The Aberdeen examiner., 1884-06-19
A Ticket to Beat.

Leisurely consideration only con>
firms us in the opinion expressed |
yesterday morning in the surprise OF
Blaiues nomination that the Repub~
lican ticket for 1854 is the one which,
of all others, the Democratic party
has the best chance of beating. Not
only is Mr.. Blaine weak with the
better class OF Republicans through>
out the Countrywide classes repre-,
sented by George William Curtis,
Senator Edmunds and others Of that
ilk-but Gen. logan. tae second on
the ticket, is equally if not more so.
Blaine has never inspired the con.
servative element of the party with
confidence His ability, his brilliancy
have always been recognized; but he
has given the impression of being
impatient, reckless, unreliable. Ours
ing his brief service in the Cabinet
be alarmed timid people by his for
eign policy The attitude he adopted
and the measures he advocated were
regarded as tending in the direction
OF complication, il not of war Even
in the brief period between the inau-
guration and the death of President
Garfield, Mr. Blaine had managed to
make the whole country uneasy and
apprehensive as to the future.
As for the doubtful States-States
where the movable vote controls The
result, such as Pennsylvania, New
York, Connecticut, Ohio aud Indiana,
we cannot see upon what theory Mr..
Blaine's friends expect him to win.
Those States we're carried in 1880
upon the tariff issue. The Democ
racy had lost somewhat in conf,
deuce, and the independent masses
fastened to seek security under the
banner OF Republicanism. But,upon
what issue can Mr.. Blaine expect to
carry these States nowf We are
aware that some of these States,
notably Pennsylvania and Ohio, were
enthusiastic advocates of Blaine at
Chicago; but that fact simply repre-
sents the feeling within the party
not that of the Independent voters
outsid of it or lowering between
R9publicauism and Democracy, 1t
speaks in no way for the effect upon
that vast wayering and fuctuating
force which osclliates to and fro un,
der the pressure of great national
emergencies and great national out
bursts Of sentiment.
We find nothing in Mr.. Blaine Or
his candidacy likely to bring about
one of these crises. The country is
tranquil. There is nothing at stake
We are at peace,Rt home and abroad
If there be q difference between the
two rival parties, it relates to the re-
form Of the civil service more than to
anything else, and public opinion
will appraise the two accordingly as
they are represented in the party
nominations II the Dem ocrats
choose a leader such as Mr.. Tildon,
they will at once propitiate the en-
tire independent vote of the country.
And what Mr.. Blaine is not calcula-
ted to do in the way Of influencing
the doubtful States, Mr., Logan is
certainly not likely to accomplish,
His nomination for the Vice Presi>
dency is wholly n matter of expedi
ency, and implies nothing as to per-
sonal strength and popularity.
Altogether, the ticket is the weak
est the Republicans have yet put
forth except that wretched milk and
water combination Of 1876-Hayes
aud Wheeler. II the Democrats
don't carry the country this year,t
fact can be explained upon but two
| hypotheses-either they will have
displayed the most idiotic imbecility
in nominating their ticket, or they
are SO overwhelmingly in the minor>
ity that nothing can save them. We
are not prepared to entertain either
of these hypothesaf and, hence, con.
clude that the Democrats will next
month name the President and VlYe
President for at least four years to
come.-W. q. Times DemocJ'0t