The age-herald., 1900-12-22
MANY COMMENTS ON
 CLEVELAND'S LETTER

New York, December 2t.-The Herald to- day publishes t..e following comments on eX-President Cleveland's statement in re- gard to the Democratic party:
 Richard Olney, Secretary of State in the Cleveland administration: I have read an abstract of the article, but l do not care to discuss the subject now. l. would prefer to wait until have read the article in its entirety before expressing an opinion. if have any to express
 J. Sterling Morton: T fully concur in the opinions of MT Cleveland as to the causes of the defeat of the Democratic party in 1896, and also as to the reason for it's bitngly accentuated and vehementy emphasized repetition in l9O0 Until all the heresies of Bryanarchy are renouneed by the Democracy it will remain minority. I should prefer re-aIgnment of American voters under q new name, which it's oppo- nents could taunt with no past.
 Representative DeArmond of Missouri: T think the former President is correct in his conclusion that it is not necessary for the party to put itself for reorganization purposes into the hands of some of those who deserted it. When he informs us at what time Tn its history the rank and file of the Democratic party were consulted more fully than in 1896 and in 15J0 we shall know better how to estimate his epitome of his own deliberations.'
 Hillary A. Herbert who was President Cleveland's secretary of the navy: I in- dorse the article heartily, excepting insofar as it may be a criticism of the action or tne Democratic party in supporting Greedy on the Liberal Republican platform or 1872. IT Mir. Cleveland had meant to say that the Greedy movement was, taken as Wnole, unwise, I should put in my emphatic dis sent The times in 1872 were abnormal. The southern states were in the tmoes or carpetbag msrule. For the-southern people it was a question of life or death. The south turned to Greedy in its distress and ne De- came in fact the candidate of the south, ra ther than of the northern Democracy. The effect of this support was to open the eyes of northern voters, and in the next elections came the tidal wave of 1876. Still MT. CieVe- land is right in saying that the rank ana file of the Democrats could not be brought into line to support an old antagonist. Taken altogether, there is no answering MT. Cleveland's arguments
 John Dewitt Warner: My idea is that Democrats can best help the party by talk ing every opportunity to work against the Republican party. l agree with MT CleFe- land that it is not so much the reorganlz- alton of the party that is necessary as the return to ldprincples the first of which 1 believe is to make a decided stand on be- half of the people against any fresh attempt by the syndicate that exploits Mckinley to loot the American people for its benefit.
 ''Edward M. Shephard I will merely say that I welcome any utterance of MT. Cleve- land; it will do good. As to the criticism that he does not sufficiently state what stems should be taken by the Democracy in the direction of reorganization, 1 would say that I suppose MT Cleveland wishes to set people thinking right before they take action.
 Howard R. Bdype: We all realize the facts as they have been set forth by MT. Cleveland and many persons have said sub stantialiy the same thing before l do not think that among Democrats there can be any difference of opinion as to the necessity for reorganization. MT. Cleveland's recon ciliation scheme, all gold Democrats will concur in, but if I may be permitted to criticise certain parts of his article, l would say that theyr are too general to be of any practical benefit in the reorganiza- tion of the party