The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-08-20
A FEW REASONS.

II A FEW REASONS.
Because Mr.. Blaine's nomination
; was, In a marked degree, objection
able to the controlling elements of hil
party, and because those element
are still unreconciled and promise t.
remaiL 50, it is reasonable to infer
that his party will not escape, this
year, the defeat which it encoun'
teredin 1876, and barely escaped, by
Stalwart trickery and costly pur.
chase, in 1880.
No other Republican leader has SO
many enemies in his party as Mr..
Blaine. They have fought him and
he has fought them for more than
eight years with a bitterness and
vindictiveness unparalleled in the
annals of factional strife in this
country.
To the Stalwarts-the men who
have been the fighting corps of their
party, and whose boldness, dash and
cunning haye won it's victories-Mr.
Blaine is simply the incarnation OF
all that is odious. Probably that
faction will support MI. Blaine in a
perfunctionary way, but they will
not make his cause their own and
work for his success as if he were
one of them. They do not forget
how Blaine fought them in 1880, Dol
are they unmindful of the late fight
that sent Conkling into retirement.
The men who in 1880 snatched VIC
tory from the jaws of defeat Grant,
Conkling, Cameron and their allies
have neither the power nor the in
clination to do for Blaine what they
did for Garfield.
The administration and the stall.
warts cannot feel that they are
bound to work with phenomenal
energy for the election of a man
whose friends bolted the party and
helped the democrats to carry New
York, Pennsylvania and other states
two years ago. Even if the admins
tration were not pledged to civil ser
vice reform, not bound by law to a
change of tactics, it would still feel
that it had no loud call to help its
worst enemies to a triumph.
Another strong element of the re-
publican party, the independents,
are in open, organized revolt and
will give their votes and influence to
the democratic candidates. The or
.ganization includes more men of
high character, great learning and
large influence than any other polit-
ical movement of equal numerical
strength than the country has ever
seen. "Time was that when the
brain was out the man would die"
Can the republican party survive the
loss of its brain and conscience too?
Mr.. Blaine's well-authen ticated
record as a Prohibitionist, supple
mented by the hearty endorsement
Of Neal Dow, repels the Germans OF
The Northwest, and makes two or
three States doubtful that else had
been safe for the Republican ticket.
On the other hand, the determina-
lou of the Prohibitionists to put up
electoral tickets and make a vigorous;
light will deprive Mr. Blaine of some
of votes in States where
ne has n o strength to spare.
The magnetic" brilliancy to
which Mr.. Blaine owes his strong
lold on his own folio wing or faction,
9 really a source of weakness. The
BUSINESS men of the country are, as d,
matter of course, conservative.
they admire Mr.. Blaine's shining {
Qualities, but sclntillation does not
inspire their confidence. They want !
safe, reliable maj in the Preslden- 7
lal office; one who will aim rather i
D give the country a quiet, orderly, F.!
lean and decorous administration :
han to dazzle the world with flashes g
f genius. They are not giving their
Import to MI. Blame, but they are =
liking kindly to Mr.. Cleveland, who !
not in the least "magnetic," but is t
nown to be quiet, strong, thorough t
nd honest In the discharge of adj
illustrative duties. q
All over the country there is a feel c
lg of dissatisfaction with the party a
power and a desire for a change. q
1t is time for a change" is an ex- !,
ression heard every day and every v
our from men who have voted the d
publican ticket in past campaigns. :,
is evident that the party has lost " y
. old-time grip. 1t has become a K
arty OF spoils, having no principle
fight for and no ralIying cries that
'mmand attention and respect.
These are a few of the many rea- =,
ms why it seems altogether improb- O.
lie that MI. Blaine can be elected. b.
nd we may add that the preposter- n
professions of confidence in "
hich some of his supporters In "
llge, cannot be intelligently con- p1
rued as indicative of anything but q
lack of real confidence.
BUTLER'S ADDRESS. u
Ben Buffers address, which az G.
jared in the MINER yesterday s.
orning, should be read between &C
les. And when so read the motive