Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-23

! IL that the masses or the party ueMouo
the nomination of Grover CleveianoF
Why is it that this man who has no OIL
fees to distribute, no wealth to COM
mand, should have stirred the sponta-
Moons support of the great body OF
Democrats? Why is it that with all that
has been urged against him the people
still cry, give us Cleveland? Why is II,
| though he has pronounced in clear aud
able language his views upon questions
upon which some OF his party may al
fer with him, that he is still near ana
dear TO the masses?
1T is because be has crystalized into
a living issue the great principle upon
! which this battle is 10 be fought out. II
he did not create tariff reform ne made
it presidential issue; he vitaliZed and
presented it 10 our party as the issue
| for which we could fight and continue
TO battle until upon il victory Is now as
sured. There are few men in his posi-
! ton who would have the courage TO
boldly make the issue and present 1T so
clearly and forciby as he did in his
great message OF 1887. l believe that
! mis- policy then was 10 force q national
! ISSUE WHICH hOAA4 NRtNA'
IN the Judgment Of the
people. We must honor a man who
! is honest enough and bold enough under
/ such circumstances 10 proclaim that the
/ success of the party upon principle Is
! better than evasion or Sinking OF true
| national issues for temporary success.
/ When victory is obtained upon a princi-
/ ME il forms the solid foundation OF
party success in the future. 1t is 10
! longer the question Of battle to be won
| on the mistakes of our foes, but 1t Is a
victory to be accomplished by a charge
along the whole line under the banner
of principle.
There is another reason why the peo-
pie demand his nomination. They feel
that the tariff reform views OF President
Cleveland and the principles laid down
in his great message, whatever its tems
porary effect may have been, gives us
live and vital issue to fight for,
which has made the great victories
since 1883 possible. 1t consolidated, In
one solid phaanx, the Democracy OF the
Nation. In every State Of the Union,
that policy has been placed in the DEM
ocratc platforms, and our battles have
been fought upon it, and this great con-
vention Of representative Democrats
! have seen its good results. Every man
in this convention recognizes the policy
OF the party. In Massachusetts it gave
us Russell. In Iowa it gave us Boies.
in Wisconsin il gave Us Peck for Cover
| nor and Villas for Senator. Ia Michl-
| gan it gave US Winans for Governor and
gave us a Democratic Legislature, and
will give us eight electoral votes for
! President. In 1889 in Ohio it gave us
James z. Campbell for Governor, and
/ in 1891 10 defeat him il required the
power, the wealth and the machinery OF
the entire Republican party. In Penn
| sylvania it gave US Robert +. Pattlson.
| In Connecticut it gave US Democratic
| Governor who was kept out Of Office by
| the Infamous conduct OF the Republican
party. In New Hampihire it gave us a
! Legislature of which we were defraud-
ed. In Illinois it gave US Palmer for
! Senator, and in Nebraska it gave US
| Boyd for Governor. In the great South
| ern States it has continued in power,
| Democratic Governors and Democratic
! Legislatures III NOW bCA SOY WV PC" -
of the Democracy has been strengthened
and the Legislature and Executive
are now both Democratic. In the great
| State of New York, it gave Us David b..
! Hill for Senator and Roswell p. Flower
| for Governor. Loud cheering.
with all these glorious achievements
| it is the wisest and best party policy to
nominate again the man whose policy
made these successes possible. The peo-
ple believe that these victories which
| gave us a Democratic House of Repre-
sentatives in 1890 and Democratic Gov
ernors and Senators in Republican and
| doubtful States, are due 10 the courage
and wisdom of Grover Cleveland, and so
believing they recognize him as their
| great leader.
DEWITT, DOMINATING HILL.
When New York was reached in the
call, Mr.. VIM. c. Dewitt took the plat
form and said:
"Mr. President and Fellow Demo-
Gratis: BY favor OF my colleagues, l have
now the high honor to speak the voice
of the State OF New York in this coun-
ell of the Democracy Of the nation. Our
majestic commonwealth needs no eulogy
! here. Gateway OF commerce both from
the ocean and lakes; vast arsenal OF
thought through whose press
the intelligence of the world
is gathered and scattered
throughout the land; Joined TO the
agricultural regions by the fertile val
lev of the Hudson, the Mohawk and the
Genesee. and opening up through the
triple city, seated on its bay those
greater, higher afiuent relatives with
the other people of the globe, the full
est development of which will be the
source of our best prosperity, the State
of New York is none the less paramount
| in our political than other national
affairs. Her great city is the life giving
heart of the Democratic party. Her
electoral vote is the largest federal arch
npon which alone we can rest the clta-
del of our hopes. II was said at the
Roman amphitheatre:
"While stands the Coliseum,
Rome shall stand;
"When falls tue Coliseum,
"Rome shall fall;
"Aud when Rome falls, the world
SIN view of this critical and import
ant position occupied bY our State In
the impending contest, l take great
pride while speaking for its regular
organization Of the party, In pointing
to our past triumphs. In 1855 we car
ried New York by l1,130 majority; in
1856. by 1899; in 1887, by 1907; in
1888. by 10, III; IN 1889, by 30,j27; and
in 1891, by 47,937, so that the present
organization speaks not only for the
State indispensable to your success in
1 the presidential campaign, but speaks
for that State organized and arrayed
upon the lines OF victory.
| These are stubborn facts, which