Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-20
Chamberlaip on tho Chances oil.
\ Cleveland.

4 FEeEt~G&6NtNENEl TT-T-Vy
Chamberlain on tho Chances of,
Cleveland.
Ex-Goyern0f Chamberlain Ia a ma
of cultivated mind, large experienc,
and close observation, and We Civ,
below his views on national politics
and the chances Of Mr.. Cleveland i,
1892, as reported in the Nees a,t
Courier:
81 came here" no said, a~strictl,
on business and for no other purpcs,
one year ago. I have never uttered
9 word for publication iii Charleston
diving that year upon politics, bu,
tho 'ato election has had results anG
aspects which interest me SO great,
that there is no reason why 1 should
not express my views if tho readers
of tho Neaos and Courier may bt
supposed to care for them.
"n a national a%spcct--and / dc
not propose to consider tho matte,
in any other aspect-the late cleo,
ton has had most wonderful results
and these results arc as gratifying az
they arc remarkable. SO emphatic
a verdict was probably never before
given in our political history. 1,
gives one new faith and confidence,
it they were needed, in tho sound
political sense and capacity of the
American people.
"What wore the causes? -Four
Republican 'isms' did it-McKinley-
ism, Quayism, Lodgcism and Rcedism
i name them in the order of their
influence as | think. in the recent
election.
"Thesc. four tisms' represent four
gross principles of cvil-rapacity,
corruption, partisan intolerance and
partisan tyranny. They each and
all struck ut the foundations of free
institutions of our country.
"Nothing is needed now except
moderation and political good sense
on the part of the victorious party
to make this vast and b~encfcent
change permanent.
eve arc all obliged to work in
national matters through the two
existing political partics-thc Demo-
cratic and the Republican. If ono
of these parties strays from the true
path, the people will rout it and put
in power the other party. Men will
support that party which is stead
fast in its devotion to tho real public
interest.
"Clcveland is undoubtedly the true
hero of this great victory. Tariff
reform, tariff revision in the direc-
ton of reduction and disgust and
anger at the insane w%ickcdncss of
the Mckinley Act made up the over
shadowing II of the great politi-
cal revolution. Cleveland alone
started this ball and made tariff
reform a paramount issue. . In this
he did his party an invaluable scr
vice, but his country a far greater
SERVICE"
"Will he reap the reward of a
denomination ?" asked the reporter.
81 do not know. There arc com
plications which arc very serious in
Now York Statc-factional disturb
anccs which defy calculation. Hill
represents n general hostility to
Cleveland. Tammany and the New
York Sun represent the same thing.
These enemies will undoubtedly try
to persuade the Democracy that
Cleveland cannot carry New York
and the chances are if he is
nominated Hill and Tammany will
him. The country car hardly
be carried by the Democratic party
without New York, nor indeed by
party"
"Could Hill, if he were nominated,
carry New York {"
81 would hazard the opinion that
there would be as much danger of
Inc defeat of Hill by the Cleveland
as Of the defeat of Cleveland
by the Hill Forces" was the reply.
'My belief is that the sound II
If the Democratic party supporters,
~ the great voice of the people,
will force Clcveland's nomination.
Such is my hope as we'll n my belief,
nut no mar can yet see clearly so
ar ahead rs i'm 1900"