Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-06-12
Blaine and Logan for President
and :vies- President.

Blaine and Logan for President
: land wee President !! Z
Thscempetitiye howlings and etrug-
glings Of The Republicans at Chicago [
are over ssasa james g. BlaineS Of
Maine, is nominated as their candi-
date for President of these United
states while Gen. John q. Logan, OF
Illinop is gNsh tie second place'up-
on thstickst. The Z" Plnmed knight"
as Blaine is called, was elected on the
4.h ballotsrscsiyipg 554 votes, while
Arthur, the Second man IN the'face,
received but 2Q7. Gen.. Logan was
nominated by acclamatlon.
The Convention assembled on Tues
day, and sat until Friday night.
A Negro Man as Temporary Chair.
The Convention assembled at neon;
the orchestra played pGod Save the
Queen, and, after a. prayer by
young:clergyman, Senator sabin, the
Chairman of the National Committee,
proposed. Powell Clayton of Arkansas
a. temporary Chairman. Henry Ca
bot Lodge, of Massachusetts, prompt.
" nominated John r. Lynch, ftht col.
o.ed eS.c Congressman ffomsMississ'p-'|
pi. ..As.ziaaseus. discussion follow ed
as to the obligation upon the Conver.
tion to,accept the Chairman. select' d
by the;Nati0ha Comm,tse. The Star
route Eaahesshts Of The man from
Maine came out strongly, but the
Convention slowly resolved itself into
two sepafass'pastsi the Blaine Plal-
aax and the. delegates, who feared to
snub the National Committee and the
c,alition, Of. the Arthur, Edmurds
aid Sherman delegates. The previ'
ols question was called for. and when
the vote was taken Clayton was de-
fsated-3S7 to 43l for John L. Lyneh,
TIE negro. .:
Permanent Chairman.
The Committee appointed to select
a perma nenS Chairman g elected :: g. :
Henderson, an ex Senator from Mis-
souri,. This was considered a'victory
for Blaine's enemies, but in the long
rnnsas praseas BY the result. it had
MOI weight. 81 81 = -
The Nominees.
In our humble opinion the Repub-
licaps hay have nominated t6eirrablest if
not their strongest man. But men
are not always voted for on the score
of their ability; there are many other
considerations that arise to influence
voters and carry OF. loae an election,
We had all as well acknowledge In
advsnce that Blaine is strong man,
a skillful manager. and trained tao
ticiap, and as such, make our prepara-
tions to meet and vanquish him. II
is never good policy to underrate the
streosth or courage of an adversary.
It throws as off our guard and rem
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when it is too late to remedy it. Let
us rather allow that Greek will meet
Greek, and that we have foeman
worthy of onrsteel. g e 81; =
1t is already being said BY many
that Blaine win be the easieas man
of all the batch to BEAT. That may
or may not be. 1t will be well for
us if we find it so.Ey But wesFhad bet
te- not calculate with too much Ger
tainty upon it. He will get no Dem
ocrats.; That is sure: But he WILDE
about as apt to carry the solid vote
Of his party as any Of bis late com
petitors-Arthur, Edmunds or Sher
man. - - 4 - - :
Fortunately, we Democrats have
ample time to survey the field, lay
our plans, and calculate the chances,
between,this and, the meeting of our
national Nominating Convention on
Observation-Disclosures a great
advantage tc give the Republicans
the precedeice Sin time, as; it affords
us chance to act more knowingly
and deliberately and stotake advanl
tage of their blundere. # they should
be 30 unfortunate aS'fo make sany.
We can have time to find their weak
points, and perhaps, by q timely NOM
inatioh and some sharp practice and
skillful maneuvering, be able to cap
ture a discontented faction, or, per-
hapS, & &asefing State 1T is all in
the-fature -and the game of politics
is one of thesmost capricious and up-
certain ofsM pthsrss u
We are not Of thcse who think that
Blaine will be more easy to beat than
any Of his late ceppetitogs. He is a
S&ap of marx, of bran, of most 1, un, 2;
doubted ability and has astrong hold
upon the faithsnd seon6sencesof bis
party; and Ne 40 not regard bic
s.,aomipstiot as altog' theg g! as favorable
GtSDsmocratiic suecessas thatjof some
one-else- of lesgforce and prominence
might have been. But he is fuily'and
fairly iudhe field. and our business