The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-05

Sui more OpJectioneDio because e1erciseu
on wider range and rendered invsterate In
| tho CLEVELAND OF 1888. Knowing Is little
about national politics ne he knows about the
| Henotcon OF ZESo or the Pragmatic Sane
ton. he put forward purely personal pol
| ley which was n vetitnble drunkenness Of
| sclf-conceit.
Democratic leaders were neglected. DEM
ocratic principles despised. Tho Wings
were not worse deceived In JOHN TYLER
than tho Democrats In GROVER CLEVELAND.
He sought to satisfy the Mugwumps. md
them only. They rewarded his efforts with
adulation dear TO his corpuent compla-
ccncy. They jcercd at Democratic poll
ticiuns az a discreditabe and discredited
set Of men. They encouraged Mr.. ChEvE-
| LAND to stand aoof from his party. and to
| contemplate in rapture his own transcend
cnt wisdom and goodness. The more he dis
satisfied ard disguised his party. the more
highly he was taught to value himself.
He set himself to work to give the country
a Mugwump Administration. and he sue
ceetcd which Ia to sny that. Judged by any
! sound Democratic standard OF men and
measures, 1t was wretched and scandal
Gus failure.
As II he had not harmed his party enough
af.cr his aoject submission to the Mug
wulnps, his attitude Of contempt toward
Democrats who had become eminent and
beloved In their party while he was still
Monsieur DE BUFFALO. and his hypocriti-
cal cxcltaton Of civil service reform. he
came out with his embarrassing message.
Great was the joy among the Mugwumps
still greater that OF the Republicans. The
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unused to It, in fact. The Republicans liketo
have it, md are grateful when the Demo-
crnts offer IL to them on gold platter
Mr.. CLEVELAND could not have been
elected IN 1884 IL he had been as well known
rs he WIS in 1888 To nominate him In the
latter year wns simply to prepare for de-
feat. The Democratic party was seized by
one Of those frcnzics. those attacks OF
hopeless futalism Of which history Is full.
He was beaten. as 1t was clear from the
first that he must be. Personally and po-
liticnlly he was the weakest candidate that
the Democratic party could find: but 1t
would put him up. and he was promptly
put down. Then there was natural belief.
as there was q sincere hope. that this would
be the end Of him. and that the Democratic
party, saturated with disaster and nau-
seated with humbug. would not again try
to deserve defeat. But no sooner was
he licked than his devotees began TO
tell us TINT he was the inevlta-
bic and predestlned candidate for 1892.
The doctrine was and Is preached
that 1t Is better for the Democracy to
lose once more with CLEVELAND as its cam
didate than to win with anybody else. The
delegates at Chicago are hereby invited to
consider this doctrine and it's consequences
II GROVER CLEVELAND must be nominated
this time In gratitude for being licked last
time. he will hnvo to be nominated in 1896
for losing tho election OF 1899. in 1900 for
losing the election of 1895. and SO on as long
as he continues to lard this planet. Does
the Democratic party exist for the sake OF
nominating him every four years! Has 1t |
any principles which it wishes to see applied |
to the administration Of government Is 1t |
its duty to seek the triumph Of those prin-
cipes or the qualification OF q fat mans |
fat vanity? Is GROVER CLEVELAND 10 be a |
perpetual incubus on the Democratic par |
ty? The Democracy might just as well |
disband ut once as issue theseClaimant's |
bonds for defeat every four years.