The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-23
What Do They Wanti


Blaine that he is not the representative
of their ideas of civil-service reform.
For years they have been particularly
loud-mouthed in demanding the rescue
of the party from the domination of
ssthe machine" insisting that nomina-
tions be made by the people, and free
from the hurtful influence of men in
office. This has been the burden of
their cry by day and by night.
If there was any machine in Chicago
it was there in the interest of President
Arthur, and against Mr.. Blaine;
The Blade does not believe that there
is or ever has been such thing rs q
machine in the Republican party, out
side of New York, but if such thing
existed, certainly it was not in Mr..
Blaine's hands. The office-holders
everywhere, as a rule, supported Presi-
dent Arthur The postmasters and
Custom-house officers, from North and
South, went to Chicago in his interest,
and in deadly opposition to Blaine. If
postmasters and collectors, acting in
something like unison, may be called q
machine, the machine was against
Blaine. Blaine was the man against
whom they were all arrayed, aud to
slaughter him they were willing to take
Edmunds, Sherman, or any of the
other aspirants.
The nomination of Blaine was exactly
in the line of these gentlemen, and they
should have hailed it as triumph OF
their ideas. 1t was fight between
what they choose to call the machine
and the people. There never was so
complete manifestation of the power of
the people, as opposed to organized
management. In many of the States
the offensive rules which enabled organ
lied cliQues to override the wishes Of
the people were abrogated, and the
delegates were elected from the
people and instructed by the people.
This was opposed by the so-ealled "ma-
chine" everywhere, because it enabled
the people to indicate their choice and
killed its power.
Certainly Mr.. George William Curtis,
the Boston advertiser, AMI all Others
who have been howling for reform and
against the machine, should have been
satisfied with the action of convention
so made up. A body of representative
men acting under direct instructions
from the people declared its preference
for Blaine and Logan, and declared it
emphatically. In thus declining they
registered the will of the people whom
they represented. Blaine was nomi-
mated long before the convention as
sembled. He was the choice of the
people eight years ago, but was beaten
by management. He was again the
, choice of the people four years ago, and
was beaten by the same means, but
this time the people determined to have
their man and they saw to it that he was
nominated, against the power OF q ma
; chine, ifamachiue there be. This sho uld
have sati SIZED the reformers.
Blaine was nominated by the people
i and will be elected by the people. The
Republicans of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas and the other
reliable Republican States have very
clear idea as to whom they want. They
= are not willing to act at the dictation Of
dozen Beacon street Bostonians, or the
tool of firm of grasping money grub
y bers like the Harpers, backed by an
English newspaper like the Times. They
: know Blaine. They know him to be a
true Republican. They know him to be
man who has ideas of his own, and
the courage to enforce his ideas. They
! know him to be an American, and the
sturdiest champion of pure American
: ism in his party. He has always repre-
sented everything that is good in Re-
: publicanism, and has always been found
combating what was bad in the organ
ization. He has never feared to face a
wrong or to support right He is in
! accord with the best clement of his
= party upon the tariff, upon the money
= question, and internal improvements.
Had Garfield lived he would have in
augurated policy that would have
given the United States commercial
!, supremacy over the entire continent,
= and would have placed his country in
J. position to be respected among the
nations of the earth.
: James G. Blaine is to-day the grand.
q est fignre in American politics. The
y people nominated him, and the people
will elect him. More than any man liv-
ing, he has the confidence of the
masses, confidence no man living
more deserves 1t will not be the Re-
! publican party alone that will elect him
I, 9 it will be the people. He will sweep
Massachusetts and New York, because
! the voters of those States are too intelli.
: gent to be controlled by the sore-headed
combination of demagogues and aristo-
q Gratis who are opposing him. He will
+ sweep the West like tornado, and al
. least three Southern States will cas-
= their votes for him. And when elected
! he will justify the confidence the people
have reposed in him. Toledo Blade.