Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-08-27

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have Just returned from week S
visit to the state OF New Jersey
| visited many points in the state
and talked with a number Of the
leading democrats. talked with
men who were true 10 the ticket IN
the years of 1896 and 1900 and with
democrats OF tho old Cleveland re-
gime. In this way Icame very near
getting a correct consensus Of opin-
ion and clear estimate OF political
conditions in that state. found
out some things not generally known
to the public, and some things that
the democrats Of the country ought
to know. In the first place aseer-
tanned beyond all cagil, beyond the
peradventure OF doubt, that there
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actively at work all over the East.
learned it from the lips OF a man
high up IN the councis Of that pro
paganda, man who declares that
Cleveland is the only man who can
carry the East, that ne is acandidate
and that th'5 game is being played
for the purpose Of again placing the
name OF Cleveland at the head Of the
democratic ticket This man, my
informant, formerly was in the Uni.
ted States Senate. He does not pre-.
fer Cleveland personally He does
not like him. He prefers another
man, but he says that Cleveland is
the only man who can carry the
states of the East that we must
have in order to win. He says that
Cleveland builded up certain class
OF voters in the East, an independent
class, the "commuter" class who
live in the small towns Of Jersey
and all Of whom have money and are
the pharisees, the holier. than thou
OF politics, and who will not vote
for any man who is identified with
any political organization, and that
those are the men who are cIamor.
ing for the denomination Of Cleve-
land, and that we will see the en-
tire East on fire for Mr.. Cleveland
before the next convention meets.
All this may be so and it may not.
found very little Of this sentiment
among some OF the other so called
"reorganizers" to whom talked
during my trip In the state of Jersey.
Those mon were divided among sew
eral whose names have been men
toned as the most available man
for the democratic leader in the
campaign Of 1904, all Of them accep-
table TO the element which left the
party In those years whenthe party
needed them so badly, but hardly
man acceptable to the men who re-
NAMED staunch and true to the
party, the great bulk OF the demo.
cratic voters in those states. did
find, however, when visited the |
city Of New York, thatthe statement |
made to me by the distinguished gen
tleman concerning the Cleveland |
propaganda and its activity was
absolutely correct. l found that
William G. Whitney was one Of the
men actively engaged in fostering
the thing, that the Civic Federation.
with Mark Hanna at it's head and /
Ralph Easley as Secretary, was ano.
Their OF the forces that was pushing
this good thing along. They are
now at work employing men to boom
and boost the Cleveland game. One
Of those men is my personal friend
and ! saw and talked to him, and be
admitted the whole thing. Now
hen, whether this is 'on the level
md that they are really ia earnest
concerning Cleveland aud SO blind
q By the glamour ofmoney that they
annot 500 the utter fatilisy Of again