The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-08-07
Qhe1rmnrraf-S Star
SAN JONES on CLEVELAND.


Principles never change: politics
may. The man who adiiercs to rrin.
ciple> is as ~changclcss as the sun and
as immovablc as the liked stars. You
cannot bribe him. nor buy him. nor
scare him. He had rather be right
than rich; he had rather be- poor than
10 be Il prince: he had rather nc loyal
10 conviction than wear the dignity
of a king. | am Il Democrat by na.
ture and prejudiccs. | am a Prohibi.
zionist by the grace OF God: and |
speak from the position OF a Prohibi,
zionist when | say l believe Grover
Cleveland is a thousand times moro
loyal Democrat to the principles OF
Democracy than the howling mob at
Chicago who smirchcd his good name
and who tramplcd his administration
in the dust.
! i'm inclined to think. however.
that the resolutions and the vapor-
ings Of a mob like that have as little
effect upon Mr.. Cleveland as the light
ing of a gnat upon a bulls horn. The
populacc is tickle: 'Hosanna' one
day: "Crucify him"the next. The pop
ulace has changed. not Mr.. Cleveland.
He Is the same rugged, sturdy, unpur-
c%hasable, unbulldozablc Democrat
that he was when his lame was the
most magnetic name on this continent
and the politicians were pounding him
and the populace was crying ''llosan-
ma !" from ocean to ocean. Mr.. Cleve-
land is the same man to-day that
showed the Republicans under four
years ago and dOwned them so they
don't know till yet what hit them.
The change has been in the people. not
in him. Mr.. Cleveland and the people
are making history. Mr.. Cleveland
will live in history when Teller and
PETER and Bryan and Bland and BoicS
have ceased to live in the hearts OF
minds of the people.
The Republican party at St. Louis
belittlcd, bcniggered, and bebridlct
themselves in their efforts to smircl
his administration. No thinking mar
will think as well Of the Republican
party as lie would If they had left tina
out OF their platform. Mr.. CLEVELAND
has never done me a personal favor
l am sure | never asked one OF him
His administration from top to bot
tom has never done me a persona
favor. ! may be a fool in what | say
but | am not Il rascal hired to say it
Mr.. Cleveland has had the hardcs'
term of Office any president had sine,
Lincoln. He has borne the insult.
and ignominy sought to be hcapct
upon him by both parties with ;
lcrOism and a %reticcnce both wise ant
ccmmendable. A mar conscious o
his own rectitudc can sleep at night
though a thousand dogs be barking al
around. lie can attend his bushes,
by day with a thousand traducers n
work here and yOnder. Mr.. CLEVELAND
has stood for the stability of our cur
rcncy, for the maintenance of on
integrity, for the dignity of our na
tion, and as a conseryatOr Of its peac,
and best interests with enemies il
both parties, cunning and u~nscrupul
Gus, knlfeing him at all points ant
trying to vitiate his influence ant
misrcprescnt his motives and acts
This country, in my candid Judgment
has never had a trucr, more con
scicntiOus and courageous man as il
executive since my knowledge Of pub
lie men.
A good sister told me the other da,
to keep my mouth out Of politics. l
may have been good advice. / an
sure of this fact, however; nobody ha
Il mortgage on my mouth nor a bill o
sale to 1t. ] Am not seeking the an
plausc OF men. ! am simply standin,
up to a public man whom | believe i
unpurchasable and unbulldozablc.
wish we had for governors and mayor
and judges and sheriffs and CRANE
jurors such stuff as President Clcvc
land is made Of. We would then a
least know how they stood and the,
would make us know how VIC mus
stand in our relation to law and ordcr
and right. Occasionally ] like to So,
good word for him whom ! believ,
to be honest and fearless and tru,
when it is popular in the drift Of tn,
gang to bcmean and belle and belittl,
and besmirch him. A party, Il natior
or an individual standing on principle.
has only TO proclaim their principles
10 the world but where policies ant
prejudiccs are the stock in trade tller
mud is the chief article Of commerc,
with them.