The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-23
am CLEVELAND AND THE spons.

The speech, OF President-elcct Cleveland
at the Manhattan Club. Saturday nGh''
ya, very short, pithy and pointed-char-
.c,er,stlc OF the man--and yet II has ex'
cited more general attention atc com
mont than any other of all the many
,reeches which have been delivered du:-
ing end since the campaign. ihis. OF
course. was natural. both beca' sc Mr.
Cleveland had Just been elected President
~ this great Republic by an enormous
majority. and because he spoke OF distri-
bution of the ofices-a subject upon
viii n an enormous army of men In the
limited States are, just now. exceedingly
solicltous.
great deal Of censure and much
abuse has been heaped on MIR. Cleve-
land because he cid not in his first adj
m,nistration turn the rascals out, and pat
the faithful in with as much expedition
and thoroughness as was desired. and 1t
was hoped. by the machine politicians es-
pecially, that he would now. elected as 4
Democrat and Nv Democrats, change his
tactics in this respect, and give the office
seeking industry a decided impetus. To
all. however v.ho count on the coming all
ministration as one essentially Of spells,
Mr.. Gle, Glands remarks Uust have been
a decided damper. He uttered no uncer-
tain sound when he said party policy
has become the important thing in contra
distinction to party spoils. The distri-
button of party rewards for party action
is no longer the handspring Of a political
camapign. No party, / care not
whether U,mocratic or Republican, can
get the support CT the masses Of the
voters by merely promising party rewards
for party srprt ms cy.''
This is plain English without vtrbOsity
or eql iyocaticn, and in it Mr. Cleveland
plainly says that he looks Upon the DEM
CCTGtic patty as much more than spoils
party; that he regards Democratic prin-
ciples and their enforcement in stl ength-
cIing and advancing the country and our
Government as Of far more Importance
than the filling Of the offices with Demo-
Gratis. He proposes, therefore, as far as
he can, to elevate the Democratic party
above the position Of mere dispt nser of
spoils. in the hope that the Democratic
worker may look more to good govern
ment than to Office as his reward.
This is what the people wish Mr.. Cleva-
land to do, and that is why they elected
IL e
gusted with the corruption which had
sprung up in that patty, owing to the
greed with which its leading members,
from the highest TO the lowest sought to
the party to which they had been loyal
ever since its organization, because OF
their confidence in Mr.. Cleveland, and In
the hope that he would give them a
purer. notler and, in every way, better
rule than that with which they had so
long been afflicted. And If there had ever
been any doubt tfat he would disappont
them, that doubt was dispellel by his
Manhattan Club speech. He will. of ne
ce+eity. n axe the Government Democratic,
throughout, as far as he is able, but he
viii adopt the old Jeffersonian standard
Of honesty, capacity and patriotism, as
the proper one fer official appointment He
will seek to give the country government
of pridciple and as near perfect as pos
sible, and in so doing, he will trust TO the
faithful md JEALOUS cooperation Of every
true Democrat throughout The UniCn.