The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-02
SATURDAY, MAY MAJ, 2, 1908 1908
rs 8CLEVELAND AN "IMPOSSl-
rs. 4 BILE CANDIDATE p

Is8s, The Brooklyn Eagle has lent It's power
II and prestige to the Nfurtherance OF q De- s.
q nland for Mr.. Clevelands denomination
IN 1901, but the Worlds Work has taken Ell
ii al, + exactly opposite view Of the ease case
Il IN its editorial mention, World 9 Work 't
h says that III anything be certain ain y, N
Il politlcs It As certain that no man can
II 81 elected President who has twice held held
\ that office. Furthermore, says the
4 worlds Work, rev things are more Ger e''
tain that the appropriately Of Me- cleve-l
& land among the managers ct his own
II party Although he Is the only Democrat re
ii thnt has occupied the White House IN
more than forty years, and although ne ne
~ f.as made permanent. place for himself
= in our history, his party would not not now
" have him, Tor the Southern Democrats,
though they have drifted away from
N nsryan. have not drifted back to CleyeT
Il land.,, Finally In the opinion or TINS
II ma gnzne Mr.. cleveland's own conduct '911' ''!'
has not revealed anything that would I'M.
\ DIV that he would become n candidate
again In commenting upon these va "a
rlo,ls reasons for concluding that Mr..
4 Cleveland Is on impossible suggesttlioln'1'$
world 8 Work sums the whole thing up
n 81 saying sit has been proved that no
was the best candidate that his party
has had In half q century,; but the talK
Of him as a candidate again argues q
2paucity Of mon that is unbccoming the
great party to which no belongs"
IA There can be no doubt that there IS @
8 strong sentiment that Mr. Cleveland lalleI
q cannot be considered for a third term,
but It IS by no means certain that un-5&
N popularity with party managers is SUI
acient reason Of itself to lose any ono
1.-THE election. Not to be able to control
"A the machine may deprive a man of the
nomination. and In Mr.. Cleveland's case
at may we'll make him impossible, but
~ once nominated 1t Is tho people and not
the party managers who elect. The votes
u that make Presidents for this country
are cast by that great body OF people
who are inspired by those words with
u which Mr. Cleveland closed his address
Il at st. Louis on Wednesday:
SS3l.s.s."Let U.s. he said. appreciate more
keenly than ever how vitality necessary
d 1t Is to our country's veal that every
one within Its citizenship should be clear
Il minded in political aim and aspiration.
Il sincere and honest In his conception or
our country's mission. and aroused to
4 higher and more responsible patriotism
by the reflection that 1t is q solemn thing
to belong to people favored of God.
The Brooklyn, Eagle says that Cleve-
land is the. only man who can beat
/. Roosevelt 1t is interesting that imme--
4 diately after that article appeared these
two men met in the city OF St. Louis,
In the State Of Missouri, the hot-bed OF
& etonelsm and Organism, yet our, staff
correspondent says that Cleveland got q
tremendous ovation, and the old familiar
slogan Of -Four more years OF Grover"
was again heard In the land. We do not
believe that anything short OF a political
miracle could put Mr. Cleveland In the
White House again, but the days Of
miracles arc not past-in politics.