The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-18
SEATTLE. sATURDAY. JUNE rs.
CLEvELAND'S ELECTION IMPOS-
SIBLE.

sIBLE.
George William Curtis, warm sup
porter of Cleveland in 1884 and 1888. in a
recent issue of Hdrpcr's Weekly agrees with
Watterson, United States Senator Vest
and other Democratic leaders that Grover
Cleveland cannot carry New York state.
On the other hand the New York Erening
Post, by far the ablest and most influential
organ of the anti-Hlll Democracy in the
Empire State, predicts that the failure to
nominate Cleveland at Chicago assures
the election of Harrison:
If the Democrats wish to secure the floating
vote of the country, not merely the mugwumps
so-calied, but that large and increasing number
of Republicans and Democrats upon whom
party ties are not strong, they will nominate Mr..
Cleveland, and in that case will carry the
country by sufficient majority.
Not to nominate Mr. Cleveland Is to advertise
to all thinking and rejecting persons that he is
too good for the party. and such persons will be
likely, in that case, to give their support to Mr..
Harrison, even though they like him not over
much.
At this distance it is not safe to predict
that Cleveland will not be nominated, but
IT. quite safe to predict that if he is nom.
mated he will lose New York. The Cleve-
land Democratic convention held at SYRIA
cuse. N. Y, on the 31st nit. sent to Chicago
a full delegation contesting the right of
the regular delegation to speak for the
Democratic party in New York state.
This convention brings the Democratic
national convention face to face with the
most dangerous situation presented for So
luton in the whole history of the party,
save when the New York Barnburner
Democracy sent contesting delegation to
the national Democratic convention Of
1s4S. The Hunker or pro-slavery faction
Of the Democracy captured the state con-
vention at Syracuse in September, 1s47.
The defeated Barnburner or anti-slavery
Democracy seeded from the convention
on the ground Of its fraudulent organiza-
ion. and called a convention to meet
at Utica, February 16, 1913, to choose
delegates TO contest the seats of
those chosen by the Hunkers to the
national Democratic convention. When
the Democratic national convention as
sembled, in May, 1s4S, it offered to admit
together to cast the vote of the state. The
Barnburners rejected the compromise as
simple notification of the vote of the state
and then withdrew. The national conven-
ton nominated Lewis Cass for president.
The Barnburner3 met in convention at
Utica, in June. 1913, declared that the
national convention had not allowed the
Democrats of New York fair representa-
ton, nominated Martin Van Buren, for
president and called national convention
to meet at Buffalo on August 8, lS4S. Van
Buren, was nominated for president and
Charles Francis Adams for vice president
on a free soil platform. In September
John A. Dix, then Democratic senator,
accepted the Barnburner nomination tor
governor of New York. The Wings had
in June nominated General Taylor for
president. This division of the Democracy
between Cass and Van buren, elected Cen
eral Taylor. In New York, Massa-
, chusetts and Vermont Van Bu-
rem polled more votes than Cass.
In New York Van Buren polled 10. $40
votes to ii4.3lS for Cass, and nearly all of
them came from the Democratic party. for
Seward and Greeley kept the anti-slavery
Wings from voting for Van Buren,. Van
Buren, in Ohio had IS, S5i votes, in Massa-
chusetts sS,o5s votes, Taylor obtained l6s
electoral votes and Cass III; the feud in
the New York Democracy had defeated
Cass for the presidency. 1t is clear that
history has repeated itself in the present
factional quarrel in the ranks OF the New
York Democracy; this present quarrel has
proceeded thus far very much as did the
quarrel of iStS.
The Cleveland Democracy protested
against the state convention that sent a
solid Hill delegation 10 Chicago: il called
anew convention and sent contesting
delegation 10 Chicago. If that coutesting
delegation is not admitted and Cleveland
In not nominated what will the Cleveland
Democracy dor VIII they feel bound to
support the nominee Of n convention that
refused them admittancef Probably not;
If the contesting delegation is ad-
mitted and Cleveland is nominated
what will the Hill Democracy do? They
will hardly feel bound 10 support the
nominee of convention that discredited
the regularity Of their election. Ii is
morally certain that the Cleveland con-
testing delegation will not Re admitted
and il is morally certain that the nomina-
tion of either Hill or Cleveland means the
los. of New York to the Democracy. This
Is the logical outcome Of the New York
situation, rs Wstterson. Curtis, Vest and
Brice clearly see. The Cleveland SYRIA
cuse convention makes Hill's nomination
impossible. and ii makes Cleveland's elec-
ton impossible. for the vote controlled
and influenced by Senator Hin and his
associates is large enough 70 defeat C!eye-
land IN New York state.
The Cleveland faction have prevented
Fin's nomination. and if Cleveland is
nominated Hi Will force Democratic de-
feat in order to prove that be is the real
party posentiahty; lis necessary seoun-
arei" in New York state. IL is true that
the Hill Democracy that is opposed TO
~iaxafanti does not include men of surh