Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-06-10

Against the Nominations Accents the Sit
uatiOn.
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
Contrary to the hopes and wishes of
the Iuter-Ocean the republican national
convention has placed in nomination for
president, James q. Blame. AS the con.
ventlon is the highest constituted party
authority We bow to its decision, and as
a soldier in the great republican army,
fall into line and catch step with the nd
vancing column. We are not ashamed
to express regret that our own cand,.
date was not successful, hut the cause of
good government and the success of the
principles of the republican party are
more important than the advancement
of any man however worthy or deserving
and 1t was for these that we enlisted in
the service long ago.
1t has been evident ever since the con-
vention began to assemble that Mr..
Blaine had more enthusiastic working
friends, both among delegates and out
siders, than any other one man, and that
his interests were in the hands Of
shrewder and abler managers than his
opponents. President Arthur had the
confidence and good will of large ma
iority of the convention, but the feeling
in his favor was not of the exuberant or
determined character which inspired the
advocates of Mr.. Blaine, and many of
his supporters were easily frightened by
the malicious stories OF evil which his
nomination might bring upon the party
in New York and Ohio. He deserved a
more earnest following from the intelli.
gent north. Had the men who pro-
fess to be the advanced thinkers OF the
party, been governed more by Judgment
and less by prejudice, the result would
have been different. Let the causes,
however. be what they may. it matters
not; the convention in passing by the
man who has given the people the best
national administration for generation
has taken up the greatest party hero
since the days of Henry Clay. No man
in the republican party stands so near
the hearts of q large majority of its
members as James G. Blaine. He is in
reality their "Plumed Knight" Slander
and vituperation seem only to attach
them more closely and give them
greater eagerness to demonstrate
their loyalty and devotion.
These men are of the rank and file of the
party, and perhaps it was we'll to crafty
them by the nomination of this modern
Harry of the West. There is no doubt
but the nomination will be received with
enthusiasm. Bon.fres will be kindled
| all over the country, school-houses and
town-halls will echo the sonorous periods
Of Ingersoll's famous eulogy, and there
will be grand response to the leaders
call, but it remains to be seen whether
such enthusiasm will waste its force
within the close boundaries of party. or
overaowing, take in the independent
voter and sweep forward to victory.
The national republican convention
concluded its labors by selecting Gen.
eral Logan for the second place on the
ticket. No other candidate was named
for the place, and the delegates who
could not be induced to support him for
the presidency, most gladly Joined in
placing him at the other end of the
ticket. This was notably true in our
own state. The delegates from his own
district were, perhaps, the best pleased
of all the members of the convention to
have him nominated for the vice presi-
dency. The Arthur men of the other
states, were perfectly willing to leave
the whole matter to the Blaine men, and
the latter, finding that neither Lincoln
nor Gresham would take the second
place, we're unanimous in the choice.
The Edmunds men we're not pleased
with the selection, but let the rest of the
convention have it's own way.
For the west and south, and for the
soldier element ut large, it is believed
that the nomination of General Logan
for this secondary place, trivial in ltt
certaintles, supreme in its possibilities
is strong one. The Inter- Ocean die
not favor the generals presidential as
piratlons in 1876 or in 1884, but has
never antagonized what now appears tt
have been his real objective point, ant
surely hopes that it will prove as trength
ening nomination.