The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-04-11

WASHINGTON. Aiifli - - tAt|"v'. ",
napers arc not 80 confident Of cafry'nHI,,,,'
HE next presidential election q thcyi,
were few weeks ago. The d'ilrrencefI,
lof opinion on the tariff question withinry
The democratic ranks had encouraged rr' \. .
pubIicans here and elsewhere 70 1901, !,
s,lpon The election Of their candidate Iofl,,
lpre>ident ne practically assured. bu'
thc coolcr-headed among them have no'
Ihecn ~ sanguinc. The New York Iiinesl
during the past week has repeatedly r.
minded the republican leaders that tneL
, democratic party, however much growi-l,
/, ing there may be IN the ranks. Mwaysss
} presents q solid front on election Gay
: The Timce goes on 70 warn me repu"''-l,
: cans against nominating any canui"a's|.
that may be recommended 20 thc con-,
-lvention by the bosses and machine men
declares that as yet there does no'
seem 10 be any activity except among tneL
Ibosses. and that the people, the rank amor
olfIe OF the republican party, .thr> ~noI
}, are 10 elect Or defeat the Chicago canoi-l
= date, are doing nothing. The fhs'anei-I
Telegraph. another republican Pal
Iper. with mind Of its own, says "thti
history Of national conventions uoes "o,l
inepire great terror OF the machine ann
7lits managers and IN proofof me iuii'i-
ty OF macl,inc methods ~ manipulating
. eIconyentions recalls the facts that ai-
Though the bosses were for Seward \"
ll86O. just Is they now have their favor.
lite. Lincoln. "who was one q me mos'
= unknown public men - The country
!. was nominated - that in 1870, when 'ne
machine was as strong for Blaine a. y l,
now for Arthur, Blaine was defeated ano
Haves. "who was the worst enemy .ht
machine ever had" was nominated ina
In 1880. although the machine VA
y |strongcr than ever before Or since: y !o.
favorite. Grant, aiscr ihirty-six na'
Ilots The prize going % Garfield 70 wno"
The bosses were opposed, ana ~ "non
\. Iihev were opposed. The repupiieah q
nm pan remarks that .tbe man who goes in''
'u- the national republican convention ?
! the choice OF the bosses ana ieahe.s
likely 20 be defeated because he y tne'
choice." Considering the question W.
y should be nominated. u says:
.sThcre are three sorts q cand'ca'es "
5lshould not be regarded with iavor ?
1.-The convention ~. the machine ~
who would be ant~gonized py '"e 'nn'
rendens voters Cd, the sort n unio''u' '9'
late record That would compel 2 deiensl'
. ~ lcanpaign: and, f3), the accidental so''
- The candidate Of the republican party
l[!l8sf should be one deliberately snoe'
onc - hose candidacy would lepfesci
nonnlar will. and would provoke the y
~ l,a9oniSm Of neither staiwaft ~ Ne
york nor halfbrced in Ohio for one
ham ~ those states. which for two col
.crutivc Years have given democrat
.s,or;,;es must IN 1854 give republics
sr' .,.;or;.ies NJ order TO secure the ciecfis
". w . rennbljcau president. in view
- NM douht ,hnf hangs about New lot
80 Ohio and Indiana. the convention q
~, aflord "a trv any experiments eth
,r,,h unknown men Or with men 4
wall tnown-one who j. his own mast
Ce el.,a not the mere creature of bosses a.
l,naac,s ~ nromoterr ~ a boom. with 4
Understanding that His success viii z
NM III snnpo,ters 10 these or those
/, 'ei soi. ,;ces fIe should be deliberately chos
IN, ~ convention after II meets, and
aei. hv pracsical politicians before 4 mee
- 'Thc reason for the exercise of
IT, EYl,,.a,cet care IN making the selection
,s.,s;r enonoh. II II, Tor instance. pre-
vail established that tho democratic 6
,..,;on Y Going ia be nmicably sett
I;n saason. and Il Is not improbable Y
itha 80 factions will unite M Chicago,
pad July. ~ The Ohio tariff platform.
Il one excellent reason why me tepn'
cus- rans ehould make no mistake N me 81
.r,er ~ their presidential nominate
arother Il that very large. inicll'et
:, = ,the earnest. and influential body q repu'
4. cans arc seriously organizing 70 OPP
|,he candidacy Of any repupiican WV
,oer for cansc. offensive 20 them. Inc 10
lne.dent movement. inaugurated
(. ssrnorixn. inaorsed IN New York,
sdonted III Boston. has spread All 2
NV country. taking IN such q the u
Western cities Chicago and c'ncinu
S. THAT movement can not be isnores
fN;cauo. especially ~ u has ~ q
rain strength II the State of New York:
.Preeidcnsial tables arc generally
az unreliable OF arguments, tor
reason that one or another state y
invariably the wrong way, ana has !.
W. and taken from the right hand column !.
!. sn' M INTO The INT, or vice versa. ~
" shc i'll az positive states be taken ~
encsideration. the study o. y VIII
ss;nlv prove instructive 70 those
think thst anybody, no matter wns
NAV bc. can be easily c)ecied' ~
I, -, r,srtoral College of 1884 there arc
o,rns = sn,es of that number 2oI make me
\, se,, ;oritv' The states which will contr'
rhis is',o make that majority. without
vill Ia Idoubt whatever, are: ILLINOIS, WV
llwnvs votes Iowa. ~ h.nsns, m ~,