Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-09-21
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THURSDAY EvEN'a. SEPT. Al. lse2.
The Nomination Of Relger.
The secretary of the treasury has re-
esived the Republican nomination for
governor of New York by very narrow
majority but be has not yet been elect
ed governor and will not be il ordinary
wisdom governs the Democratic conven-
tion. The nomination is weak. It is
directly opposed to the public sentiment,
which demands freedom from the affilia-
tions which gave Folger denomination.
He carries the Stalwart administration
on his back and is further handicapped
by the obnoxious influences which are
typified by the support of Jay Gould.
Why he desired q nomination which
would not give him the hearty support
of his party is a mystery; for he can
hardly wish to be nominated to be de-
,4eated, and he cannot reasonably hope
to be successful except by the aid of a
Democratic blunder as serious as that
which the Republicans committed in
erecting his standard. 1t is the flag OF
"boss rule "that they have raised and
it is flag that the voter will not follow.
A few weeks ago the candidacy Of
Wadsworth was proposed by the element
which sought COrnell's overthrow. 1t
was proclaimed only for the purpose of
drawing support from him and with no
intention further. Wadsworth would
have suited the purpose of the men who
have nominated Folger still less than
Cornell for he is an honester and more
straightforward man. Judge Folger has
the reputation of crookedness, gained in
the days before he assembled the bench,
and when he was an active and un-
scrupulous politician. This judicial re-
tirement has thrown a shadow upon the
old-time estimate Of him, but he has not
changed his spots and is still recognized
by those who supported him for COVER
nor, as q proper tool for their designs
against the people, should power be
placed in their hands.
The anti-administration Republicans
are marshaling their strength in cOnse-
quence of Il matured plan instituted by
Blaine and of which tho faithful have
been advised. The strength of Governor
Cornell in the New York convention
was due to his having been accorded tn"
position of the anti-administratiOn call
didate. He was beaten by few votes,
and the administration cannot stand
many more such victories any
better than it can endure such
as it has achieved in the regu-
lar nominations of its party in Penn.
sylvania. Here its ticket is sura
to be beaten, and there scarcely less sure.
Gov. Cornell would not have been a
strong candidate before the convention,
without the baptisement Of Blaine nor
would he have been a strong candidate
before the people. There are very weak
spots i'm his record. He is not cham
pion of right, except as expediency makes
him so. 1t will probably turn out ia
have been good thing for the Blaine
element that it failed to achieve the re-
sponsibility of his nomination.
Mr.. Blaine evidently seems TO pOacf
upon the Democratic preserve in max
ing up his party. Not IN honest man
himself, he is loud in honest professions.
Having no antipathy to monopolies,
which have been kind to him, he discOv-
els that the tide is against them and
swims with it. He and his are against
political bosses and strongly for popular
sovereignty, i'm profession. Their honesty
is in inverse order to the loudness of
their proclamation of it. But it sounds
well aud is likely to pay well. Blaine is
against Malone now strongly much
more strongly than when he was in the
cabinet and in position to hurt him.
His followers attend him in this trick.
The Philadelphia Press, once a Malone
organ, now has no good word for a leader
who has not in the slightest degree
changed the order of his proceedings ex-
cept to crawl into closer afiliation with
the Republican administration and pro-
claim himself an ally of Arthur, who has
the Offices at his disposal. Arthur's
friends cannot run along with Blaine's
friends. The two packs will not hunt
together. The Republican party, being
in these two factions, is not in trim to
dispute the brush with the Democracy
and to them it seems certain to be
awarded.
The Battle In Philadelphia.
In relation to the county Judge
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