Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-22
All This Is DIR. Il. +. Wards ES.
innate of Grover.
And When 1t was Written "a Few Months
Ago Democratic Elector j. X.
yardaInan Pronounced 1t
Coed Reading"

Most of the people of Mississippi
either know or have heard of DIR. b. +.
Ward, the noted Democratic partisan
and physician of Winona. He is n
scholarly man, and, like DR.. j. 3. Gam
brell, one of the most f0rcible writers
in the South. A few weeks before
the Chicago Convention, DR.. Ward
wrote the letter published below to
the Memphis Appeal Avalanche. The
ppealAvalanche, which was an ar
dent Cleveland boomer, decided it was
entirely too "salty" for its columns,
and returned it without publishing.
DR.. Ward then had it published in the
Greenwood Enterprise, edited by
Hon. JAS. X. Vardaman. Mr.. Var
daman, who is now going about as a
Cleveland ElectOr for the State at
large, telling the people they ought
to vote for Grover, published it with
the editorial endorsement, sit will be
found good reading" 1t is no concern
of the LEADER how DR.. Ward and Mr..
Vardaman may reconcile all this with
their present support of Mr.. Cleve-
land. The point we make is, that if
what DR.. Ward said about Mr.. Cleve-
land was true then, it is true now !;
and like Mr.. Vardaman we think sit
will be found good reading: :"
Editor AppealAvalanche:
In your issue of Sunday, April Goth,
you made the editorial inquiry if there
sis n valid reason why any New York
Democrat should not vote for Cleve-
land 2" Will you permit the respect
full suggestion that not only a New
York Democrat, but any sound DEM
ccrat might possibly discover a "valid
reason" for opposing the nomination
of Mr.. Cleveland, in the fact that Mr..
Cleveland has already been repudiat-
ed by the Democracy of New York
If Mr.. Cleveland, intrenched behind
the Notifications of his own admins
tration, armed with all the power and
patronage of four years. lease of Of
flee, together with the prestige of a
Democratic victory in 1884, not only
failed to carry his own State, but led
his party to disastrous defeat and land
ed the Southern States nearer to the
verge of ruin than they have been
since the days of reconstruction, is
there not "valid reason why" Demo-
Gratis, in this critical hour. should de-
cline to trust their fortunes again to
his hazardous leadership Is not the
fact that Mr.. Cleveland has steadily
lost ground in New York since 1884,
"valid reason for doubting the prac-
tical wisdom of freighting the party
with his third nomination.
VIII the Appeal-Avalanche please
give us one "valid reason whyn Dem
ocrats should vote for hims We are
gravely informed that Mr.. Cleveland
is "honest.n is honesty SO rare an
attribute of Democratic statesmen as
to render Mr.. Cleveland conspicuous
in the possession and exhibition of
that old-fashion virtuef
There were half million of honest,
brave and patriotic heroes in the Con-
federate army. but, perhaps, not more
than three or four who were capable
of organizing and leading great armies
to victory. Do not mock the valiant
hests of Democracy by calling them
to rally to the standard of self-con-
situated and vanquished ehieftaiu
Aside from his Wanted "honesty,
his most Infatuated followers do moi
pretend to offer more than the solita'
ry, thread bare ssvalid reason why
he should, third time, overreaeh all
| the best, bravest and truest defenders
of Democracy in the race for its higlf
est honors, and that is the absurd as