The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-05-07
GhrnemorrI-g Star
WATTERSON on CLEVELAND.
is TIE TO BE 4 CANDIDATE FOR PREsI-
DENT EVERY FOUR YEARS FOR
LIFE?
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affect the cause Of genuine reform ex.
ccpt for III. He has had his day-a
sad one for his party-and whatever
contributions nc made TO the cause Of
good government during that day arc
upon the record and 60 to his credit.
But his name in connection with the
Presidency can be only a reproach,
because aside from the communications
and frictions i. involves, it carries
with it the odiOus idea of a third
term, antaconizing a law, unwritten,
it is true, but deeply Embedded in the
popular mind and heart.
''Mr. Cleveland car never again be
President OF the United States. I'm
der no circumstances ought he to be.
That he should contemplate another
candidacy affords strong evidence OF a
lack in him OF integrity and virtue.
That a club OF satellites should con
spire to place him again in nomination
is not merely proof OF the treason OF
its members 10 their country and To-
the party to which they profess allcgi-
ance, but Of a degrading sacrifice OF
patriotism and manhood. No party
which is worthy the popular Contid-
cnce could or would put him in nomi-
nation. Any party seriously con-
templating it would be consigned to
everlasting lnfamy.
at was said not long ago and very
truly that Mr., Cleveland would be a
candidate for President every four
years as long as he lived. The cir.
cuInStanCes Of his life, in the absence
Of any elevated principle Of calculation
or unseltish rule Of action, bear him
out IN the belief that lie is a law unto
himself, contradicting all p~recedents.
He has impressed this belief upon the
group OF persons who Immediately
surround him. They ought to be good
Christians, for they seem to have been
created for no other purpose than t.
serve their creator; and, if assiduity
and consistency be merits, they are ure
ly m~crltOriOus.
From first to last this c~aIlous, self.
seeking man has been the direct
cause. the sole occasion Of all our un.
doing.
"TO 60 back no further than tn,
last internal Democratic conflict.
Mr.. Cleveland was known to bt
Covertly candidate, and, handicapped
BY him, the friends Of sound none
and revenue reform were overwhelmed
by the ~malcOntentS, raised up in Tive
first place, by Mr.. Cleveland's OK
asperating temper and Incompetence!
for leadership.
1t is dlScOuraging to the friends o
reform in the South and West tina
thus pr%ematurely the movement 70
honest politics and sound none.
should be freightcd down by a nam,
which is potent only for evil. But i
is still more discouraging to relec
that the man behind this name is a.
indie fatigable as he is miSchievouS
that he is the author OF the lax party
discipline Of which he complains; tina
he is the author Of the protection
glbberish which the national conven
tiOn OF 1892 refused to adopt; tina.
elected on a pledge Of tariff reform, II,
sent the tariff TO the rear, and, ad
vancing the money issued to the front
lost both that he is very much richie
than ever he was and much more am
bilious than ever he was; that his re
mUVal to New Jersey was the frs
adroit step in his new plan Of cam
paign; that every day Of his life il
that fine, efieminatc Italian hand, b.
will write from two to fifty letters
addressed to persons in every part o
the country; that posing as a retireC
statesman and philosopher, and play
ing upon the %crCdulity OF the simple
minded and easily battered, he vii
leave no string untouched for stimu
lating the activity Of the cX%pcctant
and day and night this reform club
having in charge the circulation o
Democratic literature, will be silent
ly, surely working to the one end which
he, and they, have before them-hi,
nomination in 1900.
III Mr., Cleveland were possessed o
the faculty Of conceiying any publ
affair apart from his own interest
ever If he had any real sense Of per
sOnal dignity-he would rid the grea
questions at issue from the embarrass
ment OF a presence which is not
help, but a hindrance. Instead 0
playing the part Of a philosopher anC
statesman, while exhausting ever,
artiticc to regain the Presidency, h,
would perceive the grandeur Of bcinl
such in point OF fact, and OF enjoying
like a statesman and philosopher, til,
repOsc Of his old age and his IUnuls
but he would not be himself if he con
sldered anything else than his owl
desire and viii. The executive uffic,
represents both He likes the power
the emolument and the employment
lie has a talent for industry.
$40 him the Presidency has become
what he indeed made it while he hat
ia personal affair, held regardless OF
party Obligations. Destitute Of imagi
nation and of sympathy, he subjected
everything and everybody TO his un.