The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-29
sfDECLAREST 7HA.I
foIcEE AT. LOUIS IS
Si1ssssUlffi:s'TogREsExPEcTED-RE-
THAT He is
OUT soF#PoLITIcS.

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s8g EXPIRE sid emf Grover Cleveland has:
accorded a staff Representative OF the
public Ledger an interview, in which
81 TOPICS tina haye%a principal bearing
upon the coming National election.
Mr.: ClevelandSis still at his home in
& Princeton, although he will leave soon
for New Hampshire. where he viii
s pass the greater part Of the summer.
no the question blunt1y put to him
Re s5ss zs4sIf5 the. Democratic National conven-
+ ton again nominates you for the Pres
8idency would you accept
s His first answer was a pantomime.
Il He vigorously shook his head and
lifted his hand deprecatingly. Then
he exclaimed. with rapid utterance:
t.That will not happen; that viii
not $happen-so there is no use Of
talking about it.
ss5 ~ am out Of political affairs, he
continued. Il have said it often, SO
that I'll ought to be we'll understood"
Might Accept, However.
t would be impossible to define eX-
aculy the impression that these words
made upon the listener, but upper
most was the thought that the manner
of the speaker was not that OF the
man who is radically averse to a
proffered idea. Clearly the question
b did not offend Mr.. Cleveland: just as
clearly to the observer it seemed to
have for him a pleasant sound; per
5haps-who knows-it was like that OF
prophecy There was even a slight
EN- barras sment in his speech. Anal
we it as you will, the effect upon
the newspaper representative. TO-
agether with that OF other Incidents
i of the interview, was to inlpart
thorough conviction that Mr.. CleVe-
land will be the next Democratic can
s5di6ate fer the Presidency if the con-
vention at ST. Louis shall prefer him
that honor.
Asked what he thought OF the Sug-
sestion that the Democrats would do
most wisely to take their candidate
for Vice President from one of the
Southern States, the eN-President die
tated the following:
Tariff Will Be an Issue.
81 must decline to enter into any
discussion of political questions at
( this time It cannot be possible that
my opinion on any question that is
about to be involved in the National
canvass can be misunderstood. I do
not expect to be concerned actively IN
the plans that are now occupying the
thought and effort of the Democratic
managers, and it is quite proper that
should be out of that account. mas
much as consider myself as absolute
ly retired from political activities.
TN answer to your question as to
what issues l would regard as most
important in the present situation OF
the country, I would say that it is i'm
possible at this time to specify the
questions which in the mutations OF
the thought of our people may most
occupy their attention when they are
called upon to express themselves at
the polls"
do you think Mr.. Cleveland, that
the tariff question will be OF prime
importance in the campaign
II have no objection to SAYING re-
piled the ex-President, with marked
emphasis and elaboration, that in
my opinion, whatever else happens,
.
not fail to occupy a large place in the
political discussions of the present
canvass.
Even the few evaSlve and grudS-
E ing words contained in the Repubii-
can platform, in a halfway fashion
permitting Republican followers to ex-
ercise independent thought on that
subject, in combination with the in
5 sistance of the Democratic party, in
season and out Of season, upon tariff
changes, it seems to me, will certainly
bring this question to the front in a
4 most important way"
Thinks the Promises Vague.
'fNYill YOU Mr. Cleveland, express
4 your view of the attitude OF the Re-
\ publican party on the Philippine ques-
4 ton q
$ssSSs G Ny opinion in regard to the Phil
sippine question is, l think pretty
well kno own. The promise held out
the people of those Islands of indie
Snce and self-government should,
II ainion, assume a more definite
III 8 one sufh GENTLY tangible
upon, which can be
BIZ 49, the ground of an
: and honesty;