The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-15
MIR. CLEVELAND IN CHICAGO
SUGGESTS 4 REMEDY FOR COR-
 RUPT POLITICS.
People Must be Given something That wnI Concentrate Their Common Af- fection and Solicitors Care for the country's Good-Necsssity of Every Citizen Doing His Part to Make Po- Iiticai Action What It should Be.

Citizen Doing His Part to Make Po-
 Iiticai Action What It should Be.
 Chicago, Oct. 14.-"Give to our people something that will concentrate their common affection and solicitous care and let that be their country's good; give them a purpose that stimulates them to unite in lofty endeavor let that purpose be demonstration of the efficiency and beneficence of our popular rule"
 This was the solution offered by for mer President Grover Cleveland, as a remedy for corrupt politics, in speech before the members of the Commercial club at it's annual banquet given at the Auditorium hotel to-night. The sub- ject discussed by MT. Cleveland was American Good Citizenship" and he dwelt at length on the necessity of every citizen doing his part to make political action what it should be.
 This is the first time in eight years that MT. Cleveland has visited Chicago. and he received an enthusiastic recep- ton by the two hundred banqueters when he appeared at the speakers ta- ble. Mr Cleveland said, in part:
 As understand my situation, am under bonds to keep thespeace, if pos- sible, by eschewing politics in the few words shall speak tonight; and I hope I may fulfill the condition of my bond and avoid disturbing those most suspicious of my conduct if I deal with that old, old topic, American Good Citizenship
 We ought not to be badgered and annoyed by the preaching and exhorta- tions of restless, troublesome set of men, who continually urge upon us the duty of active and affirmative partici- patton in public affairs. Sometimes, when conditions grow to be so bad po- becomes necessary. goodly number of us actually devote considerable time and effort to better the situation.
 If good men are to interfere to make political action what 1t should be they must not suppose they will come upon an open field unoccupied by an oppos- ing force On the ground they have neglected they will find host of those who engage in politics for personal ends and selfish purposes, and this ground cannot be taken without hand to hand conflict The attack must be made under the banner of disinterested good citizenship by soldiers drilled in lessons of patriotism. They must be enlisted for life and constantly on duty.
 T am by no means uninindful of the extent to which the American people are, in certain sense, governed by parties, and I am quite willing to con- fess strong party allegiance. speak tonight of something broader and lof- tier than partyof a higher law under whose sanction all parties should exist and by whose decrees all parties should be judged would have the mass of our voters 50 constantly impressed by this law, and so insistent upon it's ob- servance, as to force upon the managers of party organizations the necessity and expediency of its recognition. Within the limits of this law of patri- otic American good citizenship there Is abundant room for intelligent party ac- tivity; but this activity must be clean and interrupted sincere in it's inten-' tions. frank in the declaration of its purposes and honest in the affairs of ths people,"