The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-09-11
ALARMED BY
Mr.. CLEVEI and.
Democrats Fear The Effect Of His
Approval of Taft's
Candidacy.

press has pounced upon lettle alleged
to have been written by Grover
Cleveland some time prior to his death
This lettle, hostile to Bryan las been
flashed flared and waved as would a
ship-wrecked sailor who mad obtained
possession of a red shirt. 1t is the
first light dim as il is that has APP
peared in the Republican sky, and the
desperation in which it is used to at
tract attention evidences belief
among the Republican managers that
Cleveland dead is stronger that Taft
living.
This Clevland letter is used as the
feature of the Taft campaign to date.
Yesterday we had a view of the Bryan
campaign. The New York Herald says
Bryan was greeted by the largest
gathering ever assembled in the State
of Minnesota. Fully $4,000 people wei 3
present to hear him speak. Although
the majority of the crowd were sup
/ posed TO be Republicans his assaults
upon the Republican Congress and ad
ministration for extravaganza were tn
multuously appaulded." Although the
Republican party may be digging tine
graves of the dead for campaign mate
rial on which 10 support its cause the
people are looking forward to the most
yirile progressive honest leader anon
the living to-day
The eagerness with which the Repu
lican press has grabbed at the Cleve-
land letter indicates most substantially
the weakness of their campaign. For
year prior TO his death Mr.. Cleve-
land was an extremely i'll man. His
death occurred before the Democratic
candidate had been nominated or tie
platform framed. Dragging from his
grave an alleged utterance of his dy-
ing days presents the most pitiful sps'
tacle of great party's appeal Tor
power ever presented to the American
people. The force of American
citizens in this campaign is not the
past but TO the progressive spirit, in
dependence, and love of liberty of ma
tons people. Like vultufe the Re-
publican machine hovers over the grave
of the past.-Buffalo Times. Demo
cratic Chairman Mack's paper.)
Naturally MIR. Clevelands appeal to
his fellow-countrymen to vote for Mr..
Taft is exciting something like con-
sternation in the inner circle of the
Democratic party.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
In considering the whole subject ii
must be kept in mind that Mr.. Cleve-
land great and straight man as he was
was human. He never liked Mr.. Bry-
an and to this day we believe it never
mas been determined whether he ever
voted for Mr.. Bryan. Aside from thi
the innumerable ISLANDERS and denunci
lions showered upon him by Mr.. Bry-
ans friends and supporters must have
ranked in his mind and memory. We
do not not believe he ever did or said
anything not approved by his consci-
ence and his judgment but the very
strongest of us are likely 10 have our
judgment warped by our prejudices and
our anger. Apparently Mr. Cleveland
had determined, in the series of arti- |
Giles he began to throw all the weight |
of his name, his influence, and his in |
tellect in favor of Mr.. Taft and to strik |
Mr.. Bryan a body blow. 1t is uesq-
ton whether this uttcrance OF his |
coming from the grave will not be more
effective than it would have been from !
a living man. But the Democrats /
muct meet it and doubtless will. Our
nope is that in parrying and striking
back they will as far as possible, di-
rect their strokes at tie living and
spare the memory ofo the honored
dead-Richmond News Leader.
The posthumous message of Grover
Cleveland to the american people is,
in our judgment the most important
document contributed to the literature
of the pending campaign. 1t ex-
presses the convictions of a states
man VINO had passed up from the
level of activity TO The pima
Gle contemplation iIoIl t--.~.. lie
whole field of unrest might be viewed
dispassionately. In this ascent, which
covered the period OF his retirement to
private life, ne shook OF the tnrall
of craftsmanship his mind broadened
with the enlarging perspecl We of the
national domain lis vision vas cleared
OF ali pers nal acrimonies and he
looked upon tie whole scene vita tie
deep yearning Of TIE patriot.
II there be a waving Democrat this
year who had hitherto followed Gro
yer Cleveland with the fealty of one