Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-10
THE DECADENCE or Il BOOM.

"uoA 0eu' OEanI IanQeO In san Fran
cisco the people of the Pacific coast turned
out en- masse to greet him. They extended
honors to him that had never before been
rendered to any man in the history of the
country. He was feted and dined, and the
agents Of the press sent to the newspapers
the most ford reports of the entertain
ments he was compelled to endure. There
was class of editors too narrow to compre
bend the fact that men might honor the mil
itary achievements of distinguished warrior
without any reference to his political status,
and who construed these demonstrations
and others that followed them as an indica-
ton that Gen. Grant was ths one man
above all others whom the people desired to
reign over them, and they at once trotted
him out as the candidate of the
Republican party for the Presidency
in 1880. There was yery
lively response to the suggestion. Politicians
at once acknowledged his strength and pre-
dicted his nomination. It was conceded on
every hand that he had but to signify his
desire for the Office to be nominated by
storm and elected as by whirlwind.
But even the greatest sensations have
their limit in this country, and the Grant
"boom" has proved no exception to the rule.
Though of but few weeks existence it has
already expended its force, and Grant is no
longer the solitary candidate of the party for
magisterial honors. Blaine and Sherman
have come to the fore more oonspicuously
during the past two or three weeks than ever
before, and their chances of success are can
vassed with far more interest than Grants.
This fact is due to several causes.
In the first place the first
enthusiasm awakened by the re-
turn of Grant from a prolonged foreign
tour, during which he had been received
with regal honors, has died out, and people
are beginning to think tho matter of his
candidacy over in a sober frame of mind.
They find that there exists a strong preiu-
dice in the minds of large majority of the
American people against third Presidential
term for any person. Next, they have dis
covered that tie chief blowers and strikers
in the Grant movement are the men who
were instrumental in bringing disgrace upon
his administration by their populations and
corruptions. Again, it is evident that "a
strong government" in the sense that Grant
is supposed to represent it, is not needed,
and if once established would be likely to
result in stronger government than would
be eonvenient-a monarchy. Then a can
vass of the South showed that he could have
no hope Of carrying any of the States of
that section, and that therefore he could
not be elected if nominated. The result of
the whole is that Grant is being dropped by
the party, and is not at all likely to be sug-
gested as candidate before the Republican
national convention. There is moral GER
tainty that the German vote would 20 against
him, and that would sacrifice the electoral
votes of several Of the Northern States. j
The most conspicuous man in the field to-
day is Senator Blaine. Sherman represents
the administration of Mr.. Hayes, and is d.
rectly and justly chargeable with consum-
mating the Louisiana infamy of 1877. For
these reasons he can hardly hope to succeed.
for the country has had enough of Hayesism
and Shermanism. Blaine goes into the con-
vention with q positive strength and but few
weaknesses, and the probabilities are all in
favor of his nomination. Grant is not fully
out of the way; but the reasons we
have mentioned against his nomination