The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-25


Ccrak.
There Is W Machine.
Harper's Heekip and the Boston
snobs give as the ote reason for bolting
Blaine that he is MT the Representative,
of their ideas of Icivil-service reform
For years they h3ye been PARTICULAR,
loud mouthcd in demanding the rescue
Of the party from the domination o.
1.-THE machine" insistin. that nomina
tions be made bs the people. and free
from the hurtful influence Of men in
Office. rhis has been the burden o.
their cry by day and by night.
If there was any machine in Chicago
il was there in the interest of Presiden,
Arthur. and against Mr.. Blaine.
The Blade does not believe tina. there
is or ever has been such a thing ~ .
machine in the Republican party. out.
side of New York. but if such a thing
existed. certainly it wa not in Mr.
Blaine's hands. The ofiice-holders
everywhere, IS n rule. supported Prcsi
dent Arthur. The posimasters ano
Custom-house officers, from North and
South. went to Chicago in his interest,
and in deadly opposition To Blaine. Ii
postmasters and collectors. acting in
something like unison. may be called =
machine, the machine was against
Blaine. Blaine was the man a%,ainst
whom they were all arrayei. aud TO
slaughter him they were willing TO take
Edmunds, Sherman, or any of the
other aspirants.
The nomination of Blaine was exactly
Ia the line of these gentlemen. and they
should have hailed it rs Il triumph OF
their ideas. 1t was a fight between
what they choose 10 call the machine
and the people. There never was Sc
complete a manifestation Of the power oil
the peop'e. as opposed 10 organized
management. In many of the States
the offensive rules which enabled organ
lied eli ues 10 override the wishes Of
the people were a%brogate6. and The
delegates were elected from the
people and instructed BY the people.
This was opposed By the So-called INA
chine everywhere. because il enabled
the people 10 indicate their choice and
killed its power.
Certainly Mr.. George William Curtis.
the Boston .Adrertiser, an all Others
WHO have been bowling for reform aad
agains; the machine, should have been
satisfied with the act on of a convention
so made up. A body of representative
nen acting under direct instructions
from the people declared its preference
Tor Blaine and Logan. and declared i,
emphatically. In thus declining they
registered the will of tho people whom
they represented. Blaine was nomi-
mated long before the convention A.
cembled. He was the choice Of the
eople eight years ago. but was beaten
management. He was again the
OF the people four years ago. and
~ beaten by the same means. bus
rxaeNme the people determined to hav>
tSe! aRsn aud they saw TO il that he Ma
no9e'N ID. against the power of a ma
chfne. machine there be. This sho uld
have fed the reformers.
BlSo<es nominated by the people
and Nh elected BY the people. The
RepublioOef OHIO. Indiana. Michigan.
lows. WMeoor1n. Kansas and the other
reliable R1eub1can State. have a very
clear idea - lhom they want. They
are not wilitI tQAct ~ the dicfation Of
. dozen Beac&0pet Bostonians. or the
tool OF . firm Maping money CRIB
bers like the VRae[n, backed by An
English newspar4 llhe Times. They
know blaine. I1NH 1psv him to D., =
true Republican now him 70 BIS
> man who has idcs6 = Ms own and
the courage to enforce hio fdeas. They
know him TO be an AueEenp. and .h.
sturdiest champion Of 80 American-
ism in his party. He bafal1a5s repre.
sented everything that I'D in Re
publicSnism, and has slws6Hb& found
combating what was bad u th0oegau
ization- He has never feare 70 zee p
wrong or to support = right VAHe1 in
accord with the besf elemef3 oh.
party upon the tariff. upon fhs >u11U
question, and internal improve enG
Had Garfield lived he would kaze h.
sugnra:ed . policy that would rve
given the United States CONNIE 81
supremacy over the entire cout;ncg.
and would have placed his country
position 10 be respected mon ia
nat sons Of the earth 1
James G. Blaine Is to-day the grand.
60 fgnre In Americas politics. The
people nominated him snd Che peop,e
will elect him. Moro thAn sny mac sy-
Ing. he has The coaGdauce a tie
masoos. conGdsuee NO uan LIVING
moro deserves + wf1 nos - the Re.
p0blican paysy a1oDothns VIII e1ece hin
uin b he poePla H VA suosp
1AseneAsesefe - new Ioek. 1Pesss
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