The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-15
Moro Available Than a Western Man.

Moro Available Than a Western Man.
There Is not ono Intelligent Democrat in
the country who believes that Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND could carry Now York. or that. il de-
feated in the Empire State. no could obtain
q majority OF the Presidential electors. Mr.
CLEVELAND and his friends do not them
selves believe 1t. and their plan is to trick
tho Democratic party by allowing 1t to
be beaten at the ballot box with a
third party candidate in the field. thus
throwing the election into the House
Of Representatives. Unluckily for their
dishonest scheme. 1t has been exposed in
time. The millions Of Democratic voters
propose to name tho President themselves,
and have no intention Of transferring the
supreme function OF frecmen to lot of
Congressman elected two years ago and for
another purpose. The delegates to the
Democratic National Convention are sent
to Chicago to nominate a man who can be
elected by the people. They are not sent
there to be accomplices in plot to rob the
voters OF the power vested in them by the
Constitution. and to make tho Presidential
election an illusion. mockery. a sham.
II any delegates have not yet learned
what they were appointed for. they will
find out when they come home to their
constituents. Assuming that most OF them
know what their business is and mean to
do 1t. the voters will expect them to answer
one question. and one only: Which of the
candidates suggested has the best chance
OF being chosen by the people Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND. as We have said. has put himself out
OF the field by the betrayal Of his scheme to
force the nomination OF third party can
didate and thus to throw the election into
the House OF Representatives. Shall it be.
thon. some eminent Southern Democrat
like Senator GORMAN or Senator CARLISLE?
If the Presidency were merely post of
honor conferred with u single eye to tho
value OF services rendered. each OF those
distinguished gentlemen deserves it. 1t
would be hard to overestimate tho services
Of Mr.. CARLISLE rs Speaker OF the House
Of Representatives. or those OF Mr. Cor
MAN in his superb and successful struggle
against tho Forco bill In tho Senate. But
the Presidency Is not. like tho place of a
constitutional sovereign. Il purely honor
AIRY Office: it Is post Of tremendous power
in legislation Us well as ndminist ration. tho
possession OF which is essential to the well
rare. ana often to tho existence. OF po!itl-
cal purity. That is why for the last fifty
years tho people have insisted that the
nomination for President shall DO be-
slowed not for merit only. but also for
availability. 1t is in their interests. in the
deepest and most momcntous interests of
the community at large. and not for tho
sake of rewarding an individual. however
meritorious. that we submit ourselves once
in four years to the ngitations OF a Presi-
Dental election.
1t was Just because the people We're dctor-
mined that President should be nominated
not for his sake but for their own. that they
took into their own hands after 1924 the
power OF nominating. previously exercised
by a Congressional caucus. Since that time,
nomination has been conferred, not bo-
cause the men had earned 1t, but because it
was thought that they could win. Now
the objection to nominating Mr.. GoRMAN or
Mr.. CARLISLE at this particular time is that
they could hardly hope to win. Mr.. CAK-
Isle was Union man during the war.
but. unfortunately. like his colleague. llr
no is a native and n resident OF n
formerly slaveholding State. The time
may come. and may not be far distant.
"heH SucH cOuSiucTdllon VIII cease TO be |
decisive. But that time is not to-day. whom |
tho Republicans have at their head an old |
soldier who. like all their successful caudi- |
dates. pcrsonilles the war for the Union, an |
advantage which the Democrats. unless
they are stricken with blindness. will seek
10 neutraize rather than to emphasize.
10 beat BENJAMIN HARRISON the Demo-
cratic candidate must be selected from the
states ,r that fought TO uphold the Union.
mere Is no lack of such candidates. dis
uhsnished and deserving men. but these.
oo' a'iler In availability. There is Cover
nor CAMPBELL OF Ohio: there arc Senator
rAhhhH and Mr.. MORRISON Of Illinois;
uier' Is Governor BolEs of Iowa and Gov
erhor GRAY of Indiana. IL Is true that no
one OF these except Governor GRAY OF In
diana could be firmly relied on TO carry his |