The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-20
The Reincarnation of KrishnR CIeve



At more or less frequent intervals, dur
ing the past three years or better. the
late Mr.. Cleveland has made attempts Of
varying force and nature to convince the
country that he was still on the political
earth, and, IN fact. did not descend into
the silent tomb Of national forgetfulness,
as it is popularity believed he did, when
he threw himself from the Tarpeian Rock
Of Jefersonian Democracy and dashed out
his cephalic cavity on the hard pavement
OF Wall Street in 1896 Mostly, these
efforts have fallen as fiat as himself on
the occasion named and, in all these
moons Of darkness, the forty or fifty dis
ciples which the enlarged departed may
Owl. scattered over the face Of the land
have waited in vain for some satisfying
evidence Of his temperance. Il viii be
noted that before he vanished from the
White House, Krishua Cleveland advised
his fellow suicides that, after a period Of
remorseful worms and political corruption,
he would appear again 10 them. and to
such others as might be credulous enough
10 believe it, in all the youthful beauty
and grace Of his ancient form. with the
same old anteduUvian collar and stock.
and without the loss Of one significant
scar upon that noble twenty-seven inch
neck. which OF yore presented such a
happy contrast TO his hve-and-a-quarter
hat.
He has fulfilled the promise even TO the
utter satisfaction Of such skeptics as we
His letter to the Brooklyn Democratic
Club on the recent occasion OF its Je1er-
son birthday banquet ought 10 convince
the most jossless mind that he is with US
again. astrally II no; physically. The voice
from Ike cemetery at Princeton IS his
voice even down 10 the very boots. Let
Us give that Voice a hearing
.'Whcr those ah1 protes, uo Democrats faith
meet 90 celebrate the birth Of the msu wh9 hrs,
gave that Saith distinct formulation their prlde
in the achievements aud liumphs oi tHC party
which hC founded should uut entirely dispIace al
thought Of its present situation aud fhr c0udi-
tions which, in The light ui experience. appear
60 be- essential Go IL success
Show us the doubter that we may hit
him, Is not that the same old Cleveland.
stupendous. stuny. and sterile? But. lest
there be any room for doubt hearken 10
another familiar Groverian period.
Beside none 81 Us can close our ewes 20 tie
iact that the Democratic plry Is only iomida-
bio - its own strength. Its power 20 win vic
tories has ALWAYS b~u found 10 depend upon a
sturdy and consistent adherence 10 its time
hoaored principles, which have proved sufficient
10 meet ever emergency 81 our national life
Whatever successes may have attended d party sf
opportunity with -ai.s spread frr oysry Transient
hrC.ze Of popular sentiment ur excitement exc
frrieuce has ahundantIy demonstrated that De
fnccracy Is constituted Jhst % IS ouIt strong
When courageous In the right, and ouN sIg.
torious when its forces are marsIlalcd under us
old and wcii.reo5rnized standards'
only formidable in its own strength
Just think OF a. But for the resurreeted
Joss We should all have thought that a
political organization derived its strength
from its weakness Now We know better.
Whatever successes may have attended a
party Of opportunity with sails spread for
every transient breeze Of popular senti-
ment or excitement" let us bark back 10
the halcyon days when an alleged Demo
cratic President laid IN with Mark Hanna
TO make sure the defeat Of the candidate
his party had proposed as his successor.
But the memory OF those times makes IL
difficult for us to discern just what party
the Voice refers to as our party" IN the
following:
Tn hesl;liainess Of our party may well be-
Questioned WHEN a slfinks IRON such an exam.
nstion Of it, position as viii enable il 10 avoid
disaster by keeping Ia a coursC Of safety. under
the guidance q true Democracy.
Therefore, those who claim 10 be followers Of
Ilonaas 4efeieon xii fail 10 discharge a solemn
du;y II. IN THE time Of doubt and temptation
they neglect such an examination. and il TINS
disfoSes tendency in party control to sub0rdi
nate the principles Of pure DEMOCRACY and to dis
trust their coaqg1ing power, then condition
should not continue without s brave and early
Democratic protest.
The above admonition may be heavy.
but rot heavier than Cleveland. II may