The Irish standard., 1902-06-28
DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.

DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.
The two wings of the Democratic
party realize that harmony is sine
qua non in order to achieve victory in
the fall campaign. Without harmony
the party is doomed to inevitable de-
feat. 1t is for the purpose OF promot-
ing harmony among the leaders Of the
Democratic party that the banquet Of
the Tilden club was given in New
York last week.
Prominent Democrats, including
Mayor Tom johnson, of Cleveland,
Ohio, and William J. Bryan, of Lin
coin, Neb., were invited as guests to
the banquet, but not as speakers.
Both failed to attend. The only orators
were eX-President Cleveland, of New
Jersey, and ex-senator Hill, of New
York. The speech Of Mr.. Hill appears
Oh the first page of the Irish Standard.
1t has the right Democratic ring to it
and deserves the careful consideration
of our readers.
The polysyllabic platitudes of Grov-
er Cleveland were not calculated to
produce harmony in the party OF JEFF
fcrsOn, Jackson and Bryan. The tone
Of his address was irritating to the
Democrats OF the country who made
two campaigns without any assistance
from him.
In 1896, after doing his best to bring
on Il financial panic by the repeal Of
the Sherman act, he stood aloof from
the party that twice elected him to
the presidency and cast his influence
with the Republicans. In 1900, when
Imperialism was the paramount issue,
he kept as mute as Il sphinx when
such Republicans as Harrison and
IIoar rose above party and disap-
proved Of the Mckinley policy of con-
quest and subjugation. When Richard
Olncy, his famous secretary of state,
attacked the "syndicated presidency"
Grover Cleveland went fishing and
gave not one word of cheer or encour-
agement to the advocates of true
AmercanSm.
| Therefore the following paragraph
from dis speech ut the Tilden club bal
quet is nothing but empty sound:
only days of political activity are
past; and shall not hereafter assume
to participate in party councils. l am
absolutely content with retirement; but
l still have one burning. anxious po-
litical aspiration. | want to see before
die the restoration to Eer;e, health
and supremacy of that u ,cracy
whose missi"n it is to bless the people
Il Democracy true to itself-untlmnt-
ed by clamor-unmoved by the gus;s
OF popular passions and interrupted
by offers of strange alliancc-thc De
mocracy Of patriotism--the Democracy
Of safety-the Democracy of T,lden,
and the Democracy that deserves and
wins success"
William j. Bryan is naturally OPP
posed to Cleveandism in the Demo-
cratic party and has no hesitation in
saying what lie thinks of the fish T.
man Of Gray Gables. whose antngon-
ism he encountered in two campaigns.
In an interview at Lincoln, Neb., Mr..
Bryan said Of the 'stuffed prophet:
"He secured his nomination in 1892
by secret bargain with the financ.er
his committee collected from the cor
porations and spent the largest cam
paign fund the party ever had; he
filled his cabinet with corporation
agents, and placed railroad attorneys
on the United States bench to look
after the interests of their former eli
ents.
Gle turned the treasury over to a
Wall street syndicate, and the financial
member of his official family went
from Washington to become the pri,
vate attorney of the man who forced
the treasury department to sell him
government bonds at 1O5 and then re-
sold them Mt III. ...
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