The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22


|iabored for corruption during the last eight \
years no objectio.1 CEN be ruade 70 him on
the score OF personal cftar1ct or. II Ihn
Convention decide that the judicial qualify
Is the one which prudence and patriotism
suggest for the most effectlve Opposition
to jingolsm and swashbuckllng, BIO IL an
almost Ideal candidate.
The Mar from st. Louts.
II the lssties should be simply reform
In administration, the exposing OF wrong
and the pursuit and conviction OF wrong
doers. the man who has won national fatns
as prosecutor In st. Louis seems 60 pos
sess every quality necessary to insure suc-
cess His record Is absolutely unique. so
Tar as know, In the history OF the coin
try. I1c Is a ,eforincr OF singular ell
cheney. and at tho same time a politician
OF consutninata skill. while as reformer
and politician no has been successful In e
an extraordinary and almost bcwildering
degree. Refnrmcrsi have hcen numerous.
but no other, to my knowledge, has ever
been equally successful In fighting rogues
In the criminal courts and In the political
| primaries. t III M
Refotmers who are really anxious to end y
wrongdoing have always been numerous.
Reformers who have undertaken to prose-
cute crime In tho courts have not been
/ few Refor7ners who have succeeded In &
obtaining convictions are rare. though moi
wholly unknown. But the only man, 50
/ far as know, who has pursued criminals 1
in the courts to conviction and at tins
same time has fought them euccessfully
at the primaries who has actually sue
ceeded In dislodsing them from the politi.
scal control In which he found them ana y
Enssn1nins that control himself. Is tho pros
fecutlng attorney of ST. Louis.
That he has vindicated Justice IN ths
/ courts would have been highly credltablo,
but that no has actually enthroned It IN
control OF n political party 80 completely
4 that delegates charged with the task OF
rewardirg its champion by nominating him
to the highest Office In the Commonwealth &
Twill dominate tho State Convention OF
Missouri almost unanimously Us an event
unprecedented In the history OF pontl 50
\ far as know. and fraught with the prom.
Iise of measureless benefit to the people OF
1.-The whole country.
/ Moral Fibre of the People.
The moral fibre OF the American people
has always been sound. The virtuous have
la ways been in the vast m al GRITTY, but their
very superiority has tended to make their
4 employment the most extensive and there
/ FIRE the most exactng, while the less
worthy whose time was less valuable, ~
devotlng Il wholly to politics, have man-
aged to influence largely, II not to dorni-
1 nate, the management Of both political
parties. 3
The man who can enttrone the vtrtuous
elem ents OF his party In the control Of It's
management will not be without lmitators
in the other party. II the country at largo
should show it's approval OF his course By
bestowing on him the supreme honor of
the Presidency.
II both political organizations were man
aged and controlled by the best element Of
each the effect on, government would DO
/ vrn,, ho1 a aSo y
Its Foundation would have acquired a now
security, Its flag new glory, its prosperity
an extent which at this moment no man
can conceive. 5s5gi
It would be an Inspiring spectacle to see
the republican candidate who makes 4
practice OF denounclng political boodlers
between elections, but employs and uttliHss
and courts them at the primaries opposed
by man who fights political boodlers at
primaries and sends them to State prison
between elections.
| II the delegates to st. Louis think that
abilities ofsthe highest order. nrmness abb
solutely unswerving. courage absolutely
undaunted, patriotism absolutely unselnsn,
experience wide, ripe, successful are tho
qualities necessary to make candidacy
snccessful, the embodiment OF them all Will
be ted to It's attention by the dele
/ ga ton from Massachusetts G8
4 Hard to Forqfpe Clepelard.
OF course there Is one man whose election
I would be absolutely certain, hut the OPP
position to his nomination is so strong
as to make 1t Impossible. The mon now
prominent In the management OF the party
have nearly all risen to prominence de-
nouncEg him. and OF course that makes It
/ almost impossible for them now to accept
A him as candidate. II the opposition WAS
based on anything he had said of them it
4 might be overcome. but II would be almost
4 superhuman II these gentlemen forgave
i Mr.. Cleveland the harsh things they have
4 said OF him. It isfvery easy to forgive my
nelghbor anything he may have said Of me.
but almost impossible to forgive him the
!, things I have said about him. or course,
Il 1t must be admitted that the existence Of
!. this opposition to Mr.. Cleveland in his
!, own party to some extent impeaches his
capacity for leadership.
;. Mr. Cleveland served two terms as Presi-
dent After the first he left thu White
. House with his party unanimously ana
enthusiastically attached to him After
the second he left the White House with
: his party infiamed against him with al
. most equal unanimity. served in Con-
gres. during half OF each administration
!, and enjoyed more or less intimacy with all
: its members. especially during the first
, half OF the second term.
Cleveland as an Obstacle.
From my observations, should say that
1 Mr.. Cleveiand's greatest quality Is not az
. a leader. but as an obstacle. II there were
now a prospect that the party should
obtain possession or both houses OF Con-.
rress. I should not favor his nomination
myself, because his second term showed
that he does not possess the qualities Of
encouraging men to cooperate with him
In affirmative measures OF LEGISLATION. and
this quality IS me very :. essence OF leader
in a Re government. This In
ability to control Or Mead LEAD h!s a.sHe,s.ss
!, ~ nav be the result Of his virtues-but
j without it he cannot lead POLITICAL party.
j Fla may be too good for leadership. but be
is not leader. I.
nurinr Mr. Cleveland's second term the
~ 80 issue which, II he did not create, he
certainty succeeded in bringing to the
erant vas almost hopele.sly disoredited
~, the divisions and dlssensions which
HI, party These are ,, Th1s
leader would Hay r.. SECOND adm,nistrat,on
aVe source OF defeat and disaster to his
I party. !, W