Bisbee daily review., 1903-05-07
TALKING CLEVELAND.

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 Walter wellman, Washington cor respondent of the Chicago Record Herald, a man who is very close to prominent politicians in Washington and having a reputation for getting close to the drift of political senti- ment has sent the following article to his paper. It is reproduced here as retrospect of the democratic situa- tion which will be of interest to our readers:
 Among democrats here there is more and more discussion of the pos sibility of former President Cleve- lands nomination next year and also of the attitude of Colonel Bryan in case Mir. Cleveland is made the can didate. The former Presidents re cent activity and his visit to St. Louis is considered in connection with the vigorous boom" for him started by the Brooklyn Eagle. have served to draw attention to Mir Cleveland and the possibility that he may again be named as the democratic standard bearer.
 The editor of the Brooklyn Eagle | is one of Mir. Cleveland's closest friends. He is supposed to be in the former Presidents confidence, and no one believes he would urge the dem ocratic party to make MT. Cleveland its nominee without the consent of that gentleman or at least without the knowledge that Mir. Cleveland would accept. When Mir. Cleveland's name was first mentioned, most democrats at the national capital regarded it 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 Mir. Cleveland have of late said: would rather vote for almost any other man in the country than old Grover. but I'm forced to admit that it looks as if he was the only man who would stand a ghost of chance to beat President Roosevelt"
 Concerning the attitude Mir. Bryan will assume in the event of Mir. Cleve- lands nomination, an exceedingly in teresting story is current here am not able to vouch for its accuracy, and so give it for what it is worth. It comes from 8 Washington democrat. who is one of Mir. Bryan's intimates and who has recently conferred with Mir. Bryan. According to this author ty. MT. Bryan has said he will not on- ly refuse to support MT. Cleveland if the former President is nominated, but will exert all his influence to compass the defeat of the democratic candidate. It is, says this gentleman, not Mir Bryan's intention to run himself on the Popnlist or some other ticket, but Ito give Mir. Cleveland a dose of his own medicine. h 1896 Mir. Cleveland advised gold money democrats not to throw away half their votes and fire in the air by voting for General Palm CT but to go clear over to Mckinley and make every vote count double. If Cleveland is nominated next year, this authority says, Mir. Bryan will advise all Bryan democrats" not to fire in the air" but to vote for Roosevelt But MT. Bryan believes the nomination of ExPresident Cleveland by the de mocracy is an impossibility.
 Notwithstanding this alleged threat. of Colonel Bryan a good many demo crat are convinced Editor McKelway is right when he says Mir. Cleveland is the only democrat who can be elect ed. They point out that the places in which MT. Bryan's influence would count for most are states in which the democratic party could not hope for electoral votes. That is ao say, some democrats in the south, in the border states, in Missouri, in Iowa, in Ne braska, and in the mountain states might follow Mir. Bryan's advice and throw their votes 10 Roosevelt. But the elehtoral Voaes of these states are not in doubt. With possibly a few unimportant exceptions they are ab- solutely fixed quantities, either for the republican or the democratic tick ct, no matter who is ahe democratic candidate.
 If NIT. Cleveland should be the nomi- nee the democratic. party's hope of winning will lie in the solid south, in New York, Connecticut and New Jer- Isey, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. with the bare possibility of few votes from Montana, Colorado and Cal ifornia. Where the battle would rage the fercest and where the issue would really be decided. they say Mir Bryan has such small influence that his op- position would not count for much.
 There are prominent democrats who leven go farther and declare that By- ans opposition to Cleveland and open support of Roosevelt would hurt the President and help the Ex-President. They think the country is disgnsted with MT. Bryan. It has had enough Iof him It regards him as a common