New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-21
FOR PRESIDENT, RICHARD OLNEY.

FOR PRESIDENT. RICHARD OLNEY.
Notwithstanding the confident assurance with
which our esteemed Democratic contemporary,
sThe New-York Sum- aserts that a ticket
MIR. Richard Oney In the first place and Mr..
"Nr William f. Russell in the second place Is
mot TO be considered among the possibilities"
we are willing to lay large odds that when Mr.
Richard Olney, Of Massachusetts. is nominated
by the Democrats for President OF the United
states, the young and beautiful Ex-Governor OF
Massachusetts will receive the nomination for
Vice-President by reclamation IN the same con-
vention And we are ready to lay still larger
odds that when the ticket Is elected the Kev.
DR. William Everett will go into the Cabinet as
Secretary of State the Honorable George Fred
Williams rs Secretary Of the Treasury, the Hon
orable John L. Sullivan as Secretary or war; the
Honorable Nathan Matthews as Secretary or the
Navy the Honorable Sherman Hoar as Secre-
,orv Of tho Interior. the Honorable George Bah
hi,, ~ "The Boston Herald" as Postmaster
General. Moorfield Story. esq, as Attorhey-Geh-
eral and some statesman from the helgh-
borhood of Boston who is familiar Win the
habits of the gypsy moth and the various meth
obs by which that predatory bird Is annually
axterminatel as Secretary of Agriculture. Equal
" large odds are offered that President Olney
will oppoint the Honorable Pat Collins Minister
tn England and President Eliot OF Harvard
Minister TO France. 1t IS great mistake 10
snnnose that when the Democratic party goes TO
Massachusetts, for Presidential candidate it
will stop with Richard Olney. 1t will keep right
an until If has scooped in that whole galaxy or
statesmen and put them where they will do the
most good
But there is reason to suspect that our es-
teemed Democratic contemporary Is not at hear'
in favor of the nomination of the present Secre-
tary Of State for the first place although IL says
II would be n proper nomination, auuing II
.the Secretary of State asplres TO the once OF
"President he entertains legitimate ana praise
worthy ambition The rather hippant manner
in which il refers to and quotes from the power
fu article FROM ''rhe Springfield Republican
presenting Secretary Olney's name, gives rise 10
the suspicion that our contemporary regards the
nomination Of even one Massachusetts man-to
cay nothing Of two-as SO Improbable that 1t can
afYord to treat II with sarcasm and satire. AMI
between the lines derslon and contempt III
otbor words. our contemporary seems TO us To be
..h,vinr finn" with Secretary Olney and eX'iov-
.r,or Russell and the Massachusetts Mugwump
contingent. and incidentally holding up that
,be and formerly influential Mugwump news
paper "rhe Spring feld Republican, TO the riui-
Guile ~ the unthinking. Because The hepuo-
lican'' in enumcra,ing Mr.. Olneys qnalilca'lohs
began with his sturdy independence ana rusged
honesty Of character" and ended with his THOR
cough knowledge Of the art Of eating dinner ana
.of tbe game OF lawn tenns. that Is hardly sum
cient justification for treating the Secretary OF
state as n grotesque lmprobability In connection
with tbc next Democratic nomination for Presi-
don't The earncsfncss Of THE Republican, III
urcspntjhg the genteman's qualifications. ana us
evident desire TO aid the Democratic party in
making the best selection possible for "the sue
cessor." as 1t says. "of the present experienced
and trusted Chief Magistrate Of the Nation
should exempt II from ridicue or even levity OF
treatment.
Moreover, "rhe Sun" IN commenting upon
"rhe Rcpublicnn's" article omlts any reference
,o tbe chief qualification Of Mr.. Olney as therein
set forth That Is that mo man Of his time In
"NIassachusetts and New England IL less open
"to ,hr charge of sclfsecklng than ltichnrh ol
"ney. jIc would DO the last man TO start move
"mcnt IN his own behalf" This dncrnilntcs
him from MI the eminent Democrats who have
been mentioned nv rniluinnl'H' '''if WV w ""'"
either has already started or IN believed to he
getting rcndy 10 start u movement In his own
behnlf II might be added That no man In pub
lie life has 50 closely followed the methods Of
"the present experienced and trusted chief
Magistrate Of the Nation" In gaining popularity
with the party. lie has invariably treated the
leaders Of the Democratic party with the same
lofty superiority Of manner and absolute indilfer-
encc and as TO the general public has carried
his nose at the same angle OF sincere d!sdain.
II this won for Grover Cleveland three Prcsi-
dental nominations it certainly ought to put
Richard Olney his closest mitator, in the direct
line Of succession. In the light OF precedents
Mr.. Olney stands the best chance for the nom
nation The Democratic leaders may not Ike
him. but the Democratic party has shown during
the last twelve years that the man to its liking
is he whom the leaders dislike and who treats
them with contempt That is the sort of candl-
date Mr. Olney is. and the sort the party wants.
We second the nomination.