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Show roLiniui, ioi.iioi)im.s. IIlmiy Watterwn wrltea a three column letter showing why Cleveland should notbvnjuiluated. Clevelind la likened to Van lluren, and tho situ, allou today almllu to that of 1311 from Iho Democratic standpoint. Mr, Watterson contends that If Van lluren had received Iho nomination ho would havo been defeated, and tho wisdom and sagacity of Ilia liadera of that day wero shown In Iho strategic performance) perform-ance) which gav thu nomlnafkm to Jamea K, Polk. It was nt that tlmo that tho two-thirds rule lu Democratic conventions was ado) ted for the special purpous of de feallog Martiu Van Buren. This can-dldate can-dldate was really tho most i-opular man In his party, and ho woull havo bad no trouble In securing abaro majority, ma-jority, but with such candidates aa Cass, nnd Ijuclmnsn In tba Hold ale), to obtain two-thirdswas Impossible, It waa then that tbo term "dark hone" came Into use, aud on this occsslon Jamea IC. l'olk proved to be tho sable courstrofdtstliiy, Mr, Watterson goes on to atguo thai Clovrhnd would lie defeated If nominated nomin-ated and that a dark hone on thla oc-tatlon oc-tatlon would betho grand feat. Thla gentleman Is In his way a arnart poll II-clan, II-clan, and lu many respects too smart for Ms psrly. Had he yielded somewhat some-what to German aud other leador In ISSSI.e might have) hal a dlOerent themoto write upon at present. It It well known that hla "atar-syed god-dees" god-dees" butluess, mil his tarlll ro'orm absolutism did more to defeat Clevo-land Clevo-land than any other circumstance connected with tbe campaign of 16S3. In 1S91 I'olk'a gnat opponent waa Heury Clay, onoof the greatett Americans Ameri-cans then living. Jamottj. Maine Is takon as the latter-day parallel for Clay, but republicans entertain no such melo-dramatlo forebodings aa those of Mr, Watterson. 'The latest dispatches from 1 latter n political centers ahow that Maine la most likely to bo tho nomtnru at Minneapolis. The general belief It that lie will git the nomination and tbeu tho mntter will he left In hla own handt to accept or decline. Mr. Wntterton aud many of Iho Democratlo chieftains entertain enter-tain tbo Idea that Maine will bo tho candidate of his party, and that Inn contest between him and Cleveland, Cleve-land, the latter would bedefcatod. On these, premise! Mr. Watterson builds hit prophetic forecast, and Introduces the IB1I eplsojo to show tbo necessity of a dark horso ou the tiresent ocpaslnn. Van Huron waa elected Preildeut In 16V,, defeated In 1810 by I'retldent Htrrlron'a grandfather, and in 1SII rejected re-jected at tbe convention. Cleveland waa'elected In lbSl, defeated lu 18S8 by Harrison, henco tho Wntterton theory that the convention thould re. ect him In 1S92. |
