The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-10

the worst man the country had ever seen, and
still, notwithstanding his election, we have man
aged to exist all these years. Is there not a bare
possibility that passion and prejudice warp the
Judgment of men now, as in earlier times!
The Republican party is going to prevail tins
year, as it has prevailed for a quarter OF a
century. The worthy citizens who do not like
Mr., Blaine have honorable example in the other
worthy men who objected to Mr.. Lincoln in
1864. Mr.. Wade was one of them, and Mr..
Sumner another; and yet they lived to learn that
the nation was wiser than they. Let us be
patient. Mental dyspepsia is not an unpardon-
able SIN. The good people who consider Mr..
Blaine an Objectionable candidate will feel better
after a few days.
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE TICKET.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.)
No wise Democrat will allow himself to under
estimate the ticket. Blaine and Logan. A loss
of Ohio in October by a majority exceeding that
of Hayes over Tilden, or that of Garfield over
Hancock, coupled with a loss of West Virginia,
would have a dreadfully depressing effect on
Democratic hopes for November. Now is the
time, before the commencement of the battle, to
consider the situation. The coming campaign
is not to be one of mere sentiment or hurrah.
Material questions are to be considered. The
Democrats in making a nomination for the
presidency must select u man who can honestly
bring with him the reputation of being a prac-
teal reformer, and who can show by his bust
ness life and the soundness of his views that
the industries, the business interests, the wealth
of the country would be fostered-certainly not
embarrassed-by his elevation to the presidency.
THE sMARTEsT la IN THE COUNTRY.
Washington Capitol. (Anti- Blaine.)
The Republican party has nominated as its
candidate for President the smartest man in all
these United States. Every politician in the
country takes fresh heart from Mr.. Blaines sue
cess at Chicago. A great many stranger things
than Mr.. Blaines election next November would
have occurred in American politics. 1t must be
remembered that, while a few newspapers have
made a great deal of noise about his so-called
sensational foreign policy, there is no evidence
that this has injured him in the opinion of the
masses. On the contrary, there is very clear
evidence that the fact that Mr.. Blaine has had
some fresh, positive, and apparently original
ideas about our foreign relations has rendered
him popular in all parts of the country. In that
respect he is certainly the sort Of man the
American people have a liking for,
NO WHINING, NO oIPHERING.
Lafayette Courier.
James g.. Blaine is an American, with a high
sense of his citizenship; an American who
would advance'his country with patriotic, though
wisdom-tempered zeal, to its entitled position in
the front rank of the nations of the world; an
American who will brook no insult to the flag,
or the graves of the immortal heoroes of '76. He
will not be found whining and ciphering, like
one who hath all the contortions of the sibyl,
without the inspiration. He will stand squaIely
on his rights and the rights of the American
people, and demand, in no unmistakable terms,
tlelT rScOSnlUlOn. DIANE Will give une country
an administration that will be noticeable. He
will have a policy, and he is a man of sufficient
strength to carry out a policy. There will be no
question as to who is President when he takes
the char.
VICTORY MUST FOLLOW.
Utica On. " Herald.
The manner of the nomination is only a
prophecy of the popular uprising which is to
set all the States afame. No strategy could
stop it. No eloquence could check the impulse
Of thu paODla No afpOY0 90 0O1lA hold hoal tho
nation from insisting that Tie foremost Ameri-
can, the friend of Garfield. the brilliant genius
who is even more than he the type of our best
manhood, shall be called to the chair of Lincoln.
The first step in the canvass of 1884 is a mag
nifeent demonstration of the power of the
popular will and therefore a pledge of Republic
an triumph. Harmony has been inaugurated
and victory must follow. General Logans
name adds strength to the ticket. and will add
enthusiasm to the canvass. Blaine and Logan
are altogether irresistible.
A FIGHTING ADMINISTRATION.
Rocky Mountain NJ ws Dem.)
There can be no doubt that in Blaine and Lo-
gan the Republicans have nominated a hip hip
hurrah ticket. The pendulum has swung for
ward from the namby- PANTY cant and coward
ice. of the last eight years of Republican rule,
and the leap from such spineless leaders as
Hayes and Arthur to such fearless fighters as
Blaine and Logan is a long one. The present ad-
ministration, like that of Hayes, has gone on all
tours to every foreign power that took the
trouble to twirl it's thumb at this country. The
next administration, if the fates decree that
Blaine and Logan shall b. elected, will stand on
its hind legs and show its teeth to the whole
rest of the world.
THE DEMOCRACY MUST FIGHT HARD.
New York Graphic. (Dem.)
1t is a chronic habit of the various Republican
factions to quarrel like cats and dogs previous
to the selection of the men: but when that work
is done the quarrelling is ended and there is
aac IN tho rnVlya 70 4ln n~1 &C fh1 xa-,.
The Democratic party must fight hard to beat
Mr.. Blaine. Whatever his record and what
ever the rivalries that exist in the Republican
ranks, he is the favorite of his party. he is a
man whom the majority love and admire, he is
a manly man, and the magic of his name will
for the time being unite the Republicans so that
the party will vote almost as one man.
A DEMOCRATIC VIEW.
South Bend Ind Times tDem.)
Mr.. Blaine is not a man whom safe, sound,
levelheaded citizens would call to the helm of
state. lie is a restless agitator, an INSCRIPTIONS
partisan. and combines in his person all the de-
vices of a successful demagogue. Being inordi-
nately ambitious. he would not scruple to plunge
the country into confusion in order to crafty
that ambition. An adept in political chicanery,
no measure of reform would be proposed, or even
entertained by him. His elevation to the presi-
dency would add to public decentralization, and
the worst class of free-booters would hold high
carnival under his administration.
THE PARTY's ABLEsT MAN.
Toronto Canada Mail.
For the first time since its organization, the
Republican party has deliberately nominated its
ablest man as a candidate for the presidency.
In this the convention has done better probably
than most persons dared to expect. The nomi
nation of Mr.. Blaine will be an agreeable sur
prise to thousands of his countrymen and CO.
partisans, who had come to look upon it as a
f~oregone conclusion that neither of the promi-
nent candidates would be selected, and that
some one who had scarcely been thought of
would become the nominee.
AS POPULAR AS HENRY CLAY.
Worcester (Mass.) Spy.
Now that the man who was most generally
desired is chosen, those who rejoice are many
and ostentatious in their delight, and those who
regret are inconspicuous and silent. Mr..
Blaine has many admirable and engaging quail