Evening journal., 1895-04-04
AMUSEMENTS.
THEATRFs.
Loohlnr welI Aheaa.


Our Republican friends, elated with
what they believe to be good
prospect for carrying the next Presi-
Dental election, cannot keep quiet They
seem to think that talk is necessary. and
to do them justice, they make the most
OF 1t The political pot Ia the Repubi
can camp has long ceased to sinmsr, and
it Is now fairly on the boil How it II
to be kept from fzzling over within the
next eighteen months is quite a mystery,
for It may safely be said that the present
excitement over available candidates is
only beginning Of what is to come.
Hon, Thomas B. Reed, Of Maine, aud
Governor Mckinley, OF Ohio, still con
tinue to be leaders In this advance race
That they are both sure to be killed off
long before the genuine Presldentia.
timber comes TO light We have not thu
slightest doubt Mr. Reed Is, OF course,
the New England candidate but under
the present conditions he win not be re
quired TO carry that section OF the
country for the Republicans. Any body
else will do just as we'll, the Democrats
being entirely demorallzea That Is at
the present writing, 50 that It is
difficult for Mr.. Reeds friends to urge
his nomination In order to carry the
Eastern states
Governor McKinley's position is some
what different He halls from state
that the Republicans cannot be sure Of,
as It is moi so strongly devoted 10 the
interests OF that party that It cannot be
carried by the pemocrats Then again
some Of the nhighboring states Ike
Indiana and Illinois. are on the doubtful
list with Reed as candidate, but
scarcely so If Mckinley heads the ticket
It is true that many Republicans Ia that
section DO not approve the high tariff
features Of the so called Mckinley law,
but report says that no attempt win be
made to restore those taxes.
Il Is significant that such 10 tariff
Republicans as Editor Medill, OF the
Chicago Tribune, and Governor Nelson,
Of Minnesota ara so far satisfed with
Governor McKinley's present attitude as
to give him preference for the head Of
the party, It viii bs remembered that
Governor Nelson, when ia Congress
voted against the Mckinley scheme, ana
It is said that the change which brings
these men together Is not on the part oil
the low tariff advocates SO much as Oh
that Of M sKinley himself
Undoubtedly Messrs. Reed and Nc
hinley are now the two leading Republl-
cans in the race for the Presidency, but 1,
does not follow that either Of them viii
get the nomination. Their friends ma,
have been many and wide awake, but
not sufficient to overcome combinations
on the part Of representatives Of lesser
candidates, some one Of whom has often
come in as dark horse and won the
prize. The experience Of Henry Clay
John G Calhoun, Daniel Webster Lewis
Cass, John Sherman aud others whose
names readily present themselves may be
that or Thomas B Reed and Governor
Mckinley also. IL such case It may be
Allison Of Iowa, or Hastings Of Pennsyl
yania, each Of whom is freely mentioned,
or possibly John sherman, who has been
the victim Of such combinations In the
past.
The question is not to be determined
on the tariff issue SO much as on that OF
silver coinage aud currency 10 general
In reality his is the commaudlog prob
lem and is LIKELY to remain s. until after
the election Of 1896 Already both Reed
and Mckinley are he'd Ing at this polui
but that will DO them no good Who
ever is the candidate, there can be no
dodging the silver question. II Is that
fact which covers the political hsavens
with toe clouds OF uncertainty, for the
Republican party cannot become . unit
In the support or rejection Of any fnan.
clal system which may be presented
Indeed, there may be no Republican
party ia exlstencs year from this time.
II looks as u the present enthusiasm, II
the ranks Of that party, were like the
hectic flush Of fever sowing the seeds 81
dissolution Time viii tell.