The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-03
cLEvELANo's BLINDNESS.
A Round of Solid shot from n Democrat
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 ic Gun. President Cleveland has written 8 | letter deploring the state of collapse to which the democratic party under | his guiding care has come. It is not as effective a letter as the.one in which he transplitted to congress his: august iisappr0Sel of theS Bland seignioi'age bill, and Il can hardly Joe expected to undo the aamage which that one did It is unhappjly fact that when NIrIleve- land writes for lis party he pens fnere platitudes, but when he takes his pen in hand to; serve his masters in the New YorR clearing house his words count. fs
 There is nothing in the presidents letter to the association of democratic clubs which will awaken enthusiasm. There is not thought which is not commonplace. In the midst of such a condition of popular turbulence as has not existed in this country since the civil war Mir. Cleveland confines him- self to vague generalizations and a word or two about tariff reform. He does not often speak to the nation ex- cept through his official state papers When he breaks silence and maEes public address to great association of democrats it might be expected that his words would ring like trumpet blast instead of having the ,cold Nand impassionate phrasirg of a diplomatic document
 , D nd to iy, hn white house, serving his last term. The profits of his official station have put him beyond the possibility of personal poverty. But it is not too much to ex- pect that a millionaire president should take some note of the bitter cry of a distressed people. The country re- sounds with the tramp of unemployed men marching upon Washington, there to explain their grievances Every where there is trouble between mas ters and men. Strikes disturb the course of trade, paralyze industry and breed poverty and distress. Planners are bowed under the ever-increasing load of indebtedness, fostered by the falling prices of grain, Merchants sui fer because customers have no money. There is more active discussion 6tTadi- cal cures for social and commercial ills than there has ever been before on this side of the Atlantic. Upon all this the president is wholly silent Concerning the currency question, which more than anything else is exciting the people,, he has no word to say, His one word of counsel, expressed with true Cleveland esque ponderosity, is:
 "All who are charged on behalf Of the demo- cratic party with tho redemption of these pledges should now be impressively reminded that as We woI our way 10 victory under the banner of tarir reform, so our insistehee upon that principle is the condition of our retention of the peoples trust, and that fealty 10 party organization demands the subordinauon of in- dividual advantages and wishes. and tho put ting aside of petty and ignoble jealousies and bickerings when party principles and party in- tegr'ty and party existence are at stake"
 How is it to be wondered at that in the face of such fatuousuess, in the presence of such inane insistence upon a single dogma and blind ignoring of the peoples more strenuous dernands voters are forsaking Grover Cleveland in armies? Tariff reform is great is- sue, but it is not the sole issue upon which the campaign of this fall Wilf be fought The question of silver is an equally vital one, and for that, the president has not a passing word of friendliness.
 The effect of Cleveland's letter upon the national association of democratic clubs will be something very like that of fire in the ear.-Chicago Times fnato