The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-03-28
Bryan Lashes Grover.

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Bryan Lashes Grover.
With recent letter of eX President
Cleveland, in which he refers to his
Joy over the outlook for relief
from the dreadful dreams of the past,
as text, Mr.. Bryan roundly excoriates
the ex-president in the Commoner. He
says:
"For four years he stood between the
people and reform for four years he
made the White house the rendezvous
Of cunning and crafty representatives
of predatory wealth: for four years the
corporations and syndicateS controlled
his administration and forced him to
! veto Democratic measures and sign
| Republican measures. He refused to
give his sanction to the most important
measure supported BY the Democrats
and bent all his energies toward secur
ing legislation desired by the Republi.
cans, even when he knew that he would
divide his party by doing so.
Gle loaded tariff reform down with
the blame that should have been
borne by the gold standard, and not
only did nothing for the country him
self, but lefta record that has hung
like milestone about the neck of the
party ever since: it is to this kind of
pure Dem cracy' that he invites the
party to return.
CLEvELAND'S NIGHTMARES.
Sand what were the dread
full Observation-Disclosures disturb
ed his sleep? Well, there arc not
many Of them; there was just one
the reputation of his administration
b. an indignant Demncracy-and this
was not a dream; it was d living reality.
He was charged with betrayal of his
trust, with turning the party organize
tion over to Wall street and with
using the patronage at his disposal to
punish loyal Democrats and to reward
recreant ones. The charge was pre-
ferred before the rank and file of the
party and he was condemned by the
largest jury that ever sat upon case.
The sentence was complete and six mil
lions and half OF voters supported the
platform which repudiated his financial
policy, while only 10000 supported
the ticket that received the nominal
Endorsement of his administrator.
IF we could punish the betrayal of
political confidence as we do the EN-
bezzlement of public money he would
be receiving the limit OF the law, but
instead of seeking forgiveness for the
wrong done by him to his party, he
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patiently for the party to apologize to
him for not allowing him to lead it
bodily into the Republican camp.
SYNONYMOUS WITH REPU BLICAN.
What excuse can there be for
Cleveland party? The Republican
party can serve every purpose that
Cleveland Democratic party could
serve.
Imperialism was the paramount is
sue in the last campaign, but Mr.. Cleve-
land, while presumably opposed to i'm
perialism, did not feel interested enough
to say a single word in support Of the
Democratic ticket. His association
with the great fnanciers was so close
and so constant that even war of con
quest and the imperiling of the re-
public could not draw him from their
embrace.
There is not single issue upon
which the Cleveland Democracy is pre-
pared to mako fight; and it's assump-
tion o. control in the party would be
regarded as treaty of peace with the
Republicans on every important ques-
ton. II Mr.. Cleveland thinks that the
Democratic party is ready to return to
the mire into which he led it and in
which he'laftit, let him announce his
candidacy on any platform he is will
ing to write, and he cannot secure the
delegation from single state in the
union. If his modesty forbids his own
candidacy let him name a candidate
who will agree to make his admins
tration like Mr.. Cleveland's second adj
ministration aud he will not have a
delegate in the convention. The
dreadful dreams which disturb the
exploiters and those who grew rich by
stock speculationsi are entirely salts
factory to the rank and file OF the party
and to the producers of wealth general
ly; the party will never be led back to
the odious and odorous days Of 1882
1896. q S5t II
Lincoln and imperialism.
The Nashville American and some of
the other imperialism journals of the
south-of which their are not very
many-have been making the point
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