The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-26
GORNAN BURNED IT Up.
One Of CleVeland'S Earliest Campaign
Documents.

cbucked 1t Into the Fire Right Before
che Face of the Astonished and An
grv Author-Daniel Manning's Story
About It.
From the New York sun,
When Senator German of Maryland
arose in the United States Senate yester-
dav and told of his experiences with
president Cleveland on the compromise
tariff bill there were democrats who re-
called the first meeting of the two men.
Il was ten years ago, almost to a day.
Gov. Cleveland had just been nomi-
mated by the democratic convention at
Chicago. Senator German had been made
chairman of the national democratic COM
nittee He had never seen MIR. Cleveland
The Maryland statesman had met all of
the great democratic leaders in the nation
He was the personal friend of Daniel Man
ming. who probably more than any single
man in New York state brought about
the nomination of Mr.. Cleveland at
Chicago. Gov. Cleveland had been form
allv notified of his nomination and the
Leaduuarters of the national democratic
committee had been opened in New York
CITY The story that is now told of the
first meeting between Gov. Cleveland and
chairman German was told to a Sun re-
norter by MIR. Manning in the Western
National bank almost Immediately after
MIR Manning retired from Mr. Cleveland's
cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury.
~ do not think shall ever forget the
first meeting of Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.
German" said MIR Manning. 1--WE all
had faith in Mr.. Cleveland's running abil-
tiles, but ii was necessary TO bring Mr..
German and MIR. Cleveland together, and
I undertook the task. | was then in
Albany, but in constant communication
with Mr.. German German, as you
know. ris cool, suave individual, and
Cleveland is like great big pepper pod.
Cleveland was unaccustomed to the
wavs of national statesmen, and it
was with ditidence one night just
after national headquarters had been
opened in New York that l wrote
to German and invited him to come
TO Albany as my guest. | told him that
wanted to introduce him to Gov. Cleve-
land, the candidate of the party, and l
well recollect that in my letter | said to
German that he would meet rather
4 'heady' individual Well, German came
up to Albany two or three nights after
ward, and | took him around to see Cleve-
land Cleveland was blum and hearty
and German was as cordial rs his cool
nature would allow. They began to talk
as to the plan of campaign. German said
very politely:
",Governor, I 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 il to suit
yourself. You know about affairs of this
kind. Do as you think proper
do you really mean that, gOvernor2'
replied Mr. German. Am 1 to use my
own Judgment and follow my own dis
cretiOnN
"Why, certainly, said the governor.
why notl l don't know anything about
such things
'''Do you really mean what you say,
governor again inquired German
"'Why, certainly said the governor.
"'All uright,' says German, and the
next morning he went back to New York
Two or three weeks after this meet
ing, 1t came TO my. knowledge that Gov.
Cleveland had written a document bear
ing on the campaign. | cannot tell YOU,
for certain reasons what the document
was, but believed it would have an i'm
portant influence, and not very good one
at that So | wired to German, asking
him 10 come Immediately to Albany. He
came on a fast train and met me, and |
told him of the contents of the campaign
document that Gov. Cleveland had writ
ten. He was astounded, and he hurried
up 10 see the. governor. AT that CONVEX
satiOn, German asked the governor the
nature Of the document, reminding him
Il pleasantly at the same time of his former
words, that he, German, was to run the
campaign German added that if the
document was of any Importance, il would
do no harm to submit it to the chairman
OF the national committee
All right says Cleveland, and he
handed out the document, saying: What
DO you think of that, Gorman2'
German read the document over very
carefully, and then, without q word, he
flung it into the CRATE, saying: That's
what think of that document
1t was little chilly in Albany that
night and there was fire in the CRATE,
and the document began to burn. Cleve-
land jumped out of his chair and hoped
up and down in his anger, shouting Nc
man alive can burn any document OF
mine. What do you mean, sirl'
why governor said German, as
coolly as you please, you said that l was
a 10 run this campaign according tony own
discretion. The document that | have
Just thrown into the fire is about as un
wise manuscript as ever came under my
notice
Cleveland meantime was tramping
about in his rage, but German was as COO
as an iceberg. Finally Cleveland began
to laugh at himself He remembered his
remarks to German on the first interview
ana the two men parted friends, but not
until Cleveland had told German that he
was the coolest son of gun he had ever
n met -
If Senator German could have got hold
OF the letter Mr.. Cleveland sent to Prof
wilson, he might have found fire some
"here IN Washington, even in July.
ON NORTHERN DIAMONDS.