The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-05-19
Mr. Cleveland Right.

When Senator Chandler, of New
Hampshire, read to the Senate Mr..
Cleyeland's letter to the National
Association of Democratic Clubs he
rendered an unconscious but not less
important public service.
There are Senators who will be
the better of that admonition. Sen
ater Coke, of Texas, is said to have
alluded to some of them in caucus.
He was, to do him justice, inclined
to be as plain as are the plain people
of the country everywhere, but when
about to mention names his voice
was drowned by the loud 'noes" of
the modest gentlemen most concern
ed.
The Presidents terse and cogent
letter to Chauncey F. Black covers
the whole situation. 1t sounds the
alarm to the country, the warning
to the party. fit is the expression,
in another form, of the same view as
Senator Coke's in the caucus, and
as that of true Democracy through
out the country it shows only that
the President is in touch with the
people, and that he perceives the
premonitions of the storm, which
some Senators, for reasons of their
own, see fit to ignore. 1t was we'll
the letter should be heard in the
Senate, well that it should appear
in the Record, and well that "Bill"
Chandler, for once in his life, should
have been made an instrument of
good.
The Senate blocked silver repeal.
The Senate has blocked tariff re-
form. The Senate is almost entire
ly responsible for the present de
moralized condition of the Demo
cratic party, and if the House shall
be lost at the next election the loss
can be charged to the account of the
men who have made the Senate an
obstruction to the party's and the
country's will.
If the Senators shall continue to
fail in the performance of their duty
just a little longer they will ascer-
tain not only that party principles,
integrity, but-what is more to those
within the scope Of Senator Coke's
intimation-party existence, is at
stake. The party cannot survive
deliberate, not to say corrupt, be
trayal of its pledges by its official
agents. The delay has brought it to
the present pass. Further delay or
final miscarriage will PROSTATE and
paralyze it until drawer and better
men arise to lead it.
Mr.. Chandler, it appears, "com
mented sarcastically on the fact that
Mr.. Cleveland contributed money to
the work of the Democratic Clubs"
This information that President
of the United States would openly
and freely contribute money for the
enlightment of voters, for defined
and highly patriotic object, and be
SO bold about it as to write it in a
public letter, must have been a
severe shock to the refined moral
sense of Chandler and the monopo-
list Republican Senators and the al
legged Democratic sugar Senators
and the coal Senators and the rest,
who are used to consider contribu-
tions of more private sort.
But we are inclined to think that
in this case Mr.. Cleveland has set
an example for all Democrats who
believe that tariff reform is the par
amount issue, and that the existence
Of the party and the welfare of the
country depend upon it's strong and
persistent presentation to the people
He performed simple duty 10 max
ing this contribution, and all those
who agree with him and are able to
10 50 should perform theirs, World,