The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-09
THE PRESIDENT TO RUN.
Mr.. Clcvcl and is Apparently Willing
to Accept denomination.
THE PROGRAMME IS NOW OUTLINED
Control by Sound Money Mon an Esssn.
tiai Feature -Cariisie Active In
tho RAcc,

not cecline a denomination X II he rendered
! TO him by tho democratic National conven
ton.
Secretary Carlisle is candidate for tn,
! democratic nomination for president.
/ am today able to state authorttativcly
what the attitude OF the president is con
corning tho nomination. and also to ex
plain the meaning OF the candidacy OF
Secretary Carlisle.
Secretary Olney Ia not and Will not he q
candidate for president, and ex-Secretary
Whitney is not and will not be candi.
date.
The administration progrn .nr,e Is as fol
lows:
/ l. To secure control of the convention and
adopt an anti-siver platform.
?, To nominate Secretary Carlisle II pos.
siblc.
B. That falling, to nominate Mr.. Cicve-
land for a fourth time.
The friends of Secretary Olney. OF ex-
Secretary Whitney. and of Ex-Governor
Russell OF Massachus otis, who. under IA
vcrablc circims taroes. might wish to worl,
for the selection % their favcritcs. all un-
ders,and that the PRESIDENT has arranged
his plans on the lines which ! have just
described. ana this state OF affairs mecca
| sarlly precludes the PRESSING of any other
| candidate from the wing OF tho party TO
which the president belongs.
EASTERN LEADERS TO BE PASSIVE
the president Is to be permitted 10 70
ahead with his programme without inter.
| ference. All the Eastern leaders Of the
| party not directly attached TO the ndmins-
tration Will participate In the prcconvcn-
| ton campaign. If al all. only In the most
passive way. This is true of Senators Cor
| man, Brice and Inn. eX-Sccretary Whit
ney. Ex-Governor Russell and many others.
The tract; is TO bc cleared for President
Cicvolands plan of Secretary Carlisle or
himself.
In the opinion OF men familiar with tho
facts President Cleveland expects to carry
the first and third numbers of his pro-
grammc
Within the last few weeks there has been
good deal of newspaper talk about Mr..
Carlisle's candidacy Ii has been said that
the president would write n letter emphat-
cally declining again to permit his name
to be used In connection with the nomina-
ton. and In this letter he would make
Secretary Carlisle his political heir and ask
tho democratic party to rive him its sun
port
II has also been said that there was 5omc
friction in the cabinet between Secretary
of State Oiney and Secretary of tho Treas
hrS .nr.is," as 10 me poi,icai Succession.
h"o 'H"t 'hn prcslueht hhu PUT MT oinHY
10 one r'uc III ia.or OF ME- tarHse' Ihese
stories ar' deVol' OF ruin
WILL NOT DECLINE DENOMINATION
Tho nresident will mn, dccIipo , rorou-
ination If II ls offered IN him with s,,hstnn-
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