The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1903-11-20
Cleveland Can Defeat the Ne
grOphi1e.

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If the Democratic people of the
United States are misled =. into be-
lieving that Arthur = German can
win as the presidential nominee IN
1904, they deserve to be tapped by
President Roosevelt for the sim
pies. Mr. German is not a nation
al man, but is intensely local His
sphere Of political influence il cir
cumscribed- Iact, it may be de-
nominated As almost municipal,
and would not reach beyond the
confines Of bis own State. The
fact is, that Mr.. Gorman's State
would be as loyal to any other
Democratic nominee on the presi-
Dental ticket as it would be to him
and properly belongs in the Dem
ocratic column. Ii - evident that
Maryland does not possess the ge-
ographical nor political locationto
furnish "A winning man on the
presidential ticket. and, if IT did,
Mr.. German would not be the man
He has too many derilictiOns OF
loyalty to- the party To answsr for,
and would exert no more Influence
in the pivotal States than Booker
Washington would over the white
voters of Mississippi. There Is
bat one man in the nation to day
that can defeat the negrophile
Theodore Roosevelt in the presi-
Dental contest of 1904 True, this
man does not measure up to the
Southern standard of Democracy.
but he is loyal to the Caucasian
blood that courses his veins, and
would not prostitute it to- give no
toriety or to perpetuate political
power. His views have not always
coincided with the party's IA ex-
pressed In the national platforms,
but time has. demonstrated the wis
dom of his craftsmanship. Ia the
two last campaigns. he differed with
his party on the money question.
advising that the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver was neither
polite nor practical. The defeat
of that measure and the present
prosperity of the country demon
that he was right, and no
should attach to a
for standing firmly by
his sconvictions where the welfare
of a nation is involved. The elec- |
ton of this man to- the presidency
in 1904 would violate the prece-
dent set 10y George Washington
when this nation was an infant-a
that has grown into a
sentiment that is neither compat-
ible with the present civilization
nor adequate to what may become
the needs of the country. George
Washington refused the presiden-
oy the third time because his per
sonal inclination and the emerg-
ency of the times demanded it, In |
that epoch. the governments of the
world were intensely despotic; the |
masses were groaning under the |
yoke OF tyranny, and the republi-
can idea. Tin opposition) that all
men were created equal and were
entitled to equal voice in self gov
ernment was radically emphatic.
These things determined the prece-
dent, and because of the venera-
ton for the man who set il, the |
has developed into "a
kind of national faith, and Is as
unobligatorv of observance to the
people to-day u the
heather law is TO the Christian.
The objection attaching to a
third term being removed, Grover
Cleveland presents the strongest
hope of a Democratic victory in
1904. He occupies the exclusive
ground to win on a Democratic
platform. His attitude on every |
question affecting the welfare of
all sections and classes of the
people has inspired
them with confidence regardless of |
party afiliation or sectional hat
red, and they will follow his lead |
to victory if he secures the nomi-
nation.
The Masons and knights of