Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15

8, 900, 600 votes-and he was elected at
all only because of Rev. Burchard's famous
deliverance as to the "three RS" In
1888 he was beaten out of his boots by
Harrison on his record during the first
term. In 1892 the Democrats could have
won with cigar Indian after the Homstead
riots. In other words, Mr.. Cleveland
was the beneficiary of an accident on both
occasions when he was elected and on the
one occasion when he ran on his record he
was defeated.
Undoubtedly the Democrats were
chumps when they renominated and re-
elected Hon. Grover Cleveland, and had
they been less chumps the Democratic
party would probably be in power today.
The Democrats we're chumps in renomlna-
ting him because they had seen during
his first term how arrogant, stubborn and
cold.blooded he was and accordingly how
untitled to be a party leader. They paid
the penalty the chump usually pays. Be-
fore Mr.. Cleveland's second term was two
years old he had put himself at logger
heads with Congress, split his party into
factions and had sowed the seeds of dis
cord and dissension to degree that has
made his party practically impotent as
force in national affairs ever since.
Of course, we do not expect these things
to weigh with the Cleveland worshlppers,
but they are facts of political history and
the good of the party requires that they
shall not be forgotten. Just as the pangs
of indigestion are often mistaken for the
pangs of conscience, so Mr.. Cleveland and
his followers have mistaken his opinions
for principles. Norfolk Virginian- Pilot,
The Pilot is opposed to turn the sarcasm
Of the Times upon it, and claim in all
earnestness that the Democrats were
really wooden-heads for ever nominating
Mr. Cleveland for President, The Times
might reply in kind, and assert with much
force and truth that the Democrats proved
themselves to be chronic chumps by twice
nominating and supporting Mr.. Bryan
upon platform of yagaries of which the
most of them are now ashamed.
The Pilot assails the record of MIR.
Cleveland, and asserts that he "put him
self at loggerheads with Congress, split his
party into factions and sowed the seeds of
discord and dissension to degree that
has made his party practically impotent as
force in national affairs ever since"
In all fairness, the Pilot should admit
that the real ground upon which MIR.
Cleveland made split with the Demo
cratic members of Congress was the fool
ish free. silver doctrine, which the party so
earnestly espoused in 1896 and 1900 under
the leadership of Mr.. Bryan.
To make the chump record complete,
the Pilot will only have to admit that
Organism and free silver made more
complete rupture in the Democratic
ranks than Cleveland ever did, and that
the Democrats who wOrshipped Bryan in
1896 and 1900 now scorn him as heartily
as they do Cleveland.
1t is very ridiculous in the Pilot to ad-
NIT that the Democratic victories of 1884
and 1892 were accidents and that Mr..
Cleveland was the beneficiary of an &C
cident, and, then, charge that he "has
made his party impotent as a force in
national affairs" According to the ad
missions of the Pilot the party was i'm
potent when it won its accidental vic
tories.