Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-06-27
MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS WEDNESDAY. JUNE 27. 1888
A WINNER


President Cleveland a Candidate So
stronE His Recollection Is An Assured
Fact.
President Cleveland's nomination has
been a foregonc conclusion for many
months. 1t was so clearly the logic of the
situation that nothing but his death or
positive refusal TO be a candidate could
have prevented it. The action of the con-
vention, says the Indianapolis Sentinel was
merely the chieial expression of the un-
animous Democratic sentiment of the coun-
try, as it had been manifested in the sclec-
ton OF delegates and through all the vari-
Gus channels by which the peoples viii
makes itself known in free country
Few nominees for the Presidency in our
history have entered a canvass with great
er prestige, a stronger title to the conf
dencc of the country, or "a better assurance
OF success. Chosen TO the Presidency four
years ago, new and comparatively un-
tried man, and without experience IN Ma
tional politics, he has abundantly vindl-
Gated the VISION of the people in choosing
him over one who had been a conspicuous
figure in public affairs for quarter Of a
century. He has filed his high Office with
ability, dignity and absolute integrity. He
has given the country wise, honest, clean,
conservative and statesmanlikc Admins
tration. He has held the rudder of the ship
OF state with a firm, steady hand. He has
grappled with intricate and difficult prob
lens Of government and finance, and has
solved them with the mastcrful ease oil a
trained statesman and the ready skill OF an
expert in economic science. lie has dis
played thorough and intimate knowledge
of the structure OF our Government, a firm
grasp upon the principles of constitutional
democracy, and IN general an aptitude for
a ion a taf,.
ton, which have challenged the admiration
of the world.
He has won popular respect by his indus
try, his courage and his fidelity TO the lof-
test ideals of public duty. His State papers
have ranked with the ablcst that ever
emanated from the Executive Mansion. He
has introduced reforms into every depart
ment of the Government. He has, in his
every official word and act placed the pub
lie good above considerations of partisan
advantage or personal benefit. He has
set his face firmly against corporate en-
croachments pom the rights of the people;
has been the watchful guardian of the pub
lie Treasury and their rcmorseless foe of
lobbery, corruption, extravaganza and leg
islative prCiiigacy; and has elevated, by ex-
ample and precept, the standard of official
morality. In a word. he has made not only
great President, and the record of his
first administration will fill one of the
brightest pages in the Nations history.
or course with this record his renomina-
ton was inevitable, and his reelection is
as certain as any event in the future well
can be. Grover Cleveland is not an acci-
dent. His elevation TO the Presidency was
not, as some envious partisans have claimed,
the result of peculiar and unaccountable
sequence Of lucky" circumstan but
the logic Of destiny. Kind nature gave him
clear title to the distinction in his splen-
did equipment of brains, VIII power and
morai courage. He Is born leader of men,
and when the nour OF his destiny struck he
stepped calmly to the front and assumed the
station which beftted him Right royalty
has be vindIcated his right 10 4 seat among
the worlds great.
With a character SO higha-a record so
clean and popularity SO great, and iden-
titled as he Is with AN issue which appeals
so strongly TO the intelligence, conscience
anu patriotism OF the American people IS
that OF tariff reform, it IS hardly within
the bounds OF possibility that Grover Cleve-
land should not be triumphantly re-elect-
cd President of these United States next
Nopem DER.