Tho attendance was one of tho largest of the
season.
The president expects to leave next Tues
day for a short visit to Florida. Ho will bo
accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland, and secretary
of the navy and Mrs. Whitney, and Colonel
and Mrs< 1 .amont. The party will go by spe
cial train and no stops will bo made, unless it
ho an hour at Savannah for a drive through
the c ity. Ono day will bo spent at Jackson
ville and one day at St. Augustine. The party
will get back to Washington Saturday.
THE I’ARTY”S IT.UIGF.S.
Washington, February ll». [Special.]—
Tlu ro has been < < nsiderablo excitement
among tho democrats here today,on account of
the rumor which the l ost puLHshcd thismorn
ing to the effect that if tho democratic party
in congress failed to redeem the pledges
which the party ha*l made to tho country, or
hesitated to follow tho path which tho presi
dent had so plainly marked out, Mr. Cleve
land would w rite a Lttcr similar to that just
given out by Mr. Blaine, and decline to allow
his name to go before tho democratic conven
tion.
Il h:'. r ’ been argued by believers in the rumor
tint Mr. Ch.'xeland is already on record as
being opv-osed to a second term, and that ho
has in no w :>.y given evidence that he desires a
renominiUion, and if tho party should fail to
see tho wisdom of his action in bringing the
tarifl forxFard as an issue of tho campaign, ho
would decline to remain at the head of a party,
which only nominally acknowledcd his leader
ship.
