Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-06-20
An industrious Candidate.


hope that he may in some way turn
out to be a candidate for the Presis
dency in 1892. Some Of them, like
Governor Hill and General Alger,
for instance, do not hesitate to avow
that hope and ask their friends to
''support" them. But it may be
very much doubted whether there is
one of them who has taken more
pains to remind his fellow-citizens
of his existence as candidate than
Grover Cleveland. 1t is we'll known
how the late Samuel J. Tllden en-
ployed a literary bureau to keep
him advertised in the public press
and TO distribute his speeches and
writings for the benefit of his coun-
trymen. But even this shrewd
patriot, with all his cleverness, was
not more successful than Cleveland
has been in drawing to himself the
notice of his fellow-citizens."
There has hardly been secular
day during the past year when a
copy of letter headed with claw
Offices No. l, William street, New
York." and signed Grover Cleve-
land, has not found its way INTO the
newspapers after having been read,
as if it were one of the inspired
writings of the prophets. at some
county fair or Democratic mass
meeting or "Turiff Reform" club.
These letters have generally been
something like the following
cit would give me great pleasure
to be with you to lift up my voice in
behalf of the cause of Tariff reform
to which you and / have consecrated
our public labors, out unfortunately
an engagement will prevent me from
joining with you in this patriotic
and exalted endeavor. The time
has come when the institutions oi
our common country must he res
cued from the degrading influence
of the mercerary and corrupt enc
mics of the cause of Justice and rec-
titude, which will ultimately triumph
and which | as an humble individu
al, will be glad to promote, to the
end that honesty. purity and patriot
ism may lift the Republic to a mob
Ter and more exalted plane o.
thought and action, and that eacE
individual citizen may realize stern
and uncompromising sense of public
duty"
Any one who takes the trouble
to read the hundreds of ''letters'
which Mr.. Cleveland has been writ
ing will find that they are all made
up of just such empty platitude'
strung together with no other ap
parent purpose than that of adver-
tising the writer. Governor Hi
has been commonly set down as tht
perfect type of the selfseeking ant
pushing politician. But he has no
written one-half of the letters tha
have come from No. William street
in the past twelve months, ant
when he does write he does not re
sort to the empty phrases of til,
stately twaddle which Mr.. Cleve,
land turns out like a grind.
The x,President has also becom,
famous sleech-maker. He has o
late rarely missed an occasion whel
he may unbosom himself on Turif
reform and public duty. He ha
even attemptepted to cut figure a
an after-dinner speaker, although hi
performances in this department. 0
eloquence must sit sadly on the di
gestion of his hearers. He was re
Gently heard from at dinner O
piano-makers and endeavored t,
show them the intimate relatiol
which exists between music an,
Tariff reform, and how tho maker
of these instruments ought to b
inspired like himself with a sloft,
sense of duty" A night or tw,
ago he made his appearance befor
company of actors, and no fv
act tragedy that they ever playe,
was heavier than the ponderou
composition which he inflicted ur
on them. The usual phrases wer
gone over, and the actors were toll
that he was not satisfied that "ethe
appreciated as they onght thei
duty to their country" In thes