Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-30
MIR. CLEVELAND AS A POSSIBLE
 CANDIDATE

Those who have closely followed the trend of democratic opinion as ex pressed through the newspapers, must have been impressed by the frequency of the mention of Grover Cleveland as the possible nominee for president. While a majority of democrats in the west perhaps consider Mir. Cleveland's nomination as out of the question, it is nevertheless fact that the Sage of Princeton has larger and more inhu- ential personal following Tn the eastern states than almost any other man men, tioned for the honor, and Mir. Cleve- lands nomination at St. Louis is one of the possibilities for which western democrats should be prepared iu the event of the failure of Judge Parker to be named early in the balloting,
 Cl, veland's nomination would no doubt he a bitter disappointment to many western democrats, but it may be pertinently asked, Why should the west be consulted in the selection of tue democratic nominee ? How many electoral votes could the west pledge if a candidate of its choosing should be named at St. Louis ? The fact of the matter Is that the western states are republican, with the possible exception this year of Colorado, made politically uncertain by the prevailing labor trouble.
 The states by some considered doubt ful and most of which it would be nec- essary for the democrats to carry in order to elect g president are New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Della ware, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. These seven states have a combined vote of ll6 in the electoral college, Counting the southern states ss assured to the democrats, they would still need so votes more to give them majority, which is 239. New York, with 39 votes, is absolutely necessary to demo cratic success. They could win with, the solid south l59, New York 39, Hi uois 27, New Jer.ey l2 and Delaware 3-24l or with, south l59, New York 39, Indiana l5, New JeIsey l2, Wis consin l3 and Connecticut 7-245. If Illinois aud Indiaha both were lost and all the other states named in the doubtful list were carried, the demo- crats would have to look to some of the states that went for Mckinley for the six votes necessary to give them a majority in the electoral college.
 It is claimed on behalf of MT. Cleve land that he is the man most likely tc carry the states needed to insure dem ocratic success, and they point to his record in support of this claim, as fol lows Cleveland carried Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware iu 1884, 1888 and 1892 New York and Indi- qua in 1884 and 1892 Illinois and Wisconsin in 1892. It will be noted that he carried Indiana in 1892, defeat ing Benjamin Harrison, whose popu. larity Tn the state was at least equal to that of MT. Fairbanks now, MT | Cleveland has also to his credit, in 1892, the state of California, of the IA votes of Michigan, of North Da- kota's votes, and from Ohio in the same year. Thus it will be seen that the claims advanced for Mir. Cleveland have fairly strong basis.
 Mr. Cleveland would be acceptable to the monied interests generally, and by some preferred to Mr. Roosevelt, who is still regarded with suspicion by republicans in some quarters. If is believed that Tam many, while seem- lngly for Mcclellan, Is really planning to spring Cleveland in the convention at St. Louie if P4rker's nomination on the second or third ballot ssn be pre- vented.
 Mir. Cleveland has outlived much of the opposition, and, we may say. pre- judice, to him that was so bitter in tue west and parts of the south following his second administration. There is 1 no doubt but that he has grown greatly n the estimation of the American peo- pie in recent years, and is today one of the commanding figures in the dem- ocratic party.
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