The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-10
WING PUSHES
DEWEY TO THE FRONT
He is the Candidate of the
Anti Bryanites.
CLEVELAND INTERESTED
The Movement Will be Dropped if il
Threatens Mckinley.
CLEVELAND INTERESTED
AND THUS HELPS TO ELECT Mr.. BRYAN
According 10 His Own Statement Dewey is
Cleveland Democrat, But Cleveland
and Others VIII Use Him
as a Cats Paw.
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washington Post.) !
The mystery of Dewey's self-announced
candidacy for the Presidential nomination
is gradually being cleared away. He
stated in Philadelphia yesterday that he
was "a Democrat"
There Will be some question as TO the
genuineness of his Democracy in any de-
gree, especially when Senator Proctor
vouched for his Republicanism after his
return from Manila. But let that pass. II
is Of more interest to known that he now
| is a Cleveland Democrat. according to his
own statement made to some friends yes
| terday morning before going TO Philadel-
phia. He said, as evidence of the truth of
his assertion, that he had intended to
| vote for Cleveland in 1892, being in sym
pathy with the Democratic platform OF
that year, but had been prevented from
! going to Vermont for that purpose by
| press of business. 1t was stated in the
| Post yesterday morning that a member
| Of his official family visited New York a
| short time ago, at the Admiral's sugges-
| ton, to discuss with Whitney and La
mont the ACCESSIBILITY of a formal an
nouncement. 1t is now believed that Mr..
| Cleveland was also consulted at that
| time.
THE PLAN OF HIS CAMPAIGN.
There is now no doubt that the Cleve-
land wing of the Democratic party was
holding Dewey in reserve. 1t is a curious
coincidence that on Tuesday night eX-
| Secretary Lamont, Cleveland's personal
and confidential friend, appeared sud
denly in Washington, and that shortly
after his arrival Dewey's announcement
was given to the press.
The plan of the Cleveland-Whitney-
Lamont combination is now known. 1t
proposes the nomination of Dewey on an
independent platform. A convention is TO
be arranged through the same methods
which brought together the Indianapolis
Gold Democratic convention, four years
ago. There is plenty Of money in the
combination to pay the expense OF TINS
gathering. It is true that the Palmer
and Buckner ticket, named at Indian
apolis, only polled 1872, coo votes out of a
total of nearly Is. 900, 900. bat Dewey's
| friends believe that he will receive much
more generous support. They say that
he will be voted for by all the Democrats
who do not regard Bryan as acceptable,
and by all the Republicans who are dis
satisfied with Mckinley, and that he Will
receive more votes than either of the two
regular candidates. Political history does
not warrant this assumption, but Deweys
friends are willing to take the risk. They
have nothing to lose by the experiment.
Dewey is the only man who Will be burnt,
and he. too, is ready to take his chances
WANTS TO DEFEAT M'KINLEY.
1t is a curious fact that there is not
entire harmony of purpose between Dew
ey and the men who have stimulated his
ambition. Dewey's prime motive is a de
sire to defeat Mckinley. No one knows
/ this better than Senator Hanna. The
antipathy grows out of Deweys belief
that the popular cutlery against him at
the time he transferred his popular-sub-
scription house to his wife was inaugural
ed and fostered by the administration
through a fear that, as an idol Of the
people, he was McKinley's dangerous
rival. Dewey also believes that the re-
ports of his alleged contemplated trip to
Europe emanated from the same source.
More than once, in angry moments, he
has threatened to show that the Pres1-
dent would have ample cause to fear him.
Of Dewey's hostility to the President
there cannot be any doubt whatever.
The Admiral's political hackers, how
ever, want to sidetrack Bryan and elect
some other Democrat. They do not want
. to merely defeat Mckinley; as between
Bryan and Mckinley in the Presidential
chair, they would infinitely prefer the lat
ter. and if it shall prove that Dewey is
not likely to sweep the country, they VIII
throw him overheard without the least
! compunction. 1t is for this reason that
MIR. Cleveland, after first indorsing Mr..
Dewey's announcement now takes occa-
sion to deny his utterances and to serve
public notice that if he says anything at
all. the expression will be a formal one
over his own signature. 1t can now be
asserted. with absolute knowledge, that
Mr.. Cleveland has been surprised at the
Indifference with which Dewey's name
has been received, and that the letter
which he promises will never appear IN
less there is change in public sentiment.
The possibility that a third ticket may
draw votes from Mckinley and thus elect
BRYAN is something that the Cleveland
Democrats are fully considering. 1t will
; not become a probability With their
! knowledge and consent.
\ MINSTREL'S SIGNIFICANT JOKE.
II is now recalled that when Lew Dock
. stader, the minstrel, was in Washington
some weeks ago, he delivered a mono
ilogue in which he nominated Dewey and
Wheeler on the platform, The Ameri-
can Flag" Only a few weak and scatter
). ing hand-claps greeted the announcement
If my ticket does not get more votes
than applause it will not win"
e ; ed Dockstader.
t But night after night in Washington
5 and since then in city after city, DOCK
| stader continued to announce his Dewey
4 and Wheeler ticket on the flag platform
although the names invariably failed tc
/ receive hearty approval. 1t was suggest
ed yesterday that Dockstader had beer
employed by the political hackers OF
Dewey to prepare the public mind for the
Admiral's candidacy, and that his con-