Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-01
Many POST. INTElLlGENCtR.


All Ia not lovely IN tine catSp '.
uutsrrified in the great State OF N
York Tammany Hall 10 opposed 70 70,
of Gov. CLEVELAND, aho ""
make itself felt at Chicago. Inc ne"
~ star. John Kelly's organ, recently
osvs the following reasons Why Cleve-
land shouId not be nominated. iney
: "a interesting, as showing the views OF
q vsrv important element of New iofk
Democracy, the votes Of which on e'eo-
49, aav are absolutely Indispensable 70
Dsmocratic success in the Empire ssa'e'
The Star opposes Cleveland's noin'ns-
zion "because he ia the weakest canoi-
aa,e prominently mentioned; because
aoains, him Blaine can carry New YORK;
because a majority Of the New YORK
dslsOates to Chicago are against him;
and beoause in Office he has hatiy OPP
possd the principles Of bis party "
will not be consoline TO the "hoiier 'nan
tbour faction of the Republican boilers
% read in John KelIy's paper tna'
"vhils he (Clevel md has won over
few inconsequential Republican inde-
nsnaents. he has lost the loyalty OF the
Democratic masses, and should there
fore not be nominated FOR President.
The "too goods" are in bad ooA-
They are jealous for Cleveland's norni-
nation. 90 that they can co operate Win
the Democratic party, as otherwise .nes
will bs compelled TO put up Candidate
az their own, which would merely result
in throwing away their precious votes
Reaidss. they realize that were they
compelled to choose one OF tneif own
nnmber az a candidate every other
msmser of the "truly good" comoina-
ton would feel dissatisfied because be
was not the man selected, and bolt the
ticket. tits an impossibility TO form a
partv out of a boiling constituency, as
all political history proves; and she d.
,smna into which Messrs. Curtis,
Sohurz, ct al, have precipitated
themselves will grow even more
embarrassing as the campaign
n,ooresaes. Ii il undoubtedly true
that Cleveland's nomination nj
Chicago would cause loss to the Dem
ocratic party ia the pivotal State OF New
York of more votes that could be masse d
in his favor by she efforts of the boiling
Republicans. The upshot OF the whole
business will be that few Of the most
prominent of the disaifected reform
srs'' will sit ON the fence, while the ma
i,rity of those who were at 6rss inclined
20 secede from the Republican party
because of the failure Of their candi'
date to receive the nomination, will be
found voting the Republican ticket IN
November.
At any rate, IL isn't at all likely that
the Democratic party will bother itself
much about these would-be dictators in
making its choice at Chicago. IL tried
the ]" utilization dodge" at Baltimore IN
1872, when 1t refused 10 nominate can-
didate from It's party, and Endorsed the
nominees and platform put forward by
the Independent Republican Conven-
ton at Cincinnati. The results OF that
act of self-abnegation were not SO happy
as to stimulate repetiti N OF the ex-
psriment. And yet the Cincinnati con-
vention represented bolt both numer-
ioally and intellectually of far more
strength than that now being engineer
cd against Blaine and Logan. IL had
one browning merit, which cannot be
claimed by the present independents.
The Cincinnati convention was not
composed Of men who had been defeat
cd in another convention, and after
ward bolted the nomination. IL met
before either Of the other conventions,
and made its nominations without ref
erenco to either Of the two great par
tAC1s ~ lt1 ihVAhbCto WotS "~sebSt~~hs
they we're not 50 because Of defeat in a
convention. but because OF hopeless
mess of frustrating the denomination Of
Grant in the regular Republican con,
vention. They bolted. II bolting 1t
could be called, before, not after they
had been defeated. The reverse Ia true
Of Mr.. Curtis and his following. They
bolted because they were outvoted in
because they could not die
tate lie nominee. The result is that
what little influence they otherwise
woald have had Is well nigh destroyed,
and neither the Democratic nor Repub-
loan parties win be greatly affected by
their present attitude. They are in a
dilemma, either horn OF which will be
uncomfortable to sit upon.