New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-19

| f,nsivrly proclaimed.
| CONNEC1ICTT DEMOCRATS CONIIDENT
THE parry has no use for such people. said
cx Governor Waller. of Connecticut. in recent
interview referring 10 the dispirlied Democrats
who are going around saying that this j. hope
less year FOR Democrats. They are an Incubus
and blight" he says. "lhcy do more 10 sap
the vitality Of n party than any other one
cause" The cx Governor Is Of a naturally san
glllnc temperament. and lie Is Just now conf
dent 10 the verge Of rashncsS that # the Con
necilcut Democrats win Just drop National poll
ties aud coniinc their attention 10 the STAT"
issue OF constitutional reform they VIII carry
everything before them. In this View he j.
heartily IN accord with that rising statesman
Elias Cornelius Benedict. Of BroadSt In this
city. the close personal friend 81 President
Cleveland who. in recent interview unaccom-
panied 10y pictures after announcing his hNed
determination 10 decline To- say whether or not
he would refuse the nomination FOR Governor
before It was offered. proceeded 10 give his
views at considerable length on the Importance
Of reforming the Constitution 81 Connecticut.
The Connecticut Constitution has been resting
on the chest OF Elias Cornelius Benedict Tor
nearly three years. keeping him awnk" nights
and giving him great anxiety or MIND ia ia"
daytime II first began to worry HIN about the
time OF the convention that chos" Delegates :"
the Democratic National Convention which
afterward by remarkable coincidence nom.
mated his close personal friend FOR President
Az that time the Connecticut Democrats were
feeling harl toward the Constitution because
having a majority IN the Senate end OF The
General Assembly. they wanted 10 hay" that
end inauguratc Governor and run the whole
State but the Constitution stood In The way.
Elias Cornelius first heard Of the inadcquacy
OF the Constitution AT that convention lie not
only expressed great surprise which was natl-
raj as he only came into one corner OF III"
State TO stay nights during warm weather. ami
had not personally encountered the Constitution
but with little burst OF genuine clOqucncc
which showed that he was touched by the hard
ships endured by citizens who stayed through
he said 10 the State Committee, who were knee
deep In mandamlscs aud inJnnctlons and other
expensive legal proceedings: Draw OH me 10
pay the bills" With that remark he entered
into the affections OF the party, as one might
say with both feet.
1t has been surnscl since then for when n
man Of wealth steps into the politics OF n State
Ike Connecticut, even at a remote corner Of 1t,
with the soustirring remark, DRAW Oh me-
he is usually accompanied 10y surInlscs 1t
has been surmiscd that II the Democrats of
Connecticut should manifest m uncontrolabc
desire 10 drag him out OF the private life which
he so much adorns I'm Broad-st and deck his
rlddy features with nomination for Coy
ernor It would not be necessary 10 get out cX-
tradition papers to persuade him over tile Dor
der His name IS consequently "menioncd'
with great frequency In connection with the
nomination by the newspapers ana fingers
with an approving smack on the lips or the
State Committee II would be q mistake 10 at
tribute the fondness with which Connecticut
Democrats dwell upon the name OF Elias Cor
ncus, exclusively 10 the flncSs and fucncy
Of his exchcquer; though the feeling Is general
that there are localities In Fairfield ana litch-
field counties which, II irrigated from that
source would readily respond 10 It's fcrtilizng
Influence and presently bloom and blossom rs
the rose The prevailing enthusiasm IL no
doubt largely due to Il certain sense Of graft
tude TO Elias Cornelius for interesting himself
with such suddenness and libcraliy In getting |
them relieved from the expressions Of Const- |
tuition which had been bearing down upon them !
so many years without their knowing IT.; aud 10 |
the feeling that II anybody can restore TO them |
the blessings Of civil and religious liberty. il II
the statesman who was once partner Of GOV |
ernOr Flower and Is now the close personal |
friend Of President Cleveland. The interview |
with him published several days ago indicated |
that he was painfully aware Of the uprising In |
his favor, and was engaged In struggle with |
his SENSE OF duty on the subject too desperate
and severe TO be kept for any length Of time |
out Of print. The interview with Ex-Governor
Waller OF more recent date. In which that |
supports the position taken by Elias
Cornelius In favor OF making constitutional re-
form the State ISSUE and denounces as "un
incubus and a blight any man who says the
State cannot be carried on It, is another indca-
ton that the Democratic heart IL yearnng for
Elias Cornelius with fervor that will not be
The belief that lie will be nominated appears
TO have reached Washington, where 1t has In
sprtd James Paramount Pigott, the Represent
atiye from the Haven District, with great
confidence. He Is reported as saying that he
believed every Democratic Representative from
New England would be returned to the next
House. The probability that ELIAS Cornelius