The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-23

outsiOo VoIIu. deuCTdl O1eVelduu uuO
ing the country after the war was be
coming too prosperous, and therefore
liable at any time 10 go to pieces from
the Vaccinations of unpatriotic Ameri
cans. set about the formation of party
to counteract these dangerous tenden
cies. he first intended to call it til.
Cleveland party, but his modesty pre-
vented his carrying out what woull
have been doing himself simple justice
SO he picked up an old party name
| touched it up, made it look as good a.
new, and called his new party Demo
cratic. which was after all very shrewG
of him, as the party one time and an
other in the days of its usefulness. hae
served the country well and with honor
Being an old soldier himself, he sup
piled the new Cleveland party. which
as be called it, Democratic. I will. fol
the sake OF the unities, call it Demo
cratic also, but for no other reason, as il
Is not Democratic except in the Pick
wickian eense as intimated above.
So we will say again, being an old
soldier himself he was the firm frienG oil
those patriotic men, the first plank il
his new or revamped Democratic party
was one advocating liberal pensions tc
the veterans of the war, which he ha;
labored continually to reduce to a
science. How we'll he has succeeded
and how grateful the veterans are &c
him. you colonel, as well as I, are per.
fectly aware. That point gained he
turned his attention to procure his re.
election, for of course the Cleveland
Democracy could not prosper without
the general. and after one hard fought
battle in which he suffered a glorious
defeat, he refought the fight and gained
glorious victory. Now it happened
that General Cleveland was fnancier
IN the same sense he was soldier, and
he resolved to do for the finances of his
country in his second term, what he had
Tor the war veterans in his first term.
Of course the soldiers in the first term
were very comfortable. and the finances
OF his second pretty sound before he
took up either, but well enough was too
tame, and the result OF his great efforts
in these directions have become his
tory.
He found that the financial monopo-
lists OF Wall and Lombard streets, in
order to Cypress the producers of this
country, at least that insignificant por-
ton Of it lying west of the AIleghenies,
desired double, or gold and silver,
standard, and were willing TO throw
their country into the abyss to carry
their point.
This was the generals opportunity,
and he Immediately raised the banner of
a single gold standard. (which by making
money scarce would at the same time
make it cheap, and, at The same stroke.
he deferred action on the tariff which
Kept the factories running, employing
all the wOrkmen Of the country at high
which were to be paid in a high
priced mODey-that Is gold.
Having called congress together and
it OF his wishes and intentions
as above set forth, Re adjourned to the
sea shore, and there. in the classical pre-
cincts OF Buzzard's Roost, lie enjoyed in
his retirement the prosperity which his
bold, manly and humane course SO sure
~ brought about.
It is probable that nothing since the
first battle OF Bull Run (Which was al
luded to last week by the Stanley
City Eagle has been SO satisfy
ing to the American people.
am extremely gratified that the estab-
llShment of communication With the
outside world has enabled me 10 SO
quickly grasp and comprehend the great
events now unfolding in my native land.
and it would be the proudest moment of
my life to take the hand of General
Cleveland in equatorial Africa, as it
would be my duty to my adopted coun-
try to keep him here and establish those
policies of statecraft
which are today the pride and boast of
America and the envy of the world.
DE-MOP-OPP,
Treasurer of Congo.