Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-06-14
TAKING IT CooLLy.

The President Is Not Worrying over '"e
Convention Result.
Washington. June 1O-President Ar
thur takes his defeat philosophlcaliy, and
never showed to better advantage than
now. He thanks his friends for their
support with hearty frunkness, but with
equal cundor admits that majority OF
the convention desired the nomination |
of Blaine. sit is as great an honor" he
said to delegate who called ut the
white house on his return from Chicago,
"to be supported 10y such men as your.
self as it il to receive o presidential
nomination. saw from the first" he
continued, "that the Edmuuds men we're
not disposed to support me, and knew
very well that my nomination was I'M.
possible. The contest has cost me no
tears and no regrets, and l am ready to
turn in with the rest of you and elect
Mr. Blaine"
When his attention was called to the
fact that his telegram to MIR. Blaine con.
tanned no congratulatlon, the president
said that to, tender congratulations was
simply mode of expressing JOY. 1t
would be absurd for any one to expect
him to show Joy at MIR. Blaines nomins-
tion, and to have congratulated him
upon it would have been hypocritical.
He only desired to convey to Mr.. Blaine
an expression of his loyalty to the re-
publican party, and his intention to sup
port the nominee of the convention. lie
would have sent similar dispatch to
Mr.. Edmunds or Mr.. Sherman or who
ever else had been chosen.
During the entire canvass the desire OF
the president has been to conduct him.
self SO as to escape criticism, and come
out of the contest with the respect and
confidence of the people. The only SEN
sitiveness he shows is with regard to at
tacks upon his official demeanor, and the
only incident in the entire campaign
which caused him any regret was the
MacVeagh letter. He has received 80
many professions of esteem and friend.
ship from Wayne MacVeagh that he is
unable to comprehend the cause or
assign motive for the attack. When.
ever he meets man who Is understood
to be on terms of intimacy with Mac.
Veagh he always refers to the
matter and asks what reason
the ex-attorney general has for disliking
him, but he has 80 far been unable to
obtain any satisfactory explanation. Ii
he had in any manner given ground tol
Li..-~s.~..lt, Le-- &c, .svt aworo of it, and
knows of no grievance MucVeagh has 8
right to complain Of.
The probability Of Blaine's nomina.
ton was announced to him Monday
; while he was at lunch. He read the tel.
egram to those who were ut the table
with him, and without showing the
slightest disappointment or concern
commenced to discuss the probable
course of the reformers in his own state
and in Massachusetts.
He took it as coolly rs he would have
received a notification that Harrison had
been nominated for governor of Illinois
and when another dispatch came few
moments after, saying thnt the desertion
of Clayton was beyond all controversy
he simply remarked that no one owed
him more than Clayton, but he supposed
a man could support any candidate he
pleased. The president comes out o
the convention without an official obi
cation of any sort. He has emphatically
declined to make any promises or Offer
any inducements for support. and he
refused to permit any of his friends al
Chicago to speak for him. All claims
npon him for services rendered at the
convention will be honorably recognized
but he holds to the principle, SO sacred
with the reformers who defeated him,
that the patronage of bis Office does moi
belong to him, but to the people, and
appointments will not now be made any
more than they have been for personal
reasons. He recognizes the right of the
senators and representatives in congress
to make recommendations and accepts
them in good faith, reserving for himself
only the choice of his immediate Official
family, and the representatives of hla
administration abroad.