New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-07
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CLEVEL4ND AND Parker.
Supporter of Former Surprised bg
His Endorsement of Latter.
= the Editor OF The Triburs

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Some days ago The Brooklyn Eagle" de-
voted column and a half OF eulogy and panegvric
10 Grover Cleveland which recalled to my mind
pisrselis words about Gladstone: "A sophisticaI
rhetorician inebristed wiki the exuberance of his
OWE verbosity-"
TIE object OF this fuIsone eulosv was of course
70 make readers feel that Clevelands Endorsement
ana approval OF Parker and Herrick ought 70 com
nand for them the suffrages Of the independent
voter: but ! do think it will have any such
effect Grover Cleveland has not raised up Parker
and Eerriek by his approval and Endorsement: he
has succeeded only IN lowering himself
voted three times for Cleveland but / would
never DO so again ] would never have supposed
that he would have come out with an Endorsement
of such & trimmer and wabbler as Alton B. Par
ker-a who says that he believes in the gold
standard. but who twice voted for the free silver
candidate and kept il secret until he thought he
could profit by making the fact known. and then
came out with letter in which he claimed credit
Tor the underhanded course he had pursued: man
whose intimate political associates have been
David 3. Hill. Elliot Danforth and other men OF
that stamp. who have heretofore been painted in
The blacklist colors by THE Post The Times -
The Eagle and the pretentious humbugs Of the
Parker Coppe-head Club. alias the Parker Const-
tuition Club; man who when the silver craze
threatened disaster TO the country. did not turn
hts hand around 10 aid those Democrats whose
patriotism WIS stronger than their partisanship.
and who rallied to the support Of the honest money
standard
Al this Cleveland has profsssed TO regard as
condoned bv Parker's gold telegraTn-eztorted from
him b. the threats Of certain New York pers
and rnsaifestly the only hope OF avoiding over
vbe.nling defeat. Nor would I have believed II
possible that Cleveland would express his approval
81 that disreputable Judge D. Cady Herrck; nor
did 7 suppose that he was an admirer Of that
pusfIanimous traitor. James Buchanan. whose
weakness and treachery cid SO much sggTayate
The gravest crisis in the affairs Of this Republic
Cleveland said recently that when he was young
he deliberately, ana after careful cOnsdera-
ticn. allied himself with the Democratic party.
whose principal aim ct that time and had long
extend Il into the free territories may be able
think we'll OF q man who today calls himself q
Democrat by reason of his views economic and
governmental quest ons but hardly OF a who
"a the DAYS when the great issue before the Aeri-
can people was human bondage o. human freedom
deliberately took sides for human bondage.
Cleveland approves Of the platform adopted by
RE Den1ocratic party al 81. Louis and TO be
convention. He thinks the Democratic party IS all
-iEht-in fact. much better than the Republican
party-but what the Democratic party really IS ne
ought 10 know by the experience which ne had
was constantly At with the Democratic leaders
in Congress and unable 10 carry through any
measure except with the aid Of Republican votes.
Now he Is on the platform denouncinE the trusts,
but while he was President he failed TO take
single step tnat hostile 10 them. Comparing
what re says this subject with what he DID
while hA President. only feel that what
- says Il nothing buJ partisan bUncornbe.
reputation IL he had remained in decent retirement
= the present campaign.
4 ROOSEVELT INDEPENDENT,
New-To-h Nov. 5. 1903.