Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
CLEVELAND BOOM
REPUBLICANiZED DEMOCRATIC
NEWSPAPERS MAKING 1T
And the Ready Assistance They Receive From
Their Allies Of 1890 and 1900 is Remark
able, To Democrats His Name is Dis.
tasteful. and They Will Name Their
Standard Bearer in 1904.

The Brooklyn Eagle, in launching the
Cleveland boom. says: "He is today
regarded as the only man who could beat
Theodore Roosevelt This reduces the
case to those who would like to beat Mr..
Roosevelt and those who would not. He
can be beaten by Grover Cleveland, in
our present opinion. but he might not be
BY any o her democrat. Therefore, those
who would not have Cleveland, may. by
the support OF any other democrat, fail to
beat Mr.. Roosevelt, and would thereby
contribute to Mr. Roosevelt's re cleo
ton
How pleasant it must be to he able to
settle questions SO easily. The Eagle
fist decides that Mr. Cleveland is the
only man " no could beat Mr.. Roosevelt,
and having settled that it proceeds to
brand as men desiring the election OF Mr..
Roosevelt, all who oppose its decree.
And this from a paper that helped TO
elect Mr.. Mckinley The democrats
who have been loyal to the party answer
the Eagle in two ways: In the first
place, they deny that Mr.. Cleveland
would be a strong candidate. In 1894,
after two years of experience, the people
repudiated his administration and elected
a republican congress by an enormous
majori y. What reason have we to be.
lieve that they would treat him more
kindly now? Two years later, in 1896,
he left the democratic party and threw
his support. nominally at least, to the
Palmer and Buckner ticket, and that
ticket not only failed 70 carry single
state or county. but actually carried but
one precinct in the United States. and
that was not a large precinct, but an OBJ
-cure frontier precinct in western Kansas
where there were but six voters in the
precinct, and the Palmer and Buckner
ticket only received three out OF the six.
What was there IN the result Of that con-
test to indicate that Mr.. Cleveland
would be popular today?
II it is said that Mr.. Cleveland's friends
voted the republican ticket instead Of the
Palmer and Buckner ticket, will that be
urged as an evidence that he would he
come a popular democratic candidate {?
Ii Mr.. Cleveland's friends voted the re-
publican ticket in order to carry out his
wishes, why don't they secure his nomi-
nation by the republican party? Why
don't they boom Mr.. Cleveland for the
vice presidency on the Roosevelt ticket :?
Or, if that would not be acceptable, why
don't they have Mr.. Morgan arrange
with Mr.. Roosevelt to lun for vice presi.
dent with Mr.. Cleveland as the repubii-
can candidate for the presidency?
They seem to be very much afraid that
the business interests Of the country will
be disturbed by real battle between the
people and organized wealth. Surely a
combination between the friends OF Mr..
Roosevelt and the friends OF Cleveland
ought to settle the matter entirely, if
both are as popular as their friends say
they are.
1t is absurd in the extreme to mention
in connection with the democratic nomi-
nation a man who, in the two last cam.
palgns, did not support the ticket and
any one would see it who lad any knowl.
edge Of democratic voters O, any sym.
pathy with democratic principles.