Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-04-08
Cleveland Way Ahead
HIS POPULARITY OVERSHADOWS
ALL ELSE.
OPINION OF AN EX-CHAIRMAN OF THE VIRGINIA
STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
From the Richmond Times1

| OPINION OF AN EX-CHAIRMAN OF THE VIRGINIA
STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
From the Richmond Times.1
| Hon Basil B. Gordon, eX-chairman of the
State Democratic committee very intelligent
and experienced political observer, has re-
Gently been making an extensive tour through
| the South and has taken occasion in his trav-
| els to come in contact with many of the lead
| ing public men of that section with a view of
| sounding its sentiment as to the presidential
| nomination of the Democratic party He
states that he found this sentiment everywhere
Enthusiastically in favor OF Mr.. Cleveland, so
| universally and so strongly so indeed, that
| with the support which MI. Cleveland will
| receive in the North and Northwest, Mr.
| Gordon declares that his denomination is in
| evitable. The conclusions reached by MI.
| Gordon as to the sentiment OF the Southern
States are confirmed by all disinterested OBJ
servers who have recently gone over the same
! ground, showing how little political signif-
canoe there was in the fine reception which
was given to Senator Hill in the course of his
| Journey to Jackson to deliver his address be-
fore the Mississippi legislature.
GROVER CLEVELAND IN THE HEART OF THE
MASSES.
Interview of Rev. DR.. Dickinson of the Religious
Herald with q Richmond Times reporter.1
Florida is full of people who are gathered
from every State and Territory. The kind
things that were said about MI. Cleveland in
my hearing were a surprise to me, coming as
they often did from persons who protested
to hold views different from those of MI.
Cleveland on one OF more OF the great issues
now before the country. A distinguished
doctor of divinity referring TO this said: "The
wonder grows that the people love him so,
when you think of it that he seems net to care
whether any one loves him or not. He moves
along doing his duty, speaking out just what
| he thinks without any apparent desire to
| please any one, and yet how few men have
| lived who were dearer TO the hearts of the
American people than is Grover Cleveland. -
Such expressions [ heard all along among
people who are as good and true as are to be
found anywhere. OF course there are others
| that do not like him. For one cause and
| another they prefer that some one else be put
forward for the highest office in the gift Of the
| American people, They may succeed, but
| they will never get Grover Cleveland out OF
the hearts of the great masses OF the people.
| For what he has done and for what he is, they
will continue to crown him.
CLEVELAND ON THE FORCE BILL.
| Letter of Hon VIM. l.. Wilson of w. Va, to
Randolph Harfia3n Of Lynchburg]
Every Democrat instinctively ana ardently
opposed the bill, and so expressed himself
constantly during its tendency, and to attrib-
| ute indifference to Mr.. Cleveland is not only
| to overlook his entire pablo record, but to
apply to him a rule that would be applied to
no one else.
have seen quotations from him, however,
| that even by such rule overwhelm the
charge. The occasion you refer to, was the
famous Thurman Banquet at Columbus, Ohio,
Nov IS, 1890, in the presence OF nearly a
thousand representative Democrats. II sat by
MI. Cleveland at the table, and have IN my
! possession tie notes from which he spoke, in
his own handwriting. recall with exceed
! ing vividness the emphasis of tone and OF
manner with which he alluded to the Lodge
Bill. Trne it was not in the line OF his re-
that "a cheap coat makes a cheap man." etc,
| Ga declaration contained in one OF Major Nc
kinleys tariff speeches., but his exact Ian