New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-20
TIE CHICAGO pILENMJ.

Senator Hills letter in favor of free bimetal-
lie coinage and avowing his indignation at the
"rapacity Of the gold monometalllstS, finishes
his title To be considered the most remarkable
dcmapocue extant 1t will hardly bring him
the favor OF single silver man, because they
do not trust his sincerity nor have any conf
dcncc that he would not turn gold monomctallist
himself in two minutes for the sake of nomi-
nation. Observers at Chicago are already con-
WINGED that Hills NcwYork supporters have no
expectation of his nomination, and are Only
using him as club with which TO strike down
Cleveland and intend if they can, TO nominate
Flower, or Western man with Flower second,
in order to get the Office and power of the Gov
nrnor into the hands of Lieutenant Governor
Sheehan.
1t is quito possible that this underground
plotting may turn the scale Ill favor OF MI
Cleveland Senator German might be noml-
mated, with better chances Of success than some
others, but Governor Flower could hardly be
put on the ticket with him, 50 that the large
vote of New-Yolk may be bartcred of to some
body else. Mr. German does not 90 about with
his eyes shut and is likely to detect such a
combination as soon as any one, and there is
the nomination of Mr.. Cleveland to that Of any
Western man. If satisfied that he could not be
chosen himself, he might throw all the votes
he could influence over TO the cx-Prcsdcnt, III
order to end the struggle and prevent acct
dents. Nor can such bartering ever be kept en-
tirely secret. If NewYork makes trade with
Illinois, for example there are sharp men in
Indiana, Kentucky and Iowa who will soon de-
tect the plan, and the friends of Gray, of Car
Isle or Boics are apt in that case 10 become
the friends Of Cleveland
1t seems to be admitted even by Mr.. Clevc-
lands most bitter opponents that he will have
q clear majority OF the convention at the start,
and the majority can, if it chooses, set aside the
two-th.Ids rule, which IS after all, nothing lut
a custom of the party, by many ut the North re-
garded as an oppressive and offensive ielic of
pro-slavery domination. On tho other hand, a
candidate having clear majority is not easily
beaten, when the minority is scattered, as it
must be in this case, among several candidates.
| TO observers at a distance, it appears that the
only influence by which Mr.. Clevelands nomi-
nation can be prevented is the growing convic-
ton Of shrewd Democratic leaders that he can
| not be elected Mr.. Whitney and his associates
| will do everything in their power to uproot
| this impression, but a record Of defeat is not
easily explained away. To say that Clcvc-
! land was betrayed in 1883 is only to suggest
the question whether he will not be stabbed in
1892.
| Democrats who fear his nomination have one
great difficulty to overcome. That is to find
another candidate upon whom they can unite
who is likely to do better on the whole than Mr.
Cleveland. Ii is not SO much Il question of per-
sonal popularity, as of position on National
| issues. candidate from the West who is
not known to be unhinchingly opposed to free
coinage of silver, would lose many thousand
votes in close Eastern States. But Western
man known to be opposed 10 free coinage would
| be most unlikely to unite all the opponents of
Mr.. Cleveland, and would be apt TO lose some
| Southern and Western States. a candidate who
| favors removal of duties on iron and copper
| orc would be likely 10 lose the Virginias.
Tennessee, Michigan and Montana, while one OPP
posed to that change would lose votes of Free
Traders in great number. Mr.. Cleveland is
weak in the wool growing States, but can
didate opposed TO free wool would not got the
support of Eastern and Southern FreeTadcrs
1t is not as easy as it used to be To nominate a
blank sheet Of paper, and to keep it blank
through a hot campaign. The Democrats at