Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-20
They Are Satisfied With the Coun-
try's Patriotic 0utburst.
CLEVELAND and THE EI-PRESIDEN1
The Latter's Amercanism Not
+ Surpassed in the Recent Message.
BEN EFITS NEXT YEAR

The friends of Gen. Harrison do not dis
guise their great satisfaction at the fine
outbursts of feeling throughout the country
over this assertion of the Monroe doctrine.
The present jubilation is nuts to them. 1t
recalls the shining record their favorite
made while President on a similar line, and
causes them to recount Its leading features.
The refusal TO be hurried or directed by
Italy in the matter of the New Orleans
massacre, the prompt calling to book of
Chile for the assault on American sailors
in the streets of Valparaiso, and the firm
dealing with Great Britain in the matter of
the Boring sea, are ali tall feathers in their
eyes in the cap of the ex-PresGent. He
stood up for the country from first to last,
they are pointing out, ard, although with
but few weeks in which to consider it in
the Gle sing days of his term, he grasped
the whole Hawaiian question like a states
man and patriot. The louder the cry for
the flag in the United States the better the
Harrison men will like it.
Gen. Harrison to Benefit.
Fully year ago The Star quoted dis
tnguished republican, friendly to Gen. Har-
rison, to tie effect that the success Of the
movement for the denomination of the eX
President would depend a very great deal
on how the second term of Mr.. Cleveland
appeared at the time of holding the ma
tional convention. He advar ced the propo-
sition that complete failure on Mr.. Cleve-
lands part would injure Gen. Harrison.
He insisted that the anti-Harrison republic
cans would be able to capitalize such a
failure aga INST him by an argument some
thing like this:
Beware of calling man back to the
great work of the presidency after he has
surrendered it for a term. Look at Mr..
Cleveland. He made a very good President
during his first term. but being called back
to the place under conditions altogether
different from those of the first term he
has proved unequal to the emergency. AS
a result, he has suffered and the country
has suffered Now we admit that Gen. Har-
rison made good President but don't put
him to the test again under new conditions.
Better let him rest on his laurels, which
he deservedly wears, and which will long
remain green.
Result of the Message.
This same gentleman was asked by a rep
resentative of The Star today for his views
about this matter as affected by the Pres-
dents message.
MY views are mixed so to speak. On the
one hand, we have the congressional cleo
tions of 1894, and the state elections of last
month. both in emphatic condemna ton of
the democratic party as led by Mr.. Cleve-
land. Until Tuesday he had failed absolute
ly 10 score with the country. 1t appeared
that his return to the White House was a
mistake from every point of view. l thought
it looked dark for General Harrison. 1t
seemed to me that his opponents had card
in this which they might play with telling
effect against him. But here, in a day, we
have a new situation. Mr.. Cleveland not
only scores, but on General Harrisons own
line, and so as to bring out in new and clear
relief the strongest of General Harrison's
own performances. Meritorious as this
message of Mr.. Cleveland is, it is no better
assertion of American right and dignity
than that that proceeded several times from
General Harrison. General Harrison has
not been surpassed. Mr.. Cleveland, after
three years. has only drawn up to him. In
the matter of felicitation therefore, over
the enunciation of a popular foreign policy
the democrats in Mr.. Cleveland have moth
ing more to boast of than have the republic
cans in General Harrison. If that is to be
the keynote of next years campaign, then
General Harrison as candidate will most
decidedly benefit before the national con-
vention He stands for all that Mr.. Cleve-
land does on that line, and more"
PrOba bilities for Next Year.
But suppose this message does not con-
troll the action Of the democracy next year"
Il do not care to so further than the mes
sage. But of this much feel sure: If the
message becomes the democratic platform,
Mr. Cleveland or Mr.. Olney, who inspired it,
must be the candidate. and that will mean
the denomination of General Harrison by
the republicans.
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