New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-07-20
"A PICTURE OF THE ..vEILED.
PROPHET" BEHIND THE
SCENES.
What Democrats are Pleased to
Term Simple Mindedness and
ight-forWardness Takes
on a Different Aspect
When the Wells
Blown Aside.

In the self drawn portraits which he
submits to the public from time to time,
Mr.. Cleveland always represents himself as
plain, blunt, straig htforward man. who.
knows nothing OF .ttact" or sspolicy, bat is
drawn into public life by an urgent ssnse
OF duty, or, as he most delights to express
1T, sense ofsaconsecrati0n to the public
good.
Occasionally the veil is blown aside and
the glimpse then caught OF the Yelled
simple-mindedness and straightforward
ness that goes with conservation to any
cause.
Thus when notified over his private wire
of his nomination. Mr.. Cieve anei inmedi-
ately sent the following 70 his chief mana
ger at Chicago.
BUzzARD's BAY, June %.
w. Q. Whitney: / must say to you and
through you, to those who have acted with
you, that lave a grateful appreciation Of
the efforts made in my behalf, and that
my admiration is llnbounded tor the prll-
dence. sagacity, and geperalship OF my
friends in Chicago. GROVER CLEVELAND.
How strangely this hastily joyous message
sounds! Is il possible all this chuckling and
graduation over prudence" and Saga
city and generalship' on the part Of old
office-holders struggling ina convention to
nominate their chief comes from that
same solemn oracle who has SO often di-
obedience to the mandates ofthe people?n
II oW IN the name, not of consistency but
ofcommon honesty, can Mr.. Cleveland
now hurry to declare that his admiration
is unbounded for the prudence, sagacity
and generalship of friends in Chicago? It
is not three months since, in defending his
attitude towards the Democratic nomina-
tion, Mr.. Cleveland wrote as follows:
LAKEWOOD, N. j.. April s, 1892
JAMES f10JRRT,F 1T 10 n i,
am exceedingly anxious to have our
party do exactly the right thing at the
Chicago convention, and / hope that dele
gates will be guided by Judgment, and
actuated by true, democratic spirit and
single desire to succeed on principal /
should not De frank ifl..did not say to you
that often feel dusnot deserve the kind
things such friends as you say ofme, and /
haVefrequent misgivings as to the wisdom
ofagain putting ME III nomination. / there
fore am anxious that sentiment and I'M
measured personal devotion should be
checked when delegates to the convention
reach the period OF elaboration. In any
event there will be no disappointment for
the result.
Very truly yours,
GROVER aCLEAYLAND
But how were delegates to be sguided by
Judgment and single desire to succeed on
principle" when Mr.. Cleveland's managers
We're using The arts OF genefalshlp on
them?
If anxious that Sentiment and un-
measured personal devotion should be
checked why should Mr.. Cleveland
chuckle so over the prudence, sagacity
and generalship' Of his former officeshold-
ers in securing his nomination?
In his open letter to General Bragg, pub
lished March II. Mr.. Cleveland said the
lawful responsibilities" OF the Presidency
We're such as to preclude "a self-seeking
canvass" for the peoples office, that his,
personal desires and individual ease and
comfort" were against becoming candi-
date, yet he now hastens to telegraph his
grateful appreciation" of the nomination
and his unbounded admiration o the
maneuyering and generalship by which it
was captured for him.
Mr.. Whitney evidently madea mistake
and gave out the wrong dispatch. But the
obtained Of the Democratic candidate be-
hind thescenes.