The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-18
MIR. CLEVELAND TO BE THE NOMINEE.


In summing up the result that will occur at
Chicago, the Washington Post has the follow
ing 10 say:
All things considered, it seems very much
as though Mr.. Cleveland would be nominated
on the first ballot. and that from start TO finish
that ballot will be little more than scramble
on the part of hating and hesitatlng dele
gates 10 get aboard the Cleveland band-wagOn
as il passes.
The Post is perfectly independent in poll.
tics, leaning rather to the Republicans than
TO the Democrats, and certainly with no lean
ing towards Mr.. Cleveland. 1t has sized W
the situation exactly. Mr.. Cleveland is prac.
ticaliy nominated and it is because he has the
people behind him demanding his selection.
In their presence the politicians-those who
oppose his nomination because they are un-
able to use him-dissolve into their fragments
like the cloud-capp'd towers of Prospero's
dream.
Mr. Carl Schurz has recently expressed him
self upon the subject of the Democratic nom
inee in an interview in tho New York World,
and in it he laid especial stress upon the fact
that Mr.. Clevelands nomination was one de-
handed by the people themselves. Too much
emphasis cannot be laid upon this fact.
When it is the people themselves who de-
mand man all those who oppose
their will must run to cover or be
left bieached victims on the road. Rarely in
the century of our Government has any man
had popular demand for him comparable to
that made on Mr.. Cleyeland. General Wash
ington had it. General Jackson had il, Mr..
Lincoln had it, but in later years it has fallen
10 the lot of no other except Grover Cleve-
land. The candidate is already elected who
has this popular demand for him at his back.
And why do the people thus clamor for Mr..
Cleveland? The answer is very apparent.
They have tried him and found that he can
that which the people desire This is TO be a
war of the people against the protected
monopolists. For thirty years the monopo-
lists have forced the people by acts Of Con
gress TO pay $40 for a coat that should cost S.;
S5for pair Of shoes that should cost q, and 50
on in respect to everything in the daily con-
sumption of life
The people have found this out and they
have determined to repeal these acts of Con-
gress and get their coats for IS and their
shoes for 81. Mr.. Cleveland stands for this
contest of the people, and the people will see
to it that he is given the opportunity to right
their wrongs.
We have kept our ears wide open 10 hear
all the reasons that could be advanced against
Mr. Ceveland's nomination. and all of them.
like the roads that led to Rome. lead TO one
and the same proposition-that he cannot
carry New York. And why can he not carry
New York? That is claimed to be Demo
cratic State. and Mr.. Cleveland is certainly a
Democrat. Why should not New York 90 for
this Democrat if he is selected by the National
Convention as our standard bearer as well %
for some other Democrat? oh" say some.
Governor Hill will knife him." and say
others. There are many disconnected Demo-
Gratis in New York who will not vote for him. "
Either argument assumes that the Democ-
racy OF the United States is TO submit to die
tation; from one New Yorker in the one case
and from several New Workers in the other.
But Ia either case all of Us must give up our