Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-10-10


ynfDAY HvMHnso. ocr.. 10. iss4.
Three Requisites.
There are three questions that were
won't 70 b asked concerning candidates
undsr The Jsffersonian Democratic re
dr. that Il may not be amiss to call
o1teution 70 to-day. They are these
II b honest IL he capable Is he
faithful To the Constitution The
blindest Of Republican partisans cannot
but admit the impossibility Of answering
, ~ flrst question In the affirmative with
rofueence to Blaine. They practically
admit his want Of probity, but swallow
it for the sake Of their party. That he
b Incapable has been indubitably proved
b. his conduct in the Peru Chill trouble,
In which IL Is believed his unwarranted
Interference was due to commercial OBJ
jects Of his own. His incapacity Is also
shown By his total neglect Of the Irish
American citizens imprisoned in Eng
land, when one word from him would
have enabled them to obtain at least
The formality Of trial before their In.
oarcsration. That he is not faithful to
The constitution is equally clear from
his surplus distribution scheme, which
would require violation of the consti.
tuition for Its enforcement.
Tried In this balance Blaine is found
lamentably lacking. But it is on the first
score that he will be ruthlessly re-
pudiated by the honest people of the
country. He has been proved a dishonest
man. It is for this reason that the
strongest Republican organization in this
country, the New York Union League,
ct its meeting Thursday night, to en-
dorse Blaine and Logan, could not get
together more than FIVE hundred of its
twelve hundred members. And the
temper Of the meeting showed that the
resolutions we're carried against q mega
tive vote Of from thirty three to forty
per cent. the calls for division being
disregarded by the chairman of the
meeting.
II il because of Blaine's proved dis
honesty that 100000 men ventured
abroad on the chilly streets of New FORK
Thursday night to participate in the
Democratic ratification. There we're nc
presidential candidates there, curiosity
to see whom is largely responsible for
the crowds that are drawn to meetings
when they are present. 1t was simply
!. an outpouring Of the people to hear the
truth of the situation, and from the
academy of music and the four stands
Democratic sentiments awakened re
sponsive echoes in the hearts Of thou
sands.
It is because Blaine is a dishonest man
that 155 of the 256 Republican members
of the New York stock exchange
have enrolled themselves under the
Cleveland banner. Mr.. Dewitt j
Eeligman, of the well known New YorI
banking firm, who Joined the Cleveland
and Hendricks club of the stock ex
change on Wednesday voiced the
thoughts of his fellow members in th'
following letter Although retiret
from active business some five years agC
have not yet sold my seat in the New
York stock exchange. The substantial re
Mdlu uuNlhk uClu SlO 6C0b oO
years am about t, reap to-day, mas
much as it enables me-a lifelong bu
disguised Republican-to join you
Cleveland and Hendricks club. In tn
name of pure politics it is to be hopec
that the good, sound. honest sense o
the American nation will prevent s
indelible disgrace as the election O
Mr.. Blaine from being fastened upol
the country"
The revolt of the business men of th
country from Blaine is one Of the mos
striking features Of the present situation
The produce, maritime, cotton. mining
petroleum, mercantile, coffee and othe
exchanges of New York have organize
clubs for Cleveland, and among them al
are found Republicans repudiatin
their candidate, while adhering to tn
principles Of their party.
And it was on this issue chiefly tina
Grover Cleveland was chosen to lea
the Democratic hosts. His rugge
honesty caused him to shine out as
beacon light when he rescued from tt
thraldom of jobbers the city of Buffalo
II was for this reason that the people Q
New York elected him governor by II
magnificent plurality OF 10000. An
It 10 because of his honesty that tn
people will elect him chief magistrate
drive from power the Republica
money changers who have for years fat
aof their Ill. gotten gains in III
hl temple.
Republicans Renounclng Blaine.
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