St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-03
Blaine WILL NOT DO.

GEO. VIM. CURTIS5 i'll Hd1Der'S Weekly
says Mr.. Blaine won't do. He is irremedi-
ably unavailable. He would almost certain
ly be defeated. He has no fitness if he
could be elected. He would not make a safe
President. He has record as political
wire puller and tricky Congressman. He
was meddlesome, maladroit secretary of
state, with natural affinity for iobbers and
intriguers. The crooked transactions to
which the famous Mulligan letters refer
would be brought up effectively
against him as q candidate
and force his party into defensive cam
paign. He has been suspected of using his
public position in the second office of the gov
eminent for private gain, as witness h s
South-American- Chili-Peruvian-G uano scan
dial. He made a spectacle of Uncle Sam
dragging his coat tails within reach of the nail
shod .brogans of foreign despotism. His po-
sition upon civi lSerVice is unsatisfactory. He
believes in the heresy that to the victors be-
long the spoils and concurs in Gen. Butler
paraphrase of that sentiment, 1.-THE govern
ment belongs to its friends" Upon tariff
reform and tax reduction his crazy PROPOSE
ton to perpetuate war taxes and distribute
the surplus among the states shows his con-
stitutional defect as party leader. His dis
asterous resurrection of the bloody shirt in
the Maine campaign TO ur-years ago shows
his lack of sagacity and principle. Finally
he does not possess or deserve the confid-
dence of the country and as either candi-
date or President he will not do.
Such in brief is Mr.. Curtis's argument
against Mr.. Blaine, Invested of the Curtison-
ian periods and highly strained method of
statement. The Boston Herald, popularity
supposed to represent the best thought of
Massachusetts, pronounces the Indictment a
true bill, and adds thereto formal specifca-
tons. Mr.. Blaine could not carry New
York. If he be the candidate Massachusetts
would be doubtful state. He could not be
elected. If he could be, it would be sad
thing for the country. 1t is ridiculous to
boom candidate who Is sure to prove i'm
possible before the convention meets.
This is the greeting accorded to Mr.. Blaine
from the two sources, within his party, men
toned above. Much that is said is true, but
those who have believed in Mr.. Blaine will
not be affected by it. Those who are opposed
to himwill gather no strength for their OPP
position from the saying. These metaphy
scians point out the spect and notes, and
beams if you please, shake their heads, and
look very wise but propose nothing.
They are gilt-edged critics, without any
potent following among the party managers,
regarded as carpers merely, by the machine
men who make and unmake nominations.
These people use fine phrases but they butter
10 parsinips. Whenever their theories have
been put to the test there have been found
spots of fatal weakness. Their protests will
lose Mr.. Blaine no votes in the nominating
convention, and he is as likely to GO to Chi
cago with commanding strength as any one,
and perhaps more enthusiasm than any
other one.
These people are of those who assume to
believe that ''reform within the party'' Is
possible, but all practical men know that that
is a false pretense, promise made to the
ear, only to be broken to the hope. The sin
cere men who are looking for an era of good
government in this country are not walkin g
with the Republican party, and if it Mr..
Blaine or Mr.. Arthur or Sherman or any
other one of the dangerous men ofthat house
are granted nomination, these men
will be found in the
ranks of the Democratic party and through
it will accomplish what can never be
gained through any other party agency,
economy integrity, fairness and justice for
the NOR man and an end of tha arron dioa
ment of the bourbon office holding aristoc-
racy of whom Mr.. Blaine is not the only one
to be feared and opposed.