Show in the aln BAN july 12 A local paper says there is reason to believe that secretary lament who is now on the pacific coast ostensibly looking after ane defenses of the western seaboard is in on a political looking toward the nomination of president cleveland for a third term while the secretary ia in examining forts and other requisites of war he is said to be bounding aba luacine democrats of and the northwest to bee if they would lend ba r support to a cleveland boom should the president announces his candidacy for a third term the game paper bayo that H W van carlisles private secretary ohp ii now in the city in connection with the annual investigation vesti gation of the san francisco mint is b to be on a political mission similar to that of secretary lament with the exception of the act that he ig attempting to gauge the popularity of carlisle with aba western democracy when questioned about the rumor van lienden denied that his visit to the coant had any political but asid that if carlisle were offered the presidential nomination he would oboy the call of hia party |