The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18
CLEVELAND ON PRESIDENCY
THINKS DEMOCRATS HAVE 4
 GOOD CHANCE.

Urges Ills Rank and File Associates of
 she Party fo Take Advantage of Op-
 portunities Next November-TheK Kind
 of Leader Rsquirsd-qhe Republican
 Party Arraisned-
 Philadelphia. Feb. 17.-In an article written for this weeks Saturday Even- ing Post Former President Cleveland urges his rank and file associates of the democratic party to unite and take advantage of the opportunities of next November.
 T am one of those," ,he writes, .who believe that there is an opportunity for democratic success in the coming presi- dential election.
 Though attachment to the party in which I menlisted and an intense de- sire for it's ascendancy make such a be- lief exceedingly welcome, they certain ly do not create it. It is built upon an unshaken and abiding trust in the pat riotism and intelligence of my fellow countrymen.'
 Mr. Cleveland's paper opens with a reiteration of tie declaration that he made three years ago: Our fighting forces will respond listlessly and falter- ingly if summoned to 8 third defeat in a strange cause: but if they hear the rallying call of true democracy they will gather for battle with old time demo- cratic enthusiasm and courage"
 Referring to his faith in his demo- c$atic associates, he continues: This trust will not permit me to overlook the meaning of the daily increasing un- rest among our people, growing out of the startling and f1ippant abandonment bv the party in power of our national traditions and maxims its disregard of our national moral restraints, it's incon- siderate tendency to set aside national good saith. its willingness to break away from safe and accustomed moor ings. and it's contemptuous neglect of our national mission. Surely these con- ditions. together with the broken pledges and forgotten promises of re- form that vex the sight on every side, not only abundantly explain the popu- lar distrust and fear prevailing every where in the land, but suggest that in such stress of political weather those of our fellow citizens who thoughtfully and constantly love our free institutions will not be unmindful of such safety and quiet as may be offered them by a patriotic and conservative democracy" Mir. Cleveland thinks these conditions justify the assertion of democracy's op- nertunity. He says:
 It should be remembered, however. that opportunity may be only distinctly related to actual accomplishment. and that it does not Of itself, unaided and alone, warrant the expectation of reach I ing successful results.
 "This is no time for cunning finesse, nor for the use Of words that conceal intentions or carry double meaning. The democratic party has message to send to its followers and to the masses of the American people. Let that mes sage be expressed in language easily understood, unconfused by evasion, and untouched by the taint of jugglery. Ob- challenging popular interest should be manfully abandoned.'
 MT. Cleveland urges tariff reform, pleads for economy in the expenditure of public money, and charges the oppo- si.ion with having made promises and broken them.
 He arraigns the administrations Phil ippine policy and refers to the isthr1ian canal in these words:
 ''The democratic party has been con sistent and unremitting in it's advocacy of an inter-oceanic canal, and has with the livelies satisfaction looked forward 1 to the day when such a highway of commerce, built under the auspices ot our government, would be contributed by America to the worlds progress and civilization. It is nevertheless not with | in the mandates of the democratic creed that, even in consummating SC rial rights of any other nation should be disregarded or that our own nationa good faith should be subjected to req sonable suspicion
 Mir. Cleveland concludes as follows: At such a time as this, the democratic party cannot with honor undertake the battle of the people except under a lead. CT that not only represents its best tra. ditions and purposes, but fully realizes what is meant by the tremendous is. suesos the conflict; and his selection should not depend upon so small con. sideration as the locality whence hs comes.
 ''The domacracy's opportunity is al. ready in sight; but only in campaign
 waged in reliance upon the peoples lovs of country and devotion to nationa morality, under leadership that person. flies these sentiments, will be found the democrary's hope.'
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