New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-27
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Some level headed friend of President Arthur
ought to point ont to him that the people os-
teusibly i'm charge of his boom are not dong
we'll by il. The simple fact is that they are
making u mess of the boom. Their efforts are
as maladrot as they are earnest, and so may DC
relied mon to weaken rather than strengthen
the boom. Three of their patent boom fer
filters are peculiarly inane. These are:
l. The assertion that there IS "a marked
change in public sentiment in favor of Mr..
Arthur. This is an assertion that has no back
ing OF fact Some days ago the Arth9r news
papers, as if in response 90 preconcerted sig
nal. began with one accord to remark, with head
lines and italics, that really Mr.. Ar,hurs boom
had received fresh impulse, or words TO that
effect They have been talking that way ever
since, but ii Is significant that no substantial
proof is submitted in support of their claim 1t
used to be said that when one inquired in GER
tain region OF the West for malaria the reply IL
variably was: "Stranger we haven't got any OF
it here, but you'll find plenty of ii in the next
county" The attempt to induce the managers
Of the Arthur boom TO point ont III what sec
tons of the country ne is stronger than he was
a month ago, meets with an equally unsatis-
factory response. He isn't any stronger here
abouts-but then he is " in the HeXt county"
II. The assertion that because Republican
State Conventions have placed resolutions COM
plimentary of the Administration in their re-
srective platforms that therefore Mr.. Arthur.
or ncc.ssifaie rci is to be nominated. The BoS-
tom IrGrflier rolls this proposition a. sweet
morsel under its tongue. Grouping all these
resolutions together it confidently queries, in
capitals "Thcn why not nominate him I" But
really your intelligent voter is not to be caught
by any such chat as this. He has read plat
forms-a good many of them containing pleas
ant references to retiring officials. lie knows
that such reference, constitute the rule to which
the exceptions are few and far between But
he never heard it claimed before that a man
should be nominated for the first Office within
the gift of the people because he has been the
recipirnt OF that sort of easily evoked compare
lively insignificant attention.
H. The attempt 10 advance Arthur by pitch
ing into Blaine Cne of the chief maladrolt
boomers in this particular is THE UtdtO COM
nercial Adrertiser, whose editor is chairman OF
the Republican State Committee This news
naper seems 10 entertain the extraordinary i'm
preston that it is advancing cosent arguments
for the nomination of Mr. Arthur by faithfully
reproducing in its columns all the dastardly as
saults that envy, hatred and malice have made
upon the good name Of the great Maine states
man. Is it possible that any sane person can
imagine that such tactics can really serve Mr..
Arthur's INTEREST," The Advertiser in recent
number asserts, with all the emphasis of double
leads. that Mr. Arthurcan carry NcwIo 1T
has talked that way ever since Che canvass
opened Presumably it would like to see him
carry New-York in the event of his nomi-
nation; and yet if it were bent upon
convincing everybody that it was trying
to make it impossible for him to carry New
York in the event of his nomination, it could
scarcely pursue a different course.
These are some of the reasons which warrant
the conclusion that Mr.. Arthur's boom is being
awkwardly handled. lie may well pray be
saved from his friends.