Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-18
Secretary Carlisle a Full-Fledged
Presidential Candidate.
HIS FORCES BEING ORGANIZED
His Followers Awaiting That Let
ter From the President.
METHODS OF HIS MANAGERS

Not only is Secretary Carlisle a presi-
Dental candidate, but he has a manager
like any of the other well-developed as
pirants for the White House. His man.
ager Is VIM. H. Pugh, auditor for the Navy
Department. and his claims to the presi-
dency are not only being considered 80 that
they can be presented to the Chicago con-
vention with force, but everything possible
Is being done to effect a powerful organi-
zation on practical lines.
Mr.. Cleveland Is not being given credit
for any anti-third term sentiments, and his
letter, to be made public in due time is
looked forward to with the greatest in
tereSt.
Mr.. Clevelund's Position.
Mr.. Cleveland simply thinks the demo-
Gratis are not ''in it," it is argued, and he
prefers to figure as a patriotic American
citizen holding presidential nomination in
indifference rather than to seek it with
the balance Of chance Of getting it against
him, while the probability of his election, if
nominated, would be extremely small. The
President has not underestimated the
strength of the silver men of his party, yet
he believes it is necessary that the sound
money democrats should make a strong
fight in the convention, and he has simply
chosen Mr.. Carlisle TO make this fight. 1t
ministration that Mr.. Cleveland by no
means considers himself cut OF politics.
Looking Forward to 1909.
He simply proposes to take vacation Of
four years, and not to wear himself out by
fruitless fight for an uncertain nomina-
ton, believing that within the next four
years there will be a change of feeling IN
his panty, and that he will be gladly well
coined back to it's folds in the year 1900 as
the only democrat since the war who could
be elected President, and that they will
look upon Inn as a man who would rather
have his party beaten than to make any
terms with the wicked silver men. He
would not be too old at the opening of the
next century to be elected to the pres-
dency. an !, above all, the third term preju-
dice, which IS extremely strong all over
the country, would be minim.zed if Mr..
Cleveland should not only be out of The
White House during four years, but actu-
ally retire from active participation IN poll
tics by declining the nomination.
CnrlisIe's Henchmen Are Chahur.
But Mr.. Carlisle's friends are chatting
over the delay experienced in getting their
man out into the field. They believe it
would have been much better If he could
have announced through his friends his
candidacy for the presidency Immediately
after his Memphis speech for Sound mon
aware that if any sound money" man is
to be chosen it will be by a small majority
and after hard fight. There is Vice Pres
ident Stevenson, 50 long silent in regard to
his views on the money question. but who
has a very considerable following and
might show great strength after several
ballots are taken. No one would be sur
prised If he were to come out for silver
and If he should do so his record will be
favorable to such a declaration.
Still. it is thought quite as likely that
he will be put forth on some declaration
that will be simply a straodle Of the money
question, though the sharp fight now going
on within the democratic party makes it
seem impossible that the convention should
adept any platform except one declaring
outright for gold standard or for the
fIe coinage of silver. Indeed, there is
more probability that the republican plat
form will contain some concession to sill
yer than that the democratic declaration Of
Several state conventions Of the republi-
cans have shown a tendency to stick to
the old plank of the party on the money
question, and while that plank in the past
has been regarded as sound" it is aot
now satisfactory to the gold men and is
as simply a straddle.
Methods of Manager PuRh.
Mr.. Carlisle's managers are working hard
and in what they regard as a practical
way. Mr.. Pugh, who may, in connection
with Logan Carlisle, be termed Mr.. Car
isles manager, has adopted a method
somewhat similar TO that pursued by Mr..
Tiiden when he was making his plans to
capture the nomination Mr.. pugh is one
of Mr.. Carlisles oldest friends, and he
has had much experience in managing
political struggles. His home is in Gin
cinnat and he saw much of Mr. Carlisle,
who lived across the river, and the two
acted together in many political cam
paien. One of the first men provided for
after Mr.. Carlisle came to the Treasury
Department was Mr. Pugh, and in order to
keep his friend in office MIR. Carlisle found
it necessary to appoint him to several
places. He was legislated out of place
as controller by Dockerys reorganiZa-
tion plan.
Manages to Keep in Office.
Then he was placed IN charge of the
coast and gecdetic survey while Prof.
Mendenhall was abroad and just previous
to his retirement, but that place was al
ways looked upon as temporary After
that he was placed in charge of the collec-
ton of the income tax, where he remained
until that tax was declared unconstitu-
tional by the Supreme Court Finally, he
was made one Of the auditors Of the Treas
ury Department, which he has since held
Mr. Push is methodical man, and he is
taking care of Mr. Carlisle's interests in a
methodical way. He has voluminous lists
of men he regards as Carlisle democrats,
and on whom he will depend to have local
organization work done throughout the
country. He now has thousands of names
tabulated in such a way that they NAV be
referred to intelligently in a moment. As
soon as the President takes such action as
to allow the Carlisle boom to take on mo-
mentum these lists will be available and
the machinery will be placed in motion.
There is no doubt about Mr.. Carlisle being
q full-fedged presidential candidate