Show senator canaan for ilent i washington D 0 february 17 maryland will present the name of arthur P german for presidential nomination in tha next national convention ven tion when congressman rusk of maryland was aked for his views upon mr Clev elands letter he begged to be excused he is the chairman of the baltimore city committee and is one of the party leadar of the state when pressed to say something he explained thatis v be improper for the reason thai maryland would present mr bior mana name to alie national convention mr german himself was asked for an opinion upon the cleveland letter but would eay nothing if come of thesa democratic congressmen who so sure mr cleve launda letter had killed him for the sn awaited until to day they have been so outspoken probably there is little re action the men with aggressive minds of their own like bland edke back noth but the more timid and conserva cou serva tive are to take a little more uncertain this ia especially so of some of the Sout berneis mr of mississippi expresses thia sentiment he is not sura that the democracy will not yot take cleveland with his anti silvar views and all and lie says ane south will in any event stand by the man the democrats select for they will be allowed to live and let alon e under his administration whereas they constantly destruction of their property at the bianas lianas of alio party in power the animus of the present chief executive indicates that he would push to the extreme the and moat destructive legislation against the prosperity ol 01 the south this is a question of existence and dominates all economic questions mr of west virginia who made an eleven hours speech to starve off alie force bill presents forcibly the bravo situation in which the democracy ands itself on the silver question he I 1 says up to recently it was a certainty for cleveland today to day the appearance oi bilings have changed somewhat it is perhaps too early to venture an opinion as to the general effect of mr cleye lands silver letter but it looks as tho the democratic party must either forsake its emphatically expressed plea on the question of jarue coinage or decline to follow mr Clev elands leadership this silver question has resolved itself into a matter of principle and 1 have no doul that we shall be called upon to do a good deal of educational work in the ranks of the democratic party in alie eabe not BO ions ago wo artere more or less divided as to tariff problems but an educational campaign showed that our position was founded en living principle a principle that must ultimately be triumphant it may be that many good democrats will need educating on silver but it dubious as to whether we can succeed in educating mr cleveland bedora the national democratic convention meets in 1892 |