The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-28
cLAREsBuRG, W, VA, DEC. IS, 100;
rHAr CLEVELAND coNsp1RAcY.

Now comes the announcement thai
there is a conspiracy to nominate Grover
Cleveland for the presidency. The con.
spirators are said to be Tammanyites,
other Democrats, Wall Street and Anti
Roosevelt Republicans. The first named
are a disgrace TO American patriotism,
honesty and civilization, The second
named have not had the confidence Of
the public for many years, when it comes
TO the administration OF governmental
affairs. The third class Of this conspira-
ey is composed of INSCRIPTIONS gamblers
Of the biggest order. Their robberies ar,
not of the littleness found in the opli
nary gambling room and not within such
small limitations, but, to the contrary
their speculative tricks affect the ma
ton and in large measureS frequently
ruin the country. The last named per,
sons, if there be such, are evidently those
who do not believe in individual oppor-
tunity for every one OF the eighty mil.
lions Of people who compose the nation
and make it What it is.
Grover Cleveland went out Of oflice
thoroughly dctestcI by all men. 1t wa.
charged Of, him that he sold the nation
for cold cash and then pocketed The cash.
S'his has never been successfully rcfutcd
in fact, but few have undertaken til,
task. His administration was pronounc.
ed a national disgrace by his own purity,
He had party enemies without number
but hatred toward this man was
not confined to his party, whom ii /, IL
serted he betrayed, but wos cntertainrd
by all classes and condition of our eli
zenship. The awful suHcriugs men en-
dured under his regime, The torturcs d
starvation, exposure and privation made
men, women and children bitter toward
him. The mere child was taught to re.
gard his name with repul-on and lila
gust. All mankind, as it were, Thought
Of him as one responsible for thc great
est period of want and poverty md Dis
tress known within the nations oyist.
cnce. 1t was, indeed, relief, long and
lcryently prayed for, when he quit lhc
presidential chair.
This man has done nothing since TIA.
time to redeem himself or 10 show thai
he is other than he was then. In larg
measure he has been sulking, not eve!
having the manhood to express himself
on party questions, or to say that tncy
were right or wrong. So silent was h.
that his own knew not where he stood
and some believed that he deserted tho
party that had made him, and voted with
the opposition. The leader Of Denoc.
racy 50 charged. His denial was 50 faint
that but few recolect it, ii he made Il.
There has been nothing in his life since
toconvince the nation that he has chang.
ed There has been no development oil
character--he was already too old foi
that-nothing to show that he has ctpl,
bilitics he had not then, There il no tea
son to believe that Ms course in the pres
idental char world be dirercn; tAla b
fore, no foundation for the beliei tia
he would not bring the country to the
same awful condition.
The present movement, it is stated, is
inspired by the monied class, II is true
that he proved himself a tool for some
OF that particular element, when he was
in power, but his official life, or rathe,
The last term, was far from advantageous
to capital and capitalists. There was
panic everywhere. Industries were paral.
wed. Mills were closed. Products found
no demand, General stagnation rcigned, |
The situation was beyond the descrip
ton of human pen. The awfulness of the
err can not be told.
With such a record the Telegram is
constrained to ask the question whether
there could be such a change in the spirit
oil the country's progress. Can it be true
that men who control the great manu-.