berlin Government;
and there is but little doubt that
had BISMARCK remained Chancellor. the
former state OF things would have
been restored. Even as things are. Mr.
STEAD thinks that the Russian sover.
eigns motive in entering into a species OF
agreement with France is generally misun.
lc,stood. The Gar still distrusts the
French republic. not only because in the
past it has given an asylum and sympathy
to Poles and Nihilists. but on account Of the