The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-13
anvtbipg 10 Beat Cleveland.


Anything to Beat Cleveland.
Boston Post
AS we expected would be the case, /
General Butler has decided to make the /
race for the presidency. He knows that
he has not ghost of chance to carry
single state, but he believes he can
draw enough democratic votes to defeat /
Governor Cleveland and elect Mr. Blaine. |
and this is the great and good Butler,
the man who was baptized at the demo |
cratic altar, the democrat of the demo-
Gratis. who cared nought for himself but |
everything for the democratic party
which he gladly served with whatever
ability God had endowed him. This is
the Butler whom all true democrats in
Massachusetts must look up to as their
friend and leader This is Butler who
went to the national democratic conven-
ton as the leading man of the Massachu-
sets delegation, took part in the deliber-
| ations of the convention, was treated by
all the delegates composing it with the
| utrnostrespect, and now, because he him
} self. q, recent brand from the burning,
was not nominated for the presidency,
and because his pet ideas We're not adopt
ed by the convention, sets himself up as
Ian independent candidate, in hopes that
ihe may defeat the party he has professed
Ito love and serve, and elect Mr.. Blaine,
THE most corrupt and dangerous man
either party has ever nominated for the
highest office in the land. But what
nnzzles us most is to conceive how any
honest and intelligent democrat could
ever have expected anything better OF
Butler. The New York World says
..sThe democrats of Massachusetts who
have been favoring him for several
wears with their support and encour-
aeement, will probably conclude now
that they have been nourishing viper
And vet the World, in common with
GOOD MANY other well-meaning but
misguided democrats was fond of polk
INC the Post in the ribs when it refused
TO nurse the viper. But all that IS OF
the mast. Butler has laid his plans to elect
Blaine. He means to do it if he can.
He has 'laid in with, as the boys say,
Bin Chandler, Charles A. Dana, and,
possibly. John Kelly. Chandler is the
co-between who communicates from
Bntler to Blaine and from Blaine to
Butler. All democrats know who Chan
dler is. He is the corrupt and con
ecienceless political rascal who helped
steal the electoral vote Of Florida for
Hayes. Dana is a sour but good-loolling
relic of blue-bood federalism, who has
not drop Of democratic blood in his
veins. who was never true to but one
democratic presidential candidate and
who stabbed the gallant Hancock in the
back. Butler is what we have time and
again pictured him, smart, gabby,
conceited and crotchety old demagogue,
who is everything by fits and turns and
nothing long. lie is selfish and AFRO
CANT, and in whatever party he may be-,
he means to rule or ruin. lie has now
made terms with Blaine and expects to
deliver his goods. A personal pique ac-
counts Cor Dana's opposition TO Glove
land. His love of the spoils and his
fondness for political rascality accounts
for Bill Chambers. Disappointed am
bition. pure cussedness and q natural
horn instinct for betraying those who
have trusted him, account for Buffers.
what 10 / care, we can imagine him
saving to himself, ''for the democratic
marty. IL | can't be high-cOck-a-lo-rum
What do I care if the republicans do
rule for another four years? | am rich
rs mud myself I can fool my green
back and anti-monopoiy friends by set
tingmyself up as the purest democrat OF
them all. They can vote for me, and
that viii elect Blaine Blaine and | are
old cronios, and voted together against
the Thurman bill and in favor OF other
subsidies and monopoies. With Blaine
in, shall be ali right in any event ;tnC
shall have the sweet satisfaction Of see
ing the democratic party defeated fo
daring to reject me and take up tina
man Cleveland" The situation in nut
shell rs tlllSs ISutlef VIII Woih ilttittt Ii
glove with Blaine. He will get all TIN
democratic votes he can in New York
New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachu
sets, He viii be glad to have any de
mocrat vote directly for Blaine: but
he viii not do that, he win be glad t.
have him vote for Butler. He expects t.
make ,lupes of Il large number of homes
workiugmen in every state in the union
the riff-raff he win turn over to Blaine
Now, he will succeed if he can sc
enough dupes. If he does succeed ther
win be another four years Of high take
and corrupt jobs; in word four years
Mt least. of sBlaineism. Perhaps h
viii succeed and perhaps there will be
mighty uprising Of honest men Of a
parties and OF al callings in life viii
viii sweep both these marplots-Blain
and Butler-iuto political seclusion froI