The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-10-04
COMMENTS oNTHELEuER
Democratic Leaders Delighted
How Leading Editors Of
the Nation View Il.

Cr6tlC u3o1&CIe cApICee Tue kICdoco
satisfaction over Mr.. Clevelands let
ter of acceptance. Ex-Secretary vii
liam c. Whitney, Secretary Sheerir
of the national committee and Brad
ley B. Smalley telegraphed their con
CALCULATIONS to the ex-President.
Mr.. Whitney said the letter was q
broad minded, patriotic address.
Mr.. Smalley said he considered il
the ablest paper Mr.. Cleveland had
ever written. In his dispatch Of con.
graduation he said: 81 have read
your letter of acceptance with admi.
ration and pleasure. 1t meets every
issue in satisfactory way"
Secretary Sheerin said he thought
the letter explicit in every particular.
"a fair, honest expression is what the
people are entitled to from every man
who asks their suffrages and from no
man have they been accustomed to
get an expression in palmer and bold
er terms than from Mr.. Cleveland"
Senator Arthur p. German said it
was admirable.
Commenting on Mr.. Cleveland's
letter of acceptance, the Herald said
this morning:
The letter has the merit of COM
parative brevity, being hardly halt
the length of Mr.. HarrisOn's. 1t is
not an argument but statement. 1t
is not a ringing document but a calm
summary of views in plain language
that will appeal and doubtless in
fiuence the thinking masses.
The Stats Zeitung saws:
Mr.. Cleveland stands frank and
free on the democratic platform; he
goes back on it not one step. His true
sticking to the letter and spirit of civil
service reform will satisfy the most Ia
bOriOus defender of this reform. With
courage he comes forward with the as
sertion that the American people
should not complain of any sacrifice
for the benefit of those who in cOnse-
quence of war service become unable
to support themselves.
The Tribune:
1t is not far from what it says or
Omits to say on minor topics that the
letter of Mr.. Cleveland will be judged.
He rightly treats the tariff question as
more directly involved in the election
than any other and devOtes more than
half of his space to a painfully labored
and weak effort to smooth over the
rugged declaration of his party, the
uneomprOmising measures to which it
has committed itself and his own az
gressive and vigorous utterances re-
garding the Rhode Island election.
This at least is certain, his latest ut
terance will not crafty those who have
rejoiced in fearless zeal for reform. 1t
is much to be doubted whether it will
moderate the antagOnism of a be-
lever in the defense and maintenance
of American industry.
The World says:
The letter of Grover Cleveland is
like the man-strOng, strai ghtiorward,
sensible, honest. 1t takes up the is
sues of the canvass in their order and
defines his own and the democratic
platform on them simply, clearly and
in a manner to leave no doubt in any
candid mind as to his convictions or
his party's purpose. Mr.. Cleveland's
statement of the objects, pewers and
limitations of our republican govern
ment is Jeffersonian in its philosophy
and Jacksonian in its expression.
Whether treating of tariff reform-as
he declared els still our purpose'-or
Of federal interference in elections, of
the currency, the civil service, indi-
yidual liberty or foreign relations, Mr..
Cleveland is simply democratic.
The San says:
These who look to Mr.. Cleveland's
letter of acceptance for any reversal
or modifcation of the issue Of this can
vass as already defined by the logic of
events will be disappointed. The can
didate Of the Chicago convention de-
votes more words to the tariff than to
the force bill, in the ratio of six to one,
but what he has to say about the force
bill means at least 800 times as much |
as what he says about the tariff: He
labored hardest over the chapters de-
voted to the subjects that are Obscurest
in the light Of the present situation.
Philadelphia, September 2S.-The
Record says:
Mr.. Cleveland's letter must prove
Disappointing alike to democrats and
republicans, for it lacks the elements
of business which usually characterize
Mr.. Cleveland's writings.
The Times: 1t is clear-cut state
ment Of the democratic position in the
present contest and will command wide
attention and generous appreciation.
The Press (Rep.): Mr.. Cleveland