Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-09
BLAINE TOOBITTER APILL
THE BAY STATE INDEPENDENTS
JOIN THE OPPOSITION.

vOrs Cleveland and Carlisle.
BOsToN, June S.-The Massachusetts,
Reform Club, at its meeting Yesterday,
passed a resolution denouncing the nomi-
nation Of Blaine and voted to request the
independent vote throughout the United
States to join them in active and imme-
diate efforts TO secure the nomination by
the Democratic party of such men as can
command their support. and, failing in
that, to call a convention at the earliest
practicable day to nominate a
man in full sympathy with
the reform sentiment of the United States.
n committee was appointed with full
power to take such steps by correspond
dence or otherwise as they deem best to
carry into effect the foregoing resolution.
The committee were authorized to in
crease their members if desirable and to
cooperate with the cooperating bodies Of
independents to secure a candidate
pledged to reform.
On motion of Col. T. w. Higginson the
following resolution was passed:
Resozgsd, That the foregoing committee be
instructed to call meeting in Boston at as
early day as possible to express the opinion
OF the Independent voters in this vicinity in
regard to the recent Chicago Convention.
Dispatches were received from leading
New York Independents requesting an
early consultation IN regard to taking ac-
tion toward repudiating the Chicago nom
nations. The meeting was largely attend
ed, and letters were received from several
prominent Independents who were unable
to attend, all of whom condemned the
Blaine and Logan ticket.
CHARLES f. ADAMS, JR.
The following from Charles Francis
Adams, Jr., was received:
BOSTON. MASS, June !, 1884.
J. W: Garter. Secretary Of the Nassachu-
sets Reform, club:
MY DEAR SIR received your notice of the
Reform Club dinner this afternoon, and in
view OF the nominations of yesterday, which
are to be the subject Of your discussion to-day,
/ regret extremely my inability to be there. |
presume there is no question as to the
attitude of members of the Reform Club to-
ward the Republican nominations. We will
at once organize to defeat them. On this
point, it seems to me, our response cannot be
too explicit, or our action too quick. Steps
should be taken with the least possible delay,
to enable us to exert whatever influence we
can on the other and coming cOnven-
tiOn. We have none less than
no standing before that convention,
for Massachusetts, goes to it pledged to the
support of her own political mOuntebank,
whose nomination would actually drive many
OF us, as choice Of evils, to vote for Blaine.
we should DO what we can to prevent this,
and we can do much. Could the Democratic
party be galvanized into that degree of mo-
mentary good which would lead it for once to
astOnish the country and itself by putting
forward such ticket as Cleveland and Car
Isle the result in November would not be in
doubt for moment.
DESPERATE TASK-DEsPERATE sTTUA-
TON.
Experience tells us that the task is desper-
ate, but so is the situation. Blaine is the
other horn of our dilemma. If we will we
can do more than we think we can to galvan-
ize the Democrats, but to do it we must act
l hope, therefore, that immediate steps will
be taken, under the auspices of the Reform
Club, towards calling a conference of those
who think as we think. We must be repre-
sented at Chicago in July. If we fail there
also, then, as the Italian forester, or s,dWell-
ers in the woods so far as | now can see, we
must meet together in the sylvan shades and
name our own men, for whom we will cast a
self-respectiDg vote. | am, etc,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS JR.
THE DENUNCIATION.
The declaration against the nomination
of Blaine was adopted in the following
words:
''The Massachusetts Reform Club regard
the nomination of Messrs. Blaine and Logan.
by the Republican party, as a distinct and
unqualified reputation of all its professions
Of reform, and insult to conscience
and to the country. and that its members will
under no circumstances, support them
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., is Chair
man of the committee to advance the In
dependent movement, with MOorefield
. Storey Leverett, Mr.. Saltonstall, William
Everett, James Freeman Clarke, Josiah
Quincy, L. W. HigginsOn, WinslOw War
rem, Richard II. Dana, and others associ-
ated with him. The speeches were many
and vigorous.
REPUBLICAN CoNGRESSNIEN BLUE.
WASHINGTON, June S.-The Repub-
lican Congressman do not grow
any more hopeful respecting the
success of the Republican ticket since
they were reinforced to-day by the re-
turned pilgrims to Chicago. The fact
that the country undertands that the
ticket was the result of a deliberate dicker
between Blaine and Logan, placed with
the fact that the New York Times and the
Boston AdUertiSer, together with the in
dependent press everywhere. will oppose
the ticket, they regard as fully as damGg-
ing as Blaine's personal record and LO-
gan's political record. They see
that the campaign is to be hard
fought, if the Democrats do not
make fools of themselves. They see the
fireworks peterlng out already. A very
general canvass among the Republican
Congressman made tonight, with the as
suranceS that no names would be pub
lished in connection with their opinions,
shows that a majority regard the ticket as
the weakest that could have been nomi-
mated at Chicago. They see that it will
not stand a four months examination
under the light thrown on it by the inde-
pendent press. They generally concede
that the Independent Republican vote is
already lost to Blaine, and will say that
if the Democrats do not nominate man
for whom the Independents can conscien-
tiOusly vote, the Independents will either
nominate an Independent ticket or stay
away from the polls.
BLAINE SHRIEKERS STILL sHRIEKING.
OF course the Blaine shriekers shrek
as wildly as ever. One minute they are
damning those conscientious dudes for
imperiling the success of the ticket, and
the next are saying that the ticket will
be better off without their support, and
that, as a matter of fact, Blaine will have
as many Democratic votes as the Inde-
pendents refuse to cast for him. Accord
ing to the Pennsylvania Blaine men the
Democrats need not go through the form
of nominating a ticket. 1t is ready
beaten. Blaine is elected and Col. Tom
Bayne will represent Pennsylvania in the
Cabinet. The few Independent Republi-
cans here state their position very fairly
and frankly. If the Democrats nominate
Bayard or Cleveland on a good platform
they will vote the Democratic ticket.
If the Democrats nominate a corpse like
Tilden or a fraud like Flower they will
determine their course, giving the Demo-
cratic blunder full weight. Probably, in
the event Of a bad Democratic nominal
tiOn, the Independents will hold confer
ence for the purpose of concerted action.
They Will not vote for Blaine.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS THINK.
The Democrats are all at sea. A series
of interviews with about a.hundred of the
leading Democrats tonight, with the
promise that their names would not be
used, gave little information, except that
they all recognize the present as the
greatest opportunity the Democratic
party has-had since 1860. Without one
dissenting voice, in private as in public,
they declare that a good candidate on a
good platform can beat Blaine. But who
that candidate will be, and what that
platform will declare, they do not know.
Tilden has to be taken into account, be-
cause they cannot tell whether he is in
the race or out of it.
Ifhe were dead either Bayard or Cleve-
land would in all probability be nomi-
mated by the Democrats. Tilden out of
the way this is the probable outcome.
Flower has very few friends outside the
New York delegation, and he does not
control that. Bayard and Mcdonald,
Cleveland and Palmer, Cleveland and
Morrison, Bayard and Palmer are the
tickets you hear spoken Of The Demo-
Gratis see that the Independents must be
pleased. The universal recognition Of
this fact by both Republican and Demo-
cratic politicians is one Of the remarkable
features of the situation,
Flower Claimed to be Favorite.
NEW YORK, June S.-The friends Of
Hon. r. z. Flower, who have been can
vassing the political situation in this
Gau fh0f Of tho 1OS - 1,T,oto1