Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-04-15

The Chicago Inter-Ocean rises to an
observation concerning the course Of
Mr.. Blaine's friends in Illinois and in
Ohio. It il needless 70 say that the In.
teri Ocean Is not an admirer Of Secretary
Sherman. 1t differed with bin on the
financial policy that should be pursued
and is asf far as possible from be-
ing desirous of his nomination for the
Presidency. But it admits that Secreta.
ry Sherman has made magnificent rep
utation as statesman and Financial
Minister, of which his State should be
proud, and that it will be discretitable
to Ohio if it were not to give him unani-
mcus and hearty support in the Conven-
ton. 1t says: "John Sherman is an old,
an able, q faithful leader of the party.
His success as financial manager has
certainly made him one of the most
prominent statesmen of this period.
Whether his scheme of finance is the
wise one is not q question to con-
slider now. The point is that, from the
standpoint of his school, he is the
foremost man in this country, aid per-
haps In the world. Certain it is that he
has succeeded in placing this nation
among the very first on the globe as re-
CARDS its financial credit and standing.
This is something. We may say it is a
good deal to accomplish; and it is not
pleasant, even 70 those members of the
party who do not favor him as Presi-
10 fa1
with lofty disdain and supreme con-
tempt, by mail wll0 rgn point to no
practical avievfInent IN legislation that
proves him the peer even Of the man he
despises." ~ u hilbF 9.if llt
The immediate cause Of our Chicago
cotemporary's anger is the descent OF
the blaine brigade upon Illinois, which
had been looked upon by the Inter
Ocean as Grants own State, and safe
for him, and the securing of numbcr of
delegates in the Blaine interest 1t
looks upon this as an insult TO General
Grant, which will not be forgotten, or
go unayenged, IL maintains that Illi-
nois will still give It's vote R0lidly for
Grant, and IL has not lost faith In his
nomination. But-and here Is the sig
niilcant part OF the artIcle-it says that
whilst IL has Away lad, In common
with It's Republican friends generally, a
most enthusiastic admiration for 7Jumes
q. Blaine, and that there II no person,
aside from Gen. Grant, tliat II could
have supported fOf tile nomination next
June with more spirit or heaftlnesa,
"the course pursued by Mr.. Blaine and
his friends, IN Ohio and Illinois. IL the
one thing that lnsufes his defeat In the
Convention beyond q pafadyenture."
Mr. Hlalnes workers have done their
utmost 10 embltteri tbs friends OF Mr..
sherman and Gen. Grant, and whilst II
Is possible he ~ In no way TO blame for
", he having always disclaimed respon-
sibility for their nets when complained
Of, the consequences will fall upon him.
Mr.. Blaine was undoubtedly. the second
choice OF u large proportion Of the sber-
man men and Of the Grant men, and
hence there has been % general indispo.
sitlon 10 make such war upon him ~
has been made by his friends on the
other candidates. II, when the break In
the Convention comes, the votes Of his
leading competitors do not go Us they
would have gone some weeks ago-+tO
Mr.. Blaine, but 10 some one who will
thus lie able to snatch the the coveted
prize just as he hopes TO grasp 1t. Mr..
Blaine will have no one but himself or
his impruslent friends 10 thank for his
defeat,-Cleyeland Herald. i b.Ifspa, 4.