The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-25
CLEVELAND is UNWILLING,
NOT SEEKING ANOTHER PREsI
DENTAL NOMINATION.

Does Not say. However, That he wni
Not Aceep.-Unable to Conceive Of
Any Emergency That Would Taru
Him Again Toward tho white House
Thinks he Is Not the Only Man In
thc Party Fit TO Lead IL.
New York, Nov. 24.-Persistent gossip
that ex-President Grover Cleveland is
at least considering the wishes of C. f.
Murphy and other political leaders thai
he again accept nomination for the
presidency Of the democratic party are
met to-day by statement of close
personal friend of Mr.. Cleveland to the
effect that the ex-president certainly
has given no encouragement either to
Mr.. Murphy or to his personal friends
to persist in speaking of him as a presi-
DENTAL possibility.
You may say authoritatively" said
this gentleman to-day, that the SUBJ
ject was broached to Mr.. Cleveland and
that he replied that he could hardly
conceive Of any emergency which would
bring him the offer from the party OF
another nomination, and that 1t was
equally difficult for him to conceive OF
any emergency that would lead him to
accept such an offer. even were ii
made.
More than that, you can say that
Mr.. Cleveland thinks that there ara
good men in the democratic party. dis
tinguished enough and able enough to
fill the office OF president, and he feels
humiliated by being repeatedly singled
out as il he were the only man in the
party fit to lead it.
This gentleman said further that Mr..
Cleveland had told him he had given up
most of his life to the public service,
and felt that he was now entitled to
rest. The ex-president's home life, he
explained, was simple and delightful.
and he naturally preferred it to the
strife of political campaign or to q
resumption of arduous official duties.
Last spring Charles r. Murphy met
Senator Smith, of New Jersey, while
travelling in the west, and 1t was re-
ported that he had expressed the opin-
ion that the democrats should nominate
Mr.. Cleveland for president next year.
When questioned about this report on
his return to New York, Murphy said:
1T did not commit myself or Tammany
to any candidate for president but I
did say that IL Mr.. Cleveland weres
nominated he would be elected. have
no doubt that he would sweep the coun~
| try, as he did in 1892
Since the election Murphy has said
nothing for publication about presiden-
tial candidates, but he has made it
plain that he is opposed to David B.
Hill or any man closely identified with
Fill in politics. When it became plain
that Murphy was to be reckoned with
as state leader as we'll as a city lead
er it was recalled how favorably he had
spoken Of Mr.. Cleveland and the prob
ability of the ex-president running Al
fourth time at the head Of the ticket
was again discussed. 1t was reported
| in print that Murphy had made over-
lures to Mr. Cleveland, but beyond this.
there has been no tangible expression
on the situation.
1T is understood that the subject was
broached to the ex-president with the
information that a large number Of
prominent men of both parties desired
his nomination, and that names were
given him as proof of the good faith
| of the assertion.