The Republican journal., 1884-12-04
e A. Storrs on the Situation.
THAT STUPID ALLITERATION THE CAUSE {
BLAINE'S DEFEAT. THE REPUBLICAN PA
TY SOLIDIFIED BY DEFEAT.

E A. Storrs on the Situation
THAT STUPID ALTERATION THE CAUSE OF
BLAINE'S DEFEAT. THE REPUBLICAN PAR
| TY SOLIDIFIED BY DEFEAT.
Mr.. Emory A. Storrs, Of Chicago, has
furnished to Tribune reporter valua-
ble review of the campaign, to which he
devoted much time from the beginning,
Though an advocate of President Arth-
er's renomination he promptly indolsed
Blaine and Logan in CHEEKY, patriotic
and Witty speech at the close of the pro
ceeding in Convention Hall in June. A
frequent visitor 10 National Headquar-
ters, he is familiar with the steps of the
campaign. What he says, therefore, re-
! specting the contest, its conduct and its
results is formed upon intelligent obser-
Vati0n and knowledge.
MIR. Storrs holds that Mr. Blaine was
the strongest candidate who could have
been put in the field. The loss Of New
| York he attributes to DIR. Burchard of
whom he says: "a very aged man, care
less in methods OF expression, followed
with an address, in such manner that
even those very near him did not wholly
| understand him. In this address he in
| duIged IN the unfortunate ALTERATION OF
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion. This
was a patent and conspicuous insult, not
only to the Catholic priests and clergy
! then present, but TO Catholic sentiment
throughout the entire country. 1t was an
insult for which in no sense was Mr.
| 10 tt.t t,l- t,,
| say, from the best information at my
| command, an expression which Mr.
| Blaine did not himself hear. This was at
once used by the Democratic party
| throughout the whole country. Every
| dead wall was placarded with it, and the
| pews Of the Catholic churches filed with
| il on Sunday mDming. To correct it was
| impossible, and Senator Murphy, one of
| the most distinguished Democrats in the
state and leading member Of the State
| Committee, assured Inc that the untortu-
nate ALTERATION cost US at least 20, 600
| votes.
The defeat Of the Republican ticket is
| on all hands conceded to be attributed
| directly 10 this most unfortunate express
Sion OF an aged clergyman, who did not
probably comprehend the effect of the
language which he employed. The sue
cess Of the Democratic party is not due
20 the Independents it is not due to the
prohibitionists il is not due to the Conk-
lin followers. We could have beaten the
entire combination III the State Of New
FORK, even With a larger majority than
General Garfield received, 1t is due to
Dr. Burchard. | think that no one de-
MES that the loss of New jersey and
Connecticut is attributable to the same
cause"
"W That have yen to say as to the man
agemeDt Of the National Committee y
1T is possible that we may have had
committees more experienced in the de-
tails OF politics, but the Republican party
has never had d committee more faithful
ana more diligent. Consider what in
TINS state they were compelled to front.
The vast majority III favor Of Grover
Cleveland two years ago; the lndepen-
dent detection; the Prohibition movement
and the stealthy detection Of Conklngs
followers in Oneida county and elsewhere.
| nder all these circumstances, added to
the Burchard escapade, we have lost the
state by less than twelve hundred plural
ity. There must have been some superb
management somewhere. 1t Is quite the
fashion 10 criticise the Chairman Of the
National Committee, Mr.. Jones, and Mr..
Elklns. Had we succeeded they would
have been eXtoled as great political
managers. That We did not succeed
comes, as have shown, from circumstan-
ces which they could not possibly control
or turesee Their fidelity it is absurd to
question. In season and out OF season
auO under sacrifices which but few men
would have endured, they sought the
success Of the ticket and no one has
right TO cliticise their conduct, unless it
is some one who has contributed to the
success Of the party as largely as they
have done, and if criticism is limited to
these quarters, the public may rest assur-
ed that there will be no criticism"
'Do You think this defeat seriously
affects the future of the party -
''On the contrary, think it soidihes
the party We are n0w a compact, pow
ertul splendid political organization,
Identical i'll opinion and purpose. 1t is a
curious feature OF the triumph OF the
Democratic party at this election that the
only reason that the country will not be
damaged by its success is that its success
has not been complete, and the only nope
OF the patriotic Democrat now Is not that
ms party has tllumphed, but that il has
not triumphed completely. The salvation
OF the country, the hope Of success on the
part of all our great industries, rest not
on the fact that Cleveland is to be our
next President. lie and the House of
representatives behind him viii he un-
able 10 carry ont the doctrine which he
represents because of the interpositinn of
the Republican Senate, and 50 again, as
III the countless instances OF the past. the
Republican party saves the country"
'HOW long viii the Democratic party
hold together -
"Nithin six months the so-called re
formers of the Civil Service will be com
PEELED to abandon it. The Democratic
party is the caucuS, and the caucus is the
Solid South Assaults will be made upOn
oar industrial system which will fail in
their effect but such assaults will tend to
open the eyes Of the public and the coun-
try to the danger Of Democratic rule.
This Will drive from them all those de
luded and dyspeptic Republicans who
have absurdly believed that the Demo
cratic party is as tavorably Inclined to
the protection Of American industries as
the Republican, The Independents will
not be recognized, and if one Of them
should happen to be, the others who are
neglected will take alarm, and with their
natural tendencies 10 bolt, tie first pur-
pose of the Independents will be to purify
the Democratic party to which it has re-
Gently attached itself by boiling its nom
nations. The Independent seems to know
of DO method for purifying either church
or party save by defeating it. | look for
a strengthening from this time forward
Of the Republican party, and within two
years | expect that every Northern State
will wheel into line under its banners
Curious Election Wagers.