West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

Tho National Committee has carried
ON the campaign cautiously and quiet
lN, but, thus lar, effectively. No false
moves have been made. no bmniera
committed, and everything is i'm shape
for pushing matters vigorously from
now until the day ~ election. Tho
Democratic campaign fo" the iirs& time
since the way. ha, bccn an aggressive
one. an tHr vNphIun- that been done
has brcu un ihr part ut the Republic
ans. iircum have couSp red to
place thcir ,oru party un the doicns-
I've. aud me- par of This advantage hss
been lost hN thc nrmo. rats When tho
kcpubiCnu~ have found u impossible
to explain thoN have lodged. The Now
l ork Trio tH', for instance, with the in
stinct ot veteran campa gnor. has per-
Sistcntlv avoided all reference to the
Mulligan letters; indeed, its policy in
this respect has been so firm and on r.
Sistcn, that IL has ignored even the au-
thorilcd cNplanat ous OF the Muliwan
correspondence, which is not To bo
wondered at, scoing how lame aud inn.
potent these explanations are.
Brother Blaine. il will be borne i'm
mind, was nominated with n whoop
and u hurrah. The enthusiasm for him
I'm the Convention was OF the warmcSt
and most intense variety and il was
supposed to hc thoroughly representa-
tive. But hardly had tho echoes ol the
yelling died away before the expert
cnced campaigncr began to discover
that the Blame enthusiasm was of the
purely professional variety II cooled
down nj once and has been growing
colder ever since The nomination
nlnn gaI t,t,l,AINr 4
bob-tail politicians, who lift up their
voices in the saloons and allude To thoir
candidate rs "Iim.n
The honest and respectable Rcpub-
leans immediately served notice on
their party that they would under no
circumstances support the nominee
The honest Republican newspapers
made similar declarations, and this was
followed by the German revolt. All
these facts are perfectly wnl) known to
our readers, and we allulc To them
here To emphasize the statement that
the l'lame campaign. which was weak
at the start, has steadily grown weaker
ever since. IL there is ANYTHING hone
ful ia 10 beyond the power and the
wiilingncs of the Republican leaders to
employ corrupt methods TO influence
voters, we have failed To discover IT,.
and we should to glad lo.have it. point
cd out to us by some of our gloomy
Democratic contemporaries, for we
have no desire 10 create false hopes in
the minds of our readers in regard to
the result in November.
On the other hand the nomination of
MIR Cleveland was somewhat coldly re-
ceived by tho Democrats Perhaps
'coldly' is too strong word; at any
rate, his nomination created little or no
enthusiasm mt the outset. But the
Democratic candidate has steadily
grown in favor not only with Demo
cratic voters, but with conscrvat' We and
thoughtful men of all parties lie repre-
scnts safety for the business interests oi
the country, consideration of the rights
OF the laborng men, and his American
ism IS far more genuine than the ban
tam variety affected by Brother blaine
These facts are known and felt by those
who hold the balance OF power i'm Prcsi-
dcntial elections, and we believe the
country will Unite in placing the Demo
cratic candidate in tho White House -
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