The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-08-30
THE SITUATION.

The active campaign has not yet
fairly opened. In the east politics y
waiting for cooler weather and the
west il waiting on the east. But the
scorching heat must soon give place
to fall weather and then the great
battle will commence in earnest. In
a survey of the situation, however, it
will be admitted by unprejudiced
observers that the Democratic out
look is unusually encouraging. The
opponents of Cleveland have done
their best to injure the splendid po-
sition he fills before the country.
They have signally failed Not find
ing a single flaw in his public record
they resorted to vile ISLANDERS on his
private character. These only
aroused the indignation of all honest
men and made them still firmer in
his support. Vile personal abuse of
| Cleveland has done its worst.
The Butler boom has SWOLLEN out
to its greatest proportions and is now
subsiding. The recent visit of Butler
to Chandler and the transparent bar
gain made with Blaine through the
Navy Department lobbist has ex-
posed the true character of the Butler
movement and shown it to be but
the hired annex of the Republican
canvass. This expose has stripped it
of its power to harm the Dem
ocratic party to any considerable ex-
tent.
All efforts to cajole or bully the
Independent Republicans into the
support of Blaine and all attempts to
turn them from Cleveland have
failed. The Republican reformers
increase in number, and as they will
nearly all vote for Governor Cleve-
land as q rebuke to his dastardly
personal slanderers, they will count
double against Blaine.
In the Western States almost the
entire German Republican press Is
openly against Blaine and in favor of
Cleveland. The overbearing intoler-
ance OF Republican fanatics has dis
gusted the liberty-lovlng Germans
and, in the language of Governor
Click, Of Kansas, "they have left the
Republican party forever"
With all there is a spirit of honesty
and patriotism in the air. Substan-
tial, reputable, conservative citizens
all over the country have determined
to save the country from the disgrace
and danger Of an administers
ton of corruption and to re-
buke q party which has
fallen into evil practices and has
failed to purify itself of the cormo-
rants that are feeding upon the treas
ure of the nation. In New York the
is spreading. 1t is believed
that Cleveland will receive a much
larger majority than Tilden did and
that he will carry New Jersey, Con-
aecticut, Ohio, Indiana and Wiscon-
Tin by sweeping majorities. 4,
The Republicans see the handwrit-
ng on the wall, and Blaine inter-
,rets it without the aid of a prophet.
He sees the insane personal attacks
# his managers on Governor Cleve-
and; their desperate but u%nsuccess- f.
ul attempts to raise q corruption !
und; their barren bargain with Butt :,
er; their appeal to the Prohibition = ,
sts as the only hope of saving his =
'wn State; the candidacy of st. =
ohm; the deafness of their canvass y
all indications of Republican de- =
unnerved him and sent :
Tim to a sick room a miserable de- i,
pendent without hope and without /.
ourage. Never was a Democratic :
more fully assured-never ::
defeat more apparent.