The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-13

| In an interesting interview published
in Sundays New York World ex-Sec
rotary OF the Navy Whitney said severa
things that ara Of very general interest
I He Is not candidate for the presidential
nomination OF his party. and does not
] intend 10 be. He thinks the condition
/ OF the Democratic party in the whole
| country is stronger now than it has beer
I since the civil war. From his stand
/ point the Republican party lacks a rea.
l sonable ground on which II can next
year ask for public support and con-
hdence.
There is no doubt Mr.. Whitney is sin
/ cerc in saying he is not a candidate for
! the presidential nomination Of his party.
/ He has expressed himself clearly and
forcibly on this point several times re-
Gently. He doesn't want the nominal
ton and does not intend to make an
| effort TO get it, and he says that no man
| has ever been nominated for President
against his own wishes" Stilk st
doesn't follow that Mr.. Whitney would
not accept the nomination II it were
rendered to him. There is no doubt that
he has the confidence of his party to
an extent that few other democratic
leaders have, and it is within the bounds
! Of probability that he will be the first
man nominated for President against
his own wishes"
What he says of the strength of the
Democratic party is worth a great deal
/ 90 n~4 a mill - A
year ago there were few who would have
ventured to predict democratic success
in 1896. Popular feeling appeared to
run strongly against the Democratic par
| ty- 1t had made some serious mistakes
and these, together with the hard times
the outlook for it seem exceedingly
gloomy.
A great change has taken place. The
hard times are passing away and the
mistakes are being forgotten. 1t is only
remembered that the Democratic party is
the party Of the people, and that it is eco
nomical and aims to do what is best
for the welfare of the whole country.
Every day it is growing in favor, owing
largely TO the ability that is being dis
played by Mr. Cleveland's administra-
ton. 1t has a definite policy. The peo-
prosperity continues to increase, which
It is likely to do, the disposition will be
TO continue in power the party that has
brought about the prosperity. rather
than trust the Republican party, which,
by its extravaganza and its concessions
TO the silver sentiment. brought about
the hard times from which the country
is now recovering.
The republicans deny. of course, that
they are responsible for the panic of
1893. and insist that if they had been in
power they would have prevented it.
The facts are, however. against them.
Under the Mckinley ia n the revenues
had already begun to fall off at an ex-
traordinary rate and at the same time
by means Ct pension legislation and other
I extraraEanoes the expenditures of the
government had been largely increased.
The republican party is also responsible
| fo- me silver and other financial legisla-
iion which has 3eopardized the soundness
Of the currency.
Il is difficult TO see. as Mr.. Whitney
says, on what reasonable ground the
republicans can ask the people next
year for their support They can't prom
ise to re-enact the Mckinley tariff law
because the manufacturers, as a rule
are against any tariff changes, and they
cannot promise to deal more wisely than
they have heretofore with the silver
question, because that would be an
admission that their record in re-
spect to silver is against them. What
then have they on which to ask pop
ular support?
Daily the outlook for the Democratic
party becomes brighter The only cloud
| upon its prospects is the. agitation in
behalf of free silver coinage. This agi
tation Is likely to cease pretty soon
| however because it is becoming APP
parent that the next national conven
ton is going to declare for a sound cur
rency. ~