The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-08-24
MIR. WHITNEY SPEAKS.
His Position in the Coming National
Contest and His Views ON the Dem
Ocrafic Situation.

is the one Democratic leader who |
commands in the fullest degree the
confidence both Of the voters and of
the workers of his party, and who
has proved his title to this confidence
by actual achievement. 1t was by
Mr.. Whitneys generalship that Mr..
Cleveland was elected the first time.
He was one of the most influential
and successful members of Mr.. Cleve-
lands first administration, and the
Presidents nomination at Chicago
in 1892 was carried by Whitney al
most single handed against the bit
ter opposition of the delegation from
his own State
The impression has been generally
prevalent that Mr.. Whitney's present
relations with the Cleveland admin
istration are not cordial, and OF his
return from Europe few weeks ago
some expressions of his suggested
that he was not in entire sympathy
with the Presidents attitude on the
money question. ALI this gives spe-
cial Importance to his evidently well
considered words on the present po-
litical situation.
Mr.. William C. Whitney, who was
Secretary of the Navy in President
Cleveland's first cabinet, was quoted
by the New York World Sunday as
saying that in the selection of the
next Democratic nominee for the
Presidency he proposed to take an
active part, but is not a candidate
himself. Replying to a request for
an opinion as to the gossip concern
ing third term for Mr. Cleveland,
Mr.. Whitney said; I'm the next
twelve months Mr.. Cleveland will
grow in public esteem. He is now
necessarily the only bulwark against
Republican extravaganza in Con
gress, and / think be will make a
record of it. AS for the third term
can only say this: If you went
among the Democrats of the country
and could ask every actual Democrat
ic voter whom be really preferred as
President, wholly apart from any
consideration of the feasibility of a
third term he would say Cleye
land. | cannot conceive any
thing than, perhaps, practically
unanimous call would induce him
again to be candidate, although in
my judgment he is more particular
than be ever was"
AS to other candidatesY'
Events of the next twelve months
will develop them. You see they be-
gin and finish the making of a eandi-
date with marvellous CELEBRITY in this
country. The occasion brings the
man. Mr.. Cleveland was himself
the most striking instance of this.
Il think the condition of the Dem
ocratic party in the whole country
to-day is remarkably strong, strong
err than it has ever been since the
war;
"Whv?'
Because for the first time since
the war it has a record to stand on
1t has done something. The country
was in 1892 in deplorable condition
In spite of an extremely high tariff
public revenues we're falling and the
Republican party had proved itself
absolutely irresponsible by it's ex
travagance. The so-called prosper,
itY of the country was not well dis.
tributed, it was not general prosper
ity. 1t was confined chiefly to in.
dustries monopolistic in character
and tendency They were fostered
by tariff which granted enormous
profits in spots and at the same time
stifled general competition and re
pressed individual enterprise
WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE
Colossal fortunes did indeed in
crease under that tariff, and the PEG.
pie thoroughly understand that the
Mckinley act fostered such fortunes
and granted them immunity from
the restraint of competition. While
some great corporations were thus
thriving the people and the National
Treasury were impoverished, and ev
cry month added TO the weight Of
the hundreds of tons of silver which
the government was buying but could
not coin and circulate. A crash was
inevitable The Cleveland admins
tration met the crisis which the Re
publicans had evaded. The Repub
licans created the difficulties and the
, Cleveland administration has solved
them
Il think the Democratic party
stands to-day where the Republican
party stood at the end of the war
: 1t has made a new record. 1t has
passed through a great nationa
emergency and conquered it. Every
obstacle to restored prosperity has
been removed This is what Demo
Gratis have done and what Democrats
propose to go on doing, even better
, in the future than in the past. DC
you wish to go forward, or do you
/ wish to go back?' the Democratic
J party will ask the country next year
Il do not expect the Republicans
f to show more selfcontrol in money
t matters next winter than they have
in previous sessions. That party is
almost always reckless, and some
times even profigate in spending
public funds"
'Will not Mr.. Reed try to curb
that tendency to make for himself a
PLATFORM"
"He NAV succeed in doing so. but