Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1900 — GROVER CLEVELAND. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GROVER CLEVELAND.

Kx-President Brou/rtit Into Prominence by Reorganization Talk. The defeat of William Jennings Bryan at the recent election has led many Democrats to declare that there must be a reorganization of the party to insure its continuance as one of the great elements of American politics. Various plans are suggested and many names are brought forward of probable leaders in the rehabilitation. In this talk of rebuilding by the conservative wing of the party the name of Grover Cleveland figures most prominently. The man who dominated the party of Jackson and Jefferson from 1884 to 1896 still has a host of admirers who believe that he ean best formulate policies for a reorganized Democracy, and that under his leadership new victories may be achieved. The ex-President himself is silent. He

has no comment to make on Brian’s defeat; no prophesies to publish. From the classic environments of Princeton, where the former head of the nation has for the past few years'enjoyed all the happiness that a cultivated wife, four bright children and a luxurious home can give a man, there comes no voice of acquiescence in this scheme of reorganization. But newspaper reporters who are in touch with Cleveland’s close friends assert that the ex-President is not averse to re-entering public life. But whether or not he returns to active politics, Grover Cleveland will always remain one of the most interesting and remarkable .figures in American history.

GROVER CLEVELAND.