The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-03
CLEVELAND BOILERS
Their Designs are for the
Presidents Chair.
Fayetteville Observer Presents Reasons for This
View and Quotes the Views Of the Norfolk
vrginian-Pilutto Sustain h.
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Fayetteville observer)
Having corruptly secured the defeat Of
the Democrats in 1896. the Republican and
Cleveland boilers were, in 1900, further
aided by the results of the Spanish war,
and their victory was repeated. Appa-
rently the free coinage of silver was the
milestone about the neck of the Demo-
crazy, but that issue was pretext used
to brighten capital invested in securities
dependent on the purchasing power OF
money The free coinage of silver was,
up to Cleyeland's time, a recognized ten
ct of Democracy There were other planks
in the Chicago platform far more dis
tasteful to the imperialstic conspirators
against our form of government, who
We're gathered under the Republican and
Cleveland banner-the i-government-
by-injunction and the anti Federal troops
planks, for example. The fact that the
Democratic nominee was a man who could
not be bought was the gravamen of the
Demoeracy's offending. We see constant
references in the Republican and Cleve-
land press to organs views and "Bry
ans platform" AIr. Bryan was not
even member of the platform commit
tee when the Chicago platform was for
mulated. That great chart of Demoeracy
was the outcome of the desires of the
overwhelming majority of the Democratic
party, expressed at their primaries and
county and State conventions. When the
platform was adopted it at once appear
ed that Bryan was the man best fitted to
stand on and defend it.
The systematic efforts that have been
made since 1900 to belittle Mr.. Bryan,
notwithstanding the admitted fact that
he will not be a candidate for nomination
next year, is but a convenient way of at
lacking the work at Chicago and Kansas
City of the loyal Democracy. Many of us
have been predicting that these efforts
were precursors of a movement to nomi-
nate Mr.. Cleveland in 1904, or. at the
least. some man acceptable to him. We
were laughed at, at first. The move
ment is on now. however, and without
much effort at concealment.
Under the head Tempting the Demo-
cracy," the excellent Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot has a stril ing article on this sub
iect, which we quote as follows
TEMPTING THE DEMOCRACY.
"Referring to the recent remarka-
bic course of the New York Sun,
which is generally supposed to re-
fleet the views of the Morgan group
of fnanclers, in turning upon Roose-
welt and comparing his record unfa-
vorably with that &c Cleveland the
Richmond News-L Leader says that the
charge has deep significance and prob.
ably means that the interests for
which the Sun speaks have decided
10 fe-HF h. fe
named by the Republicans. and are
preparing for a Cleveland boom and
revival
I'VE have held for some time the
view put forward by our Richmond
contemporary There is no question
that Cleveland would be acceptable
to the interests vaguely grouped I'M
der the term "Wall Street" There is
no question that those same interests
bitterly resent RooseveIts course in
the coal strike muddle and in the
Northern Securities case. No pains
, have been at any time taken to con-
eeal that fact. And, Of course, his
r. !nsistence upon antitrust legislation
at the recent session of Congress was
equally distasteful.
Again, look at the situation should
Cleveland be nominated and elected.
The Republicans have the Senate and
the men who control that body are all
friendly to the trusts. They have
nothing to fear. therefore, from hos
tile legislation before 1908. What
they do have reason to fear is an
Executive-whoever he may be-who
will make himself troublesome by in
sisting that the antitrust laws shall
be enforced. The amount of worry
that President bent on enforcing
the law could cause the trusts is
practically unlimited. Their only Sc
curity therefore lies in getting a man
in the White House who will let the
antitrust laws sleep. That accom-
plished, the trusts could fe assured
of safety from molestation for an
other four years.
cleveland is, of course, regarded
as a safe" man by the interests we
have mentioned. With him once more
in the Presidents chair the trusts
would be secure from attack by eth
er party and by either branch of the
government. They would have
friend in the Republican Senate and
a friend in the Democratic President,
and neither party would have control
of the government. Is it possible to
imagine a more snug position than
that?
"Also there are abundant indica-
tions that Cleveland is feeling his
way toward another nomination. He
has Indignantly denied that he is out
of active politics. His appearance at
sundry functions" and his deliver
ances thereat: his recent speech on
the negro question; his decision TO
feel the pulse of the west-a dozen
and one thing it were useless here to
enumerate indicate his tentative can
didacy
mo shrewder move than the trust
scheme to make Cleveland the Demo-
cratic nominee and elect him has ever
been Matched in American politics, if
such a scheme has been formed. It's
success would mean the death of the
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