The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-07
Mr.. CLEVELAND and INDIANA.
HOOSIER STATE DEMOCRATS
want THE EN-PRESIDENT.

WNNH IHE EA-EHLSsDSNs
Lively Fight On In Congressional Districts
--Anti.Brsan Democrats CONFIDENT Of
Majority In state Commit e--Expect
AID From Dissatisfied Republicans.
INDIANAPoLIs. Sept. 6.-That large and
influential class of Indiana Democrats who
refused to follow the leadership Of William
Jennings Bryan in 1888 and 1900. and who
are regarded a. being In the confidence OF
former President Cleveland and his Eastern
friends, are rapidly perfecting Cleveland
organisation in this State, and there Ia the
promise Of exceedingly lively times in all
the Congressional districts when the new
State Central Committee is selected There
are already avowed anti-Bryan candidates
in the field in a majority Of the districts
and, while there is very discreet silence
regarding their actual preference for 1884,
the fact that they were gold Democrats in
the last two national campaigns and that
Mr. Cleveland has long been regarded by
them as a political Moses leaves no doubt
that he Is their choice and that they are
his representatives before the people.
The work is being done systematically
and by men who were at the head OF the
gold Democratic organisation in 1905, and
who contributed so much to the crushing
defeat Of Bryan at that time, The old poll
of the State. taken in 1895 by the gold Demo-
cratic State Central Committee. has been
brought from It's long resting place, cor
respondence has been opened with the
men who were then so active, and every
county is being organised for the coming
fight. The leaders in the movement are
John r. Wilson, member Of the gold Demo-
cratic National Committee in 1895; John
p. Frenzel, treasurer Of the committee
Samuel o. Pickens, chairman Of the gold
Democratic State Central Committee;
Sterling R. Holt, who resigned the State
craftsmanship OF the party in 1895 to work
for the gold organisation; Rufus Magee.
who was Cleveland's Minister to Switzer-
land in 1875. and many others who held
official positions in Indiana before the ad-
vent Of Bryan and the disorgani sation Of
the party
There are now five members of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee who were
pronounced gold Democratic in the first
Bryan campaign but returned to the party
fold after that election The Cleve-
elected to the new committee without OPP
position. and that they really have but two
members to gain in order to control the body
which will manage the campaign. They
expect, however, to do better than that i,
and are confident. that they will have not
less than nine OF the thirteen members.
Careful invest igation, they say. has con-
WINGED them that the great majority OF
Indiana Democrats believe that Bryans
influence is constantly growing less and
less in the party an d that his recent assaults
upon Mr.. Cleveland have been made with
the intention OF trying to counteract the
rapidly growing sentiment in the latter's
favor and that the party as a whole is ready
to give fealty to any Democrat in whom the
country has confidence, regardless of his
attitude toward the money question in the
past
The friends OF Cleveland have been
greatly er couraged by report which was
received last week from the East. The
paid cMit TO New York city, and when he
returned he expressed the opinion that the
nominal ion of Mr.. Cleveland in 1904 would
bring back to the party every business man
in the East who had left II in 1895, and many
Republicans who had supported Cleve-
lard in Tia two successful campaigns. He
said that there was great distr,lst of Presi-
dent Roosevelt in Eastern financial circles,
and that many Republicans, believing the
rem omination Of the President fixed beyond
peradventure. were openly expressing the
hope that the Democratic party would
nomir ate some man in whom the business
element had con fdence. According to his
statement. one Of the most influential bust
ess men in New York city summed UP
condit ions az follows:
There has not been an administration
at Washington for years that seemed 30
determined to ALLEVIATE the business eIe-
ment of the country as that now in power
When Harrison or Cleveland or Mckinley
was President we felt that we could go
to Washington, discuss business affairs
with him and receive patient and respect
full hearing. We never went in the spirit
of domineering class, but always with
view to discussing conditions as they
seemed to us to exist, and our aim was the
good Of the whole country as we'll "a Of
our own as individuals Mr.. Harrison, Mr.
Cleveland and Mr.. Mckinley always met
all of them we had sincere friends in whose
estimation the business welfare of the
country was of prime importance.
1T has been with surprise and regret
that We found the attitude of the Admin
istration suddenly changed under Presi-
0eflt HOONeSelI ana many OF inc lPdOlnR
business men alienated owing 10 the
new policies which he seems to have in
augurated. II ia fact In business as in
everything else that business must either
go forward or backward It can't stand
still, for the minute it ceases 10 advance
il begins a retrograde movement Not
withstanding this well known fact, the
President began a systematic campaign
against business combinations and saw
fit TO deliver a series Of speeches which
from any other man would have been set
down as the utterances Of a demagogue,
but coming from him seemed to confirm
every. charge of oppression which has been
urged by campaign urators against the
business Of the country Then came the
attack upon business expansion through
the Northern Securities case, and then
the forcing Of settlement in the great
coal strike, for Interference in neither Of
which was there the least excuse. Neither
Harrison nor Cleveland nor Mckinley
would have thus arrayed himself against
the business interests Of the country, and
If Cleveland could be renominated by the
Democrats and the party got together in
his support there is little question but some
very powerful influences here would be in
woke! for his election
The friends of United States Senator
Fairbanks have heard similar reports
from the Fast and have commented freely
upon them but there is q feeling in Re-
publican circles that President Roosevelt
IL certain OF denomination, and there is
no possibility Of Fairbanks becoming a
candidate against him
LIGHT on TEXAN HISTORY.