New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-08
LIE Is NOT "CRIZY.'

Too thin. 1t will not do. President Cleveland
| is not crazy" Our versatile contemporary
The Ncw-York Sum- with all liz fertility In
devices. its amazing ingenuity VI invention. its
captivating plausibiliiy and insinuatins can
dor. will hardly be able to make that theory
work Somebody is crazy. no doubt. But II Is
not Grover Cleveland. more correct diagnosis
Is that suggested by the character in George
Thatchcrs play recently presented in one OF o'ir
theatres. who, being asked In a bcwdcrcl way
by another person in the drama, Are you
crazy?" answered: well. | don't know.
voted for Cleveland" The laughter and ap-
plause with which this sally was greeted indi-
Gated pretty clearly the drift Of public opinion.
II Is not Mr. Cleveland who * crazy. bu, the
men who voted for him. And they are just be-
ginning to find II OFT. We say "crazy because
that IS the term used by THE Sun" But II
does not seem precise. "IIypnoiizcd would
perhaps be n better word. Whichever II be, in
sanity or hypnotism we repeat that Grover
Cleveland IS not the victim Of IT, The head OF
that cminenily successful statesman may have
increased I'm circumference but II continues
level He simply takes himself for what his
party took him. for what 1t set him mp 10 be
n man better than his party" They said he
was better and bigger than his party. He sim
DIV believes IL, and lives up 10 H. Crazy Not
much
The simple truth and it explains the whole
stuation-thc Democratic party wanted
Meeter. a Boss Of Bosses. and ii found him III
Gr,vrr Cleveland. II had M instructive yearn-
i;v for some one 10 stand over II and crack
.ns whip and drive II. That Is the reason why
It canonz,L General Jachso"' not because he
was a great statesman or wise leader, put De-
cause he was coarse and brutal In his methods,
believed absolutely In himself, and rode rough
shod over all opposition. In the old slavery
DAYS the party occupied It's normal attitude.
cringlng constantly under the slnv"driv"rs la>h.
and as constantly fawning and licking Tie hand
that sinotc II. II likes II. There are times
when from hunger or neglect 1t snarls ana
crowls and seems 10 be about 10 break away
from the leash or create mutiny In the kennel
the present Master has seen such times within
the last eleven months-but the crack OF the
whip and curl OF the lash always recall the
party TO It's proper posture Of subscrvicn,y ana
submission. There have been two notable
instances OF this within the last wcck-a very
suggestive one yesterday In the House OF Repre-
sentativcs The Democratic party dearly loves
a Boss-the heavier his hand. the more AFRO
CANT his manner. the more autocratlc his meth
DDS, the more satisfied with himself and con-
tcmptuo,is Of everybody else the better. That
is why it nominated Mr.. Cleveland in 1892, ana
that Is precisely why all factions OF the party
went tumbling over each other to elect him.
He fills the bill.
II IS only fair to Mr.. Cleveland To say that he
has never taken any pains TO conceal the fact
that he believes himself to be better than his
party He has always conducted himself In
such n way TO leave no doubt Of his con
seriousness Of the fact that he owed nothing TO
It, bur, on the contrary, II owed everything To
him. From the moment he stepped foot into
Albany Governor he has held the whip ana
been the Boss The leaders grumbled and
snarcd at first. but the more they grumblcd
and snarled the more 1t was said: This man
Is better than the party: he Is the man for MS
So he cracked his whip and curled his lash
around the legs Of the setlitiors and unrnly. and
In the face and eyes Of them, obscure and I'M
known he was, walked straight into The
pnrty's National Convention and took the Pres
idency Al Washington. as at Albany he lifted
I'D his head among the old and experienced
party leaders. looked ut them with level eyes
or turned his back on them IA suited his humor.
and as one born I'm the purple, took his own
way and was law unto himself. They cursed
and threatened, but they recognized a Master
and looked up to him. So, though possessed Of
none Of the qualities Of a statesman except
sublime belief in himself and contempt for
other men. he compelled three straight nom
nations and two elections to the Presidency
simply by his Ovcrshadowing greatness rs Il
Boss The first year Of his second Adminisra-
ton has revealed nothing before unknown Of
his disposition. his equipment or his calibre.
There Is nothing surprising in IT, lie has not
changed Nor has his party. II loves him still.
For he Is the grandes, and most sef-sutiicient
Boss It ever had. "CraZy?" Well, not much.
C4TCHINGS WAS HIS MN.
Now that we have had time TO sit down and