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Show WANTED A MOSES. Senator Morgan's interview with press representatives in Washington after his return from his home in Alabama Ala-bama and a general tour through the south, in which he ssys "that he does not think Cleveland will receive the prnsidcntial nomination," only adds one more fact to the evidence that the star of the great fat prophet and Cob-den Cob-den club apostle is on tho wane. Cleveland's greatest hope wai in the south, whera he thought, if nowhere no-where else, tho peoplo would be true to bitn. And now it is certain that the delegation which will go to tho next democratic convention will not be a unit for him by any means, aud his may bu tho weakest name on the whole list. It may be possible that such politicians poli-ticians and sturdy friends of Cllve land as He'-hv Wattekmin will bo ablo to exert a powerful inllueuce in bis behalf, but still It is certain that they cannot coutrol more than one-third one-third of tha vote of the southern slates. With tho south divided on his candidacy candi-dacy and with tho doubt if ho is ablo to securo a single vote in the delegation from New York, the prospect for the ex-sheriff is a most dreary ono indoed. Where can he get enough votes so securo se-curo him the nomination? Certainly not from the west where tho people are in favor of silver, aud as one of tha ablest political writers west of tho Missouri Mis-souri has aptly said: "If we don't look out for our own intercuts, iu the name of (ioi Mho is goin tT do it for us?" And so il would seem th..5 if the votes come at all they must be from tho New Eng'and states which do not have uear-ly uear-ly euough to nominate. 'J hey can not 1:01110 from Ohio. In their state platform plat-form adopted at Columbus a week ago the Ohio democrats declared unequivocally unequiv-ocally iu favur of silver. Wheu all of these things are considered it is difficult diffi-cult to see iu what direction Cleveland Cleve-land can turn for comfort. Before he wrot that last fatal letter on the tiirer question, which was read at the banquet of tho New York business men iu tho Cooper lustitute, the mass of the people were inclined to forgive much in his past that was not pleasant to them, but that letter sealed his career. In this connection con-nection read what Seuator Mohuan says: "The southern people," continued MoitdAN, "regard his antagonism to the romotieliuug of silver aud its free coiuago as a blow to the righit secured thorn iiy the constitution. They always have been thorough themselves in this respect, and acted upon principle rather than with. reference to mere expedient, ex-pedient, and they regard the refusal of men in iheir own party to restore silver sil-ver to its proper functions and rights as a denial ot one of lite fundamental doctrines of the democratic party. Thev deplore tho apparent opposition of Cleveland to the free coinage of silver and its remonetiatiou almost as a calamity. They might be willing to delay a linal demand for the free coin-age coin-age of silver, but it would be witli great reluctance. This is the doctrine, the purpose of the democratic party, and those who think that the democracy democ-racy will yield altogether are mistaken." And now with Cleveland dead as a possibility, where is the Moses that is to lead the democratic ho,-ts out of tho wilderness? David Bennett Hill will ncrer do. He is looked upon as a s -Simcr, s a sort of high grade ward r"-e'er. at one not quite respectable. With such an unenviable funding be h;? never inspired itny estcom for himself him-self except among those who admire double dealing and a faculty of so cloaking in subterfuge what he does and says that no one can exactly define his position on any public question. Thete regard him at sharp and shrewd but thai is all. With Cleveland aud Hill classed as back numbers there does not seem at this time to be a single available man among all of the democratic demo-cratic hordes. They are sorely in need of a Moses. |