The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-16
TIME HAS susrrrrED HIM.

Referring to the 0ecl0ratiOn from v disinterested source. and from a man who is not politically kindly to MT. Cleveland. that he is comparatively poor man. with an in- come not exceeding ss,ooo year. The Chattanooga Times says:
 MT. Cleveland has been the object of the most shameless and slanderous some fos soins so s. he Vn had secumuiated GU. S ' millions through nns msnt. S'e tSsrefore S s % os the actual facts, and at the same time as a warning sisandsr ssada indnfseS San'oh so freaasntS po liticai hacks and newspaper scribblers in their efforts to destroy the character saa stand nn1sass in sss way pf of the of their bosses and patrons. MT: Cleve- ladn. of courae. has never suffered in pie who count worth by, deeds, and today he stands as one of the most con sBBieusnss ans AmerRIean %anhood the eo1n try can or ever has been able to boast.
 The treatment that MT. Cleveland has received would be anomalous in anything but politics. It is not an un- common thing in politics. unfortunate ly, that those who have received the most favors from public man will turn against him when they discover that they cannot use him. and will then become his most bitter enemies. As 1t has been in other instances. so 1t has been with him. Because of his unfiinching honesty, strict integri- .uS. ,.t~ tine AoyOffnn tO true Democracy he has been villffied In a way that Is a disgrace to free peo- pie.
 The charge that he made money in a government bond transaction was a shameful calumny. and the assertion that he made big money speculating in Washington real estate was not much better. It was not surprising that he lost the political friendship of a large portion of the Democratic par ty, because he was the uncompromis- ing foe of policy which he knew to be wrong. and no fear of personal con- sequences has ever swerred him a hairs breadth from what he consid- CTS his duty. That he refused to en- dorse or support a financial policy which his judgment condemned shows the maner of man he is. and in addition to the approval of his conscience and of the best element of the Democratic party, he has the additional gratifi- cation of knowing that time has shown that he was right.
 Because he was right and they were wrong, and because they were power less to enlist him in their cause, his enemies have bounded him for more than a dozen years, and the humiliat- ing feature of 1t lies in the fact that those who have been most bitter against him have been members of the Democratic party. It Is an old saying that when you wrong man 1t is much harder to forgive him than If he has wronged you, and this has been proven in MT Cieveland's case. Those whom he had befriended. and who should have remained true to him, through gratitude, if nothing else, have proven themselves most implacable. It is no credit to them and no discredit to him.
 But while we may not feel much surprise that those with whom he diff fered so widely on an essential feature of Democratic policy should turn against him, we cannot feel otherwise than ashamed. as American citizens and Democrats, that the differences on questions of policy should have caused Democrats and alleged Democrats to make such virulent and disgracefp1 at tacks on Mir Cleveland's private char acter. To try to get even with man by the vilest and most untruthful att tacks on him as a man and a citizen Is not creditable to American manhood or to that spirit of fairness that Is sup posed to be one of the strongest Amer ican traits. 3*.-z=...
 That MT. Cleveland has never stoop- ed to defend himself against the vile falsehoods of his enemies is another mark to his credit. and another evil dence of his high character and man. hood He felt. we suppose. that the poisoned darts of interruptions ene- mics could not harm him and has been content tc pursue the even tenor of his way, confident that time would jus tify his course, and that his character and reputation as a man and an official
 would be cleared without defence from him. He was correct in that as he was in his acts as President, and has the satisfaction of knowing that he hoe haao fuatiNed hv pIhlic ODinion