St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-23
\ TYPICAL AMERICAN.

1t was well past IL o'clock last night
when the Democratic convention at
Chicago concluded its labOrs with the
nomination of GROVER CLEVELAND for
| the presidency of the United States.
| The first meeting was but ratification
of a conclusion already elsewhere ar
rived at; but the inevitabllity of the
outcome did not detract one Writ from
the enthusiasm and excitement of the
scene or from the eager expectancy
with which the country awaited the
tidingS of the battle.
Mr.. CLEvELAND'S triumph is due to
many causes. Not the least powerful
of these was the personal influence OF
WILLIAM c. WHITNEY. No man ever
made greater name for himself i'll a
short time than has he by his one week
of supreme effort for his friend and
chieftain. The unselfish devotion of his
work, his resistleSS responsiveness, his
all-coGquering vigor, his amiability, his
diplomacy, his tact. his persistence. his
cheerfulueSS and his success have COM
bined to mark him as the most con-
SpicuOuS and admirable figure in the
ranks of the Democracy militant.
Mr.. WHITNEY is still young man,
and of the class which practical politi-
clans sometimes affect to desplse. He
is college-bred, wealthy, gentleman,
fond of social qualifications, of rehGed
tastes and agreeable personal bearing,
familiar with books and interested in in
tellectual things. The country has evil
IDENTITY grown when on the shoulders of
one of his temperament and train
ing has fallen the mantle which
SAMUEL J. TLDEN and DANIEL
MANNING wore. He has proved
himself greater manager and director
of men than either of his illustriOus
predecessors. He has displayed their
acuteness and power of penetration.
But he has fulfilled his mission and ac-
compliShed his purpose, as they often
failed to do, without exciting the ami
mostly of any of the leaders whose
purpose he has thwarted, or sacrificing
his own popularity or personal pres
tige. GROVER CLEVELAND, fortunate
always, has been doubly fortunate in
WHITNEY, his first lieutenant.
Mr.. CLEVELAND himself, however,
is the architect of his own victory, and
the chiefest factor in securing for him
his present proud eminence is his own
personality. 1t is amazing how his
vitality has survived the rudeSt shocks
and assaults. and how ne has grown in
strength with the flight of years. The
very things which have threatened him
with confusion and disaster have con-
spired in the end to accomplish his ad-
vancement. The bitter scheming of his
foes has Overreached itself because of
its bitterness. His own bold defiance
of popular opinion and prejudice has
excited the admiration of even his OPP
ponents. and the verdict of time has
vindicated his wisdom. The Democracy
of America would have been false to
its traditions, to the platform it
has adopted, to the noble cause to
which it has consecrated its best en-
deavors, had it turned its back on
him and preferred another. He
represents in himself the quail
ties which are the hope and the stay of
our national progress. Our institutions
will continue to exist as long as our pub
lie men are courageous, conscientious,
patriotic and unselfish like GROVER
CLEVELAND. OF humbIest ancestry,
without fortune, without the tricks of
the crafty or the Establishments of the
cunning, he has gone on from honor to
honor by the achieving power of char
acter.
The Democracy sets out conquering
and to conquer under banner of free
dom, and led by typical American.