The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-18
No Room for Delusion.

Our esteemed contemporary, the Hartford
Times, lays before itself for contemplation
tho Mugwump programme OF renomi-
mating CLEVELAND. with a timorous apol-
ogy, which. instead OF being sustainable
by facts. is confronted with the most con-
elusive evidence possible to show that 1t Is
himsiness double refined. After considering
the question whether In case second Pres
idential term we're given to Mr.. CLEVELAND
he would again be reelected at the end OF 1t.
and third term inaugurated. the Times
gently protests:
"Hs would be retired any way There viii be no third
terms in this generation He wond not ask for or 40
cept nomination In 1890"
Would not ask nomination. Would not
accent 1t! Listen to the moralizing can't
with which the Mugwump idol accepted the
Democratic nomination In 1884:
when an election to once shall be the selection by
the voters Of OF their number to assume for time
public trust OF his dedication to the profession
Of politics. when tho holders Of the ballot, Quickened
BY sense of duty. shall avenge truth betrayed and
pledges broken and when the suffrage shall DO alto
rcher FREQ and interrupted the full realization Of
government by the people will be at hand And OF tho
means to this end not ono would In my Judgment be
more effective than amendment to the Constitution
cunder the patronage of this great ONCE the allure
cnts Of power the temptation to retain public place
once gained and. than all the availability party
nnds In an incumbent whom o horde OF ofhceholderA
with zeal born Of benefits received and fostered by
the hope yet stand ready to aid with
mono and trained political service, we recognize in
the eligibility OF tho President for reelection most
serious danger to that calm. deliberate and intelligent
political action which must characterize government
by the people,
After experiencing the temptation to re-
tain public office once gained" this pompous
pretence to lofty craftsmanship was rele-
gated back to its original source Of hum
bug. First. Mr.. CLEVELAND broke the
policy Of his party which had been agreed
upon with general forbearance end wisdom.
so that the party could consider no one else.
Then came the denomination. with the exag-
geration Of every circumstance from which
the candidate had once affected to shrink
with horror. The horde Of oflceholders
set up the delegations under the most mer-
CHESS official domination known to Ameri-
can politics. GRANTS effort to renominate
himself was that Of disinterested
patriot compared to GROVER CLEvE-
LANDS determination that no one else but
himself should have standing in the st.
Louis Convention.
There Is not the slightest reason. in view
Of Mr., CLEvE1AND's unblushing rejec-
ton Of his own hypocrisy. to suppose that
the end Of another four years in the White
House would not find him as eager and as
determined to hold his place as he was in
1888. Does the Times suppose that this
prospect would in any way be altered II its
hoped-for nominee should copy into his third
letter of acceptance the striking passage
which gave such memorable character to
his first 2 Would our contemporary attach
any importance to another anti-renomina-
ton protest from the same source Of solemn
impositon2 In Mexico Gen. DIAz has been
for some time whipping the devil around
the Constitution by going In and out OF the
Presidents Office. Yet at last he Is virtu-
ally dictator.
The third term Is one Of the most looming
monuments to further Mugwump glorif1ca-
ton. However offensive it may be In itself.
1t Is an irremovable feature Of the Mug
wump programme.