The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-11-13
DEMOCRACY TORN TO PIECES
Cleveland and nti.Cleyeland-Wil
There Be No Democratic Ticket
in the Field?
IT LOOKS THAT WAY.

Walter Wellman, well-posted
Washington correspondent, writes to
a Chicago paper thus:
How about Mr.. Clevelando Well,
to-day we hear great deal of talk in
Washington, in and out of administra-
tion circles, that Mr.. Cleveland is the
only hope of the Democratic party,
that the party has no chance without
him as it's leader, and that it may
have a chance with him. There will
be great deal of such talk through
out the country, without doubt, now
and for months to come. Men will
say they are even willing to swallow
the third term pill for the sake of a
chance to succeed. At the same time
there is another party of Democrats,
and they are being heard from, too.
They came to the front in Washing
ton to-day, mingling their curses at
the election news with comments like
this: Nov you see what Cleveland
ism has brought us to. This is what
we get for electing for President a
man who is neither an American nor
a Democrat. This is the penalty we
have to pay for keeping in Office a
President who tries to boss his party
instead Of helping it, who flies in the
face of the Democracy on the currency
question, who pulls down the Ameri-
can flag in Hawaii and issues steal
bonds to a foreign syndicate.
In it's hour of bitter desperation the
Democracy is likely to divide into
two factions, one, wors hipping Cleve-
land, will put him forward as the on
ly possible savior of the party, the on
ly Moses in sight for the poor children
Of Israel. The other, detes ting Cleve-
land, will lay at his door half the ills
which the poor party is suffering. In
stead Of a fourth nomination of
Cleveland they will say: 1--WE are out
of it for '96 anyway. Nothing we can
do will save the presidency next year.
Therefore let US improve this oppor
tunity to go back to first principles.
We have run after white elephants
and mugwumps long enough. Let us
have real, simon pure Democratic
party. with a real Democratic candi-
date, if we don't carry more than two
states Of the union. Let us restore
Democracy to its faith, and then bide
our time. 1t will come when the Re-
publicans take possession Of all three
branches OF the government in 1897.
History will repeat itself. Before 1900
the Republicans will have disgusted
the country and then We'll return to
power"
Is the presidential campaign of next
year to go to the Republicans by de-
fault? 1t will unless the Democrats
meanwhile start up some revolution
or perform some miracle. II anything
is to be done, obviously it will have to
be done by Mr.. Cleveland. He is the
only Democrat left. No one is going
to care a rap what German, Hill,
Brice and those senatorial charac ters
who have imagined themselves
great people in the past may have to
say. They are dead ducks, and Cleve-
land is the sole survivor. He still has
power in his right arm.
But can he do anything to stem the
tide. Can he perform miracle?
Some Of the men near to him think he
can. l was talking with one of them
today, and he said Mr.. Cleveland had
it in his power to brace up the poor
old Democratic nag, Notwithstanding
yesterdays Knockout dose, and to
make next years race an interesting
one. 1t can't be done with tariff or
two-edged things. Ii it can be done
at all it must be done with foreign
policy that will fire the American
heart; that will bring into play senti-
ment, which is the most powerful po-
litical factor. and that will rally the
country around the administra tiOn in
support of American interests and
American principle. Will Mr.. Cleve-
land try it?