Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1894 — AN OPEN LETTER [ARTICLE]

AN OPEN LETTER

President Cleveland’s Ideas on the SituationStands byTa.lfT Reform and Inlsts tfiSf Party Pledges Should be Redeemed. President Cleveland has forwarded the, following letter to the Hon. Chauncey F. Black, President of the national Associaof Democratic Clubs: Executive Mansion, l Washington. April 28, IBM. I “Hon. Chauncey F. Black, Esq.: “Dear Sir—l have carefully read the communication you have lately placed in my hands, setting forth the. future purposes and present needs of the National Association of Democratic Clubs. The achievements of this organization should be familiar to all who are interested in the continuation of Democratic supremacy and should enlist the encouragement of those who appreciate the importance! of any effective dissemination of political doctrine. Your association has done much by, way of educating our people touching the' particular subjects which are recognized as belonging to the. Democratic faith; but it seems to me that its best service has has been an enforcement and demonstration of the truth that our party is best organized and most powerful when it strives lor principles instead of spoils, and that it quickly responds to the stimulus supplied by an enlistment in the people’s cause. This acknowlegdment of the important services rendered to the advancement of true Democracy suggests that the national association of Democratic clubs and every other Democratic agency should labor unceasingly and earnestly to save our party, in this time of its power and responsibility, from the degradation and disgrace of a’failure to redeem the pledges , upon which our fellow countrymen entrusted us with the control of their governmi nt. All who are charged on behalf of the Democratic party with the redemption of these pledges should now be impressively reminded that as we won our way to victory under the banner of tariff reform, sq the insistence upon that principle is the condition of our retention of the people’sf trust, and that fealty to party organization demands the subordination of individual advantages and wishes, and thd putting aside of petty and ignoble jealousiesLundjbickcrings,'.when party principlesTand party integrity and party exist- -. ence are at stake. I cheerfully inclose a contribution to thd funds necessary to carry on the good work of your organization, with a hearty wish for its continued success and usefulness. Yours very truly. .

GROVER CLEVELAND.