, 1880-04-14
CANDIDATES AND TIE PEOPLE.

Question. Ahove NIL, 1t should be borne COLI
stantIy iii Mind TINT this II Government of
tho people, for tho people. by tho people,
not Hovcrnmcnt0f Ut Presidential candidates,
for Presidential candidates, by Presidential
candidates. rllero Is not much tlnnger tint
tho ,,eoplo will torgrt thIs fact, but tho ma-
chine organs have allowed It 10 slip entirely
out OF nin.l. They nssulne tint the cantt-
dato for tho Presidency, whoever ho mny be-,
is entitled by virtue Of that fact none to tho
solid vote OF Ills State in Convention. Snp-
pose every Statc, big alll little, In tho Union
should happen 10 possess MI asplrnnt, big or
little, for tic Presidential nomination Of tho
Republican party. On the tapory Of tho
organ, the friends OF each at the thirtY-elght
candidates would bo preclutcd by high
acnso of honor from putting forth tho
smallest effort TO secure votes for lin
outside the precincts Of Ills State.
For example: Suppose Senator CAIN
erou OF Pennsylvania wero a candidate,
Senator Conkling OF New York candidate,
mud Senator Iogan Of Illinois a candidate.
If Senator foEan's friends should seek votes
for lin In Pennsylvania or Now York Son-
ator Logan himself would bc regarded M I,
"bully" and rs treatinx Messra. Conkl!ng
anl Cameron with lofty ldtstlatn and
supreme contotnpt"; and on the other hand
Il, u,tdcr auch circumstances, tho friends Of
Mcssrs. Conkl1ng md Cainoron should sock
votes for their candidates iii Illinois tltoso
estimah'o gu,ttemcn aud distinguished
statesmen would be regarded NJ "ball!es,"
aild rs treating Mr. Logan with lofty dis
ttatn MID supreme contempt" Tho desiro Of
Logan's friends III Pennsylvanta nnd New
lorK 70 senu Losnn tlelegatcs to the Con-
yentlon would 10 regarded rs evidence OF
Lo8ah'8 thecht to stab" tonkilng and
Cameron, and those gentlemen would, nc
coFding 70 tslo organ, oe 1'istl!icu III making
l'ognn "Bs'tler for tho attempt" THIS
Is inc iahgnhge OF af organ. 1t follows Tint,
10 control Inc vote OF u state, Dig or Ettle, In
convention, 1t Is only necessary for Tom,
DICK, or larry to become big or little
candltlato far tae PRESIDENTIAL nomination OF
his party. By virtue OF his right to tile vote
of his State lie may 10 tn the Cnnynnt{on
with ti'at vote iii his pocket. And II liz has
q right to cArry tt tlore. the right to t1sp It
ev In ,,ao,,s ,,out j.. oo-ta1,,,,, t,,a,,d,l, e.,
when tic tl,lrty-elglt candidates are asscm-
i,fni tt,ov In IN tho ,,oor tn 11ootr tha f,n,,.
ygntlOn until they cnn trade oil their prop
orty to tho best advantage. This Is the COLI
clusion to which tho loglo OF tho machine
lends. According to Its theory Mr.. blaine Is
entitled to control tho yoto Of the Maine
delegation bccause he lives III the State OF
Milne md Is candidate for tho
Presidency; Mr.. Sherman has tho same
right of ownership III the Ohio dclega-
tion for tho same rcason: CON-. Grnnt
holds r1lartgnge on 1lllnois for the same
reason; ar,d hIr. Edmunds may manipulate
the Vurmont delegation for himself first, anil
for whon,soeycr he desires afterwards. II
Mr. Morton were allyo ho would own Iud.-
nna, md II bfr. Brlstow ware canftlate he
could appropriate Kentucky. Tho stupidity
Of pinc|,back Is marvellous, since he Inns
only 70 BECOME all aspfrnnt for tho prcsI-
dcncy to hold the delegation Of Louisiana In
his breaches pocket by virtue of the divine
right Of candidacy. Says machine organ:
lifnois, upon whom to tGrant) t,ns conferred
rsot itseit a to tn ans wtb M INV ~ mnnwc M ~ ,nc
do not cure whit his Ritss-tn hufnlliato AMI
huinhlo tho hattlo,sensrod hero who gayo life
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