Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-26

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The clans are gathering at Chicago, and
before the present week is over the city will
be alive with political excitement such as has
seldom been known in the history of the
country. Don Cameron, boss of Pennsyl-
vania, is already on hand with his blowers
and strikers; John A. Logan, boss of nli-
nois, is endeavoring to soothe the troubled
waters of his own domain; Chauncy I. Fill
ley, boss of Missouri, is also on hand. conf
dent of his ability to deliver his own State
over to Grant, and Roscoe Oonkl1ng, boss of
New York, il announced to arrive to-day, &C.
companied by a crowd of admiring follow
ers. All the rest of the big and little bosses
will be on hand to do the bidding of the ma
chine with due expedition.
The anti Grant papers in Chicago, while
making the absurd claim that the convention
will contain a majority of anti Grant dele
gates. admit that there is real danger of the
organization falling into the hands of Grants
adherents. They threaten indirectly, if such
should prove the fact, that there will be a
bolt, resulting in the nomination of third
candidate. ALI this talk, however, is the
sheerest nonsense, designed to afford means
of retreat for those who are now compelled
to acknowledge their defeat, though with
great reluctance.
1t is safe to predict that there will be no
open bolt at Chicago. A few who are antag-
onistic to Grant may go away in the dumps,
or breathing threatenings and slaughter, but
they will think better of it before the cam
paign is ended, and fall in with the rest of
the party. Another few will attempt to or
ganize third party, but will soon see its fu-
tility and content themselves with protest
against third termism and Capitalization.
These will then quietly go about their bust
ness, and either not vote at all on election
day or cast their ballots for the Democratic
candidates. But the office-seekers will not
be among this class. These will all be found
in the ranks of the active workers for
Grants election.
It is questionable if another general bolt
will ever take place in either of the regu-
larly organized parties. The experience of
the past has shown them to be disastrous
alike to the party bolted and boilers them
selves. This was true in 1860 with the Dem
ocratic party, and again with the liberal Re-
publicans in 1872. Good is sometimes
accomplished by boiling, and it is probable
that bolt in the Republican, party at this
time would result in its defeat, thus confer
ring an inestimable benefit on the country
by the overthrow of the most corrupt polit-
ical organization that ever welded power in
this country, and which threatens now to
overthrow the republic and substitute in its
place strong centralized government, de-
pendent for its maintenance upon the en-
ployment of armed forces. The party can
be beaten, however, and will be beaten, with
ont the aid of this bolt. 1t will be beaten
by the Democratic party, pledged to restore
the government to its purity, pledged to
honesty in the management of affairs, to
economy and to true democracy. A govern
ment of the people, and for the people, and
by the people shall not perish from the
earth IS long as the Democratic party main
tains its existence. That party will be its
earnest defender and the ally of all who be-
Heve in the perpetuation of the right
of the people to govern themselves,
unmenaced by fear of armed forces-of
arrest or Imprisonment for the free exercise
of the franchise. If the Republicans choose
to assist in this great work by boiling their
own nominations, we'll and good; but if not
the Democrats can get along well enough
without them.