The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-21
WEB WILDER ON THE OUTLOOK,

WEB WILDER ON THE OUTLOOK.
HIawatha World: It may be truth
fully said that no Republican campaign
since the party was first organized ever
began SO hopefully as the present Blaine
and Logan campaign. Both candid ates
are very popular, and the platform on
which they stand enunciates the pOliti
cal principles OF the great body Of the
people. Were the election held tod ay
it is believed that Blaine would carry
every northern state, and very probably
West Virginia, Tennessee and Florida.
No Democrat offers 70 bet on the sue
cess of his own party. The
Republicans are full of enthusi
asm and hard at work. Victory is
in the air. The most remarkable
feature of the campaign thus far Is
the immense host OF Irishmen who have
come out for Blaine and Logan. It is
q perfect stampede from the rOtting
Democratic hulk. And the altogether
new and startling part OF the Democratic
side show is the moral character of Its
candidate for president. Mr.. Cleveland
is pretty weak In that regard. The
facts already published are not denied,
even by Democrats, but confirmed.
There is much talk among them Of with
drawing Cleveland. Never before did
any party present such a person as its
candidate for the highest office. The
moderen expression for such q situation
IL "between the devil and the deep sea"
Milton, In Paradise Lost" had it:
Which way iV is hell; myself am hell.
That is the way 1t presents itself TO
Grover Cleveland. 1t matters little what
he does now. His purity as already
beaten, 1t always blunders at the right
time for Republican success.
The opposition in Kansas is greatly
divided in name; il has q variety of fac
tions, but they all have one purpose
the defeat of Blaine and the state ticket
And they will all be buried in one grave
under such q majority as even Kansas
meyer saw before.
Next week, August Goth, the Demo
Gratis meet in Topeka and renominate
Click. On the same day few Republi
licans, opposed to prohibition, will alsC
nominate Click. The rest Of the ticket
will be divided among Democrats and
Republican soreheads. All these per
sons claim to be opposed to the Repab
licans because they are PrOhibitIOnisis
But in September another faction Is Il
meet in Lawrence and nominate ticket
They call themselves Prohibitionists
and they oppose the Republicans be
cause they are not ProhibitiOnists
Strange, isn't it! The leader of this las
party is Martin Van Bennett, the Copper
head and Democrat. He never voted
Republican ticket. Another leader @
the faction lie John B. Finch. of Nebras
ks. always Democrat. Both Van Ben
nett and Finch were In the Pittsbur
convention. and voted for st. John G
their candidate for president. 1t wOul
help the Democrats. st. John is now 1
the east making speeches and abusin
: the Republicans because they did nj
put prohibition into the Chicago plal
form. He is doing all 10 his power I
draw of votes from the Republican pa
~ to himseli. it'-
That is the sItuatiOn-a coalition an
. combination OF the rsgtag and boblail, Z
|. everything to beat the Republican part
y in Kansas. The Democrats are c0mpli
u menting St John and pattiDg him @
the back. Saint John and Sinner Clev
e land have one and the same purpose.
n The ordinary observer CAn hardly COZ
a celVs Of the depth Of the grave thai Ihei
shysters haYe dug for each other.