The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-19

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the currency OF the country. As con-
sequence Of this position. they ara
| anxiously watching the outcome Of the
| party conventions. caring more for the
platform than for the candidates II
IS my belief that IL is to be a battle OF
| platforms and principles much more
than Of men this year. and that the
platform which appears to the business
interests Of the country to be safer and
sounder win receive their support
BY this do not mean that the bus
ness men Of the country Will go IN a
body to one side or the other, as they
| find the platform better suited to their
! IDEAS, for even business men are some
times 50 swayed by their prejudices
that they vote regardless Of what their
| business Judgment teaches them What
mean is that there IS a large class Of
| conservative business men whose busi-
ness Is their politics, and who are car
| Ing nothing for partiSansf1fp These
men are a power in this country, ana
they are getting more and more numer-
Gus every years. They constitute the
greater part Of what is called the in
dependent vote, and they control cleo
tons to a considerable extent, state or
national
There is yet TO question OF candidate
Tor the presidential nomination. I do
not know OF a man VINO would push his
ambition in this direction ahead of thu
platform this year. The Democrats
party has many able leaders, any one OF
whom would make a good president.
II mas several men who, under suitable
conditions, might contest for the nom
Inauon, but not one Of them Is pushing
his candidacy at this time Let the
convention once get down to business
and make a good platform, one which
Is safe and sound on the financial CUES.
ton. and we WIZ have Candidates
enough and to spare. The result OF the
state OF affairs within the party can
be seen IN the attention that Is beir.
paid TO the financial question. the great
est lssue OF the day Our people are
not embittered with personal contests
ana preJudices, as our opponents are.
ana When the nomination is finally
made it viii receive a rousing and nm. |
divided support from the Democrats or |
the country
rs Mr. Cleveland a candidate for the |
presidential nomination again this
llls year? Speaking for myself Indi- |
Fld ua1ly, L Should say not, as I do not |
believe that he has any idea of being a |
CahoAdate- But at the same time il il |
quite proper for me to say that have /
not heard one word from Mr.. Cleveland. |
directly OF indirectly, on this sr1biac, |
1 iis1L IS probably because there has been |
no occasion for him to speak on the mat |
ter Everybody know that he is never
at loss for words TO make his position
clearly understood on any subject Ha |
takes his own time on such matters
q M when he speaks II settles the cues,
non. he has at time been criticisAI
IoT speaking too clearly on a topic. a.
IoT instance when he wrote that famous
lelter which fixed his position on thu
S5!Ver question but he never does any,
tElnS from mere selfish motive. nor
does ne speak rashly or inConsiderateIy
w hen Mr. Cleveland thinks il time :,
make statement as to whether ne viii
or VIII NOT be a candidate. the state.
IIlent VIII be made, and there will be no
cHllculty in understanding it
me outcome of a political convention
= Always problematic- Our Mckinley |
! I4ehds declare they viii drive all be- |
! ! ore 'hem and that their candidate will
oe nominated either on the first ballot
or by reclamation at St. Louis. Tina,
may be true; they have been making n
great zeal Of noise. and in politics tbsra
is generally rush for what is caIIaa
me loaded wagon" Bur at the sama
t!me the people who have been oDnos.
ING Mckinley have not ceased from
rououng Yet. and say that they win
De he@aGd az the convention. 50 the nom.
iIia'Fon VIII, after all, have to wait ms,
IL Is made. The outlook IS now y.,r,,
much in favor OF McKinley's trlu1,nSo,
nomination, but that does NOT SELL ~.
matter. 80
1t looks now as though there v-o,,rl
Re a very large attendance at tho .Ds-,-
pcratic convention. The rank and A.,
y the party are taking a great inter
st in the discussion % 1he flnsncfa, (
question. and that viii lead 70 a blr
,rowd at the convention. On the on.
r side. il appears. as the Republican /
convention draws near, that there VIII
- virtually no contest over the nomina-
ion, and that Mckinley VIII be an easy
winner, there VIII lie very fesyv. people
rom distance at the convent lion. since
here VIII be nothing OF interest -
draw the crowds. A cut-and-dried
convention is never interesting 10 out
iiderS."
OLD NATD-''Is this'tne newspaper officer
-erA-" \ Is, ma'am." Old Maid blush
sly see thenayor ias-adyertiseJ ford
ropoSa!s, ana ! would Ike 70 advertise,
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DINGUss-'By the .-av. S,,aohc,, .s7,-i,,
those y rays Shadbolt isheeriuc
mo Use DllguS IDQll make NJ, Y
aise IRON me this tine. - Chicago Trib-
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