The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-21
Al Ohio Liberal Repudiates the Dam
Literary Fellows"

This year it seems to be the fash
ion among the literary people who
take an interest in politics to advocate
with h~ysterieal shrillness the claims
of Mr.. Bristow against all corners,
and to indulge in nasty sneers and
insinuations against Nh. Blaine.
From the pin feather undergraduate
to the doctor of divinity, the whole
army of sentimental non-combatants
is red-hot for the gentleman they
have named the reform candidate.
What in the nam of common sense
is the reason for calling Mr.. Bristow
the reformer, and Mr.. Blaine the
politician? Mr.. Bristow came to
Washington after the war, a young
and clever man seeking his fortune
by ingratiating himself with the presi-
dent. He became the friend Of
Grant, and got nominated to all the
nice offices that fell vacant, until at
last he became secretary of the treas
ury. Hehad little experience of public
affairs. But he was honest and cour-
ageous, and entered heartily into the
campaign against the whisky ring.
He deserves great credit for this
so do Gen. Grant and Bluford Viii
son-but | do not see that the "Bos-
ton Men" have nominated either Of
these gentlemen for the presidency.
| have nothing to say against Mr..
Bristow. But / know nothing about
him except that he has been a favor
ite of Gen. Grant for the last seven
years, and that he has done several
months excellent service against
the whisky ring. No one of all his
shrill supporters knows any more
than this. 1t is clear case ofpanic,
of political hysteria. The more
decent of the Performers" have
nothing to allege against Mr.. Blaine
except that he is a politician and
that Mr.. Bristow is not. This
means. being set down in cold
English, Mr.. Blaine has been q
leader in public life for a dozen 0,
more gears BY the votes of has feuolc-
citizens, and Mr.. Bristolo has held
office for half that time By the favor
Of Gen. Grant. This is all there is
of the senseless gush with which we
are daily flooded. Can you wonder
that men who are not 'literary''
begin to have a contempt for the
culture which makes it a crime to be
elected to office by popular votes,
and a virtue to be appointed by a
friendly executive
Now, the same sort of "dam liter
airy fellers' who called a meeting at
the Fifth Avenue hotel in 1872 to
save the country from Greeley, have
called another meeting this year to
save US from such men as Tilden and
Blaine. We who are not literary
or heightened think there is no better
or ADLER man in the Republican
party than Blaine /; and if there is an
other so good a man in the Democrat
party as Tilden, he is blushing I'M
seen. These two have almost a
majority in their respective conven-
tons ; they can only be defeated by
some dirty trade among the cheap
crowd of "favorite sons" and their
supporters. Those who are repu BIZ
cans ought to take the best and
strongest man, and prevent the hug
ger mugger of Bristow, Hayes, Hart
ranft, Morton and Conkling, out of
which may come a nomination too
shameful and ridiculous to contem-
plate. AT this critical moment what
do we see? Nearly every literary
amateur in politics is bending all his
little energies to defeat the evidently
best man, and most ofthem are lying
and sneering and insinuating mean
things about him as luently as any
crossroads politicians in the country.
"Western Reserve" in n. Y. Tri-
bune.