The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-14
~CLEVELAND'S POLICY.

The editor Cf the NewS Qnd Observer
is not a genius like President Cleve
land, but as a dodgest and apologist be
is not in the rear ranks by any means.
On the morning after the Inaugural
ton the NeeUS Gnd Observer contained
a quaint editorial. 1t doubtless was
inspired by the Presidents inaugural
address. First the editorial says:
cleveland in his inaugural gives the
keynote Of his purposes as President.
With caution he abstains from particu-
larizing in regard to matters of cur.
rency, but he makes prominent the
principles on which he thinks public
affairs should be conducted"
Cleveland himself could not have
said that any better. "With caution
he abst4ins from particularizing in re.
gard to matters of currency" That is
good indeed. This same "caution"
has been prominent in all his. history.
He is too cautious to even inaugurate
the few reforms that he has made some
people believe he advocated. He actu
ally abstains from everything, and he
will do so during his administration.
Again the NeaU8 and Observer says:
"Paternalism ~heregards a great evil.
and IN a suggestive way he makes ref.
erence to those who look to the gov
ernmeEt for all manner Of things.
Without doubt he had in mind the
PETERS and the Leases; but he general
ICES rather than descends to particulars
IN these remarks"
That is good again. HE generates
rather than descends to particulars"
That is splendid. Cleveland always
"generalizes." AS to "~paternaIism"
we think the News ond Observer gets
off the track. Cleveland meant that as
a strike at the five million men who
voted for him. All of them think they
ought to have a government position
Or the State printing, and Cleveland
takes this delicate method to inform
them that they should not look to the
government for everything. Only the
ELECT" should expect to live off the
government. The NeuU8 and Observer
further says:
The address is short and it is skill.
FULLY prepared. The allusiOn to the
l~ndeslrablllty Of making a mad rush
tor spOlls Is suggestive of the fact that
ne has been criticized for appointing
Gresham, and he deity wards off the
oioW. He also d~elicately suggests that
Democrats must all stand together
and that there should be manifested a
to surrender some of our
convictions where the party is not
United, in order to harmonic our
efforts and bring about united action"
Good again. "Short and skillfulIy
prepared" covers the whole ground.
He delicately suggests that we should
.urrender some of our convictions
where the party is not united" That
s superb. That is a good photograph
It tie a The Democratic party
to surrender it's convictions be
ore he was first elected. After his
lection he asked them to throw away
rec coinage, the abolition of the reve-
and several other "cOnvictione.'
hey did it gracefully and all went on
lerrlly. He was nominated a second
and some more "convictiOns"
thrown to the four winds. Last
une he was nominated again and
AIMED the Chicago platform. Again
he party threw away some more coz,
lotions. Now that he is inauguratei
e barely mentions tariff reform"
ae only "cOnUjctiOn" that he has
lLowed the Democratic party to re-
lin. AT this rate he will close out the
'st "conviction" left in less than
we've months. He will tell the PEG,
lie that the business interests of the
ountry demand that the tariff should
be disturbed just yet" and the
emocratlc party will say: "That is
Cleveland has more sense than all
US put together; the tariff must not
} disturbed" Then the great party
Jefferson will be without one "con-
It will have nothing left but
-eveland and he will retire with the
of Wall street, and the Amer
n people will be lowering over the
ink of everlasting decay because the
publican party turned out to be a
aud and the Democratic party sur.
.dered all it's "convictions" TO