The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-08-06
Mr. CLEN GLANDS SPEECH.
HIS "POPuLARITY" Nor REBUCl
bLE 10 vOTES:
What Australia Wants-tIow the Demo-
cratic Ticket Stands in England-Iron
ana Steel rfcduets Of the Wp-la-Ba,mc-
cratic Esono,ny In the Present Congress.
Not RedutiEie to Votes"

'.Sot RedutiEic to- ec;e.,''
Nr. Gl6 elaRd. sfartdiItg iietdrr sev-
eral thousand of his fellcw-clllzeLs N
the Madison Square Garden, on
| "Wednesday evening, must have eX-
! perlenced an unusual sense of elatlOn.
To appear before such an audience, with
| the CONSCIOUSNESS of command, OF lead
ershtp, Of feing the central figure, the
one man III the vast assembly upon
whom attbr'itu IS Treated a''d sFnra-
thy and admiration concentrated, must
OF Itself be an eXhllaratlon approaching,
II it does not exceed, the tumultuous
Joy of physical intoxication. For him
there was in this demonstration some
thing more. 1t vas the elimination of
a long struggle in q splendid personal
triumph; Al around him wsra thn
| men who had fought his nomination 10
the last gasp, ana had put themselves
on record as his bitter and i'm
placable foes. He stood in the
largest audience chamber in great city
| whose rulers had opposed him for
years, in the state which had raised
against him the bitterest opposition,
surrounded by the representatives of
the rartt whose candidate he isi all Of
whom had said he ought not to be nom
u. i
were Gov. Flower, LIeut.-GOv Shee-
han, Mayor Grant, Richard Croker,
Gen. Sickles and all Tammany. Every
one OF them had opposed his nomina-
ton and insisted on the i'm possibility of
his election. They had done more than
predict his defeat. They had with cool
deliberation and nutderuus purpose,
hen they f5uud his nomination in.
evitable, Handicapped him with tariff
plank and rurnire mate intended to
insure his discontinue.
Aud there they were, all of them,
waiting for his words, giving him not
only respectful attention, but sonic
thing that seemed like cordial applause.
And he the central figure. Audience
of eight or ten thousand Conspicuous
| among them the captlves harnessed to
his car Tammany there, lately NOR
tai enemy, now smiling and cheerful in
his wake, though not perhaps eXuber-
ant in its felicitations. Seldom has
| there been seen Il greater personal tri
umph than this man SWelled with as he
stood up to receive the formal notllica-
ton that he had received for the third
time bis party's nomination for the
country's highest office. lie had brok
EN- the record; compelled the viola
ton of precedent and overthrow
of tradition; had not only brought
10 his feet the Iammany that tor
seven long years under the leadership
| of his great rival had been intrenching
! itself IN power for the present OCCASION.
| but bad appropriated to his own uses
all the machinery and appliances which
his opponents had With Sul So }"Rin Rim upon up6G
men whom he had contemned and de-
| spisad, and made thereby reputation
| for himself; whose methods lie and his
| ntimates had Gisapproved and even de-
nounce d; and he was conscious that
| they and their methods and their ma
chinery were all at his service; his by
! conquest and capitulation. No wonder
| that in such surroundings his bosom
| swelled with trium phant emotions as he
gave forth the oracuiar utterances with
which he signifed his willingness to
| take for the third time his party S high
| est honore.
Did it ever occur to him, We wonder,
that, sitting III Il box, listening to him
| quietly and patiently, was man
| Judged by the standards of effective or
| atory-somew hat larger than himself"
| Bourkc Cochran was a listener. in the
| midst OF the great elemental disturb
| unce. the thunder and lightning aud
| down pouring floods, i'll which MIR.
! '
| Bourke Cochran at o'clock in the
morning held larger audience than
this; not only larger, but hostile audi
| ence And without any prestige of
| Office or great fame, simply by the force
| of " hat ne said aud the way he said ii,
| he held them still. They listened. He
| told them why Mr.. Cleveland ought not
Ito be nominated, and why, if nomi-
mated, ne would be defeated. In the
course of his speech he said: II be-
lievc that Mr.. Cleveland is a popular
man." 1t seemed for moment, as the
| Cleveland claque burst out in applause
that drowned the speakers voice, rs if
the orator had made a mistake III the
concession. Permitted to reStme, he
| added. "a most popular man, and the
galleries broke loose agaln. quiet being
restored, he continued, rs if willing to
| increase his own discomtture: LET
me now add that he is man
| of most extraordinary popularity"
| Applause followed, but not SO
| loud. 1t began to pe suspected
that this man was not stagger-
| ing along bllndly, but knew whit he
| WAS about, and had a purpose i'll 1t. And
| then he said: ~ believe he Is a man
of most extraordinary popularity on
every day Of the year except one, and
that is election day" An there Wa
an artist Climax for himself wrested
| out of Il hostile Ciaque; autl-cIllnaN for
the claque. Revulsion OF feeling under
the umbrella in the drenched, wind
| swept aquarium. 1t was something
more than an epigram or an aphorism.
It had IN il the kernel of great truth
that at any other time would have set
men thinking. at Is a popularity" he
added, (which may be described az
tumuituous, but which is not reducible
10 votes IT WAS TOO late for men tC
stop and think. So in the midst o1
thunder and lightning and rain they
| made the nomination.
| And here was Mr.. Cleveland at the
Madison Square Garden, at the very toI
of his tumultuous popularity. Bourke
Cochran, sitting there in a box. had
discounted it as mot reiucihle tC
think of that. But perhaps lie will in
November.-Nttc York Tribmne,
What Australia Wants.
The Argus, OF May II, 1892, published
at Melbourne, Australia, printed an ed
itorial Oh the political situation IN the
nited states AZ the approaching e!eC
ton III which il said:
| AS regards free trade IL seems that Iht
| ElSllibGIdjS are tlltIllltu IL dIttI iiit!I lGt'
| ties, and instead OF demanding wholesale
tariff changes To ask Tor the redress q
grievances in detail. The battle viii rag,
| ~ before in 1851 about Australian wool
The manufacturers are declaring tha
they want Australian WOO. an,
they put n the plea OF light taxes OF raw
| materials The Democrats are giGd O1
this assistance. as they argue that II IN
lruoJCil manufacturers lrlji htLp Them thi
campoi.ll. the sheep farmers lriiI he Oi
their sid. IN reducing charges tariff OF
w0olen coods a little later on at mex
election for members OF Congress-.
We are quite able TO understand tn
value to Australia OF a Democratic VIC
tory.
The last sentence should ne pouderec
hv every American voter. Austraii!
desires the success of the Dem0cratI,
uartv. not for the benefit Of The peOpl.
| Of the United States, but for the ad
,.u..-. AuSGrai.aBs would thereby gai.
al the - pets. alI - the lI4aT. nj 5E,
| American IgtlLars