The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-29
Mcclellan, Cleveland and Park
er Said to Have Entered
an Alliance.
WILL TRY TO SAVE THE
PARTY FROM PITFALLS
Are Said to Command Finances
to Make Hungry Take
Notice.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-There is a
combination being made In American
politics which gives promise OF being
great power In Democratic circles I'm
the future. The leaders OF the comhl-
nation are ex-President Grover Cleve-
land. ex-Judee Alton b. Parker and
Mayor George b. Mcclellan. The most
active member OF the political firm OF
Cleveland, Parker & Mcclellan is May
or Mcclellan himself, silent partner
is the new head OF the Equitable Life
Insurance society Thomas T. Ryan
EN-President Cleveland. Judge Par
ker and Mayor Mcclellan have had sew
eral conferences recently. and al these
conferences the future OF the Demo-
cratic party was discussed at length.
IT was agreed among these great lead
ers that the Democratic party at any
cost must be kept In the path Of san
ity and safety"
For Sanity and Safety"
This latest movement in Democratic
circles will be OF the greatest interest
to Democratic editors and Democratic
politicians all over the country, one or
the results OF the recent campaign was
that Judge Parker and his friends at
the time that the Judge was running
for President OF the United States, Sc
cured control Of the State committee
I'm this State. This was an important
thing In Itself since the control OF the
machinery OF the greatest State I'm the
Union Is a thing not To be desplsed
even though the Democratic party may
be for the time being a minority party
and without funds and without patron
age.
Not to Be Despised.
Mayor Mcclellan is practically In
control Of the Democratic machinery I'm
the city OF New York. and the Parker
Mcclellan combination Is consequently
thing not to be dcspsed by any one
Add 10 this the strength OF ex- President
Grover Cleveland and you have a COM
bination which. in the ordinary course
OF human events. ought To have a great
deal 10 say about the platform and the
candidate at the time OF the holding
OF the next Democratic National con-
VentiOn
Comes About Naturally.
This combination has come about I'm
Il perfectly natural way. Former Judge
Parker was the attorney OF Mayor Nc
Clellan when the Mayor contested with
w h Hearst the right TO open ballot
boxes I'm Oils city-ballot-boXes which.
II was claimed. In themselves contained
the internal evidences OF fraud. Mayor
Mcclellan and Judge Parker having
won the fight against the opening OF
the ballOt-boNes. naturally became the
best OF friends. and naturally com
menced discussion OF the general po-
litcal situation. They found that they
had many things I'm common.
Cleveland Men Appointed.
The Mayor has a sort of suburban
residence at his old college town OF
Princeton, the home of former Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland Mayor McClel-
Ian. I'm fact, IS a near neIghbor and sees
the eN-PTesident nearly every day, and
IT was noticed that many or the men
appointed to important positions at the
beginning OF the year-men like James
w Mack, the Deputy Police Commits
sioner were Cleveland men. Thus In
the natural order of things. was estab-
llshed a trinity OF Democratic leaders,
Cleveland Parker Mcclellan. a trio
bound to be heard from I'm the political
affairs OF the Nation in the future as
I'm the past
Don't Like Insurance Mix-Up.
The announcement that ex- President
Grover Cleveland is thinking seriously
In connection with the Equitable and
other life insurance socletles-a position
somewhat like that formerly held by
eN-Speaker Thomas B. Reed has some
thing OF merit In II. Though the posi-
ton pays $4,000 per year. and though
the stockholders and policy holders OF
the Equitable have the greatest conf
dence in ex-Presldent Cleveland. II ap-
pears that there has been u protest
from some of Mr.. Cleveland's personal
and political friends, and the eX-Presi-
dent is daily receiving many letters
from all sorts OF cranks-some OF whom
do not like the idea OF a former Presi-
dent OF the United States being tangled
up In life insurance matters.
May Hold on Awhile.
II ex-Prcsident Cleveland resigns II
VIII be in Difference to this feeling, and
not because the Equitable people are
anxious 10 have him go Thomas +.
Ryan, the owner Of "A majority of the
Equitable stock has suggested that he
would like 10 have Mr. Cleveland re-
main where he is until things have
quietcd down some what I'm life insur-
ancc circles. since his leaving the ser
vice OF the company at the present time
might be mlsconstrucd by those anX-
ious to throw stones at the managers OF
life insurance companies
Strong in Financial Way
Delegates To the Democratic conyen-
tlon at ST Louis and the editors OF
Democratic newspapers who were
promised that with the coming OF
Judge Alton b. Parker the party would
have all the funds needed to organize
In the sections where 1t Is weak and
money 10 get out the vote. and who
were disappointed when August Bel
mont and Thomas F.. Ryan merely gave
enough money a keen the headuna RI ORG
running mere in New York viii be
pleased to learn that this new organiza-
tIon In a financial way. viii represent
the most powerful forces I'm the coun-
try. II not I'm the world
Franchises to Place