Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-09-04


to the remark of prominent New York
Democrat, reported in the New York World,
to the effect that Cleyeland's s friends do not
4 propose to make use of any private scan
dals to Blaine's disadvantage, the latter
will probably take an early opportunity to
serve a formal notice to the opposition that
he declines to be the beneficiary of their
magnanimity in this regard.
New York Independent Governor Cleve
land should positively decline to be can
didate and withdraw Immediately from
the canvass, or be compelled to do so if it
is necessary To stand still now,
or to attempt to go blindly forward with
the present ticket would, in our Judgment,
be an insult to the Ruler of Nations, sure
death TO the Democratic party, including
also its leaders, and an everlasting disgrace
to the Republic.
Ben Butler is becoming outspoken on the
subject of Stephen Grover: Jim Blaine
has right by his training, education, ex-
perience and position in his party to aspire
to the Presidency; but this man Cleveland
is machine made; he never tried cause in
the Court of Appeals in his own State |;
can't name all the foreign countries with
which we have diplomatic intercourse, and
if he went to Washington couldn't find
the White House nor the door to the Treas
ury Department without guide" Isn't
this rather hard on the Sage of Buffalo ?"
Minneapolis Tribune, (Rep.): While we
regret as much as any that National cleo
ton should be degraded to a discussion of
a candidates lntamy, the Democrats are
responsible for the turn of affairs first, by
putting up man with such antecedents,
and second, by insisting OH running the
/ canvass as a question of moral character.
When the Democrats thought to forestall
attack by putting up man without re-
cord, they ran into the opposite extreme Of
putting up man without a character
New York Express: The indianapolis
! Sentinel slander was devised long ago, and
recently revived and offered to several
Democratic papers None would touch it
except the Chicago Times and Indianapo-
| lis Sentinel. Henry Watterson to whom
it was offered declined even to consider the
proposition because he knew it to be sub
stantially untrue. Eight years ago he per
sonally investigated Blaine's early life in
Kentucky and found it blameless. There
was no peg on which campaign tale could
be hung.
ST. Louis Globe Democrat: The latest re-
vised edition of the Cleveland scandal
gives it out that the Governor acknowl-
edged the paternity ..of the boy to save
I couple of married friends from domestic
trouble. the next thing will be to ac-
! count for the resemblance which the boy
bears to the Governor by saying that the
boy was also in the scheme to save the
married friends" and that as baby he
adopted the shrewd device of looking like
the Governor in order to divert suspicion
from the proper quarter.
Here is what Z. B. Wheeler, of Hazel
hurst, Miss said Il killed Prent Mat
thews | told him not to vote, and he
voted and killed him. 1t was not me
that killed-it was the party. If | had
not been Democrat / would not have
| killed him. 1t was not me but the Demo
cratic party; and now if the party is a
mind to throw me off, d-n such a party"
1t did not throw him off. Within month
of the time he murdered Matthews he was
unanimously elected City Marshal of
! Hazelhurst.
In an interview, August IL, ex-President
Grant said The letter of acceptance writ
ten by Blaine is document in which all
! Republicans should take a great deal of
pride. | have read it over carefully, and /
regard it as one of the most remarkable
political papers ever written. 1t, like the
writer, is frank and open. do not regard
it as too long. He could not have so thor
Oughly covered the questions which all
lovers of our country are interested in so
! deeply in shorter one. 1t is beyond
/ doubt one of the ablest papers ever given
to the public"
New York Sun: Mr.. Cleveland was
nominated not because the Democrats
wanted him, but because the boiling Re-
publicans wanted him and their promise
outweighed the certainty that his nOmina-
/ tion would disrupt the Democracy. That
disruption has come, and now the only
! question is whether the vote of the Re-
publican recruits will equal those of the
! Democratic boilers. But that is apart
from our present inquiry. What we insist
| upon is that with MIR. Cleveland's ircapac-
ity and selfishness as public officer, his
| election would work greater and more last
| ing mischief to the party than all that
! could ensue IN consequence of his defeat.
Chicago Inter Ocean January 3, 1863,
Hmper's Weekly printed grossly vulgar
cartoon. 1t represented Lincoln as an
ignorant backwoodsman, standing before
the footlights and saying:
Ladies and gentlemen, | regret to say
that the tragedy, entitled, "The Army of
the Potomac" has been withdrawn on ac-
count of quarrels among the leading per-
formers, and have substituted three new
and striking farces, or burlesques, one, en-
titled, "The Repulse of Vicksburg," by the
we'll known popular favorite, E. NJ Stan
ton, ESQ.,. and the Others 1.-THE Loss of
Harriet Lane" and "Tbe Exploits of the
Alabama very sweet thing in farces. |
assure yOu-by the veteran composer,
Gideon Welles
The same paper that thus crippled Lin
coins arm in dark and terrible hour and
struggle OF human liberty, to-day maligns
and caricatures James G. Blaine.
Minneapolis Tribune: The action of Mr..
Blaine in promptly bringing suit for libel
4 against the indianapolis Sentinel is to be
most heartily commended. That paper, in
vicious desperation at the damning condi-
tion of the case against Governor Cleve-
/ land, sought to break the force of an arous-
ed public sentiment against the moral leper
who heads the Democratic ticket by the
J publication of most dastardly SANDER
upon the Republican nominee. The points
of it are given in our telegraphic columns