The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-04-14
CLEVELAND AND GRESHAM.
Why Cleveland Made the Celebrated
Jurist His Prime Minister.

CLEVELAND AND GRESHAM.
| why Cleveland Made the Celebrated
! Jurist His Prime Minister.
The Nonconformist of Indianapolis
gives us three editorials on the ap-
pointment of Judge Gresham to the
cabinet. Then they ask their read
ers to write them on postal cards
what they think about it.
Judge Gresham is the Noncon's
little billy-god. They come so near
worshiping him that it indicates,
most forcibly controlling interest
in the paper by the Judge.
AS have no time to waste in writ
ing postal cards for their waste bas-
ket | write this for the Chicago Ex-
press, which is the same that would
write to the Noncon, provided knew
they would print it, says Rev. D.
Oglesby. They want to know the
opinion of their readers as to the
reasons why Mr. Cleveland appoint
ed Judge Gresham secretary of state.
They shall have my reasons here and
now.
There are two reasons.
| First, it indicated the fact that the
two old parties are essentially but
one. Reformers have seen this for a
long time. Now the mask is coming
off. Mr.. Cleveland appoints Re-
publican, Mr.. Harrison appoints a
Democrat, and Carlisle consults Fos-
ter, and agrees to pursue exactly the
same policy financially.
The money power knows as we'll as
anybody does that the great battle
now raging is capital against labor;
and that they can't afford to keep
their forces divided, that it is i'm
possible to succeed, divided; that
but two parties can exist in this
Countrywide capitalist party against
the labor party. All other issues
will be brushed aside as chat before
the wind. The vote which the Pro-
hibition party p oiled in the last cleo
ton is proof of this.
The money power is preparing to
concentrate its forces One wing
OF their army was knocked out at the
last election, and they will hardly
risk another battle with divided
army. They are too shrewd for this.
The second reason why Mr.. Cleve-
land appointed Judge Gresham, is
this: Judge Gresham has the name
of being a reformer. He is g good
man, no doubt. and a talented man,
and popular with reformers because
they believe that he is for reform.
| Mr.. Cleveland appointed him to
make the impression that his admin
istratlOn would be reform admins
tration, and that the people would
get all the reforms which they want
through the Democratic party It
was a cunning. far-seeing, bold
political stroke.
If the country can be made to be-
lieve that the Democratic party will
do all that can be done in the line of
reform then, of course, there is no
need of any other party.
The Noncon has fallen into this
trap set by the money power. Cleve-
land is the tool of the money power.
He is but nose of wax to be turned
any way they wish.
Ii all reform papers fall into the
same trap, and lead their readers off
as the editorials in the Noncon tends
to do. then the Peoples party is "sap-
ped and mined" for the time being.
10 speak as If we had s'friend at
| COURT as if Mr.. Gresham would
shape the financial policy of the ad-
ministration.
Everybody knows that Mr. Cleve-
land is a gold-stand&rd man; and
where is the evidence that Mr. Gresh-
am is not? If he is not he has never
said so, to my knowledge. But if he
was all right on the money question,
what could he do to shape the finan-
cial policy? Nothing; unless he could
swap places with Carlisle.
Mr.. Gresham is a good man, and
will make good secretary of state.
no doubt. But VIII at l want to call
attention to here and now is, the
danger of being fooled by the decoy
ducks launched out on the political
sea by the money power.
There are thousands and millions
of good honest men in the ranks of
the two old parties. They want re-
form. They vote for the party they
think will bring it about. They don't
know that the gold standard means
slavery. But it does, and the present
state of society demonstrates it.
But the money power will keep the
masses deceived on this question. De-
ception is their .'stock in trade. :"
They bank on it. The appointing Mt
OF Judge Gresham, although as good
as it could be-perhaps no man in the
land would Or could do any better
than he will-was another stroke of
policy to keep the people quiet, while
they bind them still tighter to their
golden juggernaut.
What nonsense to shout over the
appointment of Judge Gresham!
Our troubles are on us because of a
barbarous system of money. Judge
Gresham could not, if he would, do
anything to change this enslaving
system.
But where is the evidence that the
judge would not follow the same fnan-
cial policy that now prevails, even if
he was In Carlisle's place? If he
understands reform. if he knows what
our country needs, why has he always
acted with the Republican party?
There is no reform about it. He still