The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-31
GoRMAN BURNED IT UP.
One of Cleveland's Earliest Cam
paign Documents.

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Democrats who recalled the first
meeting of the two men.
1t was ten years ago almost 10 day
Gov. Cleveland had just been nomina.
ted by the Democratic convention al
Chicago. Senator German had been
made Chairman of the National Dem.
ocratic Committee. He had never
seen Mr.. Cleveland. The Maryland
statesman had met all of the great
Democratic leaders in the nation. He
was the personal friend OF Daniel
Manning, who probably more than
any single man in New York, brought
about the nomination of Mr.. Cleve-
land at Chicago. Gov. Cleveland had
been formally notified of his nomina-
ton, and the headquarters of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee had
been opened in New York city. The
story that is now told the first meet
ing between Gov. Cleveland and
Chairman German was told to Sun
reporter by Mr.. Manning III the Wes-
tern National Bank almost imme-
diately after Mr., Manning retired
from Mr.. Cleveland's Cabinet as Sec
rotary of the Treasury.
II do not think l shall ever forget
the first meeting of Mr.. Cleveland
and Mr.. Gorman," said Mr.. Manning.
"We all had faith in Cleveland's run
ming abilities, but it was necessary 10
bring Mr.. German and Mr.. Cleveland
together, and undertook the task !.
| was then in Albany, but in constant
communication with Mr.. German.
German, as you know, is cool, suave
individual, aud Cleveland is like a
great big pepper pod. Cleveland was
unaccustomed to the wavs of National
statesmen, and it was with diffidence,
one night just after national head
quarters had been opened in New
York that wrote to German and in
vited him to come to Albany as nv
guest. i told him that l wanted to
introduce him to Gov. Cleveland, the
candidate of the party, and 1 we'll rec
elect that in my letter said TO Cor
man that he wovld meet a 'heady' in
dividual. Well, German came up to
Albany two or three nights afterward
and l took him around to see Cleve-
land, Cleveland was bluff and hearty
and German was as cordial as his cool
nature would allow. They began to
talk as TO the plan Of campaign. Cor
man said very politely:
"'Governor, have come to see yOu
to ascertain your wishes about the
conduct of the campaign
" Oh, bosh,' said the Governor, I
know nothing of those matters, Run
it to suit yourself. You know about
affairs of this kind. Do as you think
..,
"'Do you really mean that, Cover
nor?' replied Mr.. German. Am 1 to
use my own judgment and follow my
own discretion p
"Why, certainly said the Cover
nor. why notf don't know any
thing about such things
"'Do you really mean what you say,
Governor? again inquired German.
"'Why, certainly said the Cover
nor. ...'
"'An right says German, and the
next morning he went back to New
York.
"Two or three weeks after this
it came to my knowledge |
that Gov. Cleveland had written do
cument bearing on the campaign. |
[ can not tell you, for certain reasons,
what that document was, but be-
ieved it would have an important in
auence, and not a very good one at
that. so wired to German, asking
him 70 come Immediately TO Albany.
lie came on fast train and met me,
and told him of the contents of the
document that Gov. Cleve-
and had written. He was astounded,
md he hurried up to see the Cover
nor. AT that conversation German
asked the Governor the nature of the
document, reminding him pleasantly
It the time of his former words, that
he, German, was to run the campaign