The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-06-19
THE NOMINATION. or. MN. BLAINE.


As II was hard to speak OF tho plat
form adopted by the Republican conyen'
tiOn at Chicago with the Difference
which should attach 10 "a consideration
OF the deliberate resolves OF great
party, 30 II IN difficult, without Oifense,
TO characterize tho action that makes
James Gillespie Blaine the candidate OF
the Republican party for President,
The platform and the candidate, how
ever, 90 we'll together, and together they
must DO accepted 40 representing the
deliberate Judgment OF the majority OF
the Republican voters In the country,
Mr., Blaine has been an active aud az
gresslye Republican from the begin
ming.
In looking backward over the record
OF the party In the quarter century dur
Ing which II has been responsible for
the government OF the country II will
be impossible to claim for Mr., Blaine
that he was the originator or special
champion of any good work that II ac'
cOmpliahed, On the other hand, there
was no malignlty OF sectional prOserip'
tlOn, no strainlng OF constitutional
power, no scandal0ua corruption, from
the ulcer0ua developments OF the Credit
MObllier lnfamy TO the later wickednega
OF the Star Route contractors, In which
he was not either directly or Indirectly
a notable participant His nomination
turns hla party back from the path OF
conservatism into the old rnt OF wild
and irresponsible experiment. His
short campaign IN the Cabinet OF Gar.
field involved the country In u tangle
Of diplomatic mistakes and mis-
chances. His proposition TO distribute
the surplus among the States, one of
his latest deliyerances shows the unbal-
anced daring OF his shallow but active
brain, He Ia regarded by thousands Of
judlciOus men In his own party and by
tens OF thousands Of Democrats, to be
the most plausible and dangerous dem
agOgue In the country, This belief and
fear, which Ill the hearts Of patriotic
men, should defeat Mr.. Blaine on the
day OF election. His nomination tears
wide apart the factlOnal wounds In New
York; II c0nsolidates the South; II takes
out Of the way Of the Democrats that
pondeTOus quantity, tho Federal Admin
iatrati0n, While President Arthur IN
still loyal man TO his party, no IL still
q son OF Adam, II In hardly possible no
will break through the civil service
hedge TO aid In bringing back again the
sort OF Republican Administration no
has spent nearly four years In spOnglng
out, And besides the cold AdminiBtra.
ton, there will stand In tho way Of the
Blaine campaigners those drifting Ice.
bergs Of politics, the ylrtuous independ'
ents, How are Mr., Curtis, Mr., Mac.
Veagh, Mr., Roosevelt and the Massachu.
setts statesmen, big and little, to be
sOothod, satisfied and mOllyC0ddled Into
the support Of the man they detesty
Mr., Blaine has attained the height Of
hla ambition In an lnausplcl0us year,
The country IL experiencing, from one
end to the other, the lamentable cOnse.
quenco Of Republican misgOyernment,
The party IN power must take the
blame II seems impossible for the Dem.
0erata 30 TO blunder next month ~ TO
defeat themselves, They cannot do II
unless they adopt the Republican plat.
form aud stand u pr0teetlOnist Dem0.
crat upon IT. Philadelphia Record,