The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-11-21
Explaining Their Defeat.

The Baltimore Herald criticises the method
in which the Republicans conducted their
campaign in rather vigorous manner. 1t
thinks that too much money was spent in
brass bands and torchlight professions and
too little in supplying Republicans with
printed arguments in favor of their party
The Herald adds
"a few impracticabe people laid down the
principle that the magnetic business was
more effective than prosy arguments and
significant but uninspiring figures. So the
magnetic scheme was worked for all there
was in it. We had parades and knights on
horseback in tin armor and turkey-lail
plumes, and we had plentitude of songs
about following where the white plume led.
And we followed and are still in the woods"
The Republican organs try to console
their readers by pointing out the fact that
while Cleveland had 1884 majority for
Governor, his plurality In New York over
Blaine, for President, is only 1,140 They
are welcome to all the consolation they can
get out of this fact, for the figures show that
Cleveland received $4,000 more votes for
President than he did when he was elected
Governor, and these $4,000 votes represent
the Democratic gain in the State of New
York, Blaine received only 5000 more votes
than Garfield had four years ago.
The abuse which the Prohibitionists have
received from Republicans which includes
the burning of their candidate, St. John, in
etfigy, will tend to strengthen their cause,
and it is more than likely that the bulk of in
crease will come from the Republican party.
The Prohibtionsts at least had an honest
candidate and positive platform, and de-
serve respectful treatment at the hands of
their opponents. No one has right to
question their sincerity or their privilege of
voting as they pleased.
Henry Ward Beecher says the Independ.
ent Republicans are not going back into the
Republican party again. As for himself he
would go with the Republicans as far as thew
were right, in local matters, but in national
matters he was Democrat as long as that
party acted fairly.
-Ex-Senator Conkling, in giving his view
of the situation, said: ut was eminently fit
that Mr.. Blaine, who had scuttled the Repub.
lican ship before the meeting of the Chicago
convention, should be put in command of it
as it was going down"
MIR. Blaine attributes the result in New
York to the Independent Republicans, the
Republican Prohibitionists and rainy cleo.
ton day. DR.. Burchards Rum, Romanism
and Rebellion" speech, he also thinks, did
him great harm.
q" We are indebted to Hon. j. G. Carlisle,
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and
to ex-senator Hon. James B. Groome for
valuable public documents WIS
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The Republican newspapers seem TO
have hauled down their flags, SO tospeak, and
are about ready to acknowledge that Blaine
is beaten.
Has any one heard of Bonnie Ben Butler
lately? IT is feared that he was caught
out in the rain, on the 4th of November.
THE woMEN's CONGRESS- AND OTHER POEMS
is the title of neatly printed and handsom ely
bound volume, published by the Baltimore
Publishing Co. The author, Mr.. Martin Heath
cote, of Baltimore county, while laying no
claim to poetical talent of high order,
writes chiefly about rural affairs, in simple,
unaffected manner, and with much humor.
"The Women's Congress" tells how two old
bachelors, after vainly struggling to keep them
selves from being entangled in matrimonial
moose, at last were captured and made happy
for theremainder of their lives by two old maids.
The poems all breathe cheerful, every-da
spirit, and abound in humorous ideas and con-
ceits