Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1884-06-26
RLAINE's ENEMIES.


the animus of the opposition to
Blaine in the east in the following
article, which is somewhat weak
ened by the ridicu!e it contains; !;
otherwise ii is good;
The nomination OF mes O. Blaine
has been received with an entliusi-
asm which has as.onished even The
Pacific Cr-F, where he is the peo-
pIe,s idt7f The wave Of enthusi-
asm, gathering force on the shores
of California, has rolled across the
continent break ing into foam at The
feet of the peoples idol, on the rock
beund coa~a of Maine. Never in
the history of this generation has
there been such display of Joy
over the nomination of P.csiden-
tial candidate And IL Is All o.. ing
Ito the fHc tllis, Blaine is the peoples
choice Rarely d .es the Repubii-
can voter have an opportunity 10
cast his ballet fer the man of his
choice. The power ofN machine
politics, the nei-woriS of party in
,sigue, the rivalry OF conteading
chiefiains-all these causes consrire
TO throw the nominatirn INTO the
hands of some comparatively un>
knawn Insn. But, whether unknown
cF moi, tie fact remains that the
nomination has often gose to scme
lnan other than the peoples choice.
Hence il is that the vast masses of
the r publican patty have burst
forth into such a sp ontaneous testi-
monial of their joy. Rarely is il.
too, that these same masses are so
united as they now are. All the
ciions have swung INTO line since
the nominate n-witli the exception
Of some few New York and Iassa>
chusetts Half Breeds. We use TIE
slang term for them, ard, if it IS
analyzed, il viii be fou1d most ap-
prepriate. The opposition comes
from su papers as the New YORK
Times, he NV York Post the New
York Nation, Puck aud Harper's
Weekly Nore of these is thoroush>
ly AmericaD except the last. The
Times Is owned 10y one Geo. Jones,
aud Engiishman. Its tones has
never been thoroughly American.
1t has catered to the silly Anglo |
mania which pervades some Of our
Eastern cities II is u feeble reflex
sof the London dAilirs-as dull as
they are, without being so vigorous. |
Aside from its locil! columns, it is
almost entirely made up of dis
patchss Oh English affairs, clippings
from English papers, stories from
English magazines, and toadyism
to English travelling snobs. Mr..
George Jones is MT American, and
Mr.. George Jones does not like
Blaine. The New York Post is also
edited by an Eng ishman-one L.
l. Godkin. THIS gentleman also
controls the Nation, and the Two
papers may be regarded as identical
The Nation has been chronic sore-
head. IL has ever reen an annoy
ing parasite on The Republican body
po;ltic. Processing TO be Republi>
can, il has been in reality ircacher>
Gus. and, therefore, more dangerous
t. the party than would be an open
enemy. Mr.. Godkin i an English
man, and Mr. Godkin does not like |
BIaiue. Puck is published by Messrs.
Keppler s. SchwaTzmann, two very
worthy Germans. Messrs. Keppler
& Schwarzmanp, Some years ago.
siartCd II German comic paper, and
as theyfound atils colored cartoons
made it sell. they determined TO get
out an English edition OF this Ger
man C, mic paper Trey have been
doing So ever ,ince. Messis. KEEP
pior Il Sch warzmann lave 40 cailh
/. interest IN American politics Ie-
you'd that Of max sHg money ont Of
,hem. If they can make more
money BY maligning Blame Than By
naIigning some one cl~e, they w II
do 80. Hence, they viii probably
n,aIign b aine. Messrs- Keppler &
SchwaIzmau are Germans and they
do not ike Blaine. Last comes
Hayper's Weekiy Tins can MOI be
cuSed of lack of -Americauism-
or, rather, it has in the past been
distinciiveIy american journal. Ii