The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
CLEVELAND IN aEVEW
Walter Wel,naan's Estimate of
the Retiring President
HIS STRENGTH AND MS MAKE Ur-.

wherein lie Is Great MAN and Wherrr
Chief Hobby-MovinS to His New HoDss
In Princeton.
wAsIuNeToN. Feb. s2. Il Special. "A few
more words about President Cleveland ere
he leaves the White House, and 1 shall
have achieved a duty that have at Ie<rsr
endeavored TO perform fairly and without
political bias President Cleveland rs ir
some respects great man. He has logic.
analysis, industry, courage moral sense
But his second administration has demon
strated beyond question that he lacks two.
important equipments for great leader of
parties and people Unconsciousiy 10, him
self, he attempts to drive where leading
would answer his purpose as well and much
better He Is an utter stranger To the
maxim that it is easy to get people to do
what you want them to do If You only per
NIT them to think they are doing what
they want TO do
Fundamentally Mr. Cleveland is weak N
a leader because he lacks human sympathy
He does not understand human nature lHl
has mingled little with people. A .ceytain
part of his nature was stirred too lstish
life and after habits and modes of thoohn
had become too well settled. If h,om-
more of this understanding of and sy OPP
thy with human nature, he would ON.
have quarreled with his party before
reling became absolutely necessary.
There are plenty of public men thoro
| " familiar with the inside Of recent
| tics who declare that If the president
| kept certain pledges made in his he"o
pledges about nonessentials, and had'ek
lowed with conciliatory even just, tire h.
ment of Democratic leaders, he could I'm
averted the present schism in the partsa
| is of course impossible to discern whfto
| this be true or not, but one may easillle
| lieve it when he remembers that II v
| Cleveland, as leader of his party, had :.
| little more in touch with promiy
| Democrats in three or four states OF
| middle west, had attached them to II
| ministration, instead of driving -
away, there would have been a differ
result at the Chicago conventions
A Lack of Tact.
Admitting that 1t may possif
just to charge Mr.. Cleveland ~
| policy with responsibility for the - recs
ing of the great Democratic party by-kssAi>H
ulism, it still remains true that the scuas<a-
need not have become an antiadmhisstrn
ton body. 1t remains true that * Mr.
Cleveland had been possessed of tact rather
than of brute courage, his party, whnlns
had been returned to power on pser -
revenue reform, would r. been ahie "a
reform the revenues in ~~adoptspr
makeshift with whichd for suprem.
not even its authors o,Iamation.l
| self 7 ooo de,aa.,.as
1t remains true that chairman Ferry
appel to order the state Republican
invention, called to nominate a tus-
&c OF the supreme court and two re-
ents Of the state university. The roll
Iee6hs Of mfifftrless on as easfd
lies and resolutions and the conyen-
on then took recess until o'clock.
After adoption of the report of the
on credentials in the after
BON the resolutions committee reported.
ny "congratulating the country on
goes Div Of lsrs.-NpYs,-,
ence in the affairs of fortfEues.,n
| must be on the side of unconstitutional f-rvxs