The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-02
THE BOLTERS CONVENTION.
FEW DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON DE-
FESD IT'S ACTION.
Even Some or C1evelnnd's Friends Say 1t
Was Unwise and Calculated to InJuro the
Ex.President Mr.. watterson says 1t
Makes New York t-nu dldnte Impo sible.

Even Some or C1evelnnd's Friends Say 1t
Wa. Unwise and Calculated to InJuro the
Ex.President Mr.. watterson Says 1t
Makes u New York Candidate Impossible.
WASHINGTON. Juno IA great chorus OF dis
content has been rails ed among the Democrats
hero to-day, the burden OF which ia the fatu-
Gus folly OF the dandclion Democracy of New
York and Syracuse. Hero and there may be
found few Democrats In Washington who
make show OF defending tho action OF the
bolters but the great majority OF the party's
representatives here unto in denouncing 1t
in unmeasured terms. On this point the anti
Cleveland men and most Of tho Cleveland men
are for once in accord. Ono Of the most dis-
tinguished Of tho Southern Senators. who
has always been very close friend OF the
ex.prcsidcnt, hut who would not allow his
namo to he published. said to The Sun corre-
spondent this morning that he was quito sure
that the action ut Syracuse would hurt Cleve-
land greatly. 1t rut him and his friends In tho
attitude Of boilers. and the party had no love
for bolters 1t would have been far more ju-
dicious. he said. for the Syracuse Convention
TO have stopped short at the protest" and
not como pe-mel into tho wretched mistake
Of eectim; delegates and forming IN inde-
pendent organization.
Representative Whiting Of Michigan thinks
that the result at Syracuse makes 1t extremely
probable that some ether than Mr.. Cleveland
will be nominated at Chicago Representatives
Dockcry. Forney. Enluo. and De Forest con-
slider the syracuse proceedings, very unwse
and calculated to iniure Cleveland. Repre-
sentative Hatch stigmatizcs tho bolt rs tho
greatest b!unher OF tho season. and Repre
sentative Rockwell of Emiru. Senator Hills
towrsman and particular friend. is Of the
opinion that it has cooked Clevelands
goose"
In compensation with THE Sun correspondent
to-day Senator Blackburn OF Kentucky was
very pronounced N his views on the subject OF
the Syracuse Convention In tho most en-
yhGtic language he said that If there was any
life left in the Cleveland boom before the syria
cuse Convention met the action Of that body
extinsuished 1t cfrectually. why" said he,
% 1t is absurd for the friends OF Mr. Cleveland
to get up boiling convention on the ground
and in violation Of the spirit q
and to proceedto dcnounce the action Of the
regular Democrats expecting the National
Convention to sustain them. Then they turn
around and endorse Tho act ion Of the Conven-
ton they so vigorously condemn by adopting
the Judgment OF that Convention on the sub
lcation cannot be tolerated by the national
DcmccrGcv."
On tho pther hand Senator Villas. who still
believes that Mr.. Cleveland is the logical can
didatc, says the supporters NJ Mr.. Cleveland
are not disturbed Ivy the comments passed
upon the action Of the Syracuse Convention
nor are they ARA id Of the results that will TO,
90 to Chicago and explain their position to the
Convention. they will receive fair hearing
and Just treatment. In his judgment the
Convention at Syracuse acted wisely.