The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-06
GREAT DEAL OF CLEVELAND.


OF course, Mr.. Cleveland isn't going
to be the Democratic nominee for Pres
| ident. He isn't a candidate, and has
said that ne doesn't want the nomi-
nation. Besides. there isn't any move
ment to make him the nominee. While
he has strong friends and many ad-
mirers in about every state in the
Union, he has, on the other hand, a
great many political enemies. 1t
wouldn't be advisable, therefore, to
nominate him, even If it were posi-
bic to do so.
But it is remarkable how he keeps
coming before the public, in ways that
cause him to be compared with can
didates for the nomination and the
acts for which his administrations
were famous 10 be discussed.
Last week the cost of his admins
trations was compared with the cost
of President Roosevelt's administra-
ton. Then. in lecture at Princeton,
Mr.. Cleveland told about the great
Chicago riot in 1894, the means he en-
ployed TO put 1t down and how the
Supreme Court sustained him. That
lecture set the people to thinking, and
the newspapers to talking. about him
again And then somebody said that
he issued bonds in time of peace and
sold them to a lot of Wall street peo-
pie for less than they were worth. and
Mr. Cleveland answered, his answer
being in the dispatches yesterday, that
he was proud of the fact that he is
sued bonds to maintain the gold stand
ard. He said: Il have attempted to
give a detailed history of the crimes
charged against an administration
which issued bonds of the government
in time of peace. Without shame and
repentance l confess my share of the
guilt; and 1 refuse to shield my &C
completes In this crime, who, with me,
held high places in that administra-
ton. And though Mr.. Morgan and Mr..
Belmont and scores of other bankers
and financiers who were accessories in 1
these transactions may be STEPPED in
destructive propensities, and may be
constantly busy in sinful schemes, l
shall always recall with satisfaction
and Reorganization my collusion
with them at time when our coun-
try sorely needed their aid"
He actually rejoices in what his po-
litical enemies call a crime, and no.
body seems to think the worse of him
for it. Indeed, it is safe to say that
the great majority of the people honor
him for his courage and firmness in
using the army to restore order and
the reign of law in Chicago when the
authorities these refused to act, and
they honor him for unfolding sound
money, even though he issued bonds
TO do it,
Perhaps we shall have chapter on
his famous message, notifying Great
Britain that she would have to aban-
don her land-gra bling programme in
Venezuela and submit her claims
there to arbitration, before the present
campaign for the presidential nomina-
tion of the Democratic party is end
ed, because there seems to be deter
mination to keep Mr.. Cleveland in the
public eye, as it were, while that cam
paign is IN progress. He isn't going
to be the nominee, but some of his
enemies seem to think there is pur-
pose on the part of some leading DEM
ocrats to give the nomination to him.
OF course, there is a possibility that
there viii be deadlock in the st.
Louis convention, and that his name
may be used to break it, but it is so
remote that 1t is scarcely worth con-
sidering.