The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-10-24
CLEVELAND OUT OF POLITICS,

CLEVELAND OUT OF POLITICS.,
No surer indication of the fact that
Grover Cleveland is out of politics
could be given than the fact that Re-
publican newspapers are now violating
good taste and disgusting the public
conscience by excessive praise of him.
NO candidate for the Presidency, en-
cept perhaps Samuel j. Tilden. suf-
fcrcu more cllumny and abuse than
did Grover Cleveland. He was held
up before the public during the cam
paign of 1884 as Il man of immoral
character, and during the latter part
of his career was charged with enrich
ing himself at the public expense
Last week Mr.. Cleveland made Il
speech in Chicago before Il commercial
organization. The speech was sound
thoughtful. and patriotic. Just such
Il speech as the country expects from
Cleveland. just such IL speech us
Cleveland has often delivered before.
But the reception accorded that speech
by the Republican press of the coun-
try WAS very different from that
which would have been accorded to it
eight years ago. The New York Sun.
which once upon Il time gave up
most of its editorial page to the abuse
of the STUFFED Prophet" has this to
say of Mr.. Clevcland's latest appear
ance: There is Il general philosoplic,
as we'll as an immediate political, i'll
tcrest in these and other evidences of
public confidence in Mr.. Cleveland"
The Chicago Tribune, which under the
control of Medill was the Interest OPP
ponent of Cleveland in the West. now
says: Though Mr.. Clevelands adj
dress was nearly all politics, it was
clean, dignified, honest patriotic poll
ties. 1t was the politics of the states
man, not of the partisan. 1t was poll
tics which will not interest profession
i'll politicians. faction leaders or par
tisan trimmers; perhaps, indeed, they
may fail to understand what he
means, but which should interest patri-
Otto men of all parties. 1t was the poll
tics which was necessary to clean,
honest, incorrupt government, and
which must prevail if the peace, good
order and prosperity of this country
are to continue. Mr.. Cleveland's def
milton of politics is admirable. There
is abundant room for intelligent party
activity, but this activity must be
clean and interrupted, sincere in it's
it's purposes. and honest in the affairs
of it's people, Few better men could
be found to advocate this kind of poll
tics, which makes for good citizenship.
than Mr. Cleveland, for he has prac
ticcl what he breaches. 1t will he
conceded even by his enemies that he
has never consulted cNpedicncy. but
has acted upon what he believed to
be right. This much ut least is due
To Mr. Cleveland"
According to the Chicago Inter
Ocean every third man on an aver
age" expressed to Mr.. Cleveland the
hope of having III opportunity to vote
for him again. What does this indi-
cate? II shows cOncl,lsivcly that in
the opinion of those Republican news,
~ i1,l
candidate for the Presidency. If there
was any likelihood of Cleveland being
again nominated by the Democrats the
press would not he so full of praise
for him. The Republicans are now
treating Cleveland in the same way
they treated Mr.. Tilden in his last
years. Tildrn suffered greater po-
liticnl WRONGS ut the hands OF his OPP
ponents than almost any other man.
thinker and the ahlcSt practical states
man of his genera ton. He was the
wiscSt American since jefferson" 1t
is pretty generally admitted on all
sides now that Tildcn was robbed of
the Presidency. When the Republicans
had robbed Tildcn, they turned on him
and sl,ndcred him. They said he was
Il bad man and that he had attempted
to buy the Presidency. They COM
mcnccd Il suit against Tilden alleging
that some fifteen years before he had
made Il false income tax return. They
kept that suit pending until there was
no longer any possibility of Tilden
heing Il candidate for Presidency, then
they dismissed it. AS soon as Tilden
was out of politics his enemies began
the most fulsome and eXtravagant
praise of him. On the same principle
Clevcand's enemies are now trying to
atone for their past abuse of him.
Cleveland is out of politics.
John Morley has again entered pub
lie life in England. He has appeared
as the opponent of Chamberlain and
, his tariff ideas. Mr.. Morley is prob