Evening journal., 1911-01-06
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Cleveland on Cleveland As a
Practical Politician
By "HOlland."
By Holland"


Grover Cleveland was living at his
summer home on the shores of Buzz
Yards Bay, widely known as Gray
Gables in the summer of 1892. There
he received the official announcement
of his third nomination for President
There he entertained leading Demo-
Gratis who, as a whole, represented the
entire United States His democratic
simplicity and his sincerity, as well as
a certain cordiality of manner, were
never more impressively displayed by
Mr.. Cleveland than during that sum-
mer.
He refused to receive no one. He
talked with apparent freedom. Some of
the politicians feared that he was
little reckless in his talk, and there
prevailed a fear among some of the
Democratic leaders that, as he lacked
experience as practical politician,
he might easily commit some blunder
or stand in the way of some valuable
campaign activity.
This feeling was especially notable
among the leaders of the Tammany or
ganization. Tammany had swung sin
cerely and Loyalty into line and was
earnestly supporting the candidacy Of
Grover Cleveland, something which
the organization did not do in 1884
And Tammany thought it advisable to
send one of its leaders, who was
personal friend of Mr.. Clevelands
with a message for the Presidential
candidate.
Mr.. Cleveland received the emissary
of Tammany very cordially The day
was warm They sat upon the piazza
so that they might get the breezes
from Buzzard's Bay. Mr.. Cleveland sat
with his hat off. They chatted for a
while upon general politics, and then
the Iammany message bearer spoke
substantially as follows:
MI Cleveland, Tammany is con-
vinoed that you will carry New York
State and be elected unless something
happens which we cannot now foresee
We are of the opinion. therefore. that
a practical politician should be desig-
mated to take personal charge of your
canvass. ] mean by that, charge of the
canvass so far as your own relation to
il personally is concerned some
thing like the relation which Daniel
Manning bore to your first canvass
for the presidency"
What do you mean by practical
politician?" Mr. Cleveland asked.
Why. ! mean a man competent to
look out for all obstacles, to prevent
any mistakes, to know what people
are going to say who come to see you
TO advise with you in respect to what
you say in reply"
so that is your idea of a practical
politician said Mr. Cleveland
Yes, man capable Of standing be-
tween you and any possible mistake. A
man who knows how TO get just the
right kind of news into the news
papers. A man who is very watchful
and who knows politics to pull
The strings, and when not to pull
them
80 a practical politician must be a
man who knows how 10 pull strings?'
queried Mr.. Cleveland
"Of course replied the Tammany
politician.
We'll" said Mr.. Cleveland this is
all very funny VIII you take a mes
sage back to your Tammany friends,
! AAi hits 1 ell tntlN noM blEdAlg I dl-
preciate their interest, and that con-
slider 1t compliment that you should
have come TO visit me- Then you can
also say to them that Mr.. Cleveland
would like TO know if they don't think
that a man who has been nominated
for President three times has got
something Of the practical politician
/ in him.
Right there the conversation ceased.
] The Tammany politician returned to
4 Tammany Hall, bearing Mr. Cleve-
/ lands message, and from that moment
! there was no longer any doubt in the
organization Of Mr.. Cleveland's ability
to direct from the point of view OF
practical politics his campaign for the
! Presidency.
/ Copyright. 1911, by e. J. Edwards. All
rights reserved)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell "a
Story of Old Temperance Days."
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