Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-07

DEAL THAT IS on To GET
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
MARYCANDER AND Oh loan
THINK THEY CAN BLOCK PAR.
kER AND LAND THE
PRIZE.

OItEolldh lNtNS
ton, June 25.--An interesting Demo
cratic combination has been formed.
and is working with a great deal OF
earnestness toward a single purpose.
II is to secure the nomination Of Ar
thur r. German. for President. and
John r.. Mclean. for Vice President.
German comes from Maryland and
Mel can from Ohio. Nominally both
IRE more Washington men than any
hing else. Outside OF McLean's news
paper in Cincinnati, all of his large in
terests are conferred In Washington.
German has been more of a Washing
ton man than Maryland man for
aany years. although he retains his
residence in Maryland. differing from
Mclean. who has two residences in
Washington. lie scarcely ever lives
In Cincinnati.
Not long ago German sent some OF
his trusted lieutenants to the intimate
friends of Grover Cleveland. assuring
Cleveland that he (Gorman) would give
Lis earnest and undivided support to
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run for President, and that all of the
past differences that arose between
Cleveland and German during the last
democratic administration would be
wiped out, and that German in the in
t,rest of rehabilitating the Democratic
party, would Loyalty support the former
President. When this message was
sent. II was known that Cleveland re-
garded himself as an impossibility. and
his closest friends know that he is a
physical impossibility.
| Some of them go SO far as to say
that to accept the nomination for the
Presidency and undertake the worries
OF Presidential campaign and Pres
idential terms. would cost him his life
long before he could serve out his term.
II is generally believed that German
lsent the word to Cleveland in order to
secure the Cleveland support for him.
self, and the friendly interests OF Cleve-
land men who will be at ST. Louis when
German seeks the nomination.
But Mclean figures In IL still fur
Their. Mclean would prefer TO be on
the ticket with Cleveland, because there
would be a greater opportunity for
Mclean to become President II Cleye-
land should be elected and carry him
through. than there would be II Cor
man were nominated At the same
time, his closest political alliance has
been with German. and he knows that
there is a bare possibility Of German s
nomination.
German stands better chance Of Sc
curing the nomination now than L..
lever did before. There was possibil-
|ity Of his securing the nomination In
1892, but the overwhelming Cleveland
strength, together with strong men like
William c. Whitney, beat down every
political barrier that German raised tc
Clevelaud's nomination. and he mad,
scarcely ripple upon the convention
Just now II Is different The Hearst
and Bryan crowd have scared the Dem.
otrats into supporting Parker. u,
abuse of Parker, Bryan has arrayed 4
great many conservative Democrats IL
favor of the New York Judge. South
crn States. In order to defeat Hearst
lad to have a candidate. and they
selected Parker as their man. A grea
many States went so far as to instruct
for Parker in order to prevent Hears
from gaining control of their delega
tions.
Now that delegates have been chos
en-, there is some doubt about Parker
being able to secure the nomination
and in case he is defeated after sew
eral ballots, to whom would the Demo
Gratis turn? German says they woult
turn to him, and with fairly stron,
nucleus to start with he might be abb,
TO capture the Southern States. Tha
Is what he relies on, and 1t Is tn,
scheme which German and Mclean ar,
PLAYING to win at ST Louis