Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-02
OHIO AND CLEVELAND.
No Reason the state should Hope Tor Q
Cabinet Position.
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Cabinet Position.
Correspondents Of Tho Fveninr star.
CoLuMBrs. oHIo. Dec. I. 1894
III Gov. Campbell means what he said in his
Chicago interview Of last week-that mis- bust
ness interests were snch tina; he could not afford
to accept place in Mr.. ClevelAnd's cabinet ~
he should be hoRored by the offer OF one-it 10
extremely doubtful that Ohio ~iIl receive q
cabinet position AZ all.
That Is the way prominent democrats here
view the situation. Except Gov. Campbell the
party in this state does not contain any at
tractive cabinet material. and most Of those
VINO might be thoughtof IN that connection we're
not only strong anti-J leVclHnd men before the
chicago convention. hut omen 20 the charge
OF incorporating the democracy IN that con-
Vention aud voting against the Enthusiastically
expressed wish Of the PARTY
Young Allen W. Thurman is not % this class.
but he would hardly be thought of in connec-
ton with cabinet position. and his father.
the venerable ex-senator, Is too old aud infirm
10 undertake any activity.
oHIo's RECORD NOT TO nv rnoup OF.
The record Of Ohio in the Chicago cony.u-
tion is not such a. 70 recommend her democ-
rHcy to the special fGyors II Mr.. Cleveland. The
New YORK delegation. il must be admitted. con-
Quoted ITS u more honornbly IN that convention
than tho Ohio delegation. for the New York
delegates did vote they were instructed
TO vote by the convention that elected them
The sentiment among she Ohio democrats
was Overwhelmingly for Cleveland. No one
who came IN contact with Any considerable
number Of members II the party within three
months OF the state convention aud cave
the matter the least attention could fail to
discern this fact. II seemed so certain
that the state would send practically
solid Cleveland delegation to Chicago that Mr.
Clevelands friends thought the matter called
for little attention. let go by default. with
the Cleveland men In tins state OF feeling. the
opportunity was open TO Senator Brlce,
who was led either by personal dislike
for MIR. Cleveland or the idea that
If Mr.. Cleveland were out 81 the Nay his own
nomination would not be an impossibilit, to
come quietly into the STATE. and. through his
heutenants. set up an auti-I l,veland move
ment 10 secure EI delegates in the dis
tricts wherever possible. aid to see that
a maj ority Of the delegates 10 th.
state convention which would select delegates
ai-large TO Chicago were anita leveland. lie
was able 60 do all this without exciting suspi-
cion ON the part cf the Cleveland men. FOR the
reason that he had not declared himself o. an
anti-Cleyelaud man.
CAPTURED BY ANTr-tIFvFIANp Nrx.
For this reason il Mas not generally known
until the morning the convention met that it
had been captured by the anti-C leyeland men.
The Cleveland men were chagrined. but coun-
-eled conservative action. and nothing occurred
IN the convention 10 Indicate their displeasure,
but II was bitter dose 10 them
when the convention selected a big four" for
Chicago. three of whom senator Brice L. I.
Neal and Robert Bloe-were auti-l Gland
men and nominated a ticket every candidate
Of which WAS dictated 10y the Cincinnati En-
q',,ysr. the avowed organ in the state Of the
anti-Cleveland democrats.
The rank and file of the partv was still more
chagrined when the Ohio delegation at Chi
cago cast Is votes for Boies ) for Carlisle, for
Hill. for German and only Il for Cleveland.
Not single delegate had been instructed to
vote for any one but Cleveland. number
were reinstructed. IL Is true. but that was be-
cause If was deemed needless and inexpedient,
in view Of the Cleveland Hill contest that was
springing up all around.
There was nothing i'm what the Ohio delega-
ton did at Chicago that the Ohio democracy
could feel proud Of aud Young Allen Thurman
could only be thankful that his pet idea that
Ohio should adopt the unit rule was not
adopted. a. IN that case Cleveland would MT
have secured a single vote from this state. aud
locking back from this point of view the solid
vote. 1t seems. would have been given 20 Sena-
tor Hill. in all probability. by that rule.
In view of these things il is believed here
that the Ohio democracy will not receive large
recognition at the hands of Mr. Cleveland. IN
less he should do a. Mr.. Lincoln did-choo-e
for his immediate advisers some of his most
bitter enemies in the party-and that mt all
events Senator Brice will not have very great
power in the matter of the distribution of fed
eral patronage in this state
THE sHERMAS- FORAKER FIGHT.
In making the appointments Of clerks to
serve under him Secretary Of Stste-elect p. NJ
Taylor has surprised and disappointed his
friends by doing exactly that which will tend
10 foster and keep alive the sherman 4 Foraker
fight instead of allaying it the policy agreed