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his party by doing SO.

He loader tariff reform down with the
blame that should have been borne by
the gold standard, but left a record
that has hung like milestone about
the neck of the party ever since. It is
to this kind of "pure Democracy" that
he invites the party to return.
And what were the dreadful dreams
-nighimares-that disturbed his sleep?
Well, there we're not many of them,
there were just one-the Reputation of
his administration by an indignant
Democracy-andt this was not dream,
it was living reality. He was charged
with betrayal of his trust, with turn
ing the party organization over to Wall
street and with using the patronage at
his disposal to punish loyal Democrats
and to reward recreant ones. The
charge was preferred before the rank
and file of the party aud he was con-
demned by the largest jury that ever
sat upon a case The sentence was
complete and six millions and half of
voters supported the platform which
repudlated his financial policy while
only one hundred and thirty thousand
supported the ticket that received the
nominal support of his administration.
When the election was over he made
a speech at high-priced banquet and
boosted of his part in the Republican
victory. If we could punish the be-
trayal of political confidence as we do
the embezzlement of public money he
would be receiving the limit of the law,
but instead of seeking forgiveness for
the wrongs done by him to his party,
he nurses his resentment and waits i'm
patiently for theparty to apologize to him
for not allowing him to lead it bodily
into the Republican camp.
What excuse can there be for a Cleve-
land party? The Republican party can
serve every purpose that Cleveland
Democratic party could serve. If Mr..
Cleveland was right on the money
question, so was the Republican party !;
if Mr.. Cleveland was right in not
enforcing the law against trusts, the
Republican party deserves credit for
following out the same policy; if Mr.
Cleveland was Justified in refusing to
sign the only tariff reform measure
passed since the war, the Republicans
were justified in condemning the meas
ure. Here are three questions upon
which the Cleveland Democracy would
have difficulty in making an issue, and
how about the fourth-imperIalis I?
It was the paramount issue in the last
campaign, but Cleveland, while pre-
sumably opposed to imperialism, did
not feel interested enough to say sin
gle word in support of the Democratic
ticket. His association with the great
tinanciers was so close and SO constant
that that even war of conquest and
the imperllling of the republic could
not draw him from their embrace.
There is not single issue upon
which the Cleveland Democracy is pre-
pared to make a fight; and it's assump-
ton of the control IN the party would
be regarded as treaty of peace with
the Republicans on every important
question. If Mr.. Cleveland thinks that
the Democratic party isready to return
to the mire into which he left it, let
him announce his candidacy on any
platform he is willing to write and he
can not secure the delegation from a
single state in the union. IF his mod
esty forbids his own candidacy, let him
name a candidate who will agree to
make his administration like Mr. CIeve-
lands second administration, and he
will not have delegate in the conven-
ton. The dreadful dreams" which
disturb the exploiters and those who
grow rich by stock speculatlons are
entirely satisfactory to the rank and
file of the party and to the producers of
wealth generally; the party Will never
go back to the odious and odorous days
of 1899 96.-rhe Commoner.
Mina$voIa lIndov Honu0o