The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-03

ANOTHER IMPORTANT ACCESSION.
Hon. Thaddeus c. Pound. of Wisconsin,
repudiates Blaine. The Madison Wis Dem
ocrat says:
Hon. Thaddeus C. Pound, OF Chippewa Falls,
Wis, has written TO a personal friend, giving his
reasons, as an Independent Republican, for oppOs-
ing Mr.. Blaine ana supporting Grover Cleveland.
Governor Pound has been for years unwaver-
ing leader in the Republican party. always SUD
porting its entire tickets, and has been very prom
inent in its councils for twenty years. He was
let ding member of the State Legislature in 1854.
1866, 1867 and 1862 He was elected Lieutenant
Governor in 1859. and was in 1876 elected TO Con-
gress from the Eighth District then embracing
ever half the area OF Wisconsin. He served three
terms in Congress, taking prominent part He
in the Forty seventh Congress At the end of his
third term ne voluntarily retired from public life
to devote himself to private enterprise. His re-
pudiation of Mr. B'aine proceeds from no personal
grievance or disappointment, but from a firm cou-
viction that the Republican nominee is not the
man for the place. Mr.. Pound has thousands of
friends IN Wisconsin, and is well Known through
out the Northwest as a prominent Republican
leader and thoroughly representative man.
Mr.. Pound in his long and admirable let
ter says:
After much earnest and solicitous deliberation.
deem il to be my duty. while abating naNght of
loyalty TO the Republican party, but rather TO pro-
mote its true purpose and strengthen ii for future
cye1nor leyeIapS for PTesSenf az the snnroacS
ing election My judgment disagrees with, and
my conscience rebels against the action of the Ro
publican Convention in the nomination OF Mr..
Blaine, and without arrOgating for myself wisdom
superior TO majority OF Tepres sliative Republi-
cans convened TO voice the determination OF my
party, am compelled to obey my own best judg-
ment and sense of duty in this single and extraor-
binary instance.
Mr. Blaine is Objectionable furthermore for the
company he keeps, for the friends he has
made" Will the chief promoters of his nOmina-
tioH be his chief advisers il elected? There's the
rub. need mention no names, but will suggest
that the least Objectionable of his pet sapporte
are the Tribune's supporters OF Greeley in 1872.
and accuSeIs OF Blaine in $780, charging him with
bribery and other penitentiary crimes.
With no pronounced issues between the two
great parties, we can safely afford 10 Weld tempo.
IaTy Executive control at this time to an honest
man, though he be Democrat And il grave
questions Of public policy were at issue, they can
not be determined by the Executive. This is the
prerogative OF Congress, the law-maklng branch;
heretofore, fOr time and now, under Democratic
control. IL is vastly more important to good gov
eminent that the Republican party be restored to
supremacy in Congress than that the administra-
ton OF law be intrusted to an unworthy partisan,
surrounded by bad counsel. While Mr. BlIine is
known to be unworthy, Governor Cleveland has
demonstrated his fitness and YOrthiness for the
position by the fidelity ability and integrity ia
the discharge of his executive duties as Mayor of
Buffalo and Governor OF the great State OF New
York, and, in my opinion, verY large majority
OF intelligent and unprejudiced voters believe he
should be elected. If One-hal of the Republican
voters who agree in this opinion have the courage
of their convictions and vote cOnscientiously, ne
will be tTiumphantly elected