The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-30

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There are many persons in the United
States who revile and ridicule Hon.
Stephen Grover Cleveland. president Of
the United States. They sneer ut him.
They deride his claims 10 being conse-
Grated. They jeer in fiendish manner
st the assumption that he is a man of
destiny. Their contumely is poured out
as freely as certain fanatics would have
the minis pour out the dollars Of our
daddies.
ButifMr. Cleveland In n prophet with
out special honor in his own country; II
he withholds the announcement that he
II ready for third term In the fear
that IL would be followed by bloody
riot In which he would disappear from
he face of the earth. still fellow citizens.
let not the fact be forgotten that there
are places on this fair globe of ours
where Stephen Grover Cleveland Is held
In high honor and Is regarded with that
satisfaction which comes from lively
expectation of favors 10 come.
One OF these places Is the ancient town
Of Bradford, in Merry England. There.
thanks TO an American democratic
tariff for deficit, business has been
spouting. jumping and thriving. The
loyal subjects Of her gracious majesty
the queen, there resident, have been pill
ing up the pounds, shillings and pence
In n manner most delightful and COM
forting TO John Bulls commercial ma
ture. While they were fourishing in
this cheerful manner, workmen on this
side of the Atlantic were not thriving.
Indeed, they complained, and bitterly
too, of hard times and difficulty In OBJ
tanning employment
That should not excite wonder when
we read that In Bradford alone in one
year It's exportsof coatings to the United
States jumped from 81 200, 900 to 81, $780,
900 and in 1895 it's entire trade with the
United States increased from $500, 900
10 $2s,000.000.
We may say what we will of demo-
cratic financiering; we may accept or re-
feet the democratic contention that hard
times would have been suffered IL Gen.
Harrison had been reelected In 1892,
and the tariff for deficit had never
been placed on the statute books, but
the fact Is not TO be ignored that, as
result of democratic legislation on this
side OF the Atlantic. the trade of the
English town of Bradford has been ben
cited within the last 10 months as
the trnde of no American community
has been stimulated or promoted.
Shave hairs as we may over the tariff.
invoke the shadows of Bright and Cob
den; gIorify Cray, Lincoln. Blaine, AL
lison and Aldrich--yet facts like this
stand In the broadcast and boldest re-
lief.
No American city, no American inter-
est has been fostered and benefited by
so-called democratic craftsmanship,
while, IL we look beyond the sea, we
shall see business jumping; the rivals OF
our manufacturers growing rich, while
foreign workingmen are earning the
wages which should go to the pockets
or American workers.
This is the subject in nutshell. Here
we have the matter so presented that II
can be grasped by the meanest under
standing.
In. view OF this condition of affairs,
how absurdit for newspaper like the.
Louisville Courier-Journal TO continue
10 regard Mr.. Cleveland az a presiden-
tial quantity. IL says: "The time has
come when he ought to speak out. He
should dissipate these injurious reports
circulated largely by his enemies, but
nided, by judicious friends. A word
from him will be all that is necessary,
md IL should be spoken ut once. II will
BIZ of signal benefit TO the cause OF
sound money to remove this specter OF
u third term from the field on which the
battle is 10 be fought"
So far IN the great majority OF the
American people is concerned. IL is a
matter of supreme Indifference what
Mr.. Cleveland may or may not think on
the third term question. His record is
made. He stands up as a tariff reformer,
and whether he speaks or remains silent
Is all The same 20 them.--Albany Jour.
nal.