The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-08
He Will Make Things Lively.

Il lat week was q week Of excitement, OF
y 1splcss nights. OF weary tongues and lungs.
~ heat, crowded rooms insufficiently mixed
4 tnks, and manifold misery to the Republic
- patriots at Chicago. The followers OF
mother BLAINE were amply rewarded for
sfonkr eufferings, and are now faring hilari-
sx1sly homeward, their "dusters" dstendcd
NTH the Joyous swelling OF their manly
onDoms, They are happy and a noisy
eDUwd, sud Skowhegan and Oshkosh and
! zast Saginaw will shake all summer beneath
.nlbsir enthusiasm. It was a great week for
\ 0knther BLAINE and his faithful Ones Some
~ the other delegates are making wry faces
'ieNsr the nomination, and will continue to
n1k for weeks yet perhaps. Some Of them
10y sven screw up their courage to the stick
'stne point, and refuse to vote for him.
II But whoever takes or whoever refuses
nsother BhAINE's Peruvian syrup, we trust
nat all Republicans in good and regular
4 1tandin9 will join the Democrats In admiring
A1s'activity, liveliness. and clipper mobility.
4hsre are others Of his qualities that are not
inDak1mirable. but that ia no reason why JUS
!, HE should not be done to these. Neither as
~ Historian nor as q politician is Brother
Y GxkINE ever bore.
And what thing to be thankful for that
~ suppose tho truly wise and good had
#DRsyailed at Chicago and exhibited MFR. Ed
INTENDS. squatted like grim old polar bear
Upm his native iceberg, as the central at
tfACti0n Of the Republican show this year.
mo campaign would have been as fiat as
4 - heeltaps In cocktail glass; There
Z Wouidn't have boon any fun, and even the
A0gt r0bustuous stump speakers would have
hnghed their voices to q plaintive pitch, and
n lAve shuf1led through the campaign on slip
Rtotedfe feet, like deacons passing along the
5esatsfbntion box.
mt with Brother BLAINE there will be q
:! NJ noise and continuous hullabaloo all sum-
! saar and FAR into the fall. Firecrackers will
I ssaGkle and rockets hiss, and pinwheels
lanainously revolve. and all the pyrotechnic
! Mnnders OF powder and oratory will be ex-
4 aodsd. There will bs beating Of drums and
4 6Aaying VI oxen and flowing OF punch. Even
4 rs campaign documents will be conscious
tAAt they come from q cunning hand, and
- W0rthier Of better fate than cremation
\ Sgsthe junk shop.
Nhere may be something new, unexpected,
& nd startling coming from the candidate all
- time. In fact, nobody can tell what Mr..
I 1nAINE will do. He is liable to review man
kind from China to Peru. and about the lat
& ter he cannot foil to DO interesting. From
tWAiskey TO the annexation Of Canada there
s y nothing on which he may not have some
Ming bright to say.
II Some of the old fogieA may not like his
10y Of managing a campaign. Perhaps some
~ emocrats may suppose that because Broth
0LAINE and his followers are demonstra-
lss and spriYhtly they are not level OF head.
Mere Is no use In making mistake. Both
& - Democrats and the Republicans may be
i me that his campaign will be no less shrewd-
IN conducted because there is much OK
nrnal excitement about 1t. And interesting
3And amusing ~ Brother BLAINE is, we great
~ misjudge his character II no will not take
S1xreat risks and play rs bold game for
49, high stakes whereon he has long set his
art rs II ZACH CHANDLER were his pal
Bat even II Brother BLAINE should take on
answ veneer of dulness, tho campaign can-
sgxDt bc dull. II no won't mako things lively,
Il 1amerous young fellows in his own party
& nal make things lively for him.