The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-09
PRESIDENTIAL TALK,
Tariff Reform the Issue and Grover oleve-
land the Leader.

Tariff Reform the Issue and Grover oleve-
land the Leader.
ED. NEWS. .DEMoCRAT:- Much is being
| said and written nowadays of Presiden-
tial preferences, and incidental mention is
made of Chicago delegates. While II is
natural that Democrats should have
preference in this matter, still does 1t not
seem absurd to hear some OF them about
here predicting party disaster unless thls
| or that mans personal choice Is named by
the Chicago convention? Ohio has always
cast her electoral vote for the Republican
Presidential candidate and will undoubt-
edly do 50 again this year, and yet some
Of our Democratic friends seem to think
that the Democratic National Convention
should follow Democratic opinion In Re-
publican Ohio on this subject. Nonsense.
Ii will do nothing of the kind. We will
follow in the wake Of those States whose
electoral votes are essential to Democratic
success, And have not these States al.
ready made known their choice in their
ressective State conventions? Connect
cut and Indiana have boih selected dele
gates substantially instructed for Mr.,
Cleveland, at least four-hfths in each
State delegation have openly declared for
him, and in New Jersey, whose State con-
ventiou was held last week, the entire
delegation was instructed for him. And
ii might be asked, where else? l answer
nounced for Cleveland, the East, the West,
the North, the South, everywhere except
New York, whose treachery cost us defeat
in 1888. The cry is Cleveland and Tariff
Reform, the only issue upon which the
National Democracy can go before the
people and hope to succeed. But some
may say "Well, could Mr.. Clevelad carry
New York in the face of the factional
differences existing in that State"
True, MIR. Hills special friends, are
opposing him as they seem to have
done in the Presidential election
of 1888 when the generally believed
sell-out gave Mr.. Hill the Governorship
and the Presidency was lost to Mr., Cleve-
land and the Democracy, but IL the
strength OF this opposition is not under
estimated, considering Mr.. Cleveland's
increased strength with the masses in
that State. il Is the opinion of those well
inform ed that he could carry the State,
and the threat of this element will not
likely deter the convention from doing its
duty in nominating him, provided of
course Mr., Cleveland should be considered
the strongest candidate before the conven.
ton. The 1888 campaign methods OF
dicker with the New York Republicans
will not be repeated this year. 1t will be
remembered ihat the same element now
opposing Mr.. Cleveland was represented
at the Dem Dcratic National convention at
St. Louis in 1876, and by substantially the
same clique who now loudly protest
against she combination of Mr. Cleveland.
Burke Cochran and Thomas +. Grady,
Mr.. Hills foremost champions, and
others, were there and under the direction
of john Kelly and other Tammany lead
ers, we're stOuily opposing the nomination
of Mr., Tildeu, predicting his defeat by
$4,000 in the State OF New York in the
event Of his nomination, but the couYen
tion wisely turned Iammany down and
nominated Mr.. IilGen who carried the
State by over 10000 mt jority, and who was
af,erward defrauded out of the office Of
President by the most Infamous conspir-
acy in modern times. At the Democratic
convention in 1889, IN Cincinnati,
this same eicTnent succeeded in exertlDg
its influence upon the convention, result
ing in the rejection OF Mr.. Tilden as its
candidate and IN what turned out TO be
tho unfortunate nomination of the soldier
statesman, General Hancock. At the
Democratic National convention i'll 1884,
at Chicago, this same element again
sought to make its influence felt in the
by opposing the nomination
Of Mr.. Cleveland, but the Tammany clique |
were again turned down and Mr.. Cleve-
land was nominated and triumphantly
elected, and his administration today is
the pride of every true Democrat. OF
course it will not be claimed that the op-
position to Mr.. Cleveland is conf led alone
10 INC lhulinbDy OTRhulLthB WuOse
support of party nomination, il seems,
often depends upon promise of office, for
il is we'll known that there are worthy and
Democrats outside of that
who honestly doubt the ad-
visibility OF his candidacy, but who are
opposed 70 MIR. Hill both on
principle and party expediency. Indeed,
| think it is not too much to say that the
author of the Elmira protection free coin
age of silver speech is not in it this time
and me must therefore patiently await the
coming of a more suspicious political era.
The slogan of the Democracy should and
will be tariff reform and honest money,
and whether Mr.. Cleveland is nominated
or not, il is as certain as that the Chicago
convention will be held that Mr.. Hill will
not be. He cannot be and all the talk
about selecting Hill delegates ID twaddle
and mere nonsense, II the convention
should decide that Mr.. Cleveland Is not
the strongest candidate in all the states
let us select delegates who will be for the
winner. Ohio should be ready to join and
follow the states who will say, I'VE want
a ticket nominated that will win, regard
lees of who the mead OF the ticket may he,
as long as he is a representative Democrat
and stands squarely for tariff reform and
honest money"
A DEMooRAT.