The Portland daily press., 1896-11-30
FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Cleveland Has Hopes of His Now
PrOstrate Party.

Up Dy VIC AoPulsts Eventually
Country Has Little to Hope For From
Republicans, says He.
Washington. November sS.-An even
ing paper here prints an account of
conversation between President Cleye-
land and prominent Democratic poll
tician in which the former expressed at
length his views upon the future of the
Democratic party. The President be-
lleVes, according to the story, that a
blunder was made by the leaders who
controlled the convention at Chicago last
July, but he is hopeful that many of the
mon responsible for that action will be
convinced of their folly in the near
future. He expects to see the organiza-
tion brought back into the true Demo-
cratic path. and is confident that the
party, by repudiating at the first oppor-
tunity the doctrines proclaimed at
Chicago, can quickly recover much OF the
groupd lost IN the late campaign. 1t is
to those democrats who followed Mr..
Bryan solely on the ground of "regulari
u and TO their brethren who organ.
lied the movement leading up to the In
dianapolis convention that Mr.. Cleve-
land LOOKS for the reorganization and Ie-
habilltatlon of the Democratic party
He is confident that they will not fol-
low the free silver extremists into tine
Populist camp but gladly come back
into the democratic fold when the part
ing OF the ways is reached, as it will be
very shortly, In his opinion. The num-
Der OF these Democrats is much greauer,
MT- ttIaV0land hnliRVac hop
sons suspect. 1t is his estimate that in
many of the southern states, particularly,
proba bly, third of the votes given Mr..
5ryan were cast by Democrats who were
Influenced IN registering their ballot
exclusively by the idea of regularity.
Mr.. Cleveland Is said to expect the radi-
cal element Of the party. composed as
1t is of men who enthusiastically indorse
all the dangerous doctrines proclaimed
at Chicago. will shortly be swallowed
up IN the Populist organization. 1t is
the Presidents idea that the sooner they
go the better it will be for thu Demo-
cratic party. He wants the Ieorganiza-
tlon to be effected along the lines laid
down in the Indianapolis platform,
which he regards as the mbodiment OF
essential Democratio principles.
The President insists it is only to the
Democratic party purified and rejnye-
iidUOt, NS iac IiOECS IL W Ill p0 ny UDlS
sloughing off process and by acessions
from the Republican and Independent
voters, that the people can look with
any degree of hope or confidence for re-
lief from their burdens. He thinks the
greatest dangers which now menace the
country are the greed of organized wealth
and the rapacity of corporations. He sees
in the return of the Repu blican party
to power no prospect of an abatement of
these evils.
Henry Watterson Gets Home.
New York, November 28.-Editor Henry
Wattersou OF the Louisville Courier Jour
nal, arrived this afternoon on the steam
ship st. Paul He has been abroad for
almost a year and looked in excellent
health. He carried black thorn stick,
NitG which he said he had been presented
by Gen. Patrick Collins, American CON
sui general in London. When asked what
was the feeling in Europe over Mckin-
ley's election he said: II think the
general opinion in Europe is in favor OF
the gold standard. AS far as the Euro
psan bankers are concerned, they oon't
care whether we have gold standard OF
silver standard The more confusion
that exists in financial circles in this
country the more it benefits them. The
victory of the gold standard here in the
CiOGblOh 10 lCSllAO0 ally ALI GuTUpG
as an evidence of the stability and in
tegrity of the government and adds to
the prestige OF the country. | did not
think at any time from the very Begin
ming Of the campaign that Bryan's elee-
tion WIS possi bic. =
Mr.. Watderson was asked what he
thought of the defeat of the National
Democratic party. No man." he said,
. in the present chaotic condition Of pop
,f,sif
to wha5 is going TO happen next year or
the year after. | don't undertake to
speculate upon what Is going to happen
within the next tour years. ] think,
however. that the Demoor attic party can
only be reorganized on she lines of the
Indianapolis convention and on no other.
believe those persons who have hitherto
been calling themselves Democrats and
vino are clinging TO the Chicago plat
form will have to go into the populist
party, and will go there. Persistence in
the Chicago platform would mean the
destruction of the Democratic party.
think the men who supported Bryan and
are unwilling now to align themselves
on the indianapolis platform have no
place to go except to the populists. y
Senator Sherman on His Relations With
Messrs. Mckinley and Hanna.
Washington, Novem ber 2S To a re-
porter this afternoon Senator Sherman,
speaking Of theagossip which has put him
in the ca binet to be succeeded in the
Senate by Mr.. Hanna said: 81 have not
talked with Mr. Mckinley or Mr.. Hanna
since the election and no letters have
passed between us except on ordinary
matters. some applications for off CO
that have come to me l have forwarded
to Mr.. Mckinley. The letters that have
passed have be3n of an ordinary charao-
ter The gossip you refer TO is nothing
but fabrication. There has rot bsen a
word on the subject betwe ~ either Mr..
Mckinley or Mar. Hanna and mysolf. |
know MIR. Hanna well. We are friends.
He is mau of lofty purposes and u dis
Interested gentlemen. [ don't behave he
is seeking any office or wants it. He is
doubtless as much chagriueh at all this
talk as am. There is 10 such condition
of affairs. AS to my being candidate
for reelection. it is a matter l have not
thought upon, and ! would not answer
any question concerning it.''
On the subject of Legislation Senator
Sherman said there were differences ct
opinion as to what should be done, but
that there was no friction and no likeli-
hood of any differences which would give
trouble.