Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-14

American gl'ls. that he proposes t
pay So GOO for an American wife. H
is said to be very wealthy and of hig
rank. Here is chance for some ven
turous American girl He likes tn
blondes, so none of the dark hairet
need apply. MACK.
Preliminary Presidential Contest
The New York Times is a very fai
journal. While it is not in favor o
Mr.. Blalnes nomination, it speaks oil
bis last coup Tetat as having ''utterly
demoralized the Democratic forces
and shown an inanity of llttleness auc
poverty, both of ability and decency,
which will be absolutely runous to the
Democratic managers before the
country" This is very s,gnifcan Mt
confession, and constitutes a strong ar
gument in favor OF Mr.. Blaine's can
dldature. We hope, however, thai
the convention at Cincinnati will ac,
with prudence, and not be borne on by
wave Of popular enthusiasm.
Mr.. Blaine has done more for the
Republican party during the last six
months than all the Senators and other
members of the House combined.
There has seldom been more brill
liant statesman. He is the Napoleon
of our national politics. Repeatedly he
has routed the enemy, single. handed,
putting to flight a whole regiment.
1t is marvellous what power he has
displayed. History will hardly be-
lleve what we all know at the present
time to be true. Whether led by
Proctor Knott, Sunset Cox, Beverley
Tucker, or Ben Hill, the Con derates
have been scattered before the fire of
his genius. At every polut The enemy
has been dlscom6ted, and that equally
whether the assault repelled was made
upon himself or his party. Some
men can fight well for themselves
alone, but Mr.. Blaine showed the same
zeal for the Republican party and the
honorable record of our army as be
did for himself.
And this consideration is worthy of
attention upon the threshold of the
Cincinnati Convention. The prelimi-
nary campaign is almost over, except
as 1t eliminates next week. The hon
orable method In which Mr.. Blaine
has conducted his campaign contrasts
strongly with the kind of treatment to
which he has been subjected.
ln 20 case has he resorted to vilifi
cation. He has started no scandals to
the detriment Of any one, nor has he
countenanced anything of the kina
Messrs. Bristow, Morton and Conkling
were assailed, but not through his
emlssaries, while the Democrats have
been largely assisted in their warfare
upon Mr.. Blaine by Republicans. In
deed, II was the especial friend of 0.
Z. Morton who set the ball in m otion
Dy repeating rumor which he knew,
or might have known, to be utterly
false. II Mr.. Blaine should not be
nominated, no one can say that in his
personal ambition be demoralized or
weakened the Republican party. His
friends are not threatening to bolt,
nor are they furnishing in advance
weapons for the enemy. Again, he
has no emissarles travelling around the
country, under the pretense Of ofici~l
duty, organizing clubs and fixing
things. The movement for him has
been spontaneous. Beyond all ques-
ton he is the first choice of majority
OF the party This of itself may not
nominate, and might not elect him,
but that such is the case is indispu-
table. Like Jackson, Clay, Douglass
and Seward, he is the acknowled ged
leader Of his party. He is the one
name around which the party far and
wide rallies with enthusiasm, and up
on that fact, and not upon trades, or
devices of politics, has he relied for
the nomination. On that line of
battle he will conquer or fall. 1t may
be said that be is too shrewd poll
tician to fight on any other line,
knowing the intelligence and high
character Of the party, and no doubt
that is so, but it does not weaken the
force Of the argument. And if his
political career of about twenty years
were examined it would be found,
probably, that he has always discard
ed 1.-THE dishonorable devices of the
demagogue. He has certainly done so
since he became member of Congress
and he is now serving his seventh
term in that body.
Mr.. Blaine is the most prominent
candidate of the Republican party 50
far. Governor Tilden heads the van
in the Democracy. He is a full
length ahead of any competitor. His
method of conducting a preliminary
campaign contrasts most strikingly
with the one we have been consider.
ing. Both men are rich, but the great
Republican is using no money to ad-