The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-04-11

AM ~hst thcy src sent 70 look for. The =
New York Times correspondents sce o
nothing but anti-Arthur feeling: The y
New York Tribune and the Philadelphia i
Press arc gifted with men who encounter
~ nlmoss unanimous Blaine feeling
The Springfield Republican. which can
not only. IN rs own opinion. discern tne
face ~ the sky. but also read the signs I
~ The times. can discover Cor divincl
GENERA; yearning for Edmunds. The
Chicago Tribune and the Eyphenated
| Inter- t,cenn. Of that city, the apostle o.
truly ri Mahdi Repnblicanism 10 the
| Northwest. perceive that the mountains
/ dame and the prairics flush and me
valleys CLEAN. while all the little hills
AZ can their hands. for John A. Logan
The Cincinnati Comnacrcsfs odzeuc
which now unites the Napoleonic might
~ Field Marshal Halstead with the e.
senfial ethics Of that truly good man.
Dcacon Richard Smith. is able only n \
lie and seize the claims Of Honest John \
sherman. The Indiana papers Of radi- \
calism arc certain that either senator
Zen Harrison or Postmaster-GeneraI
Gresham should be the the coming
man And 50 il IS There are ~
many preferences among the people -
There are desires IN editorial breasts
Republican journalism has simply BE-
| come A mechanism. for assembling the
, wishes and antipathies Of editors 70
general readers. The sole value Of inc
prevailing practice Of printing Prcsllen-
I tial pointers. in such newspapers. lies
! n the presumption that the newspaper.
reflect q local or = larger sentiment ana
: make themselves the mediums q y.
Z Thc ;mnartjal Democrat who reads
7 ,r;th ;nd;rial mind the medley Of inn
nressjons n Republican papers finds
ccrfa;n facts or characteristics running
sLrouch them. The first thing that
Z strikes The attention Is that there IS not
2 very much about the Presidency in that
;. marty AZ ali Indiilercntism i more
= he rule than interest. The blooms
: for various aspirants have their initial
\ impulse in the ambition Of the would
~ candidates themselves. The rest =
It thc work 81 not unseltish Or nnthrlit!N
" friends Of theirs. who know how 70 Pi,
1s the arts Of mention. interview. gossip
q advocacy. report. suggestive ayowa
'n Aud safe disclaimer. The notable n
n erthesS Of the Republican rank ana NJ
e. encourage these efforts. They AZ
" neither resented nor ratified. they ar
mplv unopposed. Continued little Y
little. the efforts have = tendency pt
ing neither antagonized nor in'sorseo
Is create a sort Of passive accepsanc
'us for themselves. The sheer effect
~ iteration can Ne predicated q them
az hut not more. Still that has enapie
en the candidates in sporting pariance'
be entered for the race. Iney arg ny
ma ,akiny their exercise on the track; "
he the iockeys and the stable boys na'no
us! more than those on the granu s'a'
lrs, and the booksellers have not peg
Q q business at all.
,er. Another consideration which \
ante-convention ..booms' among =
pa Republicans impress Is the fari
!. 70 character 81 the reasons Or s'claim
iblc Dit forth. "A qualification torthe ITS
',. 49, I, q ,.,:d.. second II the ass,
, do f;on N ..ayailabilityr TVS laval
,' n:. n Mill ,,, .;gn;fy that The can
3I'.st s.,..'.l ne;nfs M favor 10 q
~ condition 81 public opinion; but i =
MI niles that bis friends claim Tor y
= !, some desirable special strength WI
~ makes him little stronger than
III Republican vote itself ar EamuL
,'n;a NV, 4 urged because il j. asserted that !!
f"' independents" would support n
~. That assertion has nowhere been tes ,
~ ~ evidence--but IL may be regarueo
w. on Offset to the known TACT tnat
o ,n, Vermont Senator i unpopular Win
e., working masses 81 l1is party. AZ p
' n'nN people are wont 70 dwell on me pea I.
NJ 81 the mind. 50 are those nsPu ''.'',
who have not commenusn 'ne NJ 4
\. 70 the manly and active Io'.es N
.,r ~ ties addicted to references !"
'hi' dependent vote. the better eicm'er
t's.s etc. a. fact. poiitlc'anS ',aa'l III
1.s * lican conventions mane nepnbl;