The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-06-23

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Mr.. CIevcland's own methods He was
rc-cl"ctcd because known and trusted by
the masses not only of his own party but
by the people at large. Yet he il unable
now I" impress upon the senators Of his
own party the necessity Of fulfilling the
pledges upon which that party obtained
power lie Is helpless because he has
abandoned the methods Of his first term
AMI has become politician.'
n" Democratic Politicians says the
mu@Wump paper may hate him aS much
as ever but they no longer fear him.
They Eavc come to deSpiSc him for hav-
InG become one of themselves" He has
deprived himself of the great power he
had, the confidence of the people founded
on In" very fact that he was not a poll
/ urIah MmScIf-by rcsortiug 10 the arts
81 IN" politicians and using the patronage
IN ms gift To placatc his Democratic OPP
Pon"ntN. And Harper's Weekly calls on
nm |" retracc his steps before il j. too
l3lr, assuring him that h" must know
llaI up To date his fellow citizens look on
ms second administration aS 4 failure.
MS - a very accurate statement of the
change IN public sentiment since 1892.
. n"r" was 4 great d"a3 .. Cleveland Wor-
ship or idolatry then. It was so strong
IN his own party that its BOSSES who did
NOT want him renomiuatrd We're trampled
| under loot. 1t was 50 strong in the Re
. publican party that tens of thousands or
I hundreds of thousands of it's members vot-
| cd for him. His personal popularity swept
. th" strongest Republican states from their
/ lnoorin@S. Forcign-hurn and nativc-horn
I Gliz"nS went trooping after him. lie got
! lh' votes OF Roman Catholics and also
I thuS" Of Luthcran4
lie was 50 popular because the people
/ thought he was not a professional poll
/ tlclln. They thought he would be true TO
/ his convictions and defy the demands or
/ Chjr"alrH OF party leaders. They he
/ iI!N'l ne would cndraY0r. to tn" best of
| ms ahiiI'E, to he tn" !rcSldent OF the
/ NhnI" '4Whlfy ana not IN" freSldrnt OF Il
! party. Ih"E hay" found out 10 their NOR
| ihloall"h that they were mistaken. W mlc
/ III ON" or TWO matters. especially as re
CARDS tn" currency, he has come up to
their expectations, in other things they
have found him 4 mere politician. They
( have discovered that their idol has not
! merely feet Of clay. but that he il made
, largely of putty.
W hat viii the uudcc"ivcd people do:
/ That which they usually do when they
ind IN" man whom they have followed
an! trusted IS but an ordinary. weak,
"rrn@ mortal. Ihv Republicans VIII"
marched out of the Republican party
and voted for Mr.. Cleveland because
they thought he was more to be trusted
than any, party will return whence they
/ came. They wandered off after an ideal
| tIcvciand. He has turned out to hc Il
| plaln politician OF the patronage-diStri
ullug school. They will not remain in
the Democratic party. in which they never
! had any faith. but they Will 20 back
whence they came.
/ luS d"throncmcnt of the Cleveland idol
or this collapse of the Cleveland myth
is the great opportunity of tn" Rcpub-
llcan party. II il such an opportunity as
Is rarely offered to a great political organ
iZati"n. Here are tens of thousands of
voters detached from their mooringS,
h"Ha"l"SN and homeless. Th" ltcpub-
Itdh party can nave them II II ma lCS an