The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-01
TAMMANY'S EFFORT FOR CLEvE-
LAND.

LAND.
One of the curious things in the po-
litical outcroppings of this year is the
effort that the Tammany leaders are
making to bring about the nomination
of Mr.. Cleveland for President. In the
New York World of last Sunday there
is a long interview with William
Bourke Cochran, who has just been
elected to Congress by the Tammany
organization, in which Mr.. Cochran
takes strong ground in favor Of the
nomination of Mr.. Cleveland. Indeed
Mr.. Cochran says Mr.. Clevelands cleo
ton is necessary. to save the nation
from moral bankruptcy.
1t will be recalled that in two ma
tional conventions Mr.. Cochran did all
he could to prevent the nomination of
Mr.. Cleveland. One of the greatest
speeches he ever made was for the pur-
pose of showing that the Democratic
party could make no greater mistake
than to nominate him. And now we
have Mr.. Cochran saying that the
Tammany leaders think Mr.. Cleveland
can be elected if nominated, and that
he himself thinks that with the fore
going moral issue Mr.. Cleveland is the
man to lead. On this point he says:
There is one man who in himself
represents that issue. If he is elected
the moral character of the nation will
be at once restored"
What Mr.. Cochran means by the
q
the world no longer regard the United
States as being disinterested when
they take a position in respect to an
international matter. For instance,
when Mr.. Cleveland sent to Congress
his Venezuelan message it commanded
the respect Of the whole world, because
its sincerity was recognized, but when
the United States made the offer of
mediation to Russia and Japan the Of
fer was declined because, according to
Mr.. Cochran, it was thought they had
some Interior motive in view. The.
lack of morality in domestic affairs is
seen in the protective system of the
Republican party, a system which
takes from one class of citizens in or
der to enrich another class.
Mr.. Cochran, however, says that the
Democrats of New York will not take
the responsibility of naming Mr.
Cleveland for President, If asked to
name a candidate that can carry their
state, unless it is evident that he is
acceptable to the Democrats gen.
orally. What he means by that is
that Tammany. may control the New
York delegation to the st. Louis con-
vention, and there seems to be a dis
position to let New York name the
candidate for President on the ground
that without New York the Democrats
cannot win the election. Tammany will
not take the responsibility of asking
for Mr.. Cleveiand's nomination unless
the Tamnlany leaders are satisfied that
Democrats in all parts of the country
want him nominated. In other words,
if Mr.. Cochran is rightly understood,
two-thirds of the St. Louis conven-
tion must favor Mr.. Cleveland before
Tammany will say it wants himrnom-
mated because it believes he can4earry
New York and also can be elected.
It is probable that If anybody had
suggested to Mr.. Cochran, immediate
~ after he made his great speech
against him in the National Conven-
tion in 1892 that the time would come
when he would be. advocating Mr..
Clevelands nomination, and, that too,
on the ground that his election was
necessary to save the country from
moral bankruptcy. he would have
thought the person making the sugges-
ton a fit subject for a lunatic asylum.