New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-24
HON FAR ANTLCLEVELAND!

THE New-York Sun" Of yesterday places over
its report of the midwinter convention the head
line cleveland Not Mentioned During the Pre-
ceedingsn True the President of the United
States who was placed in the White House ny
Democratic votes received no attention whatever
at the hands of the representatives OF the De-
mocracy who formally announced on Washing-
tons Birthday that David b. Hill was their
candidate Cor the coming Presidential nomina-
ton of their party. But what then? Are we
to conclude that their attitude toward MIR. Cleve-
land is one of hostility. or simply that, not loving
him less than they did in 1SsS-when the De-
mocracy of New-York cast nearly $4,000 votes
for him-they love Senator Hill more? Is it not
possible that scores of the delegates who sat in
the Albany Convention if asked to name their
second choice for President would answer. if left
to themselves, Grover Cleveland? We believe
that it is possible, in fact probable. 1t would
he strange. indeed, if all or nearly all of the
$4,000 Cleveland men of 1888 whom these
delegates represented were absolutely deter
mined to have nothing to do with him in 1892
1t isn't human nature that it should be So
OF course, Hill will be against Cleveland in
any contingency. lie is bound to be- consider
Ing that the protestants who assaled his mid
winter "snap" and who are going to hold a
rival convention and send rival delegation to
Chicago, are for the most part II not entirely
Cleveland men. If Hill finds before or after
one or two ballots in the National Convention
that he himself lie out of the running he Will use
his influence to secure the nomination for any
bodv but Cleveland. "Anything to beat
Grover, will be the word he will pass around
among his supporters. But what is likely to he
the result? Authority forgets a dying king"
The delegates will be likely TO reason that the
star of Hin having set, it would not he the
part OF wisdom to pay too close an attention 10
his advice. They may turn around and help
nominate Cleveland arguing that, having done
their best for Hill and he having failed, it Is due
10 local pride to see what can he done with the
other candidate from New-York The nomina-
ton of Cleveland would be pill Of unexamped
bitterness for Hill to swallow. The sight OF
New-York man being preferred before the man
for whom the NewYor. delegation was in
atruced" might well provoke him TO curses red
with uncommon wrath. But the feelings OF
defeated candidate do not greatly concern Ma
tional Convention. AS for the other big Demo
cratic bosses of this State. Croker and Nc
Laughln it is clear from the course which they
pursued at Albany that even then they were
contemplating with cquanimity the chance that
Hill might be rejected by the National Conven-
ton Let break come at Chicago with Hill
out of the way and these other bosses OF large
influence in the Ncw-Y York delegation will do
as they please. Who shall say in such con
tingency one or beth of them might not join
the Cleveland procession
Trustworthy observers report that the Wet
ern Democrats by an overwhelming majority
demand the nomination Of Cleveland. The South
en Democracy. on the cthcr hand, is more likely
to favor Ill-since Hills peculiar election meth
DDS are allied in ethical significance to those
upon which the Southern Democrats have been
accustomed 10 rely. \ statesman who believes
in fraud up0n the ballo;-b0x a. weapon Of pO-
ritical warfare is Ct their SOFT In the circum-
stances beth Hill and Cleveland would seem to
be unavailable. But the fact that "Clevcland
was not mentioned during the proceedings of
the midwinter convention is not necessarily fatal
to his prospects.