Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-06-12
Second Thoughts.

The Blaine men succeeded in nominal
ing their man by the fog-horn, hurrah
method, without recognition of that
comparatively small but influential
number of men who demand primarily in
the declarations of tts party, and more
especially in its chosen representatives
Aho show the sincerity of its declarations,
honesty, deoenoy and cleanliness. By
this time they have recovered sufficiently
from the unreasoning intoxication of
Friday and can probably reflect with
more sobriety. It is the morning after
the debsuoh. They realize that they
made day Of it, and many will be the
headaches before November, in conse-
quenoe.
What are some Of the facts forced upon
their sobered intelleots by second
thoughts First that the most conscien-
tious and influential Republican and
independent papers are not only panied
but incensed at the result of the political
orgies in Chicago. Some of you say to
this: 1t is not statement by a
straight-out Republican paper and
must therefore be greatly dis
counted for exsggeratiOp. What are
some Of the papers that will not sup
port Blaine The New York Times,
Herald, iStaats- Zsiiung, Rayper's Weekly
and Post and the Boston Adper-
User and Herald, are but lew
of them, but they are undoubtedly the
most influential papers in New York aud
New England, the two Heraiis, at least,
each having q circulation OF over loo, 600
copies daily. In addition to these are the
New York Sun, another paper with cir
oulstion of over 100000, and the ,iounai
and Truth of the same city which,
with the Brooklyn inron, represent
nearly or quite another 100, 900 copies
daily. What do the Blaine men think Of
the array DO they think that "our
'jim's" magnetism will more than
oounteraot all this opposition iuring the
next FIVE months, or will they soon begin
to think they should have paid greater
Difference to the deeply rooted, cool
headed, thoroughly reasoned out CON
viotiOns of the reform element in the
party ?
Perhaps they think the party lash will
be used successfully to whip in the NAL
contents or perhaps they Ihink the
convictions of the auti- Blaine men are
only skin deep like those Of the Blaine
men who say, "oh, yes we know how
lyon feel, but you'll get over that before
"ths November election" Do they
think that the sueering use of sucl
epithets as kiokers, soreheads, CARPET
knights, political du5es, boltert
&C., will have any effect upon
such reasoning beings as Charles
Francis Adams, Jr., MOorfeld Storey
Lsverstt saltonstsll, William Everett
James Freeman Clarke, Josiah Quincy
Thomas W entworth nigginson, Winslov
Warren, Richard Il. Dana and other msr
who belong to or sympsthizs with suof
associations Rs the Massachusetts Reform
Club II they do, they are most ssdiy
mistaken. Politicians are gradually
beginning to learn that there ia no small
body of voters in both parties who will no
vote for "evep the devil' Il he ia til,
regular nominee. They are also learning
that Presidential candidates are NO
naturally very different from other me1
and that any little vagaries Of dishonesty
or untruthfulness will not be overlooked
in man because he Ia Large hearted and
jolly good fellow with the boys, but
that a Presidential candidate is al
strictly accountable for his actions as any
other man.
The independents and Independent
Republicans are looking forward to the
next Chicago convention with mingled
feelings of forebodInE and hope, prepared,
as many OF them fear they will have to
be, to nominate an entirely independent
ticket in order that they may vote with
self-respsot. II for once the Democrats in