Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-24
DEMOCRACY AND
CLEvELAND|SM.
sr,n Says the Fight is Now on
Between Them
THERE CAN BE NO HARMONY
.re. re secured Ills Nomination
a. 1891 by u secret Bargain WIN
P,uanciers Iiis other Sins

lincoln, NeD.i JuiV 80
% ~ J. Bryan from the Democratic
harmony dinner at New York is pretty
we'll explained by a statement given
ant by Mr. Bryan tonight commenting
0n ,he dinner. At the outset Mr. bry-
~ sovs there is no such thing as Demo-
asouc harmony where former President
ci.,.land is concerned. He says
~rhe banquet given on the evening OF
lime 10 BY the Tllden club Of New YORK
was advertised as harmony meeting
hut II turned out to be what might
have been expected Of such a gathering
an ovation to the chief guest former
nsr,ocrat Grover Cleveland. There
can be no such thing as harmony be-
tween men like him and those who be-
ueve in Democratic principles. and he
h frank enough TO say 50, lie spent
No lime looking for middle ground
~non which to gather together discord-
sp, elements. He boldly called upon
,be members of the party 10 abandon
their convictions and accept the con-
s,r,rtlon which he places upon Demo-
cratic principles. He even tainted the
Marty with being a sort Of prodlgal son
and invited II TO give up its diet OF
hisks and return TO its fathers house.
ne smoke of his retirement from po-
uneal activity and said. Perhaps
,bere are those who would define my
nositon as one Of Punishment instead
N retirement. Against this ! shall not
enter q protest. II Is sufficient for me
IN either case that | have followed on
the matters OF difference within our
Marty the teachings and counsel or the
great Democrat In whose name party
peace and harmony are tonight invoked.
No confession OF party sin should,
therefore, be expected OF me- have
none 10 make, nor do | crave political
absoutlon.
He not only boosted OF his course,
but put his brand upon those who sat
al meal with him. Having asserted
hat his Democratic faith compelled
him to leave the party Tor resulted in
his banlshmenO, he described the ban
Queters as sharing that faith.
oHe Is not only defiant, but he insists
that party success can only be secured
nN AL NIfll hHN hNbhNh lNAhliA " illF
ideas Harmony is to be secured, not
by the suppression Of differences, but
nv the elimination Of those who differ
frm him.
Mr. Bryan says he will print In his
paper Mr. Ceyeland's speech, to show
that the reOrganizers don't want har-
mony, but control, and that their con-
roI means the abandonment of the
party's position and a return 10 the
policy and practices of Mr., Cleye-
lands second administration" He con-
tnues
He iCleveland) secured his nomina-
lon In 1892 by a secret bargain with the
fnanclev this committee collected
from the corporations and spent tho
largest campaign fund the party ever
had, he filled his cabinet with corpora
ton agents and placed railroad attOr-
neys on the United States bench TO look
after the interests OF their former cli-
ents, He turned the treasury over to
Wall street syndicate. and the tinan-
eial member of his official family went |
from Washington to become the private |
attorney OF the man who forced the |
treasury to sell him bonds AZ 1916, and |
then resold them at III. He tried to |
prevent the adoption OF the income tax |
provision, he refused to sign the only |
tarln reform measure passed since the |
war, and while numbering against |
the trusts in his messages, did even |
less than Knox has done to interfere |
With their hlghhanded methods.
His administration. instead Of be- |
Ing fountain OF Democracy sending |
iorlh pure and refreshing streams. be-
came stagnant pool. from whose wa
lers foul yapors mose-polsonou 10 |
those who fingered near
Having debauched his party, he was
oHended by It's effort TO reform, and |
gave comfort to the enemy Virginlus |
Killed his daughter to save her chas-
MY Cleveland stabbed his party 20
tue,
And now stlll gloatlng over his po-
hucal crimes he invites the party to
return 10 him and apologize for the
contempt which II has expressed for
MN VIII II? Not until the principles
Jefferson are forgotten and the
works OF Jackson cease 10 inspire.
- II We are to have reorganization,
stYeland himself should accept the
PRESIDENTIAL nomination. Ii would be
uue NM MS reinstatement would be
pVvue Justice to him and retribution 10
, uYse whose Democratic conscience re-
svlleu against his UNI Democratic con-
uuvt VI course he would get no Dem
.uauc votes, but, being closer 20 plu.
Ouacy ihan any Republican likely to
" nominated, he might divide the
vIn.nS ana even Democrats would have
.snal htte consolation would come
advance. 'N''''''''''' ."
9r Cleveland's speech should be
, u tull Il answers useful pur-
~ ~, guillnf the plans OF campaign
, 1891 upon by the plutocratlc ele-
T ,'ns Tor which the reorganizers stand.
i ssr reform Is 20 be made the chief
W.p ana the men who voted for MIR.
~ r.Nluey The high priest of protection,
So e " VaIiy ON q sham battle Will their
, ,ai Of 1896, while the nnanciers
s a,sne 'le dollar redeemable in gold and
rsr".' 80" upon the country an asset cur
~, ana branch bank system.
isr sSs are 90 be denounced In sonorous
mor, ,s, Nhlie the campaign managers
nat sag me party to the trust mag
Son. return for campaign funds.
,o"r o''l'es Imperialism will be de-
corro as In Mr. Hopkins Illinois
CO. s,,,eul9h- sometimes ignored. tha seA
,,t enu silent power that can compcI1
elsrs ', ss, to the demands OF the fnar.
mag,s, u 10 the demands OF the trrss !
demsrT.S ,an compel submission to the
resen,a, S vi me explolters and the rep
,,' gr'hi,auVes Of mllitarlsm.
tscy ts ught Is on between a Democ-
CleyelsT't, means Democracy and
P,,,.,s,ahdlsm which means plntorracy
80 speech made by Mir ClevelanS
NJ o"s more clearly the odiousness Of
hsy.P y.'ces Tor which he stands. We
iG, more 10 fear from ,hoss WIN
Vsws" ,' hlli, indorse Mr.. Cieyeland's
''O'saous language" :"
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