Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-22
WHY NOT Mr.. CLEVELAND.

Inc w aSnlnRCOQ fOsC WnlcQ does
not take very kindly to the candidacy
of Mr.. VIM. j. Bryan, because it will
destroy for the present the prospects
of Mr.. VIM. r. Hearst, tunes its Tyre to
the following melody. Tins it sings:
ut is not at all difficult to trace the
source of this sudden and almost deaf
ening uproar over Mr.. Bryan. We do
| not say that it is insincere SO far as con-
Germs the multitudes who are making
the noise. On the contrary, our fixed
opinion is that Mr.. Bryan is stronger
with the Democratic masses through
out the country than he was eight years
ago. What we allude to is the source,
the inspiration of this tempestuous
hula balOO, and there we are at no loss
whatever. The honest millions now
shouting in ecstasy for their twice-de
feated but still beloved and trusted
captain will perhaps not believe us
when we say that they are merely play
ing chorus to a keynote sounded by
certain gentlemen In the East who have
no use for Mr.. Bryan save as a club
wherewith to knock out the prospects
and ambitions of Mr.. William Il.
Hearst"
There is much truth in the assertion
that certain wise men of the East are
using Mr.. Bryan to knock out Mr..
Hearst, but when the Post tells the
Democrats how to act, and who to
nominate instead of Bryan or Hearst
as it does in the following lines then
doth the Democratic stomach turn,
and they rise in holy Indignation at the
suggestion. Says the Post:
why not Mr.. Cleveland I? There is
a man who has twice led the Demo-
cratic voters to a victory. He is the
only candidate who, since 1856, has not
been elected by the Republican party.
We might put the case even more
strongly and say that the Democratic
defeats of 1896 and 1900 were due en-
tirely to the fact that be and bis fol.
lowers dlsapprOved of the party candi
date. We might declare, and truly.
that be is as efficacious for defeat as
for victory in the matter of the Demo.
cratic party, and SO deduce the conclu.
sion that be is the one man left to
whom that once proud organization can
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triumph. Consider moreover. what be
did for the country during the eight
years of his incumbency Consider
also how he elevated the tone and
dlgnified the character of the DemOc.
racy!"
why not Cleveland ?" Echo answers
why; a solid chorus of Democratic
voices answers why. They would vote
for Roosevelt a thousand times before
they would for Cleveland once. They
look on Cleveland as party wrecker
and party traitor and responsible for
all the evils the Republican party has
piled up on the nation since 1896. But |
for Cleveland, Mark Hanna with his |
cohorts and all of his campaign fund |
would not have defeated Bryan in
1896. Before they, the Democrats,
would vote for Cleveland they would |
see their right, arms paIsied in their
sockets and gladly have their tongues
cleave to the roofs of their mouth.
When the Post says, CONSIDER also
how he (Cleveland) elevated the tone
and dignified the character of the De.
mocracy !" then it seems wifully and
maliciously to wish to insult the rank
and file of the Democracy of the La
lion. Elevated the tone and digni.
led the character of the Democracy"
Why Cleveland nor any member of bis
cabinet could today be elected to any
responsible position at the hands of
'he Democracy, they indeed are spew-
ID out of its mouth. They are not
wen regarded as members of the party.
Il Democracy was elevated it came
bout by their departure, and by it
llone.