Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-12-18
sKYAS oN CLEVELAND.

Just before MIR. Br,au sailed for
Europe he expressed the following
opinion OF Grover Cleveland:
IN his manifesto III last Sundays
World, MIR. Cleveland followed his u,ual
custom md re- fi"cted urou the. in
telligence. the Integrity and the sanity
OF those who SUPP orted the Democratic
ticket in the campaigns Of 1896 and 1900
the recent ele ctioL is a long step 'in
the direction OF sane Dsmocrac, = then,
according to Mr.. Clevelaud's opinion,
the party must have been ins,re when
it dared to differ frUm him.
n speaks or years OF our wandering
and forgetfulness OF party integrity
Unless by the word our he refers to
himself and those who joined him 10
opposing the Democratic party, he must
set himself up as a standard and bring
an indictment against the elk and Il half
million citizens who voted the DEMO.
cratic tickle while he joined with d HIM.
dred and thIrty-lwo thousand III sup
porting Palmer and Buckner. lie is,
however, probably tho only one OF the
hundred and thirty two thousand who
Is enough OF a pharisee to boast Of his
superiority and insult those who differ
from him 10y questioning their mental
and moral soundnsss.
1t Is hard to decide wht the such state
ments MS the one published inthe World
indicates an eg0tism that makes him in
different to the truth. Gn Ignorance tina
makes him incapable Of understanding
the truth, or IA moral Uhtuseness that
makes him ignore the truth.
The history Of the last ten years can.
not be blutted ont by his pompous and
self ~laudatory pronunciamentos. lie
secured his election in 1892 by prac.
ticIng n wilful deception upon the pub
lie. While in the campaign the tariff
question was the paramount issue, his
committee secured and expended the
largest campaign fund that the Demo =
cratic party ever had aud the fund was
secured by he promise Of legislation
that could not have been discussed in
advance Of the election without de-
t~eatine him.
-To carry out his bargain with Wal
street he made the White house the rem
devious OF eyndicates and exploiters ant
administered the treasury department
in Il manner that makes the record o.
the unjust steward Of Bible fame seen
parsinonious by comparison.
~Hls record as President WIS such {
stencil in the ~nostrls Of hns party that
even with the patronage OF that great
office and with the aid Of the none.
magnates whose treasures he enriche,
he could not secure an endorsement
from the convention. Iu the campaign
following, when Democracy was engaged
in Il gigantic struggle with plutocracy
he formed the salaried officers into
band Of Hcssians and attacked the rcaI
OF he Democratic party while the Re
publicans waged war from the front.
"When the election was over he wa
the chief figure at a hIgh-puced banque
and gloated over the defeat ot the part,
that raised him from obscurity tn fame
Since that time he has lost no oppor
tunity tn stand in sight of the public
beat his breast and proclaim his politi
cal superiority,
ala has done more business on les.
capital thar my who has ever occupied
80 high an Office. II his Democracy wer,
capitalized at his own estimate ana
then. measured by the teachings Of
Jefferson and JacksOn,i ii would make the
water logged enterprises OF the trust
promoters seem bona fide and honor
able. This is a cODsei rative estimated
his political worth. But l am jus
leaving America md haven't time To dc
the eubjeci justice. | may enter int
the matter more ut length when J re-
turn"