The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-10
present controversy. a. Il now stands. will
hot BIO exerted IN the direction Of war.
Mr.. Cleveland Finds . Party.

Another agonixing cry for Mr.. GROVER
CLEVELAND to como outon the Mugwumpo-'
Columbian platform rings from Mugwum'
po-Columbia. otherwise known as Massa-
chusetts. The Springfield Republican. OF
present only Mugwump organ. but full OF
Columbian hopes. draws description OF Its
favorite which will strike him as perfectly
natural. and might. indeed. have been
drawn by himself; and It entreats him. not
without tears, to illustrate once more his alti-
tudinous superiority to his former party:
.ons man stands above any other in the eountryin
the respect and confidence Of the better elements Of tho
people. That man u 0aovrs CLrvELASp. His strength
II In his character the he has won - poiti
cian and the ability he has shswn a. Statesman. His
weakness Ia his connection with party organization
which in degree stands for principlea but in an
almost equal degree stands for spos He needle dit.
Serent support he il to do the highest service As
statesman. TO gain that broader and bettcr support
the way open BY snothsr and holder step In the path
he trod BEFORE Twice he has stood out In advance
OF his party, when he declared for tsn reform. and
whom spoke against FREQ silver One other doo-
laraion would place him incontssaby At the head OF
the progressive forces Of the country Ls him give
full meaning to his wordst Public onioo 10 public
trust Let him say that the administrative oloes OF
tho ought to DO for tho people and NOS Tor
the party. Let him. in other words. declare for the
complete abolition of the spos system. and return to
the early practice Of tho republio'
Mr.. CLEVELAND has viewed the spells
system with alarm for more than seven
years. He witched the Mugwump heart by
appealing to what was then dearest to 1t.
New causes Of alarm have shaken him from
time to time. About 1886 the sight OF sill
yer dollar made his hand tremble SO that he
could hardly write q message. Then no
learned Of the existence Of the tariff. and all
the fear. indignation, and vocabulsryin his
power wero forthwith "consecrated" to
warning his countrymen against the newly
discovered bogy. But In all his ponderous
more recent panics. we may be sure the
first fear Is still strong within him. He
carries IL about with him as the camel
Its store OF water. There can be no diff
Guilty In his accepting the invitation Of the
Mugwumps and Columbiaps. and taking the
step which they ask.
In that case he would either re-
ceive the Democratic nomination." says
his Springfield organ, or become tho head
Of q new party" The either Ia wrong. but
the or Is right. Mr.. CLEVELAND is not ell
gible even for tho Republican nomination.
but he is just the man for the new party.
We don't see. in fact. how he Is going to pre-
vent the Columbians and Mugwumps from
rallying around him. They have set their
minds on voting for him: and as nobody else
will put him up. they will have to do SO
themselves. But why do they want him to
repeat himself? Ali CLEVELAND is d.
vided into three pats: tariff reform. anti
silver reform. civil service reform. If he
has seemed to give the largest share Of his
affections to tariff reform. 1t may have been
merely the affection Of parent for the
sickliest and most rachitio Of his offspring.
But all three he has loved and loves:
and the Mugwumps and Columbians
love them. too. Why. then. should these
fond admirers in Massachusetts seek to
make him declare his love for civil service
reform once more? Would not such
course expose him to the charge Of seeking
the nomination. charge about which they
and he are known to be peculiarly sensitive
How can he manifest the expected amount
of surprise when they hold their Conven-
ton and nominate him. II they have forced
him to make o bid for that nomination
And why should he make an offer for what
he is sure to get? Is he not n platform in
himself. and who can ask for a broader one
1t Is scarcely our business. but surely we
may he allowed Us students Of contempt
rary humor to record that tho nomination
OF Mr.. CLEVELAND by the Mugwumps and
the Columbians now seems certainty; and
we trust that ell parties to the engagement
will be % happy as they deserve.