Show GROVER LUCK if tf there is no gainsaying alio fact that grover cleveland was born auder lucky star and blut luck has continued to follow him ever bince his birth in I 1 measured by any of public or private acte ho nevertheless has been favorite of fortuno all through life securing and occupying public positions of profit and trust which theoretically at least are held only by trained statesmen and men of culture braina and 1 this truth concerning grover ia recognized and acknowledged not merely by lii political ioli opponents but member of bis own party are painfully conscious of it kven tho new york sun understands under standa C that although grover may be good he is not great and that the man who lia twice been elected president of the united state as lie has cannot be coni as an ordinary person and yet no one can deny that whatever hie qualifications may be his lack is thing unusual portentous portent oue but the greatest point of luck discerned in extraordinary career is only now dawning upon the horizon and has not yet made itself visible to the of men the sun tells in the following that 4 this piece of unexampled fortune which will confront mr cleveland a he ten upon ilia second presidency ie the opportunity of annexing ahe hawaiian If lind to ibe united states thomas betl erson was a wise philosopher a pro round politician and the greatest of deia most admirable among the lasting majority of american citizens Is that he negotiated and carried through the annexation and of the northwestern territory which went therewith the election of james monroe president brought in what was leeown as a notable era of good feeling bat hil chief tilte to historical distinction is that he negotiated and completed the annexation of florid under president iolli california new mexico and arizona were annexed to the union a magnificent adal llon to the era of freedom but these event were only preliminary and to the possibilities reserved for president cleveland first of all comes the liou of the island a noble and indispensable outpost for the expansion of there public and next after this event the greatest glory of american destiny may be offered for hie acceptance in the anex aaion of canada what may coin wards it i not necessary to consider whether the course of events will pause there or will more onward toward that immense completion which mr ecward conceived and laid the foundation for in he annexation of alaska ami n his unfruitful effort for the acquisition of bt thomas or whether the climax will be postponed to a future not too far distant the realization of those ideas of extension and of union which will yet bear the starry artas through the antilles forms a theme which we will not attempt to discuss at present bilut this at least is settled that the president pr eident under whose administration the union of these slates id carried forward toward continent must indeed be reck oneil naione the most fortunate and enviable of ruler |