The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-10
EITHER WOULD ACCEPT
Feelings Of President Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle.
a FAvoRITE CABINET OFFICIAL.
President Cleveland Will Take the Mont.
nation n MT. Carlisle Cannot Get 1.-THE
President's Adherence Co So Called soand
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Presidents Adherence TO So Called soan'
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There - a growing belief here that Mr.
Clevelarn expects to be called upon again
90 lead his party In the presidential race
have from time TO time In these dis
pasches Expressed the opinion that Mr.
Cleveland would run again II asked TO d.
so and II he should regard IL necessary il
order Co hold the party mp TO what he con
siders Its true principles on the financial
question. am strengthened In that be
lief by developments OF the last few days
The perennial rumor OF the existence of {
letter from the president In which he alb
solutely forbids the party TO consider him
as candidate has been In circulation
again and met with prompt and decisive
denial by Secretary Lamont, the gentle
man who was alleged TO have the letter In
his possession. As a matter of fact, the
president has written no such letter and Is
not likely to write any.
The Presidents Views.
Il has become known here during the
last week that the president has determin-
cd 90 put Mr.. Carlisle forward as the can
didate Of tho administration, and the lat
ter's recent letter Is considered here as
| merely "feeler" TO sound the public in
his own state and elsewhere. i know per-
sonally that the possible candidacy OF other
members of the administration has been
frowned upon by the president Mr..
Cleveland has taken IA strange liking TO
Mr.. Carlisle. Since the death of Secretary
Gresham, year ago, Mr.. Carlisle has been
| getting nearer and nearer To the affections
of the master Of the White House. He Is
now the favorite member cf the cabinet
Almost every day the president and Score
tary Carlisle go driving together, and on
Sundays the president and Mrs. Cleveland
and Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle almost in
variably take drive together IN the sub
urbs. At the same time members of the
administration with whom l have talked
say they do not believe Mr.. Carlisle can be
nominated. Furthermore, they do not be-
lisve Mr.. Cleveland thinks he can be. The
meaning of this, stated in plain English,
Is that Mr.. Carlisle is 10 be put forward as
a pscemaker. and IL he cannot win the
president is to bring up the reserve and
take the nomination.
IL goes without saying that neither Sec
rotary Carlisle nor the president would
take the nomination II the silver plank is
not made satisfactory TO him. This is the
first fight. Great efforts are being made 10
secure the election of majority of dele
gates favorable to a sound money plank In
the platform.
Opposed to the President.
The belief that President Cleveland Is
altogether willing to take tho nomination
IN case Mr.. Carlisle cannot get it has
spread through the capital and the coun-
try during the last week and has been one
of the sensations of the hour. 1t has not
been very favorably received in Washing
ton. The public men of this city, with few
exceptions, are not overfriendly to the
president. As Is well known, Mr.. Cleve-
land Is out of sympathy with great ma
jority Of the Democratic senators and rep.
resentatives In congress, and the comment
on his candidacy heard at the capitol has
not been at all friendly. The most general
comment Is that IL Mr.. Cleveland succeeds
In forcing his nomination at Chicago the
party will split into halves, one part, the
eastern section, standing by the ticket, and
the other part, that coming from the south
and west, going over to silver party
which il Is expected will be formed by
coalition OF all the elements, Democratic
Republican, Populist and other, which
favor tho FREQ coinage Of the white metal
by this country alone without waiting for
the action OF any other nation.
Among the extreme expressions heard
arc many to tho effect that Mr.. Cleveland
will not be able TO carry a single state in
the Union, and have heard Democrats
say that he could not carry county or
precinct In the common wealths from which |
they hail. These are, of course, unreason-
ahlss yiaxva hfrt thau .oA I,,I
ocrats, and as such are entitled to weight.
Conservative observers those who are not |
blinded by prejudice or passion, admit |
that Mr.. Cleveland has remarkable hold |
upon the masses of the people. In some
way or other he has won the confidence of |
the people to great extent-to q surpris- |
ing extent, In fact, considering the diff
culties with which he has had 70 contend |
and the apparent determination of many /
OF the strong men in his own party to /
make his second administration failure. |
IL would be folly to underrate Mr.. Cleve.
lind, but he will have TO go into the cam. /
paign, II he goes in at all, with divided /
party and with the great prejudice against |
a third term working against him.
How strong this prejudice Is no one pre- /
tends tn know. Here in Washington we |
hear various opinions. One member OF /
congress will sey that the people of his dis.
trict will never vote for any man for q
third term, no matter who he U.s. Another
will express the opinion that the prejudice
against third term Is myth. II Mr.
Cleveland does actually run again IL will
prove to be- q most Interesting political ex.
pertinent.
As He Sees HIS Duty.
lt IL as yet too early TO gauge with &C.
curacy the feeling which the Democratic