New-York tribune., 1903-05-14
THE RECRUDEsCENCE OF CLEVELAND.
Why He Would Be the Easiest Candidate for
Republicans to Defeat.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.


Sir: Apparently there are occasionally Democratic
office seekers who interested in booming
Grover Cleveland for third term in the White
House. Those who inclined should make
a trip of SIXTY days through the South and the
West particularly. any part Of the coun-
try their fancy may take them. and while so do
ing interview the business men of the country
wherever they meet them. Being interested in the
packing business in California. my duties call me
across the continent once year and / come In
contact with wholesale grocers and bankers. who
known he a superior class of business men
everywhere. During the last year ! have taken
opportunity to draw out many Of them as to their
political views of the future. Particularly through
the South where generally speaking they have
always voted the Democratic ticket they will tell
you plainly they do not want to see change IN the
administration. Business men generally are pros
porous. There is a staple value to everything,
and they can see no object in turning the country
over IN the Democratic party, whose leaders sim
ply want office and the control of affairs, and who
to-day raking the country with a fine tooth
comb for any kind of issue that would driIt
them into power
Cleveland's issue would again be Free Trade
The prophet referred to is unlike the oldtime
Bourbon Democrat" who learned nothing ana
forgot nothing" but apparently has learned noun
ing and forgotten everything. 1s 1t possible that
Grover has forgotten the dark days Of 1871 no.
with its free "souphouses' closed factories. bank
rupt firms, out of employment walking the
street begging? I say. is it possible that he has
forgotten all this. and would launch out again and
drag the country from its pinnacle of prosperity
to-day and enguIf it again in the misery that ne
and his party guilty of during the years above
mentioned? The people. / you, Will not IN
fffty-nay, a hundred-years forget the deep wounds
which were inflicted during the tariff war III
the spring and summer of 1894. They want no more
of It, and I assure you. if the Republican National
Committee could persuade the Democratic National
Convention to nominate Grover Cleveland in 1904
for their candidate for President, they could weii
afford to present the Democratic National com
mittee with a liberal of money to make thls
nomination. for If ii was once made the RepuoH-
cans would not find it necessary to collect any
more campaign funds put forth any further
efforts elect President Roosevelt for the next
President. The people over the country VIII 90
the balance of the work and that would seItle o 1ne
question of four more years at least OF prosperous
business times. -, r,oo-. liz
party ever again to get into power when nine
tenths of the business men in the country VIZ VIZ
want again to see the old Democratic party IN
controf of our government? The Republican party.
unlike the Democratic party is not like drowning
man grasping at straws for an issue puI l.,
By its principles of protection for American manu-
facturers and American labor stan9ins 1 TOT Ei 4
sound currency insisting that every doHaI i sha.l q
be worth hundred cents. and on TINS pTlnclpie p
It is bound to VIII t9r or {ne rsbp and Under the
conditions above mentioned. The Democratic Party
the Republican party has grasped and Is he owner %
of these sound principles that nave maGg 'ns is
simply political and policy party for seeking
office and It cannot advocate the SOLID prlncipIes
Of the Republican party 1t must 40 soI9e1n fT,n ~
else which would TO reverse the engine %
progress ''haul down the flag" rip up the tarlIL;
resort to Is to l. some fool idea that Wo1Iu
demoralize the business OF every Dem0crat ana @ Ee
publican in the country; all for what mat d ie"
leaders might again get into office o.. ,,o+o
The American people cannot afford AGAIN % VIIe p
into power party whose past is marked py IHe
GRAVES Of dead issues. The people by tneIa t1
votes have buried in the past every issue the
Democratic party has fought for. and ten years
after the battle the Democrats themselves Were
ell orl,a mod nf
and died for. It required forty years for the the
Democratic party realize that Lincoln was
great The people OF the country have lea1Re4 qoi 7
great lesson from the terrible disaster thal I1i-
lowed the last Democratic administration Inc
West will be undivided in its support for me re re
n1blican nomination at the next national con-
Tention as most OF the States are now on RECORD
on this subject. While the Republicans VIII carry
Nevr-York State Illinois and Indiana IN the mex
Presidential election, President Roosevelt can De
elected without the electoral vote OF the three T
states mentioned. The people will see such raliy
Of the young American voters in 1S14 as VIII az
tound them for they proud Of their PresldeItl
nroud Of his courage, proud OF his honesty anu
proud of the manly strenuous example thaI ne l.
aaxbihiting every day of his life. -
Chicago May s. 1913 Of1Or@ST1 III A-'G'