Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-06-30

1ue udtiludi lJculoCIdllC CONVENTION
has done what it was chosen to do
placed Grover Cleveland in nomination
upon tariff for revenue only PLATFORM
an honest man upon an honest plank.
Grover Cleveland thus comes again
before the American nation as distinctly
and unequivocally the candidate of the
people. He was nominated, not by any
party machinery, but because he was
stronger than all machinery; because
the popular voice of the Democratic
masses all over the land has called on
him to lead, confident that, whatever be
the outcome in November, they have in
him a standard whom they will
be proud to follow-to victory, they
believe, but, if to defeat, then to defeat
without dishonor and without any COM
promise of principle or dishonest truck
ling to expediency.
The name of Grover Cleveland is to
the American people synonym for
honesty and courage-that high stand
ard of honesty which knows no expe-
diency but the right and that courage
which stands unwaveringly for the
right, as he and other true men see it,
no matter what the consequence may be;
the honesty and courage that will win if
they can or lose if they must but will
not barter one inch of principle for all
the power and pomp of any party tri-
umph that could only be purchased at
the cost of surrender to or compromise
with timidity or insincerity.
There is no intelligent and fair-minded
American citizen, whether politically
friendly or antagonistic to Mr.. Cleve-
land, who will challenge this-who will
not admit that it is this very quality, so
often and unfalteringly demonstrated,
at times to the jeopardy and at least
temporary sacrifice of his personal and
political prospects, that has SO en-
deared him to the masses; that has made
him SO strong with the Democracy; that
has dictated his denomination at
Chicago, and that will re-elect him to
the Presidency in November if there
are in the United States, as we believe,
voters enough who favor a tariff for
revenue only, who oppose Force bill
legislation, who believe in a dollar in
trinsically as good as gold, who favor
reform in the civil service, retrenchment
in public disbursement and q straight
forward administration, to bring about
this result.
-Four years ago the Hon. Daniel
Dougherty said, in the national Demo-
cratic convention of 1888: awe are
here, not indeed to choose q candidate
but to name the one the people have
already chosen. He is the man for the
people. His career illustrates the glory
of our institutions. His fidelity
in the past inspires faith in the future.
He is not hope; he is realization. I"
And though Mr.. Cleveland failed of re-
election he polled 100000 more votes
than did his successful competitor in
the contest that followed and stood in
defeat backed by that substantial plu-
rality of American voters. We saw of
him again to-day, as Daniel Dougherty
did then--"He is not hope; he is a
realization"-a realization of what the
5,55S,233 Democratic voters of 1888 de-
manded; realization Of what the tidal
wave of 1890 reiterated; a realization of
what the Democratic masses of 1892
have called for to lead them in the
campaign now under way.
We might speak of the platform-it is
good one-but Cleveland is a platform
in himself. And we cheerfully admit
the same of his competitor, President
Harrison, who was the wise choice OF
the Minneapolis convention, though
nominated by the office holders and in
opposition to the wishes of very large
element of the Republican party. We
say wise, because, aside from his un.
blemished personal character, Presiden,
Harrison stands for what his party
stands fora protective tariff and
Federal control of elections-and thes,
are the issues to be squarely fought out
1t may be said that the deliyerance o.
the Democratic platform on the silyei
issue is vastly more acceptable than The
meaningless straddle of the Republican
platform-but the truth is that the nam,
of either Cleveland OF Harrison is ,
warrant that no dangerous free coinag,
measure will escape Presidential veto
In both nominations the two partie
have given the nation assurance on thi
point, and have forced to the front III,
Mckinley tariff and the Force bill a
the vital issues of the campaign. An,
now for square fight and fair field.
We believe Mr.. Cleveland stands for III
very best the Democratic party could oife
of such marked weakness that we fee