Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-20

MT. cleveland mas lately WrlCCen
letter to a friend in Chattanooga in
which he expresses grave misgivings as
to the wisdom of his nomination by the
Chicago convention. 1t is as follows:
LAKEWOOD. N. j., April g, 1892.
MY DEAR SIR: l desire to thank you for the
report OF the meeting at Chattanooga, which
You SO kindly sent me, and for the friendly
words you spoke of me on that occasion
am exceedingly anxious to have our party
do exactly the right thing at the Chicago con
yenn ia and hope that the VIII
ocratic Spirlt and the single desire to succeed
on principle.
that often fear do not deserve all the kind
things such friends as you say OF me, and ]!
have frequent mlsgivings as to the wisdom OF
again putting me in nomination.
therefore am anxious that sentiment and
too unmeasured pers onal devotion should be
checked when the delegates o the convention
reach the period Of deliberation. In any event
there W II be no disappointment for me in the
GROVER CLEVELAND
This is digni6ed, modest and manly
letter. These frequent misgivings"
are by no means without warrant. A
very ugly and dangerous spirit is grow
ing up in New York. The election at
Cohoes, in that state, the other day, was a
pitched and desperate battle. The issue
turned on the election for mayor. There
were two Democratic candidates in the
field, and they were respectively Hill
and Cleveland men. The rioting ex.
ceeded anything that has occurred at an
election since the war. The boxes con-
tanning the ballots were stolen in four
wards, and their contents destroyed.
There was thus no election, and the
present mayor holds over. 1t is useless
to attempt to distribute the blame
between the two factions of the
Democratic party on this occasion. They
both seem to have been signalized ny
the most uncompromisiDg spirit of rIf-
fanism. OF course neither Mr.. Cleve-
land nor Mr.. Hill were in the slightest
degree responsible for this bad blood
but Democrats would be worse than
foolish to shut their eyes to it's signifi-
canoe. The party cannot afford to have
split in the Empire state. Her thirty
six electoral votes must be poled by the
Democratic candidate for president. The
most ordinary political prudence calls
for this, even if, in order to secure it, a
clark horse" has to be trotted out.
All Democrats, however great their
admiration for the distinguished ex-
president, should bear the fact in mind
that at the election in 1888 Mr.. Cleve-
land fell behind the state ticket of his
party an aggregate of 1856, 1884 votes.
Only in seven of the states did he run
ahead OF the state ticket, the total being
12,751. This shows net loss of over
III, 600 votes-a most formidable figure.
He is happy in the possession of friends
whose loyalty to him is of the supertine
order, and he is cons p;cuous for an in
tegrity and ability that are pretty nearly
universally admitted. But expediency
cuts large figure in practical politics.
The control of great government like
that of the United States, with the
accompanying privilege of dictat-
ing its policy, are considerations
higher than devotion to one man, or
any set of men. The fact that Mr..
Cleveland ran nearly two hundred
thousand votes behind the average can.