The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-03-28

RI. Democratic National Convention
49,. hern called by The Dcmocrcfic ~
fional Committee 20 assemble 10 inca
80 On The Sth ~ july. The timo namen
n n compromise between those TOR m
earlx convention and those for iate
on. The Republicans will meet ~
t,hicaro June 4. Their action viii 70
known Is tho country q month before
ire Democratic gathering viii assemble.
TINA Democracy will thus have u ~ their
now.r ~ weigh the mistakes q me AZ
xersary ana W avoid FLANDERS IA kint.
MI. date Il doubtless meant ~ % iafc
..,anch ~ enable Congress 70 finish ~
l,ho~S The record Of the Dcmoctatic
u,,~4 Min be one for which the Demo-
cratic marty viii be- rightly held rrspon-
sih'e That record Should be complete
when The party's National Convention
assemblies
TIE probability i that the candidates
osboth rartios will b. nearly two months
"a nomination. before active can assing (
Mn begin. People arc not going ~ he \
,...ltnl with politics before they afe /
ready. this wear. This i seen from me |
notable lnll Ia political interest now.
Fonr wears AGO. at this time. though |
IA lan.l Wa win,cr-locked. The people
~. politicallx fired with summer heat
I New thew are thinking that they viii RI
ver, u pplit;cS when effort anu calcala-
/ VIM ,xiil 30 effective and not before
/ N.4nyhile. thes are watching both
I narties narrowly. being certain that
4 nethrr i strOug enough 10 command
~nee..~s. REGARDLESS 81 the record which
X, may make. Tie Democrats hare
acted wiser than the Republicans. IN
calling their convention month ia'er'
Two months later would have Deem
wiser yet. Still. the National campaign
viii ~ run on State Ines and most q
the State Conventions for fall elections
vii not ~ likely 3, meet Ill month N
TWO after July =
The significance Of me place selected
i principally geographical The Nest
was bound - have the convention. any
how. rha, fact settled. Chicago y the
be-: city .; the West for the purpose
Ii i cooler than any other. ine ex-
position building Is the best adapted 1877
convention purposes Of any ia the land
Rail access 10 Chicago l. more ample
than 10 any other city. except New
York. The hotel aecomo iatlons IRE
magnificent. The sentiment 81 the pop
NAT an T. Democratic. While the prin-
c;pai new spapers are Republican Or IN
dependent. they are shrewd and polite
enough ID give fair reports and civil
,, comments. Besides. there are IN thi-
caro- several very effective Democratic
newspapers. The improbabilfy q the
Y Democracy finding 4 candidate IN 20
Y Republican State n Illinois Will en-
4 able the delegates impartially % can
I. vass not only the merits ~ aSplranis
: but al.o the question Of the special
y strcnrth or weakness 81 such aspirant'
IA Commonwealth which must be car
:, red 10 win. II has been oblcctci tha
g as both conventions are - meet in Chi
q caco. the people may Get the platform
2 mixed 10 In their minds. They vii
y not. unless the platforms are male \
much alike on purpose that one vii
Z 4. suggest the other. That can casily y
= avoided. by the elevation Of princlpl
= above policy. Unless the platforms ar
e desixnedlv made alike. they will not re
~ semble one another by the mere Incl
9 dent d being promulgated in the sam
= town.
"a The organizations through which ii
:, Democracy act will from to-day acccI
n. notice of the responsibility laid upo
on IN. n il This Presidential year. In du
III season they will doubtless call the coI
- yenfions in the States 10 choose Dc
'Ie ecatcs 10 Chicago. There il time enouc
N for such consultation and for such eel
erous rivalry for fayorites. within q
party. 10 render the preliminary actic
IN the states representative Of the "a
go ~ therein and the browning action
% the convention harmonious. strong ~