The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-07-16
SCHEME FOR A THIRD TERM,
Cleveland Thinks His Sound Money
Issue Will Win Support.
Secretary Lamont to Get in Touch With
Democratic Sentiment Throughout
the West and South.

NEW 1ORhJ ~. III July "a
Washington special to the Press says:
Not only is Mr.. Cleveland a candi-
date for the third term, but indica-
tions are not lacking that he is al
ready engaged in an aggressive
| canvass in this interest. Secretary
Lamont's tour among the Western
army posts is in reality an electioneer-
ing device. 1t has been the custom
of recent Secretaries to investigate
the condition of the army at regular
stations, and this custom Lamont
found specially adaptable to his polit-
zeal designs.
If Mr.. Cleveland expects to be Pres
ident again he is enough of a politician
to know that the achievement of his
ambition will require the most skill
ful political manipulation. 1t is Sec
rotary Lamonts mission to get in
touch with Democratic sentiment
through the West and to find out ex-
actly what needs to be done to concili-
ate Western sentiment and to bring
support to the third term scheme.
So far as the East is concerned, Mr..
lieves that the issue OF "sound
money" which he thinks he has Gre
ated, will be sufficient to secure him
the support of New England and the
Middle States, although he under
stands the difficulties that will con-
front him in New York. But when
he was nominated in 1892 it was done
by delegates from the West and
South, and it is for these that he is
most solicitous now.
Mr.. Cleveland believes that the
longer the discussion of candidates
can be deferred the better his chance
will be. While there is no aspirant
for the nomination sufficiently con-
spicuOus to attract to himself the at
tention Of great masses of the party,
Mr.. Cleveland is confident that the
movement of sentiment will be toward
him. From now on until the time of
the convention, with a Republican
Congress, Cleveland as President will
be the central Democratic figure, and
whether the Democratic leaders like
it or not, on him, he thinks, the eyes
OF the party must be turned daily for
guidance and instruction.
1t will not be necessary for him to
make any formal announcement of
his candidacy. The fact that he is
willing to accept the nomination is
sufficient, and his friends understand
perfectly well that q nomination will
not be declined. The throwing out of
vague hints that the President Is not
seeking a third term, linked to the
persistent discouragement of other
candidates so as to leave the party in
a demoraliZed and uncertain condi-
ton when the time for action arrives,
are the main features of the scheme
which the administration has en-
tered into.
An active propaganda has already
been instituted in Massachusetts,.
which is the headquarters of the
Cleveland cult.
A prominent Massachusetts Demo-
crat who was in Washington last week
declared that il Mr.. Cleveland wanted
the Democratic nomination again he
could have it, and that delegations
pledged to him would go to the con-
vention from every New England
State. The same is asserted of New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, and Score
tary Lamont is expected to lay the
wires for delegates in the West during
the trip he is now making at public
expense.
Mr.. Cleveland is confident that by
pursuing these tactics he will be able
to control the Democratic convention
and, by the force of pres tige and posi-
ton, in the face of disorganization
and division on the part Of men who
might otherwise successfully contest
his supremacy, to secure the nomina-
ton.