The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-05-14
Grover Cleveland's POliti-
cal Status.

are felicitatIng themselves ovel
what they term the division of the
Democratic party, as manifested
in ex-President Cleveland's speech
at the Mugwump Reform Club din
ner New York. This is their way
Of expressing the modification and
shame which Mr.. Cleveland's
presence in the Republican party
during the past 10 months has
caused them.
The time was when Mr.. Cleve.
land created great dissensions In
the Democratic party. Like car
buncle on a PERSONS neck, he was
symbol of vicious blood in the
Democratic system; but, by the
same benign processes that enable
human being to be freed from the
bad humors in its blood, through
the uncomfortable agency of car.
buncle, so the Democratic party,
after considerable suffering from
the presence of Mr.. Cleveland, was
finally able to purge itself Of much
bad blood, which passed off from
its system as he himself disappear
ed from the party.
The Democratic party, refreshed
and strengthened by his absence,
and by the elimination of the vici-
Gus policies he represented. did
battle last fall with the whole
some energy Of old Jacksonian
days. The confusion attendant up
on its reassertion of its ancient
doctrines, and the assertion by the
Republican party Of a partial ad-
hesion to silver coinage, as falsely
professed in its gold-standard plat
form, together with the free use of
money and the terrorizing of many
laborers, gave the victory to the
Republicans. Mr.. Cleveland fatty
declares that Mr.. McKinley's
election was due to Democratic
patriotism, by which he meant
treason to the party.
The most encouraging sign Of
the times for the Democratic cause
was Mr.. Cleveland's recent crawl.
ing out of the Republican coal-hole,
enveloped in huge lions skin,
but with the ears of another animal
plainly in sight, and breaking his
long silence by a prolonged bray
announcing a dissolution OF the
political copartnership between
himself and William Mckinley.
The disruption of which Mr.. Cleve-
lands temperance on the political
stage gives assurance is the dis
ruption of the Republican party.
He proposes to withdraw from II
all of his immediate satellites, and
all Of the uncompromising advo-
Gates of the gold standard who are
becoming dissatisfied with McKin-
ley's coquetry with the silver
question.
The gold monarchs of New York
are already angry with President
Mckinley at the plain evidence
that he is ashamed of their COM
panionship. They feel like dam
sci whose devotion has been re-
warded by secret marriage, but
whose husband refuses to allow the
fact of the marriage to be publicly
announced. While the Wall-street
goddess Of gold has been made the
lawful welded political wife OF
President Mckinley, he Is con-
stantly seen in public bestowing
his attentions on the goddess Of
bimetallssm, under the pretense
that he is still free to marry her II
the consent of foreign nations can
be obtained.
Mr.. Cleveland is now reminding
the Wall street fraternity that he
has been their boldest champion
that he cried aloud for the insertion
Of the word "gold" in the bond is
sues during his Administration.
and that he had given his entire
heart to their cause, while McKin-
ley has been playing fast and loose
with them and is still doing so.
The natural division of parties in
his country would be upon the is
sue of bimetallism. Mr.. Mckinley |
3 afraid to recognize the fact. and |
Mr.. Cleveland ia not. Mr.. Cleve-
and aided in the defeat of Mr.. |
Bryan, the Democratic nominee,
because the Democratic party is
he party of independent bimetal-
ism. No man who opposes the
Democratic party can be Demo-
rat. Mr.. Cleveland's present mis-
ion, as announced by himself, is to
uild up gold party against the
anus-faced straddling Republican
arty. In the prosecution of this