The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-28
MR., CLEVELAND AGAIN.

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absolute silence, dating from the time
when he surrendered the Presidency to
William Mckinley, at the close of the
most disastrous Administration since
the days of Buchanan, ex-President
Cleveland has of late developed a de-
termined purpose to force himself to
the front in politics. The ex-President
evidently regards every defeat of
Democratic candidate for office as
personal victory and Vindication for
himself, especially when such candi-
| dates run upon platforms containing
declarations of policy that do not meet
with his approval, and since the defeat
of Coler, especially, Mr.. Cleveland has
kept himself very much in evidence.
He is willing to assume the part OF
Moses and to lead the Democratic par
ty out Of the house Of bondage, never
suspecting, apparently, that in the
opinion of nine-tenths of the Demo-
Gratis Of the United States he is direct
ly responsible for the present unprom-
ising condition of the party. II the
| Democratic party has been consorting
with Populists and Socialists, and try
ing to stay it's hunger by feeding upon
| their husks, it is because Grover Cleve-
| land, seeking to enact into policy the
| theories on which the Democratic par
| ty has based it's appeals for power
since the Civil War, brought the coun-
try into such disaster as absolutely de-
stroyed public faith in it's statesman
ship. Bryan and Hill have in turn at
tempted to find working substitute
for the discredited nostrum of free
trade as a party issue, but their eff
forts have been in vain, and Mr..
Cleveland, rejoicing in their discom-
future, again pushes his tattered gon-
dalon to the front, and declares that
In that sign only can his party con-
quer. Here is the programme that Mr..
Cleveland sets forth, and through
which alone, he claims can the people
find relief from the needless arro-
gance of the Republican party:
1.-The hope of the Democratic party
lies in the inevitable discovery by our
people of it's benefcent aims and pur-
poses. Already the benefciaries Of the
high prot ective tariff are SO reduced in
number, and the benefits derived from
protection are so palpably lessened,
even as applied to the selfish interests
tof those who have heretofore insisted
upon its continuance, that they are in
clined to receive with favor the adop-
ton of the Dmeocratic doctrine of
tariff for revenue.
The popular apprehension of the evils
of oppressive expansion, and it's incom-
patibility with what has always been
regarded as safe Anlericanism, is con-
stantly growing and cannot fail to be-
come, in the near future, a most i'm
portant factor in the political thought
of our people
The tremendous growth of trusts, the
immense business aggregation and the
manner in which they stif1e healthful
competition and throttle individual en-
terprise, cannot long pass unnoticed by
the voters of the land. The stupendous
governmental extravaganza that now
prevails must at length be appreciated
by the people as not only a drain upon
their earnings and accumulations, but
as most pernicious example calculat-
ed to undermine the love Of wholesome
economy among our citizens"
Free trade, anti-expansion and anti
trust legisation-there is not much Of
novelty in the programme which the
ex-President has mapped out for his
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pansion, never very loud or robust, has
been constantly growing more feeble
since it was first raised, and it is safe
to assume that it will never be a live
issue in American politics. The people
have made up their minds that the ter
ritorial gains which came to the United
States as a result of the war with
Spain shall be retained, and as the
benefits of American rule to the inhabi-
tants of our insular possessions become
more apparent the last word of oppo-
sition to our insular policy will soon
die out. The trust problem is not a
partisan problem, inasmuch as both
parties are seeking an effectual remedy
for the evils which are incident to the
new methods of industrial develop
ment, and the opinion is becoming gen.
eral that the Republicans are better
qualified to discover and apply the
needed remedy than the Democratic
party can possibly be under its present
empirical leadership. There remains
only Mr.. Cleveland's old simple" tar
if Revision in the direction of a tariff
for revenue only. This is the nostrum
that the ex-President prescribes for all
the ills to which the body polite is
heir and just as there can constantly
be found a host Of gullible citizens to
swallow all the pretensions of Mother
Eddy and other pretenders in the
medico-psychic field so the solemn ut
terances of Grover Cleveland carry a
certain degree Of weight with num-
Der of kindred spirits in the Demo-
cratic party
1t is not probable, however, that
Grover Cleveland will succeed in re-
storing himself to position of leader
ship in his party, or that. any practical
Democratic leader will venture for a
long time yet to bring tariff issue
conspicuosly to the front. 1t was made
prominent in the platform adopted by
the Democratic State Convention Of
Saratoga last, fall-as prominent, In
deed, as the demand for the Govern
ment ownership of the coal ffelds-but
Mr. Hill was glad to escape from the