Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-07-22
York against all odds, and be elected
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York against all odds, and be elected
President.
Mr.. Cleveland, it is true, started out
with some show as a reform Governor,
and succeeded admirably as a veto
Governor in giving his sanction to laws
which formed monopolies and vetoing
laws which were passed in the interests
of the working people. Naturally, such
a nomination is both experimental and
perilous. 1t cannot possibly call out
the earnest energy of Democrats, while
the extent of its power to draw from
the Republicans is uncertain since II
must be measured by actual trial. The
natural and appropriate candidate of =
party for the Presidency Is one who
has conspicuously represented it during
a heightened period Of public service.
Such candidate the Democrats had in
Mr.. Bayard, who for sixteen years has
been prominent in the Senate. Such
they have had in Mr.. Randall and
Mr.. Carlisle, both prominent in the
House of Representatives. Such they
have in Mr.. Thurman, Mr.. Hen.
bricks, Mr.. Mcdonald or Mr.. McPher.
son, but such they have not in Mr..
Cleveland. The latter is comparatively
an unknown man thrown to the surface
by the Democratic tidal wave of 1882.
More ability and special fitness would
no doubt have been found in such
Democratic tidal wave Governors al
Pattison of Pennsylvania, Waller OF
Connecticut, Click ofKansas, or Begole
of Michigan. He is a new and untried
man, merely local figure, belonging
to the ebullitions of local politics in q
state always absorbed in its own feuds,
factions and pretensions. The fact that
he has been Sheriff of western coun-
ty of New York and Mayor of Buffalo,
positions to which any man of moderate
attachments might aspire and might fill
acceptably, cannot be accepted as EVIL
dences of peculiar and striking qualifi-
cations for the Presidency.a
1t is rather frail structure upon
which to claim public support. Re-
publicaDs are asked to admire Mr.
Cleveland because he has quarreletl
with John Kelley. To Republicans
outside of New York the attitude OF
Mr.. Cleveland and John Kelly toward
each other is not more than matter of
interested observation. Mr. Kelly's
| course cannot be defended, it is true, in
every respect, but he has better record
as city official than the other more
prominent officials high in power who
were active in their support of Mr..
Cleveland at Chicago. AS Comptroller
of the city of New York his incumbency
of that Office was marked with nothing
OF fraudulent character. His fees
may have been large but they were
legal and lawful. Different is the case
with Hubert o. Thompson, Commits
sioner of Highways, and Sheriff David
son, two prominent officials against
whom the Grand Jury found several
indictments. These men were the
leaders in Mr.. Cleveland's support in
New York city, and why they were
not removed from their offices for NAL
feasance in the same, Mr.. Cleveland
can answer better than anybody else
There We're simply two great political
machines from New York State at Chi
cago striving for the mastery. One of
them, and opposed to Cleveland, was
headed by John Kelly, and the other
but in favor of Cleveland was headed
by Daniel Manning, man whom the
| Republicans defeated tor Secretary OF
State of New York by 900 majority
since Mr.. Cleveland received his myth
ical majority of 1872, 900 for Governor
The Manning machine proved tn,
stronger of the two, controlling som,
forty-six delegates, while the Kell,
machine controlled but twenty six.
Right here is where the inost obiec
tionable system OF machine bossisu
was displayed. In no other State wa
the unit rule applied but in New York
Kelly controlled twenty-six delegate
opposed to Cleveland, but by the i'm
perative operations of the unit rule the,
t were cast Tor Cleveland, because forty
, six we're more than twenty-six, an,
ordered that they should be so cas-
whether Iammany was willing or not
t Ii was simply boss against boss,
aud the stronger "boss prevailed an,
nominated Cleveland.
Il We would not belittle Mr.. Cleveland
but would rather give him credit fo
Tie good he has done. He made som
good appointments, but he has NOR
tnan counreracted the good he ha
. done by vrtoing bills which he shoul
: have approved and now the people hav
t ing weighed him in the balance an
= found him wanting will proceed to vet
T. hun. He certainly cannot be electe,
. President vi these United States in tn
+ year OF our Lord eighteen hundred an
/ eighty-fuur.