New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-07
THUS FAR.

| Mr.. Blaine has now been nominated two
months. and Governor Cleveland one month.
| What Is the situation? Is either OF the candl-
dates yisibly stronger or weaker than he was
! when first nominated
When Mr. Blaine was nominated, the algu-
mcpt most frequently heard was that he might
! he elected without the vote of New DIRK. This
implied the belief then actually prevalent that
the opposition to Mr.. Blaine would suffice to
give this State to Governor Cleveland if he
should be nominated. But the tone OF dis
cussion has entirely changed. 1t is admitted
| that it is very doubtful whether Governor
| Cleveland can carry this State, and that the
noisy adhesion of a few former Republicans has
| cost him the support of many Democrats.
! The plain truth is that several Democratic Jour
mails, including some of large circulation IN tins
! State. are now discussing the question whether
| he should withdraw, Oh suggesting that the Ma
! tional Committee ought TO require hs with
| drawa.
The size of the opposition to Mr.. Blaine was
seen at the outset. Every Republican paper
| that opposes him now did 50 from the start but
several that mt first opposed him now give him
effective support. The conspicuous men who
rushed into proclamation of their hostility
though they produced quite sensation at first
| have not added to their number j is but the
t,uth that the So-callcd revolt was bigger when
| if WAS born than il ever has been since: 40 per
sons Of influence have Joined IT, but several
who were at first counted rs independents have
| declared for Mr. Blaine. President White, MIR.
! Cabot lodge. Prcsd dent Anderson, sherman :.
/ Rogers. Mr.. Roosevelt. Rev. Mr.. BUtol, and
many others have been quoted by rs.
On the other hand. il is certain that Nr.
! Rl,ine's positions ON the tmil, and on the
! foreign policy of the Government, including the
rotccticn of American citizens abroad, have
drawn to hi, support large bodies of Dem
! ocrai>. The organization Of ProtcctonstS IN
! Louisiana the declarations of prominent Dom
! ocrats IN tudt state, IN Georgia, tennessee, the
! Virginias. Ohio, Indiana and Ncw-Jcrscy. and
| the general tone of the laboriu% classes in
Northern states prove that the tariff question
do, make serious iuroad in the Democratic
ranks. The great meeting of Irish voters in
ChcLcrns Hall, and the course of many
journals that are especially addressed TO such
citizens. prove that the views OF Mr.. Blaine on
the foreign relations Of the Nation also attract
influential and numerous Democratic adhc-
rents. At this hour, therefore, il must be said
that Mr. Blaine is altogether stronger than he
was Immediately after his nomination.
But il Il equally clear that Governor Clcvc-
! land is weaker than he was at first. Several
| influential journals now oppose him which
| heartily favored him at first, and from others
there comes only an eloquent passage Of silence.
| The Albaay Times admits that hostility
originating within his own party is spreading
through the country like wildfre,' and
" wirhers and shrivels the prospects of Mr..
| Clcvelandn 1t appears, too, that the OppOsi
! tion to him on account of his vctOes is strong
| and persistent The fact that his campaign is
managed bv Seven MULE Barnum, and by
Mr.. Hubert O. Thompson, the head Of the cor
rupt city ring, has made it ridiculous to present
him as an angel of light or champion of
purity.
1t must be said, then that the canvass has
thus far gone favorably to Mir. Blaine; he has
visibly gained and his opponent has percept-
ibly lost ground. There are nearly three
months vet, in which the tendency may be
changed. But if things 60 on six weeks longer
as they have during the month since Slr. Cleye-
land was nominated, he will answer the worst
expectations of those Democrats who opposed
his nomination at Chicago.
The business of the friends of Mr.. Blaine is
to consolidate and organize their force, and
press their appeal to the popular intelligence
and conscience so vigorously that no change of
current later in the season can defeat them If
any of them are spending their whole time IN
CONCENTRATING each other over advantages
already won, they, at least are doing some
thing to make defeat possible.