The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-06-14

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Times. Demecrat.
Leisursly consideration only con
firms us in the opinion expressed yes
terday morning IN the surprise Of
Blaine's nomination that the Republi.
can ticket for 1884 Is the one which,
of al others, the 9emscratic party has
the best chance OF defeating. Not
only is Mr.. Blaine weak with the bet
ter class of Republicans throughout
the country--tle classes represented
by George William Curtis, Senator
Edmunds and others Of that ilk-but
Sen. Logan, the second on the ticket,
is equally if not more so. Blaine has
never inspired the conservative ele-
ment of the party with confidence.
His ability, his brilliancy have always
been recognized; bnt he has given the
impression of being impatient, reck
lsss, unreliable. During his brief
service in the Cabinet he alarmed
timid people by his foreign policy.
The attitude he adopted and the meas
ures he advocated were regarded as
tending in the direction of compiled
tion, if not of war. Even in the brief
period between the inauguration and
the death of President Garfield, Mr..
Blaine had managed to make the
whole country uneasy and apprehen
siYe as to the future.
AS for the doubtful States-States
where the movable vote controls the
result, such as Pennsylvania, New
York, Connecticut, Ohio and Indiana,
we cannot see upon what theory Mr..
BE- friends expecthim to win. Those
States were carried in 1880 upon the
tariff issue. The Democracy had lost
somewhat in confidence, and the indie
pendent masses hastened to seek secu-
rity under the banner of Republican
ism. But, upon what issue can Mr..
Blaine expect to carry these States
now? We are aware that some of
these States, notably Pennsylvania
and Ohio, were enthusiastic advocates
of Blaine at Chicago; but that fact
simply represents the feeling within
the party--not that of the indepen-
dent voters outside of it or lowering
between Republicanism and Democ-
raoy. 1t speaks in no way for the
effect upon that vast wavering and |
force which oscillates to
and fro under the pressure of great
national emergencies and great nation
al outbursts of sentiment.
We find nothing in Mr.. Blaine or
MS candidacy likely to bring about
one of these crises. The country is
tranquil There is nothing at stake.
We are at peace, at home and abroad.
If there be a difference between the
.wo rival parties, it relates to the re-
.orm of the civil service more than to
else and public opinion will
lppraise the two accordingly as they
ire represented in the party nomina-
ions. Il the Democrats choose
eader such as Mr.. TiIden, they will at
Dnee prOpitiatc the entire independent
'ote of the country. And what Mr..
Blaine is not calculated to do in the
way of influencing doubtful States,
ir. Logan is certainly not likely to
ccomplish. Logan represents the
most sullen and uncompromising form
# sectional pfeiudice-the most VIC i
,nt type of Republicanism He is as e
litter as Conkling or Edmunds, with p
ut their intelligence-as malignant a
5 TAad Stevens, without his states v
lanship. His nomination for the c
ice Presidency is wholly matter Of t,
xpediency, and implies nothing as to Il
ersonaI strength and popularity. a
Altogether, the ticket is the weak d
st the Republicans have yet put forth IL
lcept that wretched milk-and-water N
of 1876 - Hayes and "
'heeler. If the Democrats don't o.
try the country this year, the fact pi
n be explained upon but two by al
'theses-elther they will have dis ii
aged the most idiotic imbeciIity in 81
their ticket, or they are so re
erwheImingly in the minority that fa
thing can save them. We are not til
epared to entertain either of these CT
potbeses, and, hence, conclude that m
Democrats will next month name I'll
President and Vice President for OF
least fonr years to come. lii
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