Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-10
THE PRESIDENCY.

Tho renort that the President ana MS
cacre,arv of state are at lOggerheads Is
xvidespread. Washington newspaper men,
who are presumed TO know, assert 'nd'
4he "deliyerance" on the subject OF the
administrations attitude towards SPAN
and Cuba, which has been Veheiheh"s
aenounced by Mr.. Cleveland. was fufhish-
ed the press by Mr.. Olney himself. IL So
Tho feelings Of Mr.. Olney at this time
may be better imagined than descrlo'"'
ms n was fashionable for novelists 10 say
some years ago. However Oiney Is
.IavIn' low and saying nuthin,' which is
,sualv the course adopted by discon-
dted diplomat. But we should not thinK
that Mr.. Olney's presidential boom would
,rosper under such circumstances. Near
,v all Of the strength that he has comes
from his connection with the administra-
,,on. when the light of that sun FADES
Mr.. Olney will be in total eclipse so
far as the presidential nomination is
concerned.
Rut admitting that Mr.. Olney has been
.checked up" by the presidential rein' he
is not much worse off than Mr.. carlisle
was I'm 1898. when the President counter
manded important Treasury orders that
the Secretary Of the Treasury had given
This certainly should afford Mr.. Oiney
some consolation. The fact is that Mr.
Cleveland Is a man who loves TO do his
own talking, and this his secretaries
should have learned long ago.
4. fc linn
remember that Mr.. Cleveland has made
10 "deliverance' as 10 his position on the
third-term question. and to him it must
have seemed presumptuous that Mr.. Oh
ney should have permitted his Boston
friends 10 start an Olney boom. However
we must say that the name Of Mr.. Cleve-
land IS not now so frequently mentioned
in connection with third term as 1t wa
n few months ago, when the New York
Herald doomed him daily, and when learn
ed lawyers were engaged in writing argu-
ments TO prove that Mr.. Cleveland could
accept the presidential nomination this
year without violating the thrd-term idea.
1t is observable. too, that the ree silver
ties declare their unalterable mot to say
rnutterable) opposition to Mr.. Cleveland
q formidable obstacle in the way of his
receiving n nomination when we consider
the two-thirds rule.
Mr.. whitney has repeatedly said that
ne is not a candidate for the nomination.
and we do not believe that he wishes 1t:
but he has been known to coax other
public men into acceptance Of nomina-
tions by urging upon them their duty to
the country and 10 the party. and It
may be that he himself, would be sus-
ceptible to like influences. Whitney is op-
posed TO free coinage by the United
States independently OF the action OF
other nations; but thinks that an inter
national agreement on the subject is
enough of a possibility to be worth trying
for.
Whitney. of New York, and Mathews,
of Indiana, or Morrison, OF Illinois, are
mentioned by some newspapers as can-
didates who would inspire public conil-
dence. But II must not be imagined that
the free-silver men concede that they
VIII be In the minority in the Chicago
convention SO far from It, several of
their organs assert that the free-silv@"
men will be in the majority there. 1t
does not seem TO us that they are correct
IN their prognosis of the situation, bat
we give them the benefit Of the publica-
ton OF their claim.
The chances are that the two-thirds
rule will cut great figure in ohr ma
tionai convention, and 1t may 5e that tie
presidential ballotng will 80 ON For days
and days. However after the platform
has been adopted. which may be done
by a majority vote, there ought not to be
a very long time spent in choosing two
men 10 stand upon IL.
In the Republican camps Mckinley, the
apostle OF nigh protection. undoubtedly
has the lead But who knows but that
Allison. Reed, Morton. and the other as
plrants may combine against Mac
Such things have been done. Blaine
who was far more OF a popular fsvorit'
than Mckinley IL, had several such ex
periences. Mckinley may have the same
tii-iuck. Notwithstanding the fact that h'
10 going ahead now with flying colors.