The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-01
OUR TURN.
California Democrats are now Do
ing the Whooping.
The State for Tilden or any Good
Democrat.
Blaine Sure to be Beaten.

1
ifornians are proyerbially enthus!-
astic politi clans and If the people
they leave behind them are any
thing like the delegates who came
Ito the national convention, the Cal.
afornia election must be hotly
contested affair. Few people will
forget the whoop with which the
delegation from that State came to
the Republican convention and the
advance guard OF the Democrat
delegates which arrived at the Pal
mer House last night was just as
enthusiastic on the other side. Hon.
Thomas j. Clunie, delegate at large,
and State Senator English formed
the contingent who are on their way
to New York. Mr.. Clunie said to
q Times reporter: "0ur State is
solid for Tilden. We were in
structed for him and are by no
means willing to accept his letter rs
6nslitv. He wrote just such q
letter four years ago. and yet no one
doubts that if the Cincinnati con-
vention had given him the unani.
NOUS nomination he would have
accepted it. Mr.. Tilden says he is
averSe to attempting the labor and
struggle consequent upon the proper
administration of the Office of Pres
ident, and so he is, but he does not
say that he would refuse the nOmi~
nation if rendered him. He cannot
be candidate for the nomination,
and no one would expect it of him.
He was once elected President of
the United States, and man In that
position cannot go fishing for another
nomination. Give it to him, hows
ever, and he is too good a patriot
not to accept it. BE would not only
do 1t, but he would be elected. Once
elected, he would make the best
President we ever had. l do not
blame him for being averse TO the
task. The first Democratic Presi-
dent, after twenty-four years of
Republican rascality and th'every,
has got no light job on his hands,
but Tilden could and weuld do it."
Why, continual Mr.. Clunie," I
know what ana talking about. 1
saw Mr.. Tilden In New York about
three months ago. He told me
then, MIR. Clunie, the Democratic
president has got great task on
his hands, and to fill the Office az I
would like to fill it, would be no
sinecure. l would insugurate the
same reforms in the general govern
ment that did in the state govern
ment OF New York and I kn W by
experience that such course means
lots of hard work and a stubborn
fight. do not feel like undertaking
the task" Then / asked him, "Mr.
Tide n, would you refuse if the nom.
nation were rendered you unani-
mouslS ?" And he made no answer.
| Iell you. let us give him the nomi-
nation by exclamation, and he will
accept"
SIT Mr. Tilden is out OF the race,
who would California vote for?"
Thurman, Thurman AMI stone.
man, Thurman and Slocum, or
Thurman and any o!her good Dem>
ocrat would be good enough for Gs."
"Could Thurman carry California
against BlaiDep"
Thurman could carry the state;
80 could Cleveland, Mcdonald or
any other Democrat exceut Field.
He would be weak account of
his monopoly leaning, but any other
Democrat could get from 5000 to
II coo majoli y in our state"
"California IS solid for Tilden,"
said Mr.. English, "and we think he
will accept. We want the old
ticket in its entirety. Failing In
that we are for Thurman"
"What is the cause of Humans
strength ?"
"He is the author Of the bill
which bears his name, the bill
curtailed some of the privileges of
the Pacific roads, and you know we
are all anti-monopOlists in Califor.
MIA, that is the main olitical guess
ton in our state and we recognise
Senator Thurman as being on our
side Of the question. Judge Field is
a man who has many warm personal
friends in California, and is a citi-
zen of our State, but it Is considered
that his d, cisions have Oeen in the
interest of monopolies, and in conse.
ouence the convent n instructed
against him. 1t was no "heodlum"
convention either, but a represent
alive body of men"
SIS Blaine go strong in Gallo nia?"
"No; he is stronger than either
Edmunds or Arthur would have
been, because he voted for the |
Chinese bill, while Edmunds voted |
against it, and Arth' vetoed it. On !
the other hand Democratic Senators |
all voted for it, and any Democrat |
would in consequence be as strong
on that issue as Blaine, especially as |
it was almost a party vote for, and |
carried through by Democrats. |
Why, California delegates to the Re
national convention played |
it on the convention most thor
oughly when they said Blaine could |
carry the coast States. He is bandi, |
capped by Logan, who voted against |
The Chinese bill, and who as pre-.
siding officer of The Senate, will, If |
have the casting vote, and |
in addition to that Blaine's record is |
too bad for California to swallow. |
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