Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-07-04
PRESIDENTIAL.
The Chances of Cleyeland,s
Nomination Discussed.
Attention Called to Bayard's
Ayailability--A Good Record.
Some Talk of Gen. Slocum as a
New York Compromise.
Other Political News
Cleveland and His Foes.

SlSNslanu ana Ills Foes,
NEW YORK, July 1.-The opposi-
ton TO Cleveland is now al full head
1t numbers the forces of Tamnany.
Dana, the Brooklyn Eagle, the Troy
Standard, Buffalo Times, Troy Tels.
gram, Albany Express aud many
other papers. These papers prefer
Bayard, Thurman, or any other man.
The grievances against Cleveland are
kept before the public eye all the
time. His Independence. the charoe
that he is more a republican than a
democrat, his veto of the tiye-cent
tare bill, his opposition to Grady,
ahd host OF other minor
complaints are brought up
against the governor, and they
go far towards convincing many peo
pie that the defeat of the democracy
IN New York will follow the nomi,
nation of Cleveland.
THE OTHER SIDE.
On the other side Il is said that the
opposition to Cleveland is far less for
mldable than that which Tildeu had To
encounter IN 1876. Tildan nss h;.ls->.
Tammany made made such men as
Augustus Schell, August Belmont,
Fernando Wood, EN-Gov. Hoffman.
Evartus Brooks, Roger A Pryor s.
S. Cox, AmoSa j. Parker, Evartus
Corning, Dewitt G. nttlejohn, Chief
Justic Sanford Z. Church, Lieut.. Gov.
Beach and a hundred of other like
prominent democrats, declare that Til
den could not carry New York.
But i'll spite of their predictions Til
den did carry New York, by over
81, 900, and the city by over 81, 900
majority.
Those who are alarmed at the oppo-
sition TO Cleveland in New York have
only to remember how bitter and
formidable the opposition was 10 Til
den; and there were then NO iAdlg-
nant or disgusted independents to
swell the column of Tildens support.
He had to fight united republican
party with a perfect machine and all
the anti.reform elements of his own
party.
1t May be Bayard,
New YORK, July 1.-The steady
pressure of the opposition to Cleve
land in New York, revives and causes
much interest in the record of Bay
ard. 1t is not unlikely the latter will
be selected as the democratic standard
bearer He would have been nomi-
mated in 1880 if be had received the
support of the south. The south had
276 votes in that convention. OF
these los we're cast for him and III
against HIM. While he is objected to
by some because, as is alleged his
Dover speech in 1861 was an anti-war
speech, it is deemed strange that he
should be opposed by the south when
there are so many proofs that he
is acceptable To the north. He has a
splendid record on all public questions
His speech for civil service reform de.
livered two years ago at the Dart
mouth college commencement was
one of tho most scathing arrangements
of the spoils system of which Blaine
stands as the odious incarnation in
American politics. On the tariff ques-
ton Bayard's record is that Of con
servative reformer. lie would reform
the tariff laws. He deprecates sudden
or violent changes. He recognizes
that protection must result as an IN
cident from any system of duties or
imports which will yield an adequate
revenue. This he would afford where
needed, but would withhold it where
it tended To foster monopoly He has
a record for loyalty, integrity, knight
ly courtesy and that stainless purity
of public and private life that no one
could assail. The only spot in his ar
mour where the ''plumed knight
could hope to thrust lance is the
Dover speech. That speech was such
an one as showed no disloyalty. 1t
was animated by passionate love for
the Union. 1t was mastery argu
ment against secession. 1t was made
in the iaterest of the Union and to al
lay and prevent the state Of Delaware
from joining in the secession move
ment as some of its hot-heads desired.
He declared proudly:
with this secession. or revolution rebellion,
or by whatever name 1t may be called, the state
OF Delaware has naught to do TO our constitn
tiOnal duties toward each and every member Of
the union have been faithful in all times
Never, never has thought, word, an act Of
ours been uufaithful TO the union of our fathers
in letter and in spirit has been faithfully kept
by us"
He doubled, with Greeley, with
thousands of others of the north,
the expediency of trying to hold the
union together by the swoard. But
this view was common one in his
latitude, and was no impeachment to
loyalty.