Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-26

twice defeated. than Cleveland, twice
elected
|, at,,ars that Cleveland took goos
care of himself financially While in OF
fee, going. II is said from bachelor )
fiat TO millionaire in twelve years.
| do not believe Mr.. Bryan would have
done this Mr.. Cleveland should have
felt SO honored and so patriotic as to
have dctl'ned TO make money outside
of his salary 1t seems to me that
craftsmanship should have dictated
this course. George Washington serv-
ed his oou,,rv throughout the entire
revolutionary war and would not take
any paw for his services except his
personal expenses.
again repeat. if the rumor was true,
Nj E1van did exactly right in declin-
in9 TO sit at a Democratic communion
table with Grover Cleveland
J. w. CHANDLER.
Mr.. Chamber makes lot of asser-
tons that are groundless. and his only
authority for any of them is 1T is
said" very poor authority indeed, but
as good as the average Populist wants
Wen he engages in abuse of a Demo
cat. Mr.. Bryan and his Populistic al
Ties, probably including Mr.. Chamber,
ai,, ed Mr.. Cleveland unjustly and un-
n,e1icfully before Mr. Bryan was ever
dominated for the presidency. Mr..
.a.en. nor can he be censured for his
silence He was abused all through
the campaign by MI. Bryan and every
Populstc spellbinder in the country,
from California to Maine, and it was
quite natural that he evidenced no in
,erest in a ticket which was trying to
win bv abusing him Mr.. Cleveland
pubiicans. but stood in 1896 and 1900,
aud stands today, for the principles
enunciated by Jefferson. and upon
which principles he was twice elected
10 the presidency The platforms up
on which Mr. Cleveland was elected
were made by the Democrats in nation
al convention. and nobody has ever as
sailed those platforms except Repubi-
cans and Popuists. and to that eXten;
Mr.. Chamber is an ally of the Re
publicans Mr. cleveland has neve:
been the ally OF the Republicans, but
the Democratic party became the ally
of Populsm and all its heresies. Today
Mr. Bryan will not agree to support the
Nominees of the next Democratic ma
tional convention if the Kansas City
platform is not reaftirmed In fact he
asserted prior to the Chicago conven-
ton in 1896 that he would not support
the Democratic platform and nominees
il the platform did not declare for
the free coinage Of silver in the ratio
Of t. to /. Mr.. Cleveland did not die
tate lc is party what the platform
0,ust c. but accepting it as ii came
from the convention he made ,Wo win
Nug iigins ara in 1he administration.
If ,he III, sitlel g adhered strictly TO
e primo .l,cs Il the platform upon
" III II he WAS pinctCd
The statement that Nh Cleveland
Went into the Republican party to Sc
lect a member of his cabinet, refers
10 MI Gresham. of Indiana. who was
once a Republican, but had become a
De,aOcra; and Loyalty supported Mr..
tlevtiand and the entire Democratic
icket Mir. Chamber objects to Mr..
CleNplanG's S selecting an aX-Republi-
an ah0 has become loyal Democrat
for a cabinet place. but he endorses
lie democratic party in its action OF
selecting a Populist TO head the ticket
II 1896 and 1900 Mr.. Bryan is not a
Demo .ral LAY except as the party
ia.lales allegiance to his Populistit
lereSiCS.
Nj 10