Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-23
DAILY POST.INTELuCtNCER.
ruc PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION

rHE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. !,
From all appearances the movement /
in the Republican party IN favor Of the /
n domination of James q. Blaine for the /
p residency will eliminate IN his seiec |
ton, after sundry complimentary '"'es
are cast. on the first t.st ballot, by the
convention at Chicago. There re-
main less than six weeks before that
will assemble. The expires
sions in favor of Mr.. Bl ines nomina-
tion have long since passed the boom
epoch, and have become what no" ap-
breaches the dignity of TIDAL wave
At the close Of last week the number oil
delegates then selected and pledged TO
vote for the nomination of the Maine
statesman. IA telepraped to this coast,
vas canal To the numb Der of votes which
h received on the frs. ballot four years
ago. This number Is dtily Increasing
with rapidity astonishing ev II to his
most sang1ine friends. In New York
State. the home Of Arthur. and where,
by the fracture of the unit rule, Blame
WAS enabled foar years ago 10 receive
support from portion OF tue deiega
ton, led by Collector Robertson, he now
largely leads. The New York con@en-
tion meets TODAY. 1t is alleged that ont
of 20 delegates thereto elected up to
FRIDAY last. I0e are Blaine men, while
Arthur next follows with bat -. There
il no donbt-that the delegates ht large
will be for Blaine. OF the 20 district
delegates AZ have been reported elected,
of whom % are for Blaine. Indications
point strongly to his having consider
able majority Of the whole New YORK
dslepation. Pennsylvania IL almost sol
idIv for Blaine. New Jerse, sends near
ly all her delegates instructed to sup
mort him. In Kansas. Minnesota, len
nessee. Illinois, OHIO and elsewhere he
has developed wonderful strength.
If James q. Blaine Is nominated, AZ
we hope and believe he wall be, be Will
be elected by Il majority surprisingly
great. The campaign which Will follow
his nomination will be IA bitterly en-
thnsiastic ~ that betw Lincoln and
Douglas in 1860. He has the rare attri-
butte of influencing and compelling per
sopal adherence. He has, moreover,
the rarer attribute of retaining the ALE
glance of his sup porters through Ill for
tune and disaster. The secret IL an
open one if read Alright. James o..
Blaine 10 a masterful man. He Is a
born leader. He is vIrile, determined.
and knows his own mind. Moreover,
he is thoroughly American in in
stinct and purpose. His talents need
no eulogy. 1t il admitted, even by his
bitterest enemies, that in every station
he has occupied his work was ably per
formed. He ID III sympathy with pro-
lection to labor, and against serfdom.
For this reason he favOrs a protective
tariff, and for this reason be advocated
tho Chinese restriction act. Both are
Identical in principle.
The Oregonian opposes the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Blaine, and alleges that his
name would be the signal for "A defen
sive oampaign.' We do not believe 1t
james q. Blaine il not accustomed to
making that sort Of fight. The an
nouneement of his selection ut Chicago
will be tho signal not alone for Demo
cratic attack that is inevitable-but
for an aggressive, enthusiastic, Repnb
lican advance. The truth is, and our
contemporary should realize it, that the
people of the United States are weary
of that goody, gnody. namby pambJism
which prefers rather to follow AL zoe
berg, because unnssailahle, than man
OF flesh and blood and faults and brains
This dark horse business becomes wearl-
some. 1t isn't pleasant to he compelled
every four years To vote for "A oandidate
whatever, merely because some clique
of dilettanti politicians decide that he
Is tho most available. The manhood,
the Young men, the rank and file of the
Republican party want chance to
make one contest with their chosen
leader. 1t looks just now as though
they had made up their minds to COM
pei that result, despite the efforts of the
bloodless coterie who crouch beneath
the mantle of availability" The ORE
gonian stultiIies itself and insults is
fellow citizens of Oregon in saving that
the support given Mr.. Blaine hitherto
has been chiefly n a means for pre-
venting the nomination of Gen. Grant
for third term" This may have been
the lgnoble motive of our contemporary.
We are much mistaken If it is not repu-
dated by the people of Oregon, who
have voted and will again vote tor Mr..
Blaine's nomination and election tn the
Presidency. primarily and solely be-
cause they want him in the White
House.
IL James q. Blaine Is nominated at
Chicago he will carry, with the possible
exception of Indiana and New York.
every Northern State, including the three
upon this coast This is oIr prophecy.
AIMING.