The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1903-05-14
A MELANGE Of LIVE TOPICS
Penned for Journal Readers
by a Local Scribe.
HIS POLICY.

HIS POLICY.
The Atlanta Constitution de-
clares that there is now strong
tendency to make Mr. Cleveland
the next Democratic nominee for
president. The facts seem to war
rant this conclusion and there is
no sort of doubt in view of Mr..
Cleveland's blandness upon the
subject as indicated III the inter
view with him as published in the
New York Herald that he is will
ing to he the standard bearer of
the party at the next election.
Mr. Cleveland is openly support
ed by the New York World, Her
aid, Brooklyn Eagle, and Indirect
ly by the Sun which latter paper
really started the boom for him
at the instance very probably of
Wall street headed by J. Pjerpont
Morgan. The writer mentioned
this fact three months ago when
the Sun so severely denounced
Roosevelt's message to Congress
and indirectly endorsed Cleveland
for the next president. The Sun
is quasi Republican paper and is
the representative of the CONNER
cial and monled interest of the
country. The papers mentioned
above are with the exception of
the New York Journal the most
influential ones III the United
States
The truth is Roosevelt is a stub
born, cratic and altogether unfit
person to administer the affairs
of great government like this,
where above all things level head
and GOODNESS and conservation are
necessary. The business interests
realize this fact and they will
therefore exert their influence in
favor of the candidate in whom
they have implicit confidence.
Without expressing an opinion as
to whether or no Mr.. Cleveland
will be the next president of the
United States 1t might be we'll
to enquire what would be his
policies if he should be elevated
again to the presidential chair.
From long knowledge of Mr..
Cleveland gained largely in Wash
ington where the writer was
government clerk during his ad-
ministration, we feel safe in say
ing that the first thing he would
do after taking his seat would be
to force Congress to abandon the
Philippine islands and probably
also Hawaii and Porto Rico. Dur
ing Mr.. Cleveland's first admins
tration the Americans in Hawaii
made desperate efforts to annex
the islands to the United States
but the president promptly frus-
trated their efforts. When Mr..
Harrison came into office the at
tempt was renewed and was aided
by the president who sent the
fraudulent treaty of annexation
t. the senate but before it could be
ratified Mr.. Harrison went out of
office and was succeeded by Mr..
Cleveland who as soon as he took
his seat withdrew the treaty from
the consideration of the senate.
Mr.. Cleveland's views III regard to
expansion outside of the bounds
of North American continent have
undergone no change since that
time, as it is evident from the
fact that prior to the last con-
gressional el%tion he inveighed
against our present policy in this
respect aid did the same thing in
his recent St. Louis speech. The
writer knows Mr.. Cleveland to be
a man who when he has once care
fully come to conclusion in any
matter is as firm as rock. In
view Of what General Miles said
about'the Philippines and of the
opinion of the correspondent of
the Loudon Mail that our occu-
patton of the islands he's been a
flat failure, evidently it would be
wise thing to abandon the
Philippines.
Paste this prediction in your
hat and ii Cleveland is elected see
if it is not verified.
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