The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-29
WHO SHALL BF PRESIDENT ?


In the kentucky State Convention Mr.
/ Breckenridge said on Wednesday,
who is the man to nominate as your can
didate, He is the man the people want.
/ Whom does the Democratic party want;
/ Grover Cleveland.
/ No man ever spoke truer words than Mr..
Breckinridge did when he said the man TO
nominate is the man the people want. IN
this sort of matter it may be truly said
| cor popvi, Jo1 del.
In the Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne
has said:
When an uninstructed multitude attempts
! 10 see with It's eyes it Is exceedingly apt TO be
! deceived. When. however, It forms us
| Judgment as il usually does, on the intul-
tons Of its great and warm heart, the cOnclu-
/ sions thus attained are often so profound and
50 unerrDg as 10 possess the character OF
| truths superneturally revealed
Nothing more true was ever said. and few
things have been better said, and when Mr..
Breckenridge said that Grover Cleveland IS
the man whom the grea. warm heart Of the
people has intuitively marked out as its
choice for President. he declared fact which
/ is lust as apparent 10 the heart Of every man
in America as the sun at noon Ii apparent to
the physical eye.
Mr. IIawthorne's statement needs this modi-
fcation. What be calls the intuitiyes of the
heart of the people always rest really upon a
| solid foundation of reason, and while appa-
rently intuitiyes they are really Just conclu-
sions deduced from evidence. The people
come TO adore a man and they are said 10 DO
so by intuition. 1t is always found out in
time. however, that the man possesses IN
himself those qualities which they were
taught at their mothers knees to esteem and
admire.
The causes for Mr. Cleyeland's hold upon
popular Judgment and affection lie apparent
upon the surface and arc visible TO the naked
eye. The fact is. they have tried him and
found him to be all that they desire OF expect
in the representative man
lie came 10 the Presidential Office raw and
INEXPERIENCED. the target for every shaft of
malice or envy, the object for every caolery
and flattery. yet he steered his course straight
through breakers that would have swamped
many an older mariner and left the Presiden-
tial office without a shadow Of one stain upon
his public or private life. This Is a crcum-
stance that has craven itself deep down into
/ the American heart. The cynic may say 1t is
not much to be thankful for that our chosen
man has proven himself to be honest, but the
American people reply they have been so
| often deceived in this regard that when they
/ find one that they know they can trust. they
grapple him TO their hearts with hooks of
steel.
Nothing. perhaps in Mr.. Clevelands career
has anchored him so deeply in the public
heart rs the publication OF his letter upon
silver IL is not because he was against free
silver: by no means. IL is because, when the
cauldron was boiling most furiousiy, when
no man could say what would DO the event.
when time-servers were declaring they would
"cross the bridge when they came TO it and
| suddenly easing the pangs Of hunger at the
expense Of public duty, with the heart of a
lion and the courage of man, lie walked
boldly out before his fellow men in the broad
light OF day and declared that BIO had no
concealments whatever about the matter. and
that his convictions belonged 10 what seemed
then 10 be the unpopular side. This great
and heroic act filed the hearts of his admirers
with unboundet enthusiasm. COMPOUNDED
his enemies and upset their plans and turned
even the most bitter Of them into neUtrals at
least.
The second great cause Of Mr. Cleyeland's
hold upon the popular mind is the fact that in
his person he is believed to be, and lie. is the
embodiment of the contest now on between
the great body Of the people aud those favored
individuals who are licensed 10 rob under the
protection of law and the laws Of protection.
The great masses Of the people are now de-
manding and are clamorous in their demand
that this legal authorization of their own rob
berry shall cease. They refuse to be plundered
longer that Andrew Carnegie may dwell in a
marble palace and shoot grouse over Scottish
moors.
The last issue Of Puck has cartoon. hum
orous, but very pathetic. which contains
powerful argument for the cause that Mr..
| Cleveland in person represents. IL exhibits
the trials of millionaire protected monopo-
| list as contrasted with those Of poor work
ingman torn 10 death for the benefit of the
| monopolst The millionaire is shown in his
gilded palace car when taking ali outing.
pestered to death by inqusitive curiosity
seekers peeriDg at him through bis windows.