The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-01
FOR FOURTH Time.
CLEVELAND WOULD NOT UN-
DER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
BE A CANDIDATE.

mainder OF His Days In Fri
vate Life-Roosevelt's Anx-
iety About New York.
Princeton, June 27.-The Wash
ington correspondent of the Calves
tor Dallas News has sent the fol-
lowing despatch to his paper:
The man who>knows more about
the desires and ambitions of Grover
Cleveland than anybody else in
this world utterly repudiates the
suggestion that the Sage of Prince
ton is trimming his sails for anoth-
er experience in the presidency.
That man is Grover Cleveland him.,
self.
''It is perfectly absurd" he said
to the News correspondent, to sup
pose Tor an instant that I have any
| desire to re-enter public life. Nor
have I remotely entertained the
thought since I left Washington,
over six years ago. The matter is
as far from my thoughts as it was
in 1886, when, all must admit, it
was not within my hearing or sight.
I have no higher aspiration than to
pass my days in peace with my
family around me, and take no part
in politics which any private citizen
cannot take with the utmost pro-
priety.'
As to the movement inaugurated
by the Brooklyn Eagle, Mr.. C1eve-
land said:
ST have never spoken to any body
on the subject of fourth candida
cy. have never written to single
political friend one way or the 9TH
er, nor have [ been written to OF
spoken to by them. There is not q
political leader of any prominence
e1deavoring to advance any move.
4 ment to naminate me in any state
80 far as have been advised, nol
do I anticipate that any such effort
will be made by any leader, promi
nent or obscure, in any locality ir
the country.
"In this respect the situation il
more than pleasing. In earnestly
desiring the democratic party to be-
come strong and united as of old
committed to the simple traditions
and sound principles which made
it aggressive and victorious, nj
thought Of personal interest has
disturbed me.
"I have on several occasions with
in a year undertaken to perform
the labor which usually falls to th,
privatein in the ranks, but there has no
lurked within me the hope of AM
save the consciousness of having
made an effort 10 assist in bringing
about salutary conditions in th'
party"
The question has been frequentl!
asked: "Why does not Mr.. Cleve
land announce definitely that b
does not want the nomination? ?
Mr.. Cleveland has on many occa
sions declared that he does not de
sire to re-enter public life, but b.
thinks it is not Incumbent upo,
him to decline a political homo
which has not been offered him ant
which he does not anticipate will
be offered him, and he objects t.
occupying the ridiculous attitude
of announcing to the democratic
machinery throughout the countr.
that he will not under any circum
stances accept something which il
not going to be offered him.
Mr.. Cleveland understands tina
those who are persistent in ques
tlening his motives would not b
satisfied with anything he nigh
say and that those who are con.
stantly calling upon him for dec
larations regarding the next cam
paign cannot comprehend the sens'
Of propriety which impels him t.
maintain the silence which com
ports with his retirement.
Mr.. Cleveland does not like t
discuss politics. He was alway
wary about interviews, and is yet
When the negro problem was men
toned, however, he was greatly in
terested. He said that he had re
ceived numbers of letters from th
South and that in every instanc
his speech at Madison Square Con
cert Hall several weeks ago hat
i been highly commended.
3 1t is not strange that many Q
8 these messages which have come t
) him from the South have re-affirm
, ed the old-time confidence In hi
4 wisdom and craftsmanship an,
sounded in no unmistakable term
the affection and esteem whicl