Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-09
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Monday, June 8, 1884.

FHE REVOLT AGAINST ELAINE.
 The revolt against tho nomination of MT. Blaine has already reached larger propor- tions than many sangufne partisans thought it would. The New York Evening Post has declared that it will not support him. The New York Times has said: "It (the Times) will not support MT. Blaine for the presi. denoy. It will advise no man to vote for him. and it's reasons for this course are per- fectly well understood by everybody that has ever read'it. The interest the Times will take in this canvass is that of friend and physician. It is not with cynical indifference, but with unspeakable sadness that it sees the Republican party pervsrsely set it's face toward error and it's feet in vicious paths, for it has done some service to the party" The Boston Advertiser, which has never wavered in its Republicanism, says:
 "With unabated devotion to the great pur- poses for which the Republican party was or ganized and has been maintained, we declare our inability to support the nomination, either in the present aspect of the political field, or in any which now seems likely to present itself" The Brooklyn Union, now & very able and sound Republican newspaper, says: ''At the height of it's power, the Re- publican party would have found such ticket too heavy load. At a time when it commands less than majority of the votes of the American people, the party can sur vive the fate of the ticket only by repudiat. ing it. There is no majority, whether fairly represented or not, that should be permitted to impose on thoughtful and conscientious voters the necessity of sacrificing conviction and self-respect at the shrine of party duty. What is perhaps more to the purpose, there is no majority, real or imaginary, in the Republican party, who, in the pres ent Estate of party feeling, need make the attempt. Whether the nomination of James G. Blaine be 8 triumph for all the rascality and jobbery in administration which has found shelter under the Republi- can name, or whether it be the response to a sentiment or admiring enthusiasm deeper and more lasting than was ever aroused by any American statesman since Henry Clay, it is none the less an abandonment of every principle of progressive politics which the party has adopted, and of every vital reform of which it made itself the champion" The Boston Herald, which is independent with Republican Jennings, believes that MT. Blaine would ba bad and dangerous Presi dent, and hopes and expects that he will be defeated. The Springfield Republican of course will not support him. The Daily News of Chicago and the Illinois Staats Eei- tung, both of which have been friendly to Arthur, refuse te support Blaine. In addi- ton there are also large number of news papers which have hitherto heartily worked for the Republican party which will not work hard for Blaine if, they do not strongly oppose him.
 It is not yet known what those hated and despised beings known as Independents, Young Republicans, etc, will do. They may get to- gether and nominate a ticket. The Massa- chusetts Reform club has already adopted anti-Blaine resolutions, and the Young Mems Republican club of Brooklyn is already at work against him. A large number of prom inent business and professional men in vari- ous cities have declared that they will not support Blaine.
 How far all this opposition will go and what it will accomplish remains to be seen. There is no doubt thaA it is serious, and per haps it is even more serious than it now ap- pears to be. MT. Blaine and his friends will have great victory if they can triumph over the rebellion in the Repu blican party and the opposition of the Democrats.