The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1895-12-21
CLEVELAND AS A LAST RESORT

CLEVELAND AS A LAST RESORT
The presidential star is in tn,
ascendency. Ere another issu,
of The Echo '96 will have dawnet
and the year of another presiden
tial election will be with us, ant
it is to this very fact alone tha
we wish to dwell on this subjec-
now. That this paper is opposed
to the third term sentiment neeC
not be cited here, as those of oul
readers who have of late been
peruslng these columns are well
aware, but in our observation
over the political field, with a
clear eye and unbiased mind, we
cannot but honestly view and
truthfully report.
So far as regards a third term.
Mr.. Cleveland has not as vet
signified his intention, and neither
does it appear that he will soon
make declaration anent the
subject. He is only waiting; "All
things comes to him who waits. -
Since the late elections and the
apparent prospect that no men,
Der of the Democracy can be
elected, it is said that such men
as Hill, German, Brice and the
likes who are the most vicious of
Mr.. Cleveland's enemies-ever
anxious to obstruct and humiliate
his administration-have conclud-
ed to favor his administration for
a third term just to have their
revenge by accomplishing his de-
feat. Our observations ale, as mat
ters now stand, that Mr.. Cleve-
land will be the only available
Democrat and it looks, in the alb
sence of those possibilities" not
yet mentioned, were the only one
who by any possibility be elected.
The reasons for this are self-evi-
dent. In the first place, the
President, though he may have
made mistakes, is looked upon as
a. martyr bya large part of his
party, he is a man of rare honesty.
of great executive ability with a
determination d to do right though
the heavens fall" Even enemies
give him credit for these qualities.
They may abuse him as matter
of policy, but they make a mis-
take in this and it reacts on them
selves, for no purer statesman
ever filed the executive chair.
But Notwithstanding his person.
Al integrity, indications lead us to
believe the claims for his support,
if he should again become a can
didate, are much stronger than
the qualities furnish. His foreign
policy is rapidly being understood
and as a result it is shown to have
been strong instead of vacillating,
as prejudiced sources would have
us believe. 1t has been dignified
and positive, while it has secured
much. All of this, it must be
admitted, should the party decide
on Mr.. Cleveland, will have a
strong tendency to make him
popular and be most powerful in
obtaining the success of his re-
election. This, we feel safe in
saying, will come from the busi-
ness men of the country-the
bankers, the merchants, manufac-
turers and others who know that
for him this country would now
be without credit throughout the
commercial world. He sustained
them, and it would be nothing
unnatural for them in turn to
stand by him. These are not the
people who do the shouting, but
they are the ones who furnish the
sinews of war and stand by their
guns. One of the most observing
politicians of the country, a man
of ripe age and vast experience,
recently in an interview said that
no presidential candidate had ever
been successful without the sup
port of the business men of the
country and he believed Mr.. .Cleve-
land, if he should again be a can
didate, would get it in preference
to any Republican that party
could nominate-at the same time
he thought that he was the only