The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
ROAST FOR CLEVELAND.
Conrad Schweitzer Calls At
tentiOn to What He Said
And What Others Say.

Mr.. Conrad Schweitzer, of this city,
read with great interest, a day or two
ago, an editorial in Golfers weekly con-
cerning Grover Cleveland. He cut II
out and has sent 1t to the News-Demo-
crat Office with the suggestion that 1t
be printed and also adds what he said
in May 1894. At that time Mr.. Schweit-
ger, in a printed interview said, con-
cerning the then president Of the Uni
ted States:
He will go from the White House the
most dishonored man, the most hated
man, who ever occupied 1t. Such,
believe will be the judgment Of a
righteous God."
Mr.. Schwekzer now calls attention
to that interview in connection with
the Golfers weekly editorial. which
reads as follows:
1t is amusing to note Mr.. Grover
Cleveland's inability to comprehend
that, from a political viewpoint, he is
dead and buried. There never was an
ex-president SO irretrievably defunct In
the eyes Of both political parties. After
Thomas Jefferson left the white house,
he remained, until the hour of his death
the political oracle Of the four succeed
ing administrations. So long as An
drew Jackson lived, the voice from
the hermitage was heard with difference
and honor by the Democratic party.
After John Quincy Adams ceased to be
president, he was, for very many years.
a picturesque and potent personality In
the house Of representatives. Van
Buren was strong enough in 1S4S. more
than seven years after he left the execu-
tive mansion, to defeat the regular can
didate of his party by accepting the
nomination Of the Barnburner Demo-
Gratis, and thus giving the Empire state
to the Wings. Fillmore and Grant re-
tanned great influence after their de-
parture from office. Ex-President Har-
rison gained great distinction as the
head of the advocates of Venezuela be-
fore the board of arbitration in Paris,
and he Is today the most powerful
member of his party in Indiana, as well
as one of the most influential Republi-
cans in the Union. Mr.. Cleveland, on
the other hand, was an object of so
much contempt to both political parties
that he was practically obliged to flee
from the state Of which he had been
governor, and to take refuge in a small
New Jersey town. If he were aware
of the feeling with which he is uni
versally regarded, he would not depart
from the silence which was discreetly
observed by Pierce and Buchanan in
their merited obscurity. He is still
a sufferer, however, from the disease Of
megalomania which specialists pro-
nounce incurable, and, from time to
time, he emits an utterance which has
the hollow and doleful effect of a, voice
from the tomb. His latest sepulchral
deliverance was eulogy of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty. Apparently, he
does not read the newspapers, and Is
unaware that the treaty has been
practically killed in the senate, hav-
ing been reported by the committee
with the Davis amendment, which
cuts out the feature that made it ac-
ceptable to Great Britain. Meanwhile
we are told that Mr.. Cleveland refuses
to say whether he will or will not sup
port the Democratic candidate for the
presidency, an announcement which
will no doubt cause Mr.. Bryan to pass
many sleeples nights.