Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
WATCHING THECAMPAIGN
BLAINES FRIENDS HOPING HE
WILL TAKE THE STUMP.


Unpopularity of ScurrIIous Tactics-A
Letter that Gov. Cleveland Threw In
His Waste Basket-No Mud Singing
onthe Part of the Democrats.
1t is beginning to be believed here. saws
Washington special to the New York
Times, that the magnetic presence of Mr..
Blaine himself will be needed to give en-
thusiasm to the Irish-American cause,
and that he will take the stump, together
with Gen. Logan, early in September. 1t
is lntimated that this subject ola personal
canvass has been seriously discussed bv
Mr.. Elkins and the other Blaine
managers, and feelers have been thrown
out for the purpose of ascertain
ing how the public would take this
innovation upon the campaign
methods of recent years. 1t has been al
legged that all the advantage which might
be derived from such an innovation would
be on the Blaine side, for Gov. Cleveland,
occupying position which requires all
his time and personal attention, could not
afford to neglect his official duties. even if
his personal claims have to suffer in con-
sequence. Neglect of official duty or dis
honesty in its discharge, it is hardly nee
essary to say, has never been charged
against him, and he will be unlikely to
lay the basis for either charge during this
campaign.
Some of Mr.. Blaine's friends are criti-
cIsIng the management of his campaign
already, alleging that although the cam
paign is not opened, nor can it be con-
sidered as fairly begun until Mr.. Cleye-
lands letter of acceptance appears, all
the ammunition that can be used against
New 4ork's Governor has been discharged
already, and nothing can be said
against him that has not already beenre
Peated until It's novelty is worn off, and
three long, weary months intervene be-
fore the November election. The necessi-
ty of injecting sky rocket material into
the campaign has suggested the ap-
pearanee of the Republican candidates on
the stump. Regrets are expressed by the
baser following of the. Irish
tion of scandalous matter was not
delayed until late in the campaign,
then to be sprung as the Morey letter was
four years ago. The Democrats are natu-
rally exceedingly angry at the sort of tao
tics which has been introduced into the
canvass, and which has been F'deplored"
by the Blaine press with hypocrisy that
is as skIllful as it is genuine. The appear
ance of clergyman or two upon the
mean warfare leads Washington people to
rub their eyes and look over the recent
past, when enough occurs to them to sat-
lsfy tqem that, in spite of protestatiOns to
the contrary, a direct line of communica-
tiOn has all along been established be-
tween one of the clergymen and the Elkins
camp. In stalwart hands the manage
ment of Presidential campaigns of yore
was not Snch as to draw a blush to the
QhnnKG m IF fhn o,.Nw nnT.v
the unskilled would be guilty of such
blunder.
1t is well known that the mail of Gov.
Cleveland has been loaded down with let
ters since his nomination. Not the least
emphatic of his correspondents has an
nounced his readiness and his ability to
furnish aftidaVits of persons high in the
educational ranks of Kentucky supple
mented by affidavits made in another and
more easterly State which would forever
set at rest some questions which
have been moOted in Washington, such
for instance as whether two pistols are
more effective than one in constituting
marriage contracts, or whether pistols
ought to be employed at all
even by enraged relatives, or whether
young people should or should not
have guardians all their young lives.
The letter, which was remarkably eX-
pnCltJ anu NulCu was WT1IJSH Dy re-
sponsible man of the world, was thrust
into the Governors waste basket 1t is
perfectly safe to say that neither he nor
his immediate friends will lend them
selves to the circulation of stories about
any Republican candidate, no matter
how we'll founded they are nor how
numerous may be the affidavits of those
who are ready to swear to certain acts of
certain people which come under their
observation, and which few journals are
likely to publish even in a mud-sIinginS
campaign.