The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
GROWERS BOOM
IS DOING WELL
Eastern Democrats Still Talking
About Brooklyn Eagles Advo-
.s cacy Of His Nomination.
Statement Reiterated That If Cleve.
land Is Nominated Bryan Will
Support Roosevelt.
Democrats Would Make Their Fight
in the East and Middle
& West.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago; May 2.--Walter Wellnlan in a
Washington special to the Record Herald
says:
Among democrats here there is more
and more discussion Of the possibility of
former President Cleveland's s. nomination
next year and also of the attitude OF
Colonel Bryan in case Mr.. Cleveland is
made the candidate The former presi-.
dents recent activity and his: visit to ST.,
Louis. considered in connection with the
vigorous : boom for him started by the
Brooklyn Eagle, have served to draw at
tention anew to- Mr.. Cleveland and the
possibility that he may again be named as
the democratic standard bearer.
st. Clair McKelway, the brilliant editor
of the Brooklyn Eagle, is one Of Mr.. Cleve-
lands closest friends He is supposed to
be in the former presidents confidence
and no one believes Mr.. McKelway would
| urge the democratic party to make Mr..
Cleveland its nominee without the consent
! Of that gentleman or at least without the
knowledge that Mr. Cleveland would ac-
cept. When Mr.. Cleveland's name was
first mentioned, most democrats at the
i national capital regarded 1t as vain and
almost foolish suggestion, but the more
| they think about it the less impossible
does it appear to them. Many democrats
who never liked Mr.. Cleveland have Of
| late said:
Il would rather vote for almost any
other man in the Country than old Grover,
I but I'm forced to admit that it looks as If
/ he was the only man who would stand a
ghost of a chance to tbeat President
Roosevelt
Concerning the attitude Mr.. Bryan will
assume in. the event of Mr.. Cleveland S
nomination, an exceedingly interesting
story is current hene. I am not able to
| vouch for Its accuracy, and so give it for
| -
| Washington democrat who is one of Mr.
! Bryan's intimates and who has recently
! conferred with Mr.. Bryan. According tc
this authority, Mr. Bryan has said he will
not only refuse to support Mr.. Cleveland
1 IT the former president is nominated, but
will exert all his influence to compass
the defeat of the democratic candidate
:. 1t Is not, says this gentleman, Mr.. Bry
ans intention to run himself on the pop
! ulist or some other ticket, but to give Mr.
Cleveland a dose of his own medicine
In 1896 Cleveland advised gold democrat
not to throw away half their votes AM
fire in the air." by voting for Genera
Palmer, but to go clear over to McKin
ley and make every vote count double
If Cleveland is nominated next year. thi
authority says, Mr.. Bryan will advise al
Bryan democrats" not to .tfire in tn
air." but to vote for Roosevelt. But Mr.
Bryan believes the nomination Of ex
IieSiueuL cleveland Dy the democracy j
an impossibility.
Notwithstanding this alleged threat 9
Colonel Bryan, good many democrat
are convinced Editor McKelway is RICH
when he says Mr.. Cleveland is the onl
democrat who can be elected. They poin
| out that the places in which Mr.. BRYAN,
influence would count for most are state
, in which the democratic party could no
hope for electoral votes. That is to SAY
some democrats in the south, in the borde
states, in Missouri In Iowa, in Nebrask
and in the mountain states might folio,
Mr.. Bryan's advice and throw their vote
s to Roosevelt. But the electoral votes {
these states are not in doubt With pos
, sibly a few unimportant exceptions, the
: are absolutely fixed quantities, either Il
the republican or the democratic tickle
, no matter who is the democratic cand
date.
# Mr. Cleveland should be the NOMINEE
, the democratic party S hope Of winning wi
! lie in the solid south in New York, Cor
) necticut and New Jersey, Indiana, Ill
: nois and Wisconsin, with the bare poss
! bility Of a few votes from Montana, Colo
> RADIO and California. Where the bait
would rage the f1ercest and where the i.
! sue would really be decided, they say, NJ
! Bryan has such small influence that h
= opposition would not count for much