The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-12-27
WOR IT.
WHO IS TO BLAME

baltimore Herald, Utilization what
Unknown and without any qua Pittsburp. was
ever Tor the place, Mr.. Jones, of publican Com
made chairman of the NATIONAL time was sur
mittee. His appointment at tence in tho Judge
PRISE but such was the conf instance he was APP
ment OF Mr.. Blaine, at whoa rife went no further
pointed that objection tb, disapproval. He was
than mere expressions the candidates and to be
known to be friend e the ticket, and for these
devoted to the heads tolerated, even after it was
demaus s.aons ne Vine was wholly ignorant of the
demonstrated that frman. s<er
1akness~M re, it is surpris-
oald be ledlSs.s error of attack
administration and Charging it with the
responsibility of the defeat of the Republican
party. Such course could only serve to create
i'll feeling and direct attention to his own deplor-
able weakness. He could not have believed in
the truth of his accusation, for into his hands
alone went evidence that serves as indubitable
proof of the Presidents great interest in the sue
of the ticket His course is, therefore, open
to but one Interpretation, and that is a desire to
unload portion of the heavy responsibility
under which he is now bending. Anyhow, it is
generous to so interpret it, as no material benefit
to him could possibly grow out of a course SO ut
terly inconsistent with the facts-and be is too
old man to be ambitious
That President Arthur earnestly desired to see
Mr. Blaine President, there is no doubt. Aside
from his own written declarations to that effect,
we have the testimony of Secretary Chandler, who
asserts from his own personal knowledge that
during the recent campaign neither the President
nor any of his Cabinet lacked desire for Republi-
can success, failed to do all that was asked or
could have been reasonably expected to accom-
plish it. This assertion is general but it is broad
and positive and particulars will sustain it: At
once, upon Mr.. Blaine's nomination, President
Arthur telegraphed a positive assurance of his
support and also urged upon the members of his
Cabinet to do the same thing. Postmaster Gresh-
am labored for the ticket in Wall street; Secreta-
~ Lincoln worked in Illinois from October % to
the close of the campaign; Secretary Teller car
rie | Colorado, despite the combined power of the
state machinery turned against him Secretary
Chandler went to New Hampshire; Attorney
General Brewster spoke in Philadelphia, and Mr..
Hatton successfully kept IN the air the Iowa end
of his plank. What more could any administra-
ton have done? Surely, it was not expected of
the President and his Secretary of State that they
should stump the country and address meetings
at every crossroads And yet every other means
at the disposal of the administration was exhaust
ed. Chairman Jones knew this, as well as the
leaders of the party, with whom these gentlemen
were in constant communication, and yet, upon
his own unsupported assertion, he makes these
charges.
The thing to be regretted is that the accuse
tions-false as they are-should be made at this
time, when the New York Senatorial contest is in
question. The reason we regret this is because,
as appearances show, the accusations look as
though Mr.. Joues was in a conspiracy to kill off
Mr.. Arthur and elect as Senator Laphams sue
cessor one of Mr.. Blaines numerous admirers.
Should such suspicion become rooted in the
public mind, Mr.. Jones's usefulness as a pure and
high minded gentleman will be gone and Pitts
burg will be called upon to regret that she har-
bors a man whose ignorance of politics is equaled
only by his cOwardice and maliciousness. If the
test of greatness is the ability to bear up under
defeat and failure, Mr. Jones is about the small
est man in the United States.