The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-07-03
THE HARMONY OF BOILER SHOP.

THE HARMONY OF "A BOILEh SHUT
The resourcefulness of the democratic party is thei
marvel of American politics. 1t can always ma
grounds for bitter quarrel with itself, whenever
the signs of the times point to an opportunity Tor
hopeful attack on the enemy. When the republic
cans seriously split over Cuban reciprocity veXed
with the demands for general tariff revision and
further disturbed by growing enlargement be-
tween its president d its congressional leaders,
the democracy could not fulfill the traditions OF lis
stupidity without matching the disorganNatlon OF
it's OBJ onent. The detection that has rested upon
it since 96 was deemed insufficient, and 1t was held
necessary to renew the fight which rent 1t asunder
then To accomplish this it was necessary to open
Nv drag Cleveland from his becoming retirement,
and robe him once more in the garments OF proph-
esv. With splendid faulty parcel OF New
York democrats normally consecrated to the task
of restoring unity undertook this task, and the re-
enlt was the Tilden club dinner. Even when 1t be-
came Clearly apparent that no of recent prom-
u4nce i'm the parCy would lend countenance to the
| occasion. there wasn't wit enough to fOFe5o the
Gathering. which resolved itself into meeting Of
boilers to invite the main body to come back to
them
With his characteristic grace and tact, Cleveland
differed with him, and Mr.. Bryan has FASTENED with
gleeful feet to bring the fact home to them and ask
them how they like it, He has also seized the oc-
coson t. recall to them some of those earlier facts
which made the name of Cleveland hateful to the
bulk of his party. He does it with skilful and tell
ing touches that can hardly fail to rouse all the old
4 ire He is too much of n silver man to estimate
the uprising OF 96 at its true value and to that
the currency issue was only Il selected point Of at
attack and not the cause of the Yet he does
recognize that the campaign of that memorable
wear was the effort of the democracy to tear ltse
owav from the alliance its old leaders had made
with the forces which the party was formed to fight
and that Cleveland and his followers preferred III
defeat and even its death to return to actual dem
ocracy He tells the truth when he says:
! Virginius killed his daughter to save her chastity
Cleveland stabbed his party to prevent its return to tn
paths of power
? All this must be like the dawnng of great ligh
to the republicans. Ten days ago many leaders o
the dominant party exceedingly nervous owe
the outcome of the fall elections. They thei
own party disguised with the evidence of their ne
ciency Inundated by their failure to carry out tn
will of the people in the of Cuba and restiv
under increasing evidences of trust control of tart
legslatlon They realized that the nation wa
wearying of the Philippine business, and they sa
t the dlscordant elements of the democracy brin
drawn together by the force of common oppositio
Il to definite republican policies. The prospect hO
changed suddenly and radically. Once more Nj
Cleveland has come to the rescue Of the republlca
party and the secret and silent powers that use it.