The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-11
PROVO CITY.
JUNE II. 1895
MR.. CLEVELAND AND DEMOCRACY


The Herald, on Monday, just lit
orally limbed, skinned and jay-hawked
the president of the United States.
Only short time since the Herald
could see no fault in Mr.. Cleveland
and no particular reason why silver
should be remonetized; at least it re-
mained as silent as the mummies in
Egypt upon these things. Now it is
different. 1t is handing the hot end
OF the poker to the president in way
that seems perfectly surprising, cruel
and savage. This conversion is sud-
den, nearly as much so as was that Cf
st. Paul, but if it sticks as well as
PaUl's did no one can, or will, or ought
to complain.
We may say with perfect truth that
in nothing save silver is the democracy
of Mr.. Cleveland st fault. But he was
at fault equally throughout his first ad-
ministration, during his forced retire
ment, ae thus far in his second term,
yet the Herald has only now discov-
cred this melancholy situation. How
much better would it have been had
not only the Herald but all leading
democratic influences in the nation,
recognized the truth soon enough to
have prevented his second nomination.
A species of hallucinstion took hold of
the party at Chicago. when 1t nomin-
ated him upon an equivocal plank on
silver. He has done no more against
silver since '92 than he said he would
do in 'S4. Then why was he nomin
ated2 And WHY was he not hauled up
by the party authorities sooner? Sim
ply and only that too many democrats
like the Herald did not have the
nerve to discharge their plain duty in
this way, and Mr.. Cleveland became
the leader of democracy by default.
Our contention is, that no man, be he
presi dent of the United States or
drayman, has the right to mislead the
party. If it is attempted by any one,
that one must be hauled up before the
bar of the party opinion. This was not
done simply because the democrats of
the Herald stamp had not the nerve to
discharge plain duty and there were
too many of them, even here at home
in the silver west. In consequence of
this lack of nerve Or party devo-
ton the party has been brought
to the very verge of defeat, nay, de-
struction, and the country has had fou1
years more of financial misery than it
needed to have suffered
No man and no paper lacking know
ledge Of fundamental democracy or the
nerve to cry out aloud when 1t is as
sailed or violated, is fit for party lead
ership. Whether it is popular in the
east or not, free silver is as much
part of the fundamental laws of demo-
cracy as is low tariff or tariff for
revenue only. Mr.. Cleveland violated
this democratic law in 'S5, yet the
Herald raised no voice against the vio-
lation until now. We can never win
and perpetuate victory in this way.
We must insist upon it that no man
receive a democratic nomination save
only whole-hesrted democrat, and |
when he is elected, if he does not carry |
out the laws of the party, he must be
hauled up, at least he must not be
again nominated and elected. If this
rule had been observed we would have
had no present trouble and Mr.. Harri-
son would never have been president
for four years to the perpetua ton of
this same rule of the gold bugs. Let us
deal honestly with the people no mat
ter if we lose the fight. 1t is better
for democrats to suffer defeat upon
correct principles than win victory bv
departing from the principles of the
party and the deathless traditions of its
early and its later history. The Herald
now should seek rather to restore the
party to the old time democracy than
TO battle against Cleveland. He mat. +
ters not now, He is no more after
this term is over than any other man.
But the injury to the party that has
been accomplished by electing a gold :
bug to the two terms of the presidency r
s very grave and that is what we must
wipe out by electing a free coinage :
nan next year. This is the duty of
democrats of both high and low degree
and all other democratic influences.
Now let the Herald let up oD Clege-
and, and 60 with all of its force for
he free coinage man of next year as
veil as for everything which is likely
o strengthen the battle for him.
If you want to make the average