The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-01

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CLEVELAND: NOMlNATED.
rhe 5Brooxlyn # II 1, wfnse editor, Mr..
McKelway,5s'so charmed thes3; people Of
Richmond during tho session IA hiss South.
ern Conference. Tor nd icatior@ II out in
& column ana IL half article, urging that
Grover Cleveland be nominated by the
Democrats for the Presidency next year.
1t declares that Mr.. Cleveland is the only
man who could beth III eoaoro Roosevelt.
and suys that this reduces the case to
those who would like to beat Mr.. Roose
vclt md to those WI Q would J, not 2, b.
II recognizes I al Cleveland has
many strong opponents5in the d ocrat'c,
party but thinks that this is more than
Offset by the fact that he has many
friends outside the Democratio party. who
would Join with the Democrats in elect
ing him I It. thinks also that MI. Cleve-.
lands election to the Presidency would
b. a public blessing. ~ Men would not go
to bed with anxiety or AXE up with up
prehenslon," says the Eagle. were Mr..
Cleveland again President Of the United
States, The function Of shock would be
retired from executive action. The capac-
ity for surprise would not BIO daily strained
to exhaustion, were he In office again.
Tho dangerous tendencies Of plutocra cy,
on the one hand, and Of proletariatisn, on
tho other, would be stopped BY the very
fact OF his Presidency. TO the Democratic
panty his nomination would mean rejuve-.
Fhation and to the country at large reas-
surance. It would FIX the confer of bus
iness. security abovesthe head Of the De-
mocracy. and afflict the new Republican,
ism with responsibility the cohorts Of
spoilattonS with whom II has been coquet-
ting ofelatc years:a. 9
Mr. Clcvelands public career Is unique.
During his first administration he was
easily tho most, popular man In the United
States, and In 1899 he was easily the most
popular Democrat-save with the politi-
clans. They did not like him because he
had his own way and frequently disre-
garded the advice Of the party leaders.
They said that he had no regard for the
party iinterests,san that no was a dan
gerous man for any party to adopt as
leader Therefore. theyffpsed their mighty
end eavors to defeat him, and at tho Chi
cugo Convention the New York delegation
| attacked him without mercy and used It's
LA, ~
nomination. But in spite Of all his the
Democracy Of the country had deter
mined that Mr.. Cleveland should be nom
mated 4 md he was animated Iard 7elected.
But before his administrator came to
an end he was not only: the most unpop-
ular hut tho most desplsed man In the
Democratic party or In the United States,
Those who had In other daye been his
best friends and most ardent supporters
turned to be his. bitterest enemies, and
heaped upon his devoted shaad their BIT
terest inyectiye, ~ ,,.s.;, yty iI
In the meantime Mr.. Cleveland went on
his way, nothing daunted, and after his
term expired retired to the shades OF
! Princeton, and has since led a quiet life,
never pushing himself to the front and
apparently shrinking from public notice.
Just how far the public tide has turned
| In his favor wo know not, but 1t has
turned In q measure and It may DO that
before the next Democratic convention
shall be held there will DO a strong de-
mand for Cleyeland's return To public
! life. But we 40 mot believe It, There
must be u great change In sentiment, not
to say u revolution. before Mr.. Cleveland
would DO an available candidate. There
ara many men In the Democratic party
who would rather SEQ the party igno-
mlnously defeated with some other man
| than to SEQ It win with Mr.. Cleveland
/ In the lead
Our brooklyn contemporary says that
| Cleveland Is tho only man who could de-
feat Roosevelt, and that this reduces the
case TO those who would like to beat
Roosevelt and to those who would not,
In tho present state OF the public mind,
however, there are many men In the Dem
| ocratic party who would not hesitate a
| moment between those two, but would
| Infinitely prefer Roosevelt to Cleveland.
Mr.. Cleveland ~ remarkable man and
/ theirs may be revolution OF sentiment
In his favor Within the next twelve
months, but nothing short OF civic OF
4 political miracle would bring this to pass
We think that MI. Cleveland has had his
day and we think that Mr. Bryan has had
his day. and we think that the Democratic
party SHOULD cast about for a new man
for q yir!le, vigorous, soul-stirring Dem,
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