The herald., 1893-08-30
BLoUNr-A POLITICAL RsmlNIsczscs.

Cleveland's commissioner to Hawaii
having returned to the country upor
which he has not conferred exceptional
honor during his absence abroad, in
tends to 60 down to Georgia and run al
the administration candidate for gov
ernor. In our judgment Mr., Cleveland
would make q mistake in allowing him
to do 80, and for several reasons, and one
OF them involves reminiscence. nthe
first place, there would be no triumph in
carrying Georgia for Democratic candi-
date for governor. while to fail to carry
the Empire state a the south would be
something simply inexprsssibly disss-
trous to Mr.. Cleveland's personal and
political prestige. The first reason is
reason enough, in all conscience.
But the reason to which, as we have
said, reminiecence attaches, is far
more conclusive one. Perhaps every one
does not remember the circumstance that
gave Grover Cleveland himself his prom
inence. A chapter from history is often
instructive. The assassination OF Preei.
dent Garfield having made Chester A.
Arthur president of the United States,
he proceeded to introduce into the White
House the machine methods OF politics
with which he had been identified in
the great Empire state. Mr.. Arthur
personally was one of the most agreeable
gentlemen that ever occupied the White
House. We have not the slightest in
tention Of sayiug word derogatory to
this gracious public functionary and ac-
cidental president. But, instead OF be-
ing wise, he happened to be otherwise.
And thus it occurred that at critical
stage OF New York poltics-when big
ger men than he-viz., Blaine and Conk-
ling-had on their war pigments, and
were out hunting scalps President Ar
thur undertook to interfere in the local
politics of New York. His secretary of
the treasury, Judge Folger, had been one
of the most popular Republicans in the
Empire state. President Arthur, who
had stood high up in the New York ma
chine passed the word to have his secre-
tary of the treasury nominated for gov
ernor.
Instantly the whole state of New
York was in an uproar. The people
keenly resented the interference of the
national executive in their local affairs.
1t was at this stage that Grover Cleve-
land came upon the scene. Nominated
BY the Democrats, he bsat Folger for
governor by $4,000 plurality. Such an
triumph made the Democ-
racy of the whole Hnited Statea wild
They Immediately concluded that they
had struck a sort of Moses. They over
looked the, fact that David Ben
nett Hill, the candidate for lieu
on the same ticket
with Mr.. Cleveland had beaten
his Republican opponent by 1877, 900.
There 10 surely lesson in this memora-
bic incident!
Reading it from what point we may,
The HERALD would say that it would
teach extreme conservatism about ad-
candidates in any state.
History has been known to repeat itself,
and here is certainly very inviting
opportunity for such repetition. Even
the eighty Thousand Democratic major
Of Georgia might not be found proof
against such extreme provocation.
In the whole political history of the
United States there cannot be found
more impressive lesson than the defeat
of Judge Folger by Grover Cleveland,
and by such an unprecedented majority.