The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-06-21
THE SORE HEADS.

AS uoulIs lilSlC hlO SOhiC ,JNuA
nails, as we'll as individuals who
are opposed to the nominees of the
Republican Convention made at
Chicago. This is not surprising,
but there are some amusing things
to be found in the various reasons
assigned for boiling the ticket.
One of the most notable of these is
the editorial of the New York
Times. 1t says:
Is not the name of Blaine the
only name that really stirs the
hearts of the Republican masses!
Did not his band Of devoted adher-
ents, without the aid of the Office
holders, who in most states were
enlisted under another flag, not
only without favor from any de
partment of the government, but
against the influence of all, so far
as that influence was eXorted, lead
to Chicago an army Of delegates
larger than that supporting any
other candidate Did not Blainc's s
name lead on the first ballot, and
increase its lead by jumps to the
last, when nearly two-thirds of the
convention was registered in the
Blaine column! If Mr.. Blaine is
not a fair representative Of repub-
lican principles and purposes, of
republican honor and conscience,
as they now are, then the republi-
cans Of Maine, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mich
igan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa
and Kansas were wilfully betrayed
in their primaries, in their district
and state conventions, and at Chi
cago; and we have nowhere read
nor heard that republican senti,
ment in these states, or in any
state, was stifed or perverted in
order to secure Blaine delegates.
Nor was Mr.. Blaine nominated in
ignorance of who and what he was.
The party had its eyes open. 1t
has taken this step not in the dark
but in broad daylight.
1t is much better, therefore, that
Mr.. Blaine should be the candi
date, than that Mr.. Arthur's friends
should haye been successful il
their purpose to thrust him on the
party against its will. We have
clearly seen and plainly said thai
the great majority OF republicans
did not want Mr.. Arthur for theil
candidate. Had he been nonln
ated, his defeat would have signi
fled nothing as regards the hear
and virtue of the party, nothing "a
to the favor its principles and pres
ent practices find in the eyes of thu
American people. There will be
nothing ambiguous about the de
feat Of Mr. Blaine, He who run
may clearly read the virdict in ad
vance: d" A candidate unworthy o
confidence and party too careles
OF its own honor to be longer trust
ed with the nations. "
That defeat will be the salvation
Of the republican party. 1t wi.
arouse its torpid conscience, it vii
stir it to selt-purification, it will dc
pose the false leaders who hay
fastened themselves upon it,
will send the regues to the back
ground, and will make the part,
once more worthy of honor and {
power in the republic it has SO nC
bly, served. When the party ha
, passed through the fires Of dcfes
and is we'll rid OF its peccant humol
it will come back to the impregns
t BILE ground of right it stood o
= when it beat down treason and di
, union, to a position in which
: shall embody the highest and be-
impulses of American lite, to
> state of heart and mind which sha
. tit it to be again the custodian {
8 that matchless trust, "governmer
1 OF the people, by the people, an
+ for the people"
One word as to the position {
Il the Times: 1t will not support M
Blaine for the presidency. 1t wi
s advise no man to vote tor him, an
its reasons for this course are pc
fectly well understood by ever
! body that has ever read it.
, The only theory upon which "
can reconcile such a position :
that taken by the Times, is tht
that great paper Is not Republican
; If the nomination of Blaine WI
the deliberate act of the party, an
| if he represents the masses--tf
{ majority of the party then, sure