The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-06-25
NOW FOR WORK.

FORWARD the Light Brigarde!
Was there a man d~ismayed?
Not tho the soldiers thought,
Some one had Numbered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die"
Senator Carlisle said it was not wise.
Calvin S. Brice said it meant defeat.
Arthur p. German declared it was ex-
ceedingly dangerous, and Henry Wat
terson ayowed it was nothing short OF
suicide.
Thus was viewed the proposition to
nominate Grover Cleveland, by four
of our most earnest and profound poht-
ical leaders.
In New York, that great common
wealth, whose t~hirty-six democratic
electoral votes are seemingly so neces-
sary to democratic success, the best
and most pronounced leaders said that
the nomination of Cleveland meant de-
feat.
South Carolina said their state was
lost If it was done, and those from
North Carolina declared that they were
under the same shadow.
But all this availed naught. The
delegates to the convention fIom the
other states said, we are here to voice
the sentiments of the democratic voters
of our states, and they demand Grover
Cleveland.
In obedience to this demand, a de-
mand that no party can resist and live,
at 8 O'Clock Thursday morning, at the
close of a long and arduous session of
the convention, a session whose cheers
and applause made a chorus that
drowned the tumult and roar of a
thunder storm without, Grover Cleve-
land was named as the standard bearer
of the national democracy, and its can
didate for president.
Readers of the INTELLIGENCER have
never been left in doubt of the views
of this paper upon the question of the
presidential selection. 1t is theIduty
of a democratic newspaper to speak
out openly and plainly. If it has con
victions that run counter to the public
sentiment, it is but a trucking coward
if it fails, even at the risk of loss of
favor, to record its views and stand
firm to its own convictions of right.
Before the convention it is the duty
and the privilege of democrats to an
nounce their own individual prefer
ences. But after the convention, voic-
ing the will of the majority, has spoken,
it is the duty of all to yield ready and
cheerful, aye, earnest obedience to that
will, and prepare at once for the work
to be done.
The INTELLIGENCER, obedIent to the
will of the Chicago convention, re-
sponsive to the great voice of the
national democratic party as expressed
in that convention, to-day nails to its
masthead the names of Grover Cleve-
land and Adlai Stevenson as its lead
ers and its candidates.
1t will be with no niggard's hand
that we contribute what we can to the
success of the national ticket. 1t will
be with no h~alf-hearted step this paper
will march to the music of its party.
1t will be neither halting in its move
ments nor hesitating in its assault.
But the democratic party has assum-
ed a grave and weighty responsibility.
Ignoring the advice of some of the
wisest counsellors in the party, the
masses have named their choice, and
upon them will devolve the ardor, the
labor and the responsibility of the cam
paign. Defeated the party must not
be. To win it must be more than ever
before IN point of organization and
determination. The work should begin
right now, and there should be no rest
until the last vote has been registered
and the last ballot deposited.
The enemy is strongly entrenched.
His army is united and most admirably
appointed. Abuse of his candidates
and personal detraction will neither
win votes from him nor add to the
numbers of our own ranks. With a
compact organization, with harmoni-
GUS leaders, the republican party is no
mean adversary, and to defeat it no
small labor. It is never wise to under
estimate the strength of the opposition,
but it is wise to know just how strong
it Is and make our own forces still
stronger.
And that is now the work before the
democratic party. If you think the
democratic ticket q weak one, strive to
make it strong. If you consider it a
strong one, labor with all your might