The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-08

RO0ScvelG Will get Jno hepuDllcan NOM
ination without a contest.
The greatest interest centers in the
Democratic nomination. Now that
Mr.. Bryan has been eliminated, some
are discussing the popularity and adj
visibility of Grover Cleveland or some
one Of his principles. Below are a few
quotations on that question.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Sunbeam, March 25th.
Grover Cleveland celebrated his sixty
seventh birthday last Friday and finds
that in the sunset of his life he is more
popular and stronger with the people
than he has ever been in his career.
This seems strange, considering that
he was twice the victor in hard fought
contests for the presidency and natural
ly received the acclaim always awarded
such a victor. But the bitterness with
which he was formerly assailed by the
opposition press and orators seem to be
completely stilled, and he is now prais-
ed and spoken of in the highest terms
by the very people who formerly show
cred on him the foulest abuse. Eight
years ago no more unpopular man could
be found among those who called them
selves Democrats, but our party has
come to regard him as it's wisest states
man, and Republican journals are prais-
ing him to the disadvantage of their
own party's president. 1t is an in
stance of the Cleveland luck that the
Ex-President lives to note these changes
in public sentiment. To most men
public acknowledgment Of their vir-
tues and value to their country only
come after they are dead.
CLEvELAND'S BETRAYAL.
w. j. Bryan in his speeches the past
winter has discussed the need of a NOR
al issue. He has said:
81 believe it is possible for the demo-
cratic party to win, and not only that,
but for the democratic party to win a
victory that means something for the
American people. You ask me how it
can be done? Here is a plan: When
ever a democratic official betrays his
trust do not apologize for him; brand
him and drive him out of the party and
make him join the republican party or
go off alone. They cannot investigate
b0odling in a city now without catch
ing democrats in the net; they cannot
investigate boodling in a legislature
without gathering in democrats; they
cannot investigate boodling anywhere
but what they find some democrats who
are involved like the republicans, and
these men do more to hurt the demo-
cratic party-these men do more to in
jure our chances of success than any
plank that was ever put into a platform.
81 have had an experience like this.
and after you have had it a few times
you will agree with me; 1 have been
talking to an audience and pointing out
what the republican party had done
that was hostile to the interests of the
people and 1 have had some well dress
ed fellow to answer back, "Well you
had control of the government from
1892 to 1896, did you do any better?n
And / have had to answer, ssNo. we
did just as the republicans do" and
then | have told why, because the vict-
DRY OF 1892 was secured through the in
1uence of the great corporations and
with the campaign fund that they con-
trlbuted. Our party having won it's
election in that way was mortgaged to
the syndicates and for four years our
administration betrayed the party and
betrayed the people for the same reason
that the republican party has betrayed
the people.
81 received letter from a man in
Indiana. He said in substance: "Mr.
Bryan, why don't you get out of the
leadership of the democratic party and
let us have money in Indiana again?
Before 1896 we had all the none we
wanted, but we have not had a dollar
since you were nominated" Poor fell
low, he had come to consider the money
he received on election day as part of
his regular income for the year and he
regarded me as a public enemy because |
l stood between him and a corruption
fund. If | cannot do anything else, I
shall thank God if | can help to keep
the democratic party from mortgaging
itself to the great corporations to secure
a campaign fund. Why is it that men
spend money in trying to corrupt cleo
tons? 1t is because they expect to get |
1t back out of the government and if
you doubt it let me remind you of the
testimony that was taken before a sen.
ate committee. This testimony is SO
strong and so much to the point that if
l quoted it without giving my author
ity / am afraid some of the %reorganizers
might question it, but you will find it
in the record of the proceedings of the
committee of the United States senate
that investigated the charge that some
senators were engaged in specializing in
sugar. They brought Mr.. Havemyer
before the committee and asked him if
the sugar trust aver contributed to cam
paign funds and he said it did; they
asked him to which campaign fund; he
said that it depended upon circumstan-
ces. They asked to which fund it con-
tributed in New York, and he said to
the democratic campaign fund; to which
in Massachusetts,, the republican cam
paign fund; and to which in New Jer-
sey, and he said, "New Jersey is a
doubtful state and / will have to look
at the books to see which party received
the money" This is the testimony of
the head of one of the great trusts of
this country, admitting that the trust
did contribute to campaign funds, adj
hitting that its contributions went to
the party most likely to win. When
he came to a doubtful state he had to
look at the books. Now, why did the
trust contribute? To buy immunity
from the party in power. In 1892 the
democratic party collected SITS, 600
from a single trust and it spent in two
states, New York and Indiana, more
than one million dollars. In every state
that was doubtful it had all they mon
ey it wanted. What was the result?
The mortgaging of our party and then
we saw the administration carving out