Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-06-14
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEES.

V
assembled at Chicago last week nomi-
mated James G. Blaine of Maine, for
President and John A. Logan of Hi
nois for Vice-President -..s
The press all over the country, and
out of the country too, for that matter,
has expressed opinions as to the
strength, availability &c. of the ticket,
and the opinions are almost as numer-
Gus as the papers that expressed them:
THE CHRONICLE must, Of course, come
in for its say in the matter and inform
the public what it thinks of the nomi-
nations. sue .-1
In the sense that the men who COM
pose the ticket are men of ability and
personal force, the ticket is a strong
one, but it is by no means so clear
that Messrs. Blaine and Logan are the
strongest team that could have been
yoked together to carry the country.
Blaine is undoubtedly one OF the
most brilliant men who has ever fig
ured in American politics, whatever
may be said of him as a statesman.
His corruscating qualities and evident
love of sensation have led some people
to doubt that he has the soundness
and sOlidity necessary to the wise adj
ministration of an executive office,
and, in that way, he probably has nu-
merous admirers who would not be
willing to trust him in the Presidency.
But Blaine is leader, and so is Logan.
They will both gather about them a
strong personal following and the en-
thusiasm of their friends will have a
telling effect in arousing the careless
and lethargic voters. A campaign
with such a ticket in the field will nee
essarily be an exciting one, and in
localities where the parties are not
divided on the color line, as is the case
in the Southern States, the scenes of
1874 will be repeated. . aa
Men of such strong individuality as
Blaine and Logan, however, while they
attach to themselves hosts of friends,
also make many enemies, and this has
been particularly true of the man from
Maine. No other nomination that the
Republicans could have made would
have caused as much boiling as his
has already done. The New York
Times, that has always been a leading
Republican paper, boldly declares that
it will not support Mr.. Blaine for the
Presidency. 1t viii advise no man to
vote for. him." The Boston Herald,
also power in the Republican press,
has said, believing Mr.. Blaine would
be bad and dangerous President, we
hope to see him defeated" The New
York Herald is at present very much
opposed to the Republican nominee,
and "The Nation" talks very much in
the same strain.
Mr.. Blaine's greatest weakness as a
candidate lies in the fact that he is
strong in the Republican States of the
West but is almost certain to lose the
doubtful States of the East The Re
publican candidate who can't carry
New York, Connecticut and perhaps
Massachusetts,, stands little chance of
election.
Mud singing at Mr.. Blaine has al
ready begun and will be vigorously
engaged in throughout the campaign.
"The Mulligan letters" will be on mil
lions of tongues that know nothing of
the purport OF those epistles. The
Spencer rife contract, the Northern
Pacific transaction with the Little
Rock and Fort Smith railroad matter,
will all be brought up against the Re-
publican candidate, but they are not
going to affect the election. Worse
things were charged and proven on
to no purpose, and all of these
have been urged against
Mr.. Blaine for a long time without in
any way affecting his public career.
The foreign policy of Mr.. Blaine,
while he was Secretary of State will
also be urged against him. Reviewing
the whole field we have come to the
conclusion that the right
kind of Democrat ON the right kind
81 platform can place the Plumed
knight hors de conl5at, but it is not
roing 10 be @walk over"