St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-16

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THE SILENCE OF MIR. CLEVE-
LAND.
While the senate brawls to the mob
and seems TO relish nothing so much as
listening to the music of its own ut
terances, silent man sits at the White
house, watching for an opportunity to
check the current of business disaster
and turn the stream once more into the
channels of prosperity.
For more than two months the nation
has listened to the YociferouS outcrieS
of the silver senators. For more than
two months the business men OF the
country have pleaded with our highest
Legislative body to repeal law which
nobody defends, and which the united
voice of the financial world condem rs
as the very fountain head of the in
dustrial storm and stress of the period.
This plea has been met by the old argu-
mentS-by false reasoning encrusted
with the rust and mould Of generations
of defaulters and regulators and infla-
tioniSts. From one end of the nation
to the other these arguments have been
read and considered; and the response
has been renewed petitions for repeal.
couched in language respectful, but
earnest, from every known business
interest. All has been of no effect.
The senate has (or wilD bowed to the
command of the minority. There will
be Cat least for the presently no uncondi-
tional repeal of the purchasing clauses
of the Sherman bill.
Meantime, the silence at the White
house has been more truly resonant than
the sound and fury of the senate. In the
few calm and studied utterances OF MI.
Cleveland the republic has listened to
the Whispering OF the conscience of the
nation. The president has not employed
the arts Of rhetoric; has made no appeal
to the int ereStS or the passions of the
multitude; has hurled no anathemaS at
the devoted heads of his senatorial de-
tractors. And yet his silence has been
heard above the storm.
In the full and rounded century of
the republics life, never has the wis
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people been more amply justified than
by the election Of Grover Cleveland
twice to be chief magistrate. Three
times in eight years he was called by the
people. and against the protests of the
politicians, as their candidate for chief
executive. Twice he was elected; once
he was defeated by conspiracy of the
politicians. Only once before in history
has the judgment of the masses been as
amply justified and Endorsed as in Mr..
Cleveland'S second election; and that
was when Andrew jackson was chosen
under very similar conditions, and COM
missiOned by the people Of the country
to Strangle that boa constructor of mo-
nopOly, the national bank. 10 jackson
the people said: The bank is the
creature of the classes. Its influence is
corrupting upon the public service of
the country. Its tendency is to foster
speculation, gambling. bribery and all
forms of business dishonesty. Strangle
itp None knew better the power of
the monster than President Jackson.
He realized, as did the people, that the
destruction of the bank meant the tenn
porary paralysis of industry; the deple-
ton of the public treasury; the hard =
ship and suffering that poverty always
brings. But he, and they also, kne W
that beyond the Red sea of storm and
disaster lay the promised lana of endur-
ing prosperity-the green meadows and
still waters, the sunshine and rainfall
of thrift that falls forever upon honest
| labor and sturdy effort.
The disadvantages arising from the
! immediate non-repeal of the Sherman
| law may be serious, but of necessity
they are temporary. The man who has
remained silent III the White house has
nearly four years of service yet. The
people have learned to trust him. His
uncompromising firmness, his immOva
BILE adherence to the cause of the masses
Is thoroughly known. and that he will
never prove recreant to their interests
is understood. There is nothing Mr..
Cleveland could gain by STOPPING tC
compromise the lasting good of the peo-
pie who have trusted him by yielding
to the clamOrous Outcries Of the mis-.
taken men in the senate. His eight
years as president make impossible
any aspirations for another term; and
now the ambition to do right, to serve
faithfully the people who have honored
and trusted him as few men have ever
been honored and trusted in this world,
must of necessity be the only lever that
can move him.
The support of President Cleveland
in his present attitude involves no po-
litical question. He stands before his
countrymen today as the conservator of
! American morals, the champion Of ua-
tional Righteousness, as holding in his
hand the ark of the immortal covenant
containing the command, thou shalt
not steal" That the moral sentiment
of the whole people is his shield and
buckler, who can donbt? That he will
lead his people to final triumph, who
will dare to question?
The vocifelOu shOutings in the senate
chamber grow feebler. The appeals tC
passion, prejudice and reputation are
waxing fainter. Soon gurgle and {
murmur will stand for the volcanic anG
sonorous uproar which for weeks has
split the ears of the world.
And silence, like poultjce, comes
To heal the blows Of sound"
The silence of the White house vii
grow stronger and more potent as the
din of the senate recedes into the dis
tant past. The hush of God is the IN
slant of creation. 1t is we'll that at this
time Grover Cleveland is at the helm o.
the ship of state. There may yet be
troubles and disasters in store for the
activities and industries of the United
States, but they will pass, because the
] silence of the White house is pregnant