Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-08
1t is the duty of all Democrats to
ncourage Mr.. Cleveland and 20

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render him all the help in their
power in reaching democratic
policy for an administration for
which the Democratic party is re-
sponsible. And this all Democrats
will cheerfully do. To do it more
effectively is necessary to have
thoroughly united party. Only
through such party union can the
administration be saved from the
domination of a few New York
Tories and Mas sachusetts Pharisees
who believe themselves the Lords
anointed. These people are seek
ing to force the Democratic admin
istration into contest with the
Democratic party. They are seek
ing to commit it to the Plutocratic
financial policies of the Harrison
administration and to the English
Tory policy of a life tenure of Of
flee. There Is nothing Democratic
but is odious to them, and they are
the people who try to make Mr..
Cleveland believe that he is greater
than the Democratic party; that he
owes it nothing, and that he can
best show his own greatness by
antagonizing it.
Against them Mr.. Cleveland must
Lave the united support Of Demo-
cracy determined to sacrifice every
thing rather than yield it's princi-
Piles or turn back from the course
into which it is compelled by these
principles.
A few months ago it seemed to
be with the Democratic party only
matter of triumphant progress
from victory to victory. Now it is
a question Of what can be done to
prevent the party from being driven
back. During Mr.. Cleveland's re-
tirement from public life the Demo
Gratis gained the Mississippi Valley.
This, though it promised to Demo
eracy continued ascendency in the
country, filled Tories, Plutocrats and
Pharisees with the greatest alarm,
and they have been more anxious for
nothing than that this magnificent
wolk should be undone-th De-
mocratic chances should be staked on
New York; that Democratic ener-
gies should be expended in trying
to make in Massachusetts, all gains
which, under such leadership, it
is thought advisable for the
party to have. All that these
people could do to turn the
party back to the policies on which
it has been defeated for so many
years has been done, and it is now
plain that without united Demo-
cratic action the party will be utter
ly unable to continue it's advance.
1t is supposed by some that be-
cause Mr.. Cleveland is serving the
last term he can serve as President
he will be incapable of learning
from Democrats, and that it will be !
very difficult if not impossible to in
duce him to move with his party
along Democratic lines. But those
who think thus of him judge him
very harshly. He is capable of
learning, and on the tariff question
he has shown his ability to act in
harmony with Democrats, though it
was generally supposed when he
was elected Governor of New York
that he represented Mr.. Whitney's
views in favor Of 'incidental' pro-
lection. He showed during his first
administration his willingness to
act with bis party, for when he
found all Democrats opposed to the
attempt to establish a life tenure,
he dropped that and made it posi-.
BILE for the party to renominate him
as it would not have been had he
not substituted the tariff issue for
that of the life tenure of office. 1t
is undoubtedly true that Mr.. Cleve-
land can learn from his party, and
his ability to learn from it has given
him his hold upon it.
Under the law of self-preserva-