The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-15
CLEVELANO'S VIEWS
EX-PRESIDENT STATES HIS IDEA
OF PARTY DUTY.
MUST MAKE TARIFF ISSUE.
HAS NOT LOST CONVICTIONS OF
YEARS AGO.

Believes That i'm Sincere and I'm
RENTING InsisteRce Upon the Old
Time Doctrine OF Fair and Benefi-
cent Tariff Adjustment Congress
Has Good show of Changing Its
Political Compile What
Is in Sight" Good ftuIe to Fol-
low.
New York, Oct. 14.-To a representa-
tive of the Evening Post. who asked
him his view in regard to the outlook
for and the duty of the Democracy in
the approaching congressional cleo
tons, ex-President Grover Cleveland
said:
1t seems to me that if the Democ-
racy is really in earnest it cannot fail
largely to increase its representation
in the next Congress, but in order to
do so l think there must be a constant
and stalwart insistence upon the things
which are recognized by all to be true
Democratic doctrines. OF course, by
far the most important of these is tar
if reform. On this issue. 1 am salts
fled that the Democracy is face to
face with a great opportunity. All of
the signs of the times point to a rec
ognition, far beyond all party lines, of
the benefits which would accrue to the
people by a readjustment of the tariff.
and it would be worse than folly for
the party under the stress of any
temptation or yielding to any allure
ment to permit this to be subordinated
to or overshadowed by any other is
sue
The present restlessness in Repub-
lican circles on this subject, often
| amounting to protests against Repub-
lican protective theories, should warn
the Democracy of an impending dam
ger. l mean by this the possibility
that our opponents may crowd us from
our position on this subject, if we all
low them to do so by our lukewarm-
ness and Indifference and to occupy our
| ground, just as we permitted them to
crowd us form the ground that be-
| longed to US on the question of sound
! money. | am very much pleased with
| the deliverance of the New York De-
mocracy on the tariff issue, and it was
| fit and proper that the Empire State
| my clear conviction that the best
assurance of success for the Democ-
j racy in the next national campaign
| will be found in a sincere and unre-
hitting insistence upon its old time
doctrine of fair and beneficent tariff
adjustment This insistence should
| be from now on. 1t need hardly be
said that success will depend upon the
presentation of tariff doctrine not
| =;
by those who may be termed veterans
| in the party, but also COM
| mending itself to the hosts
| of the younger men of our
! land. Thousands of these await the
| opportunity to espouse a cause which
must appeal to disinterested love of
| country and which is based upon
! thoughtful regard of all our people and
| the safety of the institutions under
which we live. To these young men no
| hope is offered for the realization of
| their patriotic aspirations except
| through the conscientious endeavors of
| the Democratic party.
Il am at a loss to understand by
| what process of reasoning the notion
| has gained a footing in certain Demo-
! cratic quarters not only that no i'm
portance attaches to a Democratic as
| tendency in the next House of Repre-
seHldllNes' put even THAT IL might De
advantageous to party prospects in 1904
for it to continue in its present minor
ity now. Powerful warfare ought to
be regarded as continuous, and if the
results battled for are worth having at
all, they are worthy of our best eff
forts at all times and under all circum-
stances. Constant vigilance and unre-
lenting attack are essential to victory.
armies are captured by first driving in
the outposts.
II cannot believe that the bright
prospects of the Democracy in the
present campaign are to be marred by
any lack of hard work and strenuous
fighting"