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Show iimiMimmM& plans-, to.-,: : ;" CfUJSE;RYM: . AHB-THEM M1IRATE, .. GROVER CLEVELAND FOR PRESIDENT 0 iilEK IN THE PLOT TO CRUSH BRYAN. J ; " . . f . . Democrats In the plo ot crash Bryan and nominate Grover Cleve- land for President: ' .GROVER CLEVELAND, for President of the United States. . . FORMER' SENATOR DAVID B. HILL. . DANIEL S. LAMONT. Cleveland's Secretary of "War. ' . ;' WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, Cleveland's Secretary of the Navy. RICHARD OLNEY, Cleveland's Secretary of State. UNITED STATES SENATOR ARTHUR P. GORMAN of Maryland. - HUGH M'LAUGHLIN of Tammany Hall. '' . Q Hew Yorker Says Hearst and the Hebraskan Have Formed an Alliance, - . and Fight to a Finish' Is Now On. ; "William J. Bryan and William t R. ' Hearst have entered into an offensive and defensive alliance and the bitter est fight In the history of - national Democratic politics will be fought dur- Ingr the summer," declared Thomas J. Wllklns of New York, a member of the Tammany organization, - who was In the city yesterday en route to the coast. Attempt to Crash Begun. ' "You see the situation Is simply this: So-called reorganlzers of the Democrat-, ic party have banded together to crush Mr. Bryan. . 'They fear-he will dictate the Democratic Demo-cratic Presidential nomination If he Is a delegate to the next Democratic na- tlonal convention and they purpose to crush Bryan in his own State and pre- ' vent his control of the Nebraska delegation dele-gation to the next national convention. THEY PLAN TO KEEP BRYAN FROM GOING AS A DELEGATE. The Men in the Plot. "The chief leader of this movement Is former Senator David B. Hill and associated asso-ciated with him are former Secretary III TV Oi -( 11 Cl 7. UClUIUlUt avilllVi , " retary of the Navy William C. Whlt-' Whlt-' k ney, Hugh McLaughlin of New York, former President Cleveland. Senator .Arthur P. Gorman and former Secretary Secre-tary Olney. ' ' "These men are determined to drive Bryan out of the Democratic party and to 'clip his wings as Tammanyites have heard Hill declare. Plan to Nominate Cleveland. "It is the old Cleveland crowd and v hlle' the movement is said to be In the interest of Judge Parker of the New York bench as a Presidential candidate, can-didate, it Is understood In Tammany circles that THE REAL SCHEME IS TO NOMINATE CLEVELAND IF BRYAN CAN BE CRUSHED AND KEPT OUT OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. "Parker is being put forward to draw . the Are and if Bryan is disposed of you may rest assured that Cleveland will be in the race. Bryan Deelares for Hearst. "Now Hearst, who Is a full-fledged candidate for the Democratic Presidential Presiden-tial nomination, is already making a most strenuous campaign. He is perfecting per-fecting organisations in every State. During Bryan's visit to New York last inonth he was Hearst's guest and it is known In Tammany circles that the Ne-bra&kan Ne-bra&kan has declared for Hearst. . ' ' In business circles Hearst's candidacy candi-dacy is taken as a Joke. He Is a dangerous dan-gerous man and would make a danger- ous President. I believe he will have Tammany at his back at the proper time. Croker Hostile to Hill. "Croker is hostile to the Hill crowd, while Sheehan, the present Tammany sachem. Is a Hearst man. Hearst has set to work to protect Bryan and there will be stirring times in national politics poli-tics in a few. months. CLEVELAND AND BRYAN WILL BE ENGAGED IN A LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE. STRUG-GLE. Watch developments and see if I am not correct." |
