The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-15
CLEVELAND WRITES
PARTY SUCCESS is BEFORE PER
SONAL AMBITION.

ward 5. Bragg, Author of the Famous
Phrase, 1--WE Love Him for the Enemie,
He Has Made"
MILWAUKEE, March 15.-General
Edward S. Bragg, the author of the
famous phrase, I'VE love him for the
enemies he has made, has been urging
EX-President Cleveland to make pu ID
lie avowal of his position i'll connection
with the approaching Democratic presi.
| dental convention.
Under date of March he wrote a let
ter to Cleveland from Fond Du Lac
containing the following paragraphs:
The danger to public interests which
the failure of the Democratic party
would involve seems to me now to re-
qulre an open avowal of your willing
ness ID submit to amy service to which
your party and the people may assign
you. Many entertain fears that You may
decline further public duty which none
but You can etfectually remove and your
voice will be everywhere heard with
\benefit and effect. | believe your use
FITNESS to the nation may be greater
nowthan ever in the past to carry to
victory the cause of tariff reform and to
restore the blessings of good government
to our people, aud as Your fellow Demo
crat ind fellow citizen | ask you TO say
to your party and people that your name
may be presented to\tne National Demo
cratic convention as d candidate for its
nomination to the presidency and that
you will accept the nomination if the
convention shall make lit and again
undertake the duties of president, if the
people shall, and 1 believe they will,
choose you for that Office. ! Sincerely
yours, EDWARD S. BRAGG.
In reply the ex-president Writes as
follows:
LAKEWOOD, n. Y, March 9.AHop.
Edward S. Bragg: My dear sir-K Our
letter of the 9TH instant is receiyedA l
have thought until now that | MIGHT
continue silence on the subjects which
under high sanction of your position aA
my ny. fellow Democrat and fellow citi \
zen and in your relation as a true and
trusted friend you present to me. If in
answering your question | might ONLY |
consider my personal desires and nv in |
dividual ease and comfort my RESPONSE
would be promptly made and without |
tne least reservation or difficulty. But |
II you are right in supposing that the |
subject Is related to duty owe to the |
country and to my party the condition
exists which makes such private and |
personal considerations entirely irrele- |
want. cannot, however, refrain from
declaring to you that my experience in |
the great office of president of the United
states mas so impressed me with the
solemhlty or the trust and its awful
that | cannot bring my
sen 10 regard candidacy for the place
as something to be won by personal
SIrlfe and active self-assertion. / have
also an idea that the presidency is nre.
eminently the peoples office and I have
peeh sincere IN my constant advocacy of
effective participation in political affairs
OH the part of our cOuntrymen. | con-
sequently believe the people shonld ha
heard IN the choice of their party candi-
dates and that they themselves shonld
make nominations as directly as is con
slstent with open, fair and full PARTY or
Sanlzatlon and methods | sneak of
these things solely for the purpose of
ADVISING you that my conception of the
nature OF the presidential office and nv
;olVlcClon that the voters of our party
should be free in the selection of their
;aildldates preclude the possibility of NV
eaulllS ana pushing a self-seeking can
Vass for the presidential nomination
even # had the desire to be again a
candidate Believing that the complete
supremacy of Democratic nrincinIee
means the increased happiness of our
people | am earnestly anxious for the
success of the party. | am confident
success is still within our reach, but he
iieve this is the time for Democrats
and deliberation. NOT
only as to candidates, but CONCERNING
party action upon questions of immense
interest to the patriotic and intelligent
yho watch for an assurance of safety as
ne prlce OF their confidence and support.
Yours very truly, "
GROVER CLEyELAND.
The cotton factory combine in nr,..,