The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
Letters to the Editor.
The Man to Lead.

Editor The Advertiser:
 Will you permit very staunch ad- mirer of Grover Cleveland space in your editorial columns to express his views as to his nomination in 1904. 1t seems nothing short of miraculous to an observ- CT of politics for rhe past seven years that the suggestion of Gro yer Cleveland's s name should produce the sensation that II has at this time and 1 can account for 'it only by the fact that those who have been his bitterest en smies have awak- ened to his true worth as a leader. pa
 tri 1t and statesman. Those who now op- pose his nomination are not opposed to him because they doubt his honesty, his integrity, or his eminent fitness and the only reason they give TOT not nominat- ing him is party expediency. They ar que that tt ;s inexpediept from a party standpoint to nominate him for a third term and they cite the case of Wash lngton, who .'efused a third term nomi- nation and Grant who desired 1t. but could not obtain 1t. There is no compar- ison whatever in the present case and their cases There has been a sentiment against three successive terms and not unreasonably so. because a President might use his office during his second term to further his nomination for a third term and there is logic in the argument
 There could be nothing said against Cleveland on that score, because four years intervened between his first and second administrations and there would be an interval of eight years between the second and third administrations. The third term argument would be all non- sense. The American people know Cleve- land. They have tried him under the most trying circumstances and he has stood the ire and come out untarnished. One with less courage of conviction than he would have made very grave blum ders during the last administration par ttcularly but his wisdom is now appreci- ated as never before. He is greater man today than ever before and nothing shows this any plainer than his dignified conduct since retiring from the Presi- dency. His bitterest enemies in the past now respect and admire him and would be glad to have another opportunity of voting for him. He has been tried and not found wanting" and if he should not be elected, no living Democrat could be elected His greatest strength in the two victories we have won with him has been in his ability to control the inde- the elections in the last two or three years have shown a large increase in the independent vote. I confidently be- lieve that with Grover Cleveland as our nominee we could win in 'S94. As The Brooklyn Eagle says his nomination would settle all disputes as to the mean ing of the platform, as he would be the platform. If we should nominate him and did not ele t him, would we be in any worse condition as Q party than we now are? Those Bryan men who sup ported hJm on the free silver issue could support Cleveland consistently because with free silver no longer an issue, one good Democrat would be as good to carry out the platform as anoth,r. If we did not elect him, we would strengthen our selves as a party -ecause his nomination would mean return to the true Dem- ocratic faith which we must do before we ever attain another Democratic victory. If 1t meant nothing alse, 1t would mean renunciation of the fallacies of 1896 and 19OO and this would be beneficial to us and put us In better fighting position next time, The further we get from Bryanism the better for us and the nom- ination of Cleveland would mean that. In other words. the nomination of Cleve- land would mean what the nomination of no other man would mean and in nominating him it would be all to gain and nothing to lose. Let's nominate him again and I truly believe that he will lead us to victory and If we lose with take it philosophically and make up our minds that no matter who might have been nominated the result would have be en the same. Democrat.