Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-15
THERE'S NO SINCERITY IN IT
Talk Of q Third Term Being Used
as Blind.
HIDING A WHITNEY BOOM UNDER IT.
The Ex-secretnry OF the Navy After
Presidestini Houors Under Cover.
National Capital Gossip.

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talk OF third term for MIR. Cleveland.
| The whitney people. OF course, are we'll
aware that Mr.. Cleveland does not want
| q third term, and would not have It, but
| II answers their purpose Just at this tlmo
| TO put forth the Impression that Mr..
Cleveland IL, so 10 speak In the banda
| OF his friends. There are many demo-
orats--a great many--in the South and
West who are earnestly opposed to the
| nomination OF an Eastern man for presi-
| dent next year but n an Eastern man he
| came n necessity they would probably
prefer Cleveland 10 anybody else, ignor-
Ing for tho time being the question OF
| third term. II Is for the purpose OF play
| Ing with the sentiment that the Whitney
| people keep stirring up talk OF u third
| term. Democrats, who would consent TO
the nomination OF Cleveland and oppose
| tho nomination OF any other Eastern ulan
| will remain open to conviction regarding
the personality OF the next prosi iential
| candidate while there Is q probability OF
| MIR. Cleveland accepting the nomination.
II is for the purpose OF herding people
OF this kind that MIR. whitncy'u friends
| are bruiting the third term proposition,
Mr.. whitney stands FOR everything on
the financial question that Mr.. Cleveland
does but on tho question OF the tariff.
| Whitney stands with German, Bricc and
Smith This is pretty well known 10 the
/ democrats OF the country ana for THIS
/ reason II 10 easy to sclieve that Southern
| and Western democrats Will not take
kindly TO the idea OF WhltneyH nominal
ton. The offlec-holdlng element OF the
South and West. OF course viii hold
Hloof so long az there ~ n probability OF
Cleveland being candidate. II they
were formally and emphaticalllN Informed
now that Cleveland would not be u can
didRtc. many OF tho officc-hoders, re-
sponslyc to the sentiment-sof their own
sections. might be inclined 10 commit
themselves to the fortunes OF Western
candidate. In order TO win time 20
capture tho support Of the offlce-holdlng
element. Mr. Whitnoy's fricnda are
dangling tho third term idea befora.the
people OF the country
II might as we'll be understood now as
lntor ON, however, that Mr.. Cleveland
has no idea Whatsoever Of running for
third term. / have the authority Of a
member OF the cabinet. whose relations
| with the president are very close that
MIR. Cleveland Is irrevucahly opposed TO
| n third term, not only for himself, but
for anybody else. Mr.. Cleveland has had
enough OF the presidency. lie IN familiar
with the prejudice Of the people against
| a third term. The risk OF being defeated
nt tho polls on the third term issue In
tho event Of his being nominated would
he very great II would be a humll1t-
ing ending OF the great public career Of
| Mr.. Cleveland lilo has taken all this
into confederation. lie II convinced that
n he desired a third term ever so much,
the people Will not elect him, lie In aatis-
fed the people VIII never elect u prcsl-
dent for the third time. lie heartily APP
proves Of this feeling on the part Of the
people. lie admits that II would be a
dangerous tendency 10 eudow any man
with the powers Of the presidency for
three terms lie has talked OF the matter
freely with his cabinet advisers. and has
invariably secuted ns absurd the sup.
position that he was candidate for
another term. He has remarked that II
Is his onOmlea who are the most deter
mined 10 get up third term agitation,
and once lnughingly said that they We're
evidently trying to compel him 10 write u
letter declining IN advance a fourth nomi-
nation or third term. He declared then
that he would not crafty his enemies.
but he has given his cabinet advisers nu-
thority 20 deny aH emphntlrQlly as thoy
choose and at their own discretion, that
no would be an applicant for another
term or would accept 1t " rendered to
him.
MIR. Cleveland Is very deHlrdns that his
friend Whitney should succeed him In the
| White House. In tho affairs OF practical
politics. Mr., Cleveland Is to large extent
guided 10y Secretary Lamont II Mt La
( mont eau see reasons why II might be
beneficial to his friend whitney that the
question OF a third term should remain
open for some time to come II IL safe to
say that MIR. Cleveland would be ready 10
obllge him. just the same. there need be
no doubt that at the proper time, II the
third term talk continues Nc. Cleveland
Will put his foot firmly ana forcibly on
tho proposition.
Nothing astonlshes Southern and west
"A
assumption OF the Eastern press that all
MIR, Whitney has to do TO receive tho
, presidential nomination IL TO Indicate his
. readlnoaH 10 accept II, There IL not much
doub, that Mr.. Whitney'a friends arc In
command OF the democratic machine in
all OF the New England States nmmany
Han can DO controlled for the eN-secretnr y'
or tho navy also. II " doubtful, however,
II u majority OF the delegates from the
State OF New York could be secured for
Mr, whitney II Senator nm, cx-Goyerhor
| Flower, Senator Murphy, cx.MRyor Grace
and cx-secretury Fairoblld should oppose
him, as II Ia understood they are ready
: 20 do. II IN no secret any longer that
Senator HIN and the ableHt minds IN the
democratic party In Now York st1tc are
in favor OF the nomination OF n Western
man. They hnvr given as reason Tor
this policy the imposslbility OF getting the
, full democratic vote OF New York state
! for any man Identified with the faction
fights of that State Tho Whitney nGopie
are counting with much assurance on ,he
vote OF Pennsylvania In the National con-
vcntion. They claim that Harrity and Pat
tison win control the Keystone delegation,
which ia probably true, and that Hnrrity
and Pattison will be for whitney me
! whitney people are also counting on Cal
Brioe's friendship in Ohio. on Germans
support In Maryland and on the friendship
OF Henry a. Davis and Senator Faulkner
In West virginia. The managers OF the
Whitney campaign hint rhat they have
made trade with Claude Matthew'S IN
, Indiana whereby the delegation from that
/ State VIII 10 TO the convention, ostens.bly
. FOR Matthews. but really FOR whitney, the
+. understanding being that Matthews iE to
get the second place on the ticket. The
Indiana people, however, Will be apt to
remember that Whitney promised faith
fully at Chicago In iss1 TO nominate Isaac
p. Gray for vice president and that no
was not able 10 make hla promise good
Gray In dead. however. and through whit
ney'a Influence he was handsomely pro-
vided for after Cleveland became presi-
dent,
The Southern ana Western democrats
here In Washington, and who drop In here
from time to time, declare with emphasis
that II VIII be almost impossible for them
TO hold tho democrats IN their section
IN line for Sir whitney. An Indignant
Iowa democrat who cOnvrrsed with mo
on ihe subject few days ago summed
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