Daily Republican., 1884-03-04
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Only three months will intervene
b store he meeting Of the Republican
n arional Convention at Chicago, and
yet the party may in trnlh 10 said to-
he without n candidate, or il is astIu'h-
ful to ray that it has n large number OF
caEdidat,s for the Pres niial IOmina-
tion. Ibis Ia a much better condition
for the party than for it TO be
engage in setting mp scme particular
candidate that q majority of the m,m-
bers Of the party do not want, ard this
II certainly au excellent temper for the
party 10 lie in. Four years ago a GER
tain faction Of the Republican party
def! ing the will oftle p"Ile was ell
kpg,d manufacturing delegates WHO
would nominate General Grant for Il
third tenn. This faction reached the
famous number Of SOC, and could 20 no
farther. There was 10 enlhu.iasm that
oither increased or decreased that num-
Der.
1t held its own no matter what
changes there were for other candidates.
No piece Of machinery ever worked
smOo, her or more rrgulally,aId he only
reason that it did not perform the work
laid out for IT. was because it lacked
sufficient steam power to drive H. The
machine worked well enough, but its
capacity WAS not quite large enough,
The only road TO victory at that lime
lay through smashing Of the machine
and even when that was arcompllsh he'd,
II required The utmost effort TO elect
such u pure minded man as General
Garfield President.
Happily in the present campaign
there is an entire absence OF any polil-
ieal machine, run by any political boss,
in favor Of any particular candidate.
There IL 10 sign OF bitterness and dis
cord in the party. and that means that
there will be no scars made by political
strife, and that there will leno political
sores 10 heal.
The people srem TO be going about
the w0ik of preparation for the next
contest in a business like manner, hay
ing their personal preferences, bur exer-
ci.ing \ due regard for the preferences
ri others, and engaging in no acrimo-
NOUS contests. The general disposition
seems TO lie to nnd ont what is best
to do and then go and do it.
Pursuing the subject little farther
ether conditions upon which success is
TO bo wen, are continually arising ard
these are conditions which must he
nanfully and firmly met by The Re-
publican party. The force Of circnln-
stances blocks out the leading planks
Of the Republican platform. 1t r.
auirrs no keen eye 10 see that the lead
ing plank must be full protection TO
American industriPr, whe,h her they lie
manufacturing, mining, mercantile or
agricultural. Another important plank
will be protection of the l'alloter and
the ballot in the Southern States. The
Republican party must sec TO it that \
Republican in Mississippi shall receive
the same pr"iccIion in the exercise of
his inalienallrrig TO vote for whom he
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Massachusetts.
Another condition of success for the
r, puLlicans lies in the choice OF \ can.
didate. Though there is no particular
objrcrion 10 any candidate named, an
exercise Of 'snnd judgment will impl
the party TO look up the man who will
carry New York ard Ohio, or either of
them. The Republican party stands
cut in the contest with the heavy incu-
bus resting upon them Of n solid South
ern electoral vote. They must bear
this heavy weight rs they enter into n
fair ,outest i'll the Northern States.
Their fighting ground is in the North,
and ID" only two weak points in their
line OF defence are ,heStates named, and
Of them, though the smaller, Ohio is the
most important. Ohio is the only
Ethe thai will hold an election in De-
ts!,er, and il Ohio goes Democratic, thea
the 0u look will not I've 70 bright for
November. With Ohio safe the Re-
New York. Then to carry Ohio at the
Oer lcr cl,ctitn is Hw cially Of ST.
pr, me importance. If he Republicans
were sure Of carrying New York in
Nov, mler, they could do without Ohio,
Tut vi h Ohio against them in October,
the &c n,rst would lie tame, Fpiiillrss
sff,ir, promising success 10 the Demo
Gratis.
Under these circumstances, the great
battle of tile Pre- idrncy will bc fought
in Or;, ler. The November election
will b.. but the recording Of the victory.
Ohio must, under the circumstances, lie
held Mt all hazards, and the Prrsiden-
tial candidate who can carry Ohio I've
you'd Goub, in October is the man for
The RI pul lcan party TO select. The
larger he Republican majority in Ohio
in Ort, Der, the easier will be theIirpub-
lean victory in November Where
anorg,t the Republican candidates for
the Proficiency is the man who can in
sure The largest Republican majority in
Ohio in October? Whoever he il, that
IL the man, whether he be Sherman,
Edmunds Lincoln, Logan, Blaine, Ar
thur or Evarts.
Farmers anA Free Trsde.
Victor Il. Piolett, of Pennsylvania, IL