Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-07-17
Wilmington. Thursday, IlIyl7lss4.
The pemoerntic rIeEe,.

The Democratic ticket hiss been made
and It's good one, strong one and
clean one.
And right zeSlously and unitedly have
the people caught up the echoes and sent
mem rolling and revsrbera,ipg from
ocean to ocean ana from lake to gull.
As the little streRmlets that gush from the
mountain thiokets Of the Blue Ridge, that
triclkle down from the snow clad submits
Of Idaho, that meAnder across the thirsty
plains of Colorado aud that well up from
the fertile prairies or oOze forth from the
native forests Of more than two score
other states, deepen and widen and
broaden until they merge their myriad
waters into the mighty Mississippi, roll
ing steadily and irresistibly on to
the sea, 80 we feel that the
forces which the names Of Cleveland and
and Hendricks are setting in motion will
grow and gather and sweep on until they
unite in the resisIless and overwhelming
torrent which is to sweep from power the
party that has so far presumed upon the
forbeArance Of the American people as to
rally around the polluted name Of the one
leader OF all others whose election 10 the
Presidency would forever besmirch cur
national escutoheon.
We lad hoped that our own honored
senator would have been chosen to lead
these forces to victory; for q victory it
must be II our people are to be saved
from deep dishonOr, at the least, and
heaven alone knows what greater posi-.
bilities Of evil. The time has come, if II
ever did or will come in American history
when the self respect and good sens,
OF the people Of the who'll
country must arouse them Il
loosen the shaclSles Of party and to ash
themselves seriously whether they vii
choose-not for Democrat or Republican
but for good or eyil-ior right or wrong
for the good and honest administration
that may reasonably be expected h
follow the endorsement Of honorable
leaders, or for the wretehed msladminis
tration which would find abundant sane
tion in the endorsement OF such mai
IS Blaine.
We had hoped, we cay, in common
with the people Of our own state gener
ally, irrespective Of party, in common
with the people of Massachusetts an,
South Carolina, in common with tn
large body Of Americana represented b.
the 40 delegates who rallied around hiI
on the first ballot, that Senator Bayar
would have been chosen to lead in thi
great work of political revolution aud Ad
ministratlve reform. We believed tina
under his generalship therevolutionw oul
be more certain and more thorough tha
under any other leader. We know tina
his long career aB q ststsman the II
Election Of whose merited fame has mad
the little commonwealth Of his nativit
conspicuous among her larger sistei
would be an upquestioned qua
antee that his sdministratiO
would be eminently wise an
safe and just, and We were deepl
imbued with the state pride which mui
thrill in the veins of every Delawares
at the thought that the future student
American history should read that, whe
the nation already suffering frr
the evils Of protracted misgovernment WI
threatened with direr evils which coul
only be borne in disgrace and dishonor,
at all, it was to DelawNean the psop
turned as the dttest man to gut
the ship Of state fafe ont Of u
gathering storms and away from the il
minent brssksra and moor her in q
, haven al prosperity.
,But, since the choice did not fall up,
Senator BSyard, the lesdersh
could hardly be entrusted in
worthier handle than thoae
Grover Cleveland, His record, thou
brief in years, il irTeprosshable. He d
not seek the honor it came to him wi
a spontAnsiiy which shOws the deep hO
he has already taken upon u
hearts OF his Sountrymen, al
which is, We believe, an earnest Of
Triumphant election In November nez
The DomiBatiou of sMr. Hendricks
Vice President Is also source
strength and altogether, as we gath
from the voices coming in from eve
section, the almost universal verdi
is that the convention has do
its work we'll and has given tine count
ticket which must commend itself
the support not only Of the Demoora
but Of the thinking Republicans who {
the honor and prosperity OF their CONT
higher than mere tsalty to party.
For, after period Of twenty years
intense excitement, cooling time b
come in mems passions and in their r,
son, and they srs coming to thorough
realize that the excesses Of party must
abatsd for the safety Of sll 7
instinct Of self preservation may be We
uniefned, but it is nevertheless strous
felt and this feeling will lead the Anne
can people to choose to govern them u
OF noted moderation and frmnsss
character, and will lead them to pre-
them to men whose only reco
mendation IS that they represent
marrow, bitter aud unsafe lines o. pal
alone, unmodifed BY those ira
of personal character which
so essential in human affairs.
issue ia between honesty, good sense .
good feeling on the one hand, aud pa
tisan prohigsoy on the other, and
tween these two the American people
now abOut to ohoo5e.
The following little episode Of SIM,
weeks session Of the United States Ser
has not, we believe, appeared in print
is rather amusing and the moralist
not be al lose to discern the lesso
conveys. The senators were silsI
awaiting the report Of the committees
conference when Mir. HoAr Of Ma
chusetts, the embodiment par
oelleuoe Of the 81 am be
than thou" element Of that p
tanioal commonwealth, arose and '
mildly suggested that the Senate
oeed by unanimous consent to consid
hill to inoraAse the salary OF the cler