The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-24

Tells WY ne Did Not Attend Dem
oeratie Harmony Dinner.
CLEVELAND AFFAIR.
Bryan Asserts the Gathering Was an
Oyatien TO the Former President
and Comments Severely on
Cleveland's Record.


| well explained by statement given
out by Mr. Bryan Monday evening
commenting upon the dinner. At the
outset Mr. Bryan says there is no such
thing as Democratic harmony where
| former President Cleveland Is con-
cerned. He says:
The banquet given on the evening OF
June 10 by the Tilden club OF New
| York City was advertised as Thar.
mony meeting" but ii turned out to be
what might have been expected q such
a gathering, an ovation to the chief
| guest, former Democratic president.
| Grover Cleveland. There can be no
harmony between men like him and
| men who believe In Democratic prin-
| ciples. and he is frank enough to say
! go. He spent no time in looking for
middle ground upon which to gather
| together the discordant elements. He
boldly called upon the members OF the
party to abandon their convictions and
| accept the construction which he
| placed upon Democratic principles He
even tainted the party with being a
| sort of prodigal son and invited It TO
| give up It's diet Of husks and return to
/ it's fathers house
He spoke of his retirement from
| political activity and said Perhaps
/ there are those who would define my
! position az one of Punishment instead
OF retirement Against this shall not
enter protest II is sufficient for me
/ In either case that have followed on
/ the matter Of difference within our
| party the teachings and counsel of the
/ great Democratic in whose name party
/ peace and harmony are tonight In
! voked. 20 confession of party sin
should therefore be expected Of me
{ have none to make nor 20 I crave
I political absolmlou
He mol only boosted Of his course.
/ but pat his brand upon those who sat
at meal with him Having asserted
/ that his Democratic faith compelled
/ him 70 leave the party Tor resulted in
I bis baaishmentl he described the ban.
/ eueters as sharing tn that faith
/ He IL not only defiant but he in
/ sists that party success can only be
/ secured by an open and ayowsd return
/ 10 his Ideas Harmony In to be Sc
cured not By the suppression of differ
/ ences. but by the elimination OF those
4 who differ from him
Mr.. Bryan says he wiil print In his
+ paper Ar Cleyeland's speech TO show
( that the reorganIzatlonists do not
] want harmony. but control and that
/ their control means the abandonment
/ Of the party 5 position and a return to
T the policies and practices OF Mr. Cleye-
4 lands second administration.
He continues. He Cleveland Sc
cured his nomination I'm 1892 by a Sc
| cret bargain with the fnanciers: his
committee collected from the corpora
| tons and spent the largest campaign
| fund the party ever had he filled his
cabinet with evaporation agents and
| placed railroad attorneys on the United
/ States bench TO look after the inter
! erts OF their former clients. He turn
ed the treasury over TO a Wall Street
| syndicate and the financial member
! of his Official family went from Wash
| inEton To become the private attorney
OF the man who forced the treasury
| department 20 sell him bonds at los
and then resold them at III He tried
| to prevent the adoption OF the income
tax provision. refused To sign the only
| tariff reform measure passed since the
war, and while laundering against the
Fss ia lass
than Knox has done TO interfere with
their high handed methods.
"His administration, instead of being
I @ fountain OF democracy sending forth
| pure and refreshing streams. became
stagnant pool from whose waters
foul vapors e-poisonous to those
who fingered near.
Having debauched his party he was
offended by Its effort to reform and
gave comfort 10 the enemy. Virgin
ius killed his daughter to save her
| chastity, Cleveland stabbed his party
to prevent it's return to the paths OF
virtue.
"Ah now, still gloating over his po-
litical crimes he invites the party 10
return to him and apologize for the
contempt which II has expressed for
him. viii 1t? Not until the principles
of Jefferson are forgotten and the
works of Jackson cease to inspire.
III we are TO have reorganization
Cleveland himself should accept the
presidential nomination. II would be
due him: his reinstatement would be
poetic justice to him and retributiou
to those whose democratic convictions
revolted against the undemocratic con
duet, or course he would get no Dem
ocratie votes. but being closer to plut-
ocracy than and Republican likely Il
be nominated he might divide tbs
enemy, and even Democrats would
have what little consolation would
come from receiving their disappoint.
ment in advance.
"A merchant about to fail invites
his creditors to a dinner. and aftel
stating his condition secured a year.
extension from all present. One cred
itor, a relative. waited until the Others
|, had retired and aecosted the debtor
.o9 course promised with the rest Il
extend the time. but you are going Il
| make me . preferred creditor, are yot
| notf'
| ~Yea,. replied@the debtor. 'T'u maxi
/ wau 4 ureferred creditor I'll tell yOs