The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-07-19
The Next Presidential Campaign.

The Next Presidential Campaign.
About this time four years ago the Re-
publican family was badly divided on
the third-term question, and each side
was vigorously preparing for the ''bat-
tie royal which occurred at Chicago.
The high enthusiasm and thorough Or
.ganization Of the third-termers seemed
to promise an easy victory, and their
organs talked as glibly of what the new
Administration would be and do as if
Grant nomination and election were a
feregore conclusion. This counting
Of chickens before they were hatched''
continued up to the day the National
Convention met, and not until the neck
Of the hen had been duly and truly
Writing did the tfiird-terif1ers wake tip to
realizing sense of their obstinate folly
and its consequences. Even then they
could not or would not understand the
causes of the disastrous defeat, and
persisted in attributing to ''treachery
and fraud" what was Simply the logical
result of eight years of Grantism. So,
instead of accepting defeat gracefully
and shaking hands with the victors,
they grumbled and growled, kicked
and cursed. and finally were only
whipped into the traces by the dread of
Democratic success. But they never
forgot nor forgave those who had
spoiled their plans and compelled
them to eat humble pie, and dur
ing Garfeld's brief term his Bit
terest assailants wefe the men without
whose efforts and ififlteice he never
could have been President The pGctt-
liar circumstances of his death tempo
rarily suspended hostilities, but these
were renewed before ''the funeral baked
meats had grown cold. What the
ballot box did not do for the Stalwarts,
the assassin's bullet did; and they at
once proceeded to make the most of
their unexpected luck. AS soon as Ar
thur had laid aside his mourning gloves
and note paper, he dismissed all the
/ members of the Garfield Cabinet except
Lincoln, who happened to be the only
Sta1wart that Garfield had admitted to
his council board. When the big heads
had dropped into the basket the little
6nes followed, and very few anti-Stal-
warts are now feeding at the public
crib, save in cases where the office is
hot worth having. So matters went on
Until the Administration candidate for
| GbVerhof of New York Was buried be-
heath a hundred thousand Democratic
majority; the Republican ticket else
where faring little better. Since then
Arthur has s.gone Slow and the Stall
warts have contented themselves with
| occasional thrusts at their enemies, by
way of reminding them of the wrath to
come There has been no compromise,
and the two factions are practically as
wide apart to-day as when the third
term business fell at Chicago never to
rise again.
1t remains to be seen how the family
feud will be patched up for the approach.
ing Presidential campaign. 1t is evi.
dent that no man who was conspicuous
and active in beating Grant in 1880 car
be nominated with the consent of the
stalwarts In 1884; and equally evident
that no fnafi conspicuous and active In
| pushing Grant can be nominated With
the consent of the ai1ti-Stalwarts. A
it will be hard to find Republican o.
any considerable prominence and p6pu
larity who did not commit himself with
more or less emphasis to one side or the
other, the selection Of all available can
didate will not be an easy task, and the
chances for good deal of Republican
bad blood before and during the Con
ventioh are encouraging. Blaine an
nounces himself as out of the President
ial ring, and it is certainly time he was
but as he has plenty of friends to re
ward and enemies to punish, his power
is sure to be felt when the opportunity
arrives. On the other hand, there il
Conklipg, soured and surly, waiting tt
L
in New York, and determined to have {
candidate of his own stripe or maxi
things lively for the party. Logan an,
Cameron, too, are on the war-path and
will take several scalps before the figh
is over, even if they lose their own sc
that from present appearances an oceal
of oil will be required to smooth thu
troubled waters sufficiently to insure thu
Republican ship safe and happy sailing
Meanwhile, we may observe, the Re
publicans have given up all hopes o
breaking the solid South, and the eX
pertinent so fragrantly illustrated b,
Malone and Chalmers is confessed
failure. So the probabilities are tina
the Southern delegates to the Conven
ton will be treated with much less con
sideration, and have much less weigh
than in 1880; which must, to some ex
tent, assist the anti-Stalwarts. How
ever, the full strength of the Admins
tration is likely to be thrown into tn
opposite scale, thereby restoring tn
balance and leaving the forces of tn
belligerents nearly or quite equal
which means sharp contest, in whic
no quarter is given or asked.
Though Democrats are not as unite
as they ought to be, their union is com
plete and hearty compared with that Z
the Republicans, and the points of dit
ference can and will be easily recon
ciled. If the party will cut loose froI
self-appointed leaders, treat with cor
tempt the dictatorial advice of self-aI
pointed organs, reaffirm its old prime
pies for an all-sufficient platform, an
nominate ticket which unmistakabl
represents these principles, Demo
cratic.triumph next year is assured. A
the signs now look that way, and notf
ing but great and inexcusable blundel
can neutralize the effects of Republica
dissension and Generalization and driv
victory from the Democratic banners
81. Louis Republican.
The Artful Dodgers Little Joke.
In kindly suggesting a platform Il
the Democrats of Ohio the New Yor
Tribune submitted the following resoll
| tion.