The sun., 1892-01-04
TRUTH FROM A MUGWUMP.
"cLEvELANDIsM AND DEMOCRACY ARE
TWO DISTINCT THINGS"

Two DISTINO1 2HANGb.~
The Massaehusetts Reform Club Consider
ing whether to Join the New "Coium.
bian Farty - Ons Member Sale shey
Wanted 60 Get as Much - They Couis
OF Cleveiaadisn, and TO Leave the Demso.
rsey to Blow Its Own Horn.
BOSTON. Jan. g. massachusetts Mugwumps
were subjected 10 an awful temptation yester.
day afternoon. but It is probable that they will
say. Get thee behind me- Satan" and will
hang on to Grover Clevelands coat tails as
long as he remains In the Presidential race.
The Massachusetts, Reform Club met yester.
day to consider the subject OF the new political
party. which has been dubbed the Columbian
Party" and it's relations to Mugwumpery
In politioa Mr.. James Means was the
tempter who sought to lead the Mug
wumps astray Az long as he lauded
Grover Cleveland the Mugwumps listened
with rapt attention. and appauded every sug-
gestion as TO his fitness for tho Presidential
nomination. but as soon as Mr.. Means sug-
gested the remote possibility Of dropping
Grover to mako way for man who might bet
ter unite the desertors from the Democratic
and Republican parties there was scowl
Of disapprovaL The meeting indicates
ih HiooSuIo tlo 6tuuO 10 DO tAkeu " tu0
Mugwumps In the coming Presidential contest
Mr.. Means told the Mugwumps present that
the now party could be formed right away. and
that they were the ones who should form the
nucleus. Tho new party should have for its
platform honest money. . low tariH. and the
abolition OF the spoils system. After recount
ing the dangers which threatened the country
under the rule Of either Of the present parties.
Mr.. Means said:
Il think that nearly all Of US were glad In "a
and 81. and would 10 glad In 'e2 to vote for
Grover Cleveland. but Clevclandism and De-
mocracy ore two distinct things. That has
been very fully proved BY the very recent mex
orable logic Of events OF the frst Cleveland
Ism. we. the members OF the new party, want
as much as we can get OF the second. De-
mocraoy. We have become so distrustful that
we want to leave 1t to blow its own horn. Per-
haps some Of you are saying to yourselves that
Cleveland would not accept the Of
would not accept. the nomination Of Q little
ss4yssE saty 6ans Of such aw W Of the nsS
usOnseey eyS the politics sSoE the Soaaty YOU
the %ent5s @ coms. ars' SeS THtk Work W Until
the month Of May & you viii then have ST up
will have party behind him which will hold
tha sq% H dsaf %
as patriot and statesman-hrst. last. and
know how strong the Cleveland feeling is
prove what have said Of him. now wish to
one 5nt myself. want Il distinctly under.
ss
vastly greater Importance than men. and II 1t
should appear that an attempt has been made
yidual. the spoetacle wouid be ri, ;..uI Ioua il
the new party shoua pa =. It's faith ort6 f.
our advocacy Of Cleveland brings only dis:
satisfied Democrats under our bunner Il will
land keeps those who have been Republicans
from joining US. the only thing we can DO will
Us sdee sat
llcans will come to the support Of Cleveland.
but wo cannot tell yet: We have to live and
two before the others are held. and II We Mug
wumps claim Grover Cleveland as our man. us
%so nd
ported. | believe that We can carry the next
national election.
ready begun. Now, 1 have Just a word to
say TO the honest money Democrats who
integrity and ABILITY and yet they do on not TIA HaSe
half u chance to he themselves, because they
arc weighted by the same fcndish party press
Is pressure which mortals cannot withstand
v ouldnt common sense seem to dictate that
oss. .hts m S ra ao and
wh9le concern drop.
9rd those se teS tSso who
vote. Or to vote in the air., as it is sometimes
esaieds lent it to vote With party you don't
led year after year yea WITH choicoD betWeen two
evils. never asking for anything better. they |
are sure to have, evil as the result OF their
old party mean? Doesn't It mean that at voters rs
surrender their rights AZ private citizens into
ahas er m e to
selves about the general welfare Of the public |
i the voters say to them; Do as you please:
the which faehSs sSik are s@
s somethns % You cannot % change. e TO onu such .
would reply: Perhaps you cannot change |
human nature. but In order to work roform It |
With politics now is that the worst elements Of |
lum4n nature are at the top. and the task |
make what has been called an iridesce1n n
lream a reality, by taking hold OF bad men, |
md dragging them down from their high |
positions and putting them where they be-
After Mr.. Means had finished speaking there
taEne aboa and in IRIS nS ths
Augwumps stated their Views without hest
ancy.
Mr.: Winslow Warren said: "The reason I |
,on't believe IN q new PARTY now is because
here Is on extreme possibility that there will |
% new party given US next July by the
I they nominate Grover Cleveland they will |
,aye to give him platform that he cnn stand
iirlii reform and coinage. We can compel tho |
1emocratio party to nominate 0royer Clev9-
We ought to have a. conference at New York Or
sGmswhSs else 81 all men who believe I'd
Mr.. r. A. Clahln said: unless the Demo.
ratio party shows itself sincerely: :desirous Of
aritf reform. we shall intlict defeat upon It
n the next election. Tho question IL not
whether we arc going to be too mucn Demo-
ratic. but whether we are going to be Domo-
ratio Mt all III we organize q new party we !
nay diminish instead Of increase our Inns
'orta1ce. II We form new party We shall
eem to be very few In numbers But II we act /
instead OF forming new party
ve shall vote directly against that to which We
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