New-York tribune., 1896-07-25
arg NOW OF CLEVELAND.
.,,ucd from First PnHc.

vh,tney and few other OF the Demo
psi MI sso,d-standard leaders at the Manhattan
crsuc ga that Mr. Cleveland's canoidacy was
cpcs; ed From here Nj oiney wen, o',evus as
70 Grs! Ia Yesterday that the President nal
fftinssaaa his willingness TO run on such tlcke,
dfninnea~, was the reason that the gold-standaro
sno""rats sno were urging third ucKeI
NOTHING ADDITIONAL TO SAY.
u,,,,ev dined at the Metropolitan Club
~, son Harry Payne Whitney. last evening.
Trjbupe reporter saw him there he SAID
"ea had not had any additional conferences
~. hs had talked with none of the leaders
w ,ssued his statement which was printed
sace =. morning Mr.. Whitney was asked II
yes'..s seen any OF the comments that had peeh
ens.non his statement. He replied:
raos eos have seen them l am personally
Vn. Vn..si;hie for what ] said. and was not act
fsspot The mouthpiece Of any one MY views,
m am afraid. have been sublimated 1
bow nothing additional to say.
nav whitney was asked about the reported
NJ hi.rcs AZ the Manhattan Club between Sec
eris es, oney. himself and other leaders. He re-
pasd;. .,a M, see Mr. Olney while he was in the
sr and have had no communication WIN ''''''
esnow es, nothing OF it,.
psr asked II there was any truth in the re-
wrsat president Cleveland might be the can.
iss.s Of the gold-standard Democrats ne re-
rs'r r,ust say the same of Mr. Cleveland that
lssid ~a ~ MIR Olney. have not seen him or
ns,' snv communication with him on the sub
Ji" ,., Nv C,.vo,aro would accept the
l',s,ion upon a gold-standard PLATFORM Mr..
whitney was asked ...x,u,,
~, answer.
MR. DEPEw'S IDEA.
su-,u. have only read Mr.. whitneys state
,,sr, superficially." said Chauncey NJ. Depew
=, N. waldorf last evening, Il must say that
!, ,.,,srA he has the right idea This is time
o., all true patriots to get together irrespective
:, ,.-,r. The money question. by combine
49, n circumstances. has dwarfed every other
,ssns The tariff is and always has been
,,sr,sndous factor in the history OF the country,
So, conditions are such now that the money
cnesrjon has been brought acutely 10 the front
sod should be treated the leading issue In
The hour when the Nations integrity Is assalled,
vhsn the National honor is imperilled there
.houN be no division of the forces OF honesty
snd fairness. We cannot afford TO have d.
ris,on when we ought TO present solid front
"a the common enemy. We ought 10 JOIN hands
vah every honest man on this issue. and nght
II out upon this line. The money issue is as we
mus. admit, the leading ISSUE ana we ought 10
admit H."
Ex-Mayor Edward Cooper who was asked last
evening what he thought Of William {. whit
rsy'e plea for more CODClndlOTy vi tHc
nsy1 of Republicans toward Democrats and
" Whjtney's suggestion of third ticket. SAID
sAs 10 the matter Of the attitude OF Repubi-
rams toward Democrats, there are other things
q more Importance. The money issue over
shadows everything else. AS TO third ticket
vel l have decided views about that but 90
rot care 10 express them.
When MI Cooper was asked what he thought
n the report that President Cleveland might
e nominated on a third ticket he replied thaI
pknew nothing whatever about the matter, ana
hM heard no talk about II. Mr. cooper mas
sready declared himself for Mckinley.
Ex-Governor Roswell p. Flower has calleo
-eeting Of the Board of Governors of the Demo
ratio Club for next Monday evening. when II
: expected that they will order special meet
ug OF the club for the Wednesday evening foi-
owing TO consider what formal action the CLUB
hall take concerning the ticket nominated at
hicago The proposal Of putting third ticket
, the field will also be discussed at that time
When asked about his action in calling the
Meeting. Mr. Flower said Yesterday wv hen
wentv-hve members Of the club ask me 70 cail
1eeting. what do / do? l call 1t. don't !? Ger
ainly." That was all he would say. He declined
discuss his own attitude toward third ticket
r 10 comment on Mr. Whitney's utterance'