Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-30
HAS HIS EYE ON II.
Cleveland Wants to be
President Again.
HIS FORMER TACTICS
To Secure the Nomination
Have Been Renewed.

f ing to be renonil1ated for The
: Presidency i'll 1900? The South
ern Democrats now in Washing
! ton answer the question III the
! affirmative. They are as certain
= that the Reform Club dinner
j., was the beginning Of his cam
I paign as they are that the SUI
, shines OH a clear day.
All the speeches at that now
famous event are regarded as the
first guns of the battle. 1t is
claimed that it would not have
been held but for the belief
that it is not yet too early TO LET
the country see that Cleveland
is still in politics, and they point
to his address as confirming their
belief that he sees in himself the
logical candidate of his own pos,
itlOn
Representative Richardson, of
Tennessee, said that he had
absolutely no doubt that Cleve-
land was already planning to Sc
cure the nomination III 1900.
Gas soon as he was out of office
BEFORE" said Mr.. Richardson,
ga plan of campaign was organs
lied in his behalf. Although his
nomination, when it came, SEEM
ed to be the result Of popular
wave in his favor, the fact is that
a sentiment for him was adroitly
stimulated by articles i'll the
country press and by literature
sent out by mail; both ernanat,
ing from a headquarters in New
York. His friends had plenty Of
money and the same organization
is at his disposal today"
Mr.. Richardson does not be-
lieve, of course, that this cam
] paign can be made effective TN
der the conditions which now
exist in the regular Democratic
Party. There is feeling among
some of the Democrats, however
that Cleveland will be nominat>
ed by the gold faction. This is
the view of ''Silver Dick" Bland.
"Yes," said Mr.. Bland yesterday,
"Cleveland hopes to be nornin>
ated, and he will be, but not by
the mocratic party, which will
remain true to the principles de
clared at Chicago last spring.
He will be the candidate of the
handful of people at the Reform
Club dinner. I shall be very
glad to see the issue directly
made, for l do not believe that
four years from now MIR. Cleve-
land will find a corporal's guard
to follow him. There is one good
thing . about that dinner. 1t
shows that there is to be no con-
cession and no compromise, and
the Cleveland party will not coal
esce with the 100000 who fol-
lowed the regular standard bears
cr."
1t is already apparent that in
some localities the lines are all
ready being drawn very tightly. !
Congressman Champ Clark, of
Missouri, who agrees that Cleve
land will be the nominee OF the
gold Democrats, said yesterday
that out in his State, the test
of Democracy in the recent prinl>
aries was the support of the 3rys
an ticket last fall. "That is what
we ought to have done i'll Alaba~
ma" said Representative Stall
ings, of that State, "but we had
to bear in mind the negro quests
ion, and SO the lines were not SO
closely drawn. I remember" he
continued, chow Cleveland's
nomination was secured the last
time. | know that a tremendous
amount of work was done in my
State, and a large amount OF
money was spent in the effort to
secure delegates for him. of
course, it is too early for the
same kind of work to be begun
again, and l am sure, after all
that has happened, that Alaba-
ma will be found very sterile soil
in which to plant the seed. That
it will be commenced, I can not
doubt whatever. l should not
wonder if Cleveland hopes to
gather to himself the Republic
cans, especially in the West, who
are not favorable to a high tariff. |
He will get support from Wher-
ever he can and from whatever
party that is willing to help him
in his ambitions. The Democ-
1acy, however, will go ahead and
make its fight with out him -
81 have heard the gentlemen
participated in the Reform Club
dinner called the Waldorf Dem
ocratic, because they mt at the
hotel of that name" WAS the
comment of Representative Car
mack, of Tennessee; 81 should
call them the 'wall-ed-off DEM