The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-03-12

viii make his raine ugEsavcfy - lg
as democracy endares.
His Venezuelan message vas fs-
fetched affair. RI was we'll under
stood that the Monroe doctrine was
the settled policy of the government
aud the patriotic seutImentof the peo-
pie would brook no dimuuEfloa Of It.
En- startling the country. ike . thur
derboit thrown from 3 esonaiess sky,
with his message on this sabIeeis
Cleveland had two purposes Ia view
One was to draw attention from his
bond deals, which were becoming
public scandal, and the other was b.
reap little '.jing0t glory in appeal
ing 70 patriotic sentiment By bEaster-
ingEy HphoIdiag q doctrine which had
already been made a. permanent as
adanaant By Monroe and Jackson, his
ilIustrloaa predecessors.
Hls back stairway deals wTh >
pEundesing synsilc..te viii egis9 sa 1.ls
name like the spots ~ dae)eafa's
hands" and will n5t rue ~.
We shalt got have % wam sar Is@-
t.rlty to size blm u9. IL leaves
measure, though toFtuogs, ia svesy ce-
TAIL as plainly tli-eeFnablp as tIs ersllt
81 the serpent.
I He made the civil s,rTicr a IreEs x
/ wIh which 20 revrasze. ts5= ga 1.lez
AMI reward his frisn.:- p aiu. ~ E.
che very day 81 Having 20 e. exeel4 III
I afYi,.s. hss eat or The heaa~ of sho4.
officials who were true 20 saejr con-
vicfious and loyal in eAesf rapport
Mr. Bryan ard pas IN oHre, aad re-
tanned In office. .ueh men ~ JOAN Z.
irish who made tour of 5he eo1ntrg
to defeat the regular homlnee Of tie
party that had hoaored him more
than it had honore'i Jefferson, r lu4-
mortal founder
He stubbornly refused to obey the
voice Of the people and the hehesi= of
congress- in according bellgerent figas.
to the Cubans, or giving protection 70
I
ate island, or even releasing those
dying slow deaths IN spanish dun
geons. IN the very last hours Of Lis
administration We find General Fltz-
hugh Lee, our American consul there,
threatening 10 resign because Of e.
tire lack OF naoral support at Wash
ington in holding up hla hands IA
his attempts to give protection to
American citizens and nphosd!ag tie
dignity Of the American flag
Outside Of his oft repeated fishing
frolics and dgck hunting expeditions
which, if nothing worse, has resulted
in !. bad case Of gout, this is the big.
tory Of Cleveland's administration.
WoaId that we could draw She cur.
tain even here. But az dask 80 tbs
background is there Is yes darker
picture tn be added.
This man turned hjs back upon ths
party that honored bin and nade
him what he was ana threw the uhols
weight Of influence ais office gave
him to defeat its regular Eomineea ana
saIked off into a dialoyal anizltiou
that not only failed of an electoral
vote, bat didn't carry single pge.
cines In single county in si4gie
state in the east, north. south or wese
"Oh, what fall WAS that my coua-
tryman :"
Harsh words are not pleasant and
We rarely indulge in them. bgt there
are few names in history that we had
rather have attached to ns than gha'
Of Grover Cleveland.
In our judgment. If we are to retain
our form of government, If "faish'
and loyalty" are not to lose their
meaning, Cleveland's name wi. 20
down in history throwing around Ar-
noid's little gieam VI light ahd cas-
ual shadows. His name st least will
rescue the memory Of that unhappy
mans from utter and SOLITARY .ck-
ness.
Ia 1899 the cost Of running SIZE Fed
eral government was Sl.40 per cecIsa.
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