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Show PLAYING INTO THE MUGWUMPS. Cleveland's Petition on the Sliver Question oundlr Kldiculed. Denver, Feb. 12. The Hooky Mountain Moun-tain Nows (democratic), in an editorial on Cleveland's letter, says. In part: "There is nothing left for the free coinage coin-age democrats ol the country but to organize or-ganize to defeat Mr. Cleveland's uomi-nation. uomi-nation. Jt can be and should be done, and it can and will lie done New Orlkans. Feb. 12. The Times-Democrat, Times-Democrat, referring to the Cleveland letter says Cleveland Is not in accord with the democrats of the country. Wo regret exceedingly that he should have written this letter." Tlie Picayune Pica-yune says: "Mr. Cle eland has taken a position his friends will have cause to regret." ' Kansas City, Feb. 13. The Times says: "If Cleveland is prepared to suspend sus-pend his private judgment in case he is elected, he may get tiie nomination and be elected. If not, the party had belter study other candidates." Sr. Lous. Feb. IX Tho Republic says: "The letter is merely a private opinion of a single democrat, and commits com-mits neither the party nor Cleveland himself. If the matter is not settled by the adoption of free coinage before '02 the entire matter should be left to the democratic national convention. On its adoption of a platform of tariff reform re-form and free coinage it will be Cleveland's Cleve-land's duty to accept both the nomina tion and platform if the party demands his leadership." Nkw York, Feb. 13. The Sun says Cleveland's letter is as disingenious and amusing a document as has recent lv proceeded from his industrious pen. Whilo primarily intended for the placa-tion placa-tion of his mugwump friends who have been inconveniently persistent in their demands that Cleveland should "dare to be a Daniel" on the silver question, the letter squints at the southern and western democrats. The peril in Cleveland's Cleve-land's present view is not in liberal extension ex-tension of silver currency, for "we have demonstrated the usefulness of such an increase." It is in "free, unlimited and independent silver coinage" that he sniffs disaster. Who demonstrates tho usefulness of such increase! True to the last to hisdostiny, Grover Cleveland dares only to be a stuffed Dauiel on tho silver question. |