The evening times., 1900-05-02
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
The CrevcI.na r.,mor-r,, t1on {

The Cleveland rsemor--The Hon. ST
Clair McKelway, Of the Brooklyn Eagle.
seems to be thn -Peck's Bad Boy OF the
away the Dewey scheme and by his pre-
cipitousness caused the Admiral to make
formal announcement Of his candidacy
long before anybody expected it, And now
DIR. McKelway has sprung a leak" agai.l
and brought confusion to the ido,ators OF
the Brobdingnagian fetish at Princeton.
The bright editor OF the "Brookly7 e gle.
ably assisted by his alert and welI-iRforne ed
Washington Correspondent. Mr.. Atkins.
has told all about ale preliminaries of a
plan designed to CIeyelandize the Denoc-
raey onee more According to this ss1ry
a conference is to be held in New York at
an early date for the purpose Of so1ffyins
around the Consecrated One ali of the on
position to Bryan. The scheme, ii is saiG.
had its inception in Brooklyn. or Kings
courty-presumabIy In the sanctum sane
forum of DR.. MckeIway. Ii is alleged thar
the Hon. Hugh Mclaughlin, the Democrat
&c boss Of Kings, is one Of the ehi=f pro-
moters OF the game. II depends entirely
upon the viewpoint how this report IL o
De reeonciled to the booms OF the Hon.
Bird 5. Coler for Vice President and fcz
Governor. Mr.. Coler. it is known. is the
handiwork of Mclaughlin, and Tammany
has been viewing him with misgiv.ngs
always, and with horror at times. becaUse
OF his course as Comptroller of Greater
New York. II Coler is the choi-e Of the
organized democracy Of New York
meaning Tammany - for either the
Vice Presidency or the Governcrship.
thea it may be argued with gcoB
reason that the organization is for CIeve-
land. despite the statements OF Croker,
Hill. and others to the contrary. This
view OF il is based upon the supp0sition
that Coler is still true to Boss McI.augh-
lin and that the organized Democracy OF
the State has taken him up in earnest for
one or the other places mentioned. On
the other hand. IL Coler has not been taken
up by the organization. then il is evident
that the Kings county end OF the party
is stin defiant OF Croker, Hill ct al and
is relying upon Boss Mclaughlin and Dr.
McKelway to engineer its affairs 70 a sue
ceSsful issue Accepting this as a correct
diagnosis IL Is easy to conceive Of the
latest Cleveland movement as a thiN e of
some strength. for the power OF Kings
county in the New York Democracy can
not be fiouted. However ii remains TO
be seen what the real attitude OF ColeT is.
This will be important only as showing
whether DR.. MeKelway and the kid glove
crowd are cooperating with the Me-
Laughlin crowd Until that is known the
latest Cleveland movement can be viewed
only as an iridescent dream At the pres
eRt moment this is the opinion OF IL held
by the party managers in Washington.
Indeed. they say there viii always re a
Cleveland movement until tins is no
more. for the fetish worshfpers viii hand
down to their children and their children :
children to the end OF things mundane the
tradition Of the Consecrated One. Mean
time the Bryanites are losing no sleep
over the playful Dr. McKelway's latest
prank They are prepared always for
the Cleveland movement" Also are they
prepared always 10 deal with uncertainty
in the New York situation They feel alb
solutelY confident OF nominating Mr.. Bry-
an on the first ballot at Kansas City. ire
sPective OF what may be done in New
York. Maryland, New Jersey, and Ohio.