Evening star., 1896-03-17
CARLISLE'S CANDIDACY
The Announcement of Administration Sup
port Not Taken Seriously.
Believed That Olney is Mr.. Cleveland.s q
Choice, but 1t Would Not Do to
Now Make This known.

The statement made by the Associated
Press that Mr.. Carlisle is to be the admins
tration candidate for the democratic presi-
Dental nomination, and that this fact, to-
gether with Mr.. Cieveland's "declination,'
will soon be formally announced, causes no
great surprise. At the same time there is an
iIdispostion to take the Carlisle candidacy
seriously. The opinion is expressed that be-
hind it there is something else. There is a
growing belief that Secretary Olney is the
nan upon whom the anti-silver democrats
will ultimately decide as their standard bear
er. 1t is well known that Mr.. Olney does not
want to appear in the light OF a candidate
seeking the nomination. In the first place,
it is repugnant to his temperament to be
placed in the attitude Of seeking the public
favor. In the second place, it might em-
barrass him in dealing with our foreign COM
plicationS if everything he did might be
Lointed to as the act of candidate playing
politics.
The politicians are looking for the ad-
minstration candidate, and opinion has
gradually been settling upon Olney. The
suggestion is made that the announcement
of Carlisle's candidacy is only temporary
matter to put an end to speculation until
the administration people shall be ready to
make more serious move.
There is such a bitter feeling in ken-
lucky, and Carlisle is SO seriously in
volved in the factional fight. that his get
ting majority of that delegation is regard
ed as improba BILE Even a sound money
delegation might not favor him. since many
of that faith who are believers in caucus
rule and are personally friendly to Black
burn resent the action of Cariisles friends
in the senatorial fight. But If he should get
a majority of the delegates it would prob
ably be in split convention, and there
might be a contest at Chicago.
1t does not appear where outside of Ken
lucky Mr.. Carlisle could show any original
strength in the convention.
His Position ms a Sound Money Man.
In SO far as ne at present stands as an
advocate of sound money" he might be
preferred in the east to a candidate avow-
edly for silver or whose present attitude
to the money question is in doubt but it
is thought hardly likely that the New Eng
land, New York and other sound money
money men, as their choice. For some
time there has been movement looking to
the capture of the Pennsylvania delegation,
but there is not now any evidence that great
progress has been made in that direction. 1t
is not understood that Mr.. Carlisle has at
tanned the position anon sound money
men as leading, cons -cuous champion,
but it is thought that he is rather regarded
as deriving his standing in this connection
from his official relations to Mr.. Cieveland's
administration. He is rather regarded
among politicians as having lost the sup
port of many of his former associate with
out having yet been raised to a command
ing position among his new associates
management of the Treasury Grill
cfsed.
Moreover, his general mana cement of the
treasury is criticised by Sound money
people, in spite Of his advanced anti-silver
position. There seems to be disposition to
attribute to Cleveland that which is an
proved of, and to charge mistakes upon Car
lisie.