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body are generally governed by al
the time of ma king an appeal TO the
people, aud the nomination of Blaine
sho VS. the result. The personal mag
neiism of Blaine has won the friend.
ship of great many who ar, repre-
scnted by the hurrah element in tho
convention. But i.termixed with and
skillfully working that element, were
to be found the representations Of every
corrupt job, which has disgraccd the
republican party and tho country since
Blaine was first elected speaker And
outside of the hurrah "boys," his nomi-
nation onl y represents the sharp, shrewd,
trading, wirc-pulling raScals, who arc
in politics because there is something
in politics which can be bought or
sold. In localities where the repub-
icans have an overwhelming majority,
the nomination il q strong one, as there
the class described is also strong. But
with the exception of the Pacific COAST
wherever the republican majoritics are
small and unccrtain, it is a very weak
one, az then homer and integrity are
necessarily prominent. No one will
deny that the republican party has as
irigh all average Of honesty and iutelli-
gence as has ever been possessed by any
party on earth, no matter how corrupt
some of it1 politicians may. be, and
there is in the republican party an
element, with whom hcnor and decency
arc above all partizln obligation, and
which will not give its support to q
tainted candidate, or even to one who,
otherwise would be unexceptionable,
if improperly nominated. Only two
years since this element defeated the
present secretary of the treasury, in
the decisive state of the present cam
paign, by refusing their votes to him.
The vote o: cx Gov. Tildcn was larger
than that of Gov. Clevel md, but over
100000 republicans stayed OF home at
the latter's election, and thus gave him
the largest majority in our history.
The wise political leader never regards
the preferences of the Powell Clayton's,
the Stephen B. Elkins', the Joe Msdill's
or the "wood-pulp" Miler's of party,
because their votes are certain, as they
have nowhere else to 60. Had tho
convention been led by experienced
statesmen, it's candidate would have
been satisfactory TO the III aterisl inter-
csts and the better elements of the
party. They would have consulted the
preferences of such as Henry Cabot
Lod ge, Union Meeting, Gov. Long, the
Chicago Reform Club, Curtis, Van
Wyck, Hoadly, Edmunds, Morrill, and
Carr. Then whether the candidate
was Arthur Hawley, Edmuuds, Sher-
man or man unknown, tie result
would have been almost certain. As
it is, for the first time in twenty-four
years, it is for the dem O Gratis TO decide
whether they will return to power or
not If they duplicate the blunder of
the republicans, and nominate candi-
date fro m the lowest elements of tho
party, the country may accept the evil
of which it knows the full measure,
rather than one of indefinite enormity.
If it nominates man whom the better
elements OF the party can accept a5
their representative, lie will get tho
vote of the independent voter, who
has for the last twenty years. made
: Presidents. SO far, every thing points
to the nomination Of Grover Clcyo-
land. Such a nomination will give
the country security for n wise and
honest administration. The character
of his administration in New York, is
fall of guarantees, which no platform
can give, that his administration would
be energetic, clean and cieditablc, al ike
to him and the party which elected
him. If Cleveland, or any other equally
: available, and available for the same
=, reason, bc made the democratic noni-
I, nee, the nomination will he equivalent
| 10 an election. A. ID. EMoCRAT.
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