AVhile Air. Cleveland has had the boom
up to date, tiie prevailing opinion is that
it will be suicide to nominate him, and
other booms are expected to begin swell
ing now. Tho prominent men of all sec
tions now realize that party success must
be placed above men.
THE SYRACUSE FOLLY.
It Ta Generally Denounced by Leading
Newspapers.
From Tho Louisville Courier-Journal, Dem.
Thus the brands of internecine strife are
to be hurled into the national convention,
and, at a time when we need al! our forces
to win, we are to have the abrogation instead
of the consolidation of the party discipline
and duty In that state, without whose electo
ral vote we cannot hope to elect our na
tional ticket.
Those democrats in the country at large
who have made themselves accessory to this
state of affairs have taken upon themselves
an awful responsibility, and they will need
all the grace that is in heaven and earth to
pay the bill which the great body of more
thoughtful and conservative democrats, who
do not care a nickel about rival ambitions,
but who do want to beat the republicans, will
send in to the image-worshipers aud the hi t
heads when their rash precipitation and pro
scriptive intolerance have brought upon a
great party and a noble cause, complete and
needless shipwreck.
From Oho "Washington Post, Ind.
