The morning times., 1895-11-19
BACK TO THEIR FIRST LGYE
Democrats Seem to Favor New
York as the UoHveuslon City.
Third Term Talk Does Not Worry
Leaders Who Look Kindly Upon
the scheme.

There now seems to be a strong proba-
Dliity that the managers OF the Democratic
party Will return To their first Ioye and hold
tnelr next national convention in New
York city.
the Impression is gaining that such q
gathering would serve as ii great object
lesson IN harmony and brothery affection
and would materially enhance Tie party s
cnances OF carrying the State III the next
election.
There Will be no auctioning off to the
highest bidder or the Democratic conyen-
ton. The city securing the Democratic
national convention VIII not be compelled
to RAISE Iund 70 pay Off any Old oDiiga-
tons of the Democratic national comuIit-
tee.
All of the bills of the last Presidential
calnpaig Ii contracLed by tue democrats were
pau wtt,iIn tuirty Gays after the election.
ii mas never Deem tue practice oi the mana
gers oi Democratic Campaigns, SO II Is said,
To carry OLD debts over Tor four years and
ask tue succeeding management to assume
them AZ the esiiinins Of u new campaign.
Tney have enueayUred SO far as possible
to pay as they GO.
TnIS has not been the rule on the Repub-
lican side, IL one Is TO credit current reports
upon this subject. Apparently, it las
made no difference to the Republicans
matter OF leaving outstanding obligations.
AT the close or every campaign where a
President las been elected for a good many
years. the Repubiicannationalc committee has
adjourned. II is stated, under a cloud of
debt Ii has grown to be the custom on the
Republican side to ma ke the city securing the
national convention assume the outstand
ing obligations or the natidfial committee.
Just what the debts of the Republican ma
tional committee amount to at the present
momelt no one seems to know; possibly
Chairman Carter could not tell himself.
definitely, but whatever the amount is the
city which secures the honor of entertaining
the Republican national convention next
year Will lie compelled to pay it,
New York has made no effort to get the
Republican convention up to date. New
Workers. as d rule, object to paying for dead
horses. No city in the country, probably,
would be more liberal in its subscriptions for
entertaining the delegates than New York.
but the citizens draw the line on assuming
Notwithstanding biliSofthe campaign OF SS2.
AS there is nothing OF this kind standing
in the way OF the Democratic national con-
ventioH going to New York city. there is
every reason TO believe that the convention
will be held there. Chairman Harrity. of
the Democratic national committee. a nd sew
eral other very prominent members OF the
committee, are outspoken in the advocacy
of New York as the place for holding the
next convention. In the West there has ex-
istcl certain amount OF prejudice gainst
that city.
1t was sufficient to prevent New York Sc
curing the Worlds Fair, but there has been
some change within the past few months
in this regard. and Ii is believed that to-
day the majority of the national committee
will vote to send the national convention
there.
Coupled with the suddeniy-rxpressed de-
sire of the leaders to hUd the Democratic
convention in New York, comes the report
that the Tammanyites have declared their
preference for Mr. Cleveland as the nominee.
This talk is not confined to the Democratic
leaders OF New Yprk by any means. but is
cutie generally heard among Democrats of
the anti-Cleveiand stripe throughout the
country. and especially here In Washington
There seems to be q weII-defined belief that
the scheme is on foot To force the President
upon the Democratic ticket for fourth
time, Notwithstanding the possibility of bis
deciination
The movement in behalf of a fourth namI-
nation is not based upon any particular
desire to honor the President by bis enc
mics, but, on the contrary, is due To the
determination ameng many OF them to
convince the country that IL was the Presi-
dents policy that was up for the tiudg-
ment of the vuters on November ..
There is not Democrat in Washington
who believes that there Is the ghnst of a
possibility of electing Cleveland for n
third term, and for this very reason thosa
who have been most bitterly opposed to
Rim In the past seemed to be determined
to place him in nomination once more in
order that his defeat may be lust as en-
phatic as it can be made.