Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
CLEVELAND DISCUSSED.
Murat Halstead on Cleveland's Visit to
the National Capital.
he Pretends to Know Just Why He was There
and What was Aeeomplished-A Let
ter From Cleveland
Special to the Gszstte.

special 10 the Gazette.
NEW YORK, May 3.-The Brooklyn
StHnds I'd Union, OF which Murat Hal
stead lately took editorial charge, dis
cusses President Cleveland g visit to the
National capital as follows, under the
guise of a Washington special: Ex-
President Cleveland has come and gone.
The legal business which brought him
here is in precisely the same condition as
it would have been had not his
presence adorned the dim and dignified
chamber wherein solemn and begowned
supreme court justices hold sway. But
the political business which, though
side issue, was after all the principal
cause of his coming, received q forward
impulse worth the trouble of the journey
from the metropolis to the capital. What
was accomplished was not confined to
what was accomplished directly by Mr..
Cleveland, nor was the work of setting
the ball in motion confined to Washing
ton. This was done last night in the city
of Hagerstowu, Md. The Free trade re-
form club of that town mad a meeting,
at which were present the following
bright congressional lights of free trade
Democracy: Messrs. Wilson of West
Virginia, Breckenridge of Kentucky and
Springer of Illinois. These gentlemen
are ll1eaders of their party and of the
dominant faction of their party upon the
tioor.,of the house and in the estimation
of the country. When they speak it is
with the voice of authority. What
they say binds their party and
indicates its plans and policy. for
they do not speak without full and free
understanding with their colleagues in
leadership. The Hagerstown meeting
was gotten up to present an opportunity
for these gentlemen to outline the de-
sires and intentions of that wing of the
party to Witch they belong-the great
Southern free trade wing. The meeting
was held Ia an obscure town, but
one of great Importance in its
state. It was gotten up and
held without parade, and under
ordinary circumstances would pass with
out notice, but the circumstances under
which it was held are not ordinary. The
presence here of Mr.. Cleveland just prior
to the holding of this consultation with
his friends, particularly among Southern
Democratic leaders, coupled with the
fact that this is the first political meeting
held in any Southern state looking to the
campaign of 1892, gives Significance alto
gether beyond its apparent Importance.
The real interest and object of the meet
ing was to set going a boom for
Cleveland and Campbell in 1892. The
gentlemen named are warmly in favor OF
that ticket, which they fondly believe to
be the winning one. Besides this, a let
ter was received from Mr.. Cleveland in
which he reiterates the views on the tar
rrht ha odu in
famous message. 1t was received with
tumultous enthusiasm. Another letter
was read from Governor james E.
Campbell of Ohio, which was also warm
ly received. Other letters were read,
mostly from Maryland politicians. That
the meeting accomplished the pur-
pose for which it was gotten up is
evident from the satisfied and COM
placent looks to-day of the three
gentlemen named. They have started
the Cleveland and Campbell boom going,
and much to their own satisfaction,
started it in the South, and they did SO
by authority. The meeting referred to
was the first public meeting under the
auspices of the Tariff Reform club re-
Gently organized in Hagerstown. Mr..
Cleveland IS letter was as follows:
No. SIG MADISON AVENUE,
new YoaK, April @, 1880.
Henry Kyd Douglas, Esq:
'MY DEAR SIR thank you for your
invitation to attend the meeting on the
I'd of May which inaugurates the Tariff
reform club at Hagerstowu. am sor-
~ that cannot be with you on this in
teresting occasion, which is to give birth
to another of those agencies whose mis-
sion it is to rouse practical thoughts and
activity. Those who propose to iuggle
with the question of tariff reform
will never again find their intended
dupes asleep and uninformed. People
shall know the merits of the question,
ana shall know too, that its fair and
honest adjustment greatly concerns
them. With such mission and enforce
ment of such principle, it is q glorious
thing to be a true Democrat in these
days. The zeal and enthusiasm which
at this time prevail in our party demon
strates that Democracy is never in
more congenial element than when it
battles for principle which involves the
real welfare and prosperity of the peo-
pie. hope that your meeting viii be a
great success, and that your tariff re-
form club will never falter in usefulness
and efficiency. Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND