De Alexander: “Often his attacks were so severe and merciless that the distress of his opponents created sympathy for them.”

More valuable still is his exposition of the Philippine question in its bearings on American life and politics.

In accepting the Democratic nomination Cleveland had the great advantage of not being obliged to refer to anything of which he was ashamed.

He writes of the Filipinos as he found them, and with the knack of the true investigator, has avoided falling in with the political views of any party or faction.

Referring to the fraudulent practices, he said: "No one claims, no one believes, that I had lot or part therein, or previous hint or suspicion thereof.