The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-25

The Gre,nville IS @ News has the fol-
lowing to say to the youths who have been
named Grover Cleveland by the admirers
Of the ex-Pro sidont:
We observe that a good many of the
boys who we're named Grover Cleveland
| in 1S2 and 1SSi are coming into the COLI
| leges and high schools now. All OF them
| may feel that they Will never have cause
| 10 be ashamed OF their name. We do not
| hear much of Grover Cleveland these
! times, but he Is yet a growing man.
When the history Of his two adminlstra-
TONS Is clearly and honestly written II
| will be understood by thoughtful people
that he was one Of the greatest and big
| Fest Presidents this country has had, ami
Che more there is known of him the big
ger and greater he viii be. His work was
| done with his pen and the finances of his
country, but it demanded more nerve than
Jackson needed IN hghting the bank, or
Lincoln used in c, nductlns the Civil War,
and 1t rescued this country from danger
as serious as II has ever been threa tened
with Cleveland had the courage TO de-
, fend the credit Of these United states, and
in doing IL to defy his own friends and
party and the clam0r and abuse Of mob
| extending from one ocean to the other.
We were glad TO see Governor Shaw. Of
Iowa a Republican, declare I'm It pub ic
speech the other day that this Union
crawled across one Of the most serious
| crises i'm it's history on the stin back OF
| Grover Cleveland. That is the truth. too.
Sonny, as you grow up, don't ever be
/ ashamed to write your rame I'm full
Grover Cleveland Jones''-and when you
/ have vote 30 announce yourself Grover
Cleveland Democrat. He is the kind of a
man we would like 10 see you all try to
I be--the kind of a man who believing a GER
tain thing TO be right, sticks by it, sticks
To IT. no matter what powers or clamors
or lies, or dangerJ may assail him; who,
| believing that his duty is TO do a thing.
does it and goes right on doing It IN the
face OF the very devil himself and regard
! less Of personal consequences; who will
I stand by his country and his promise
| against his party. his friends, his one
| mics and all the combined powers Of the
earth.
That Is the way to be a great man and
90 achieve great results. We fought the
Spanish war successfully because our
credit was unlimited. and our credit was
unlimited because Grover Cleveland said
that while there was an ounce of gold in
the world this Union would meet Its OBJ
, legations in gold on demand and he fought
Because Of that same stubborn back of his
| the country is prosperous as IL is to-day,
and most OF you boys who are named for
him are able to go to college and school.
The Grover Cleveland people are not
| heard OF much In the newspapers and are
not controlling Democratic politics now,
but the woods are full Of them and II
they could be marshalled they would be an
enormous and impressive host.
There is a good deal in the man Grover
Cleveland and there was much in his
two administrations that The Times
neither liked nor approved Of We were
free In our criticisms OF both at the mo-
ment. and we have never changed our
opinion as to either since. But we can
cheerfully and gladly concur with Gov
ernor Shaw in saying that this Union
crawled across one Of the mos, serious
y. crises in !ts history upon the stiff back of
4 Grover Cleveland" We think, indeed.
that the crisis which faced him was the
most serious one the country has ever
had before II since our independence was
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