Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-06-14
C.r.or uarr;.on savs of the republi-

Carter Harrison says of the repuoh-
IAN platform:-"It is . bid for every
hing except woman suffrage, and i'll
of everything except a tariff for
only and the democratic party
reminds me of the old time fish line
we used set in the Ohio River. We
put on any kind Of hooks and a differ
ent kind of bait on each in the hope OF
catching every specimen OF the finnY
tribe. In making their platform the
republicans have used all manner OF bait,
but the democratic gudgeons they get
to swallow their hooks will be few.
The facts are, to be serious, the party
has antagonized everything it has here
tofore favored. 1t has put in an eight
hour plank, while it is notorious that we
have an eight hour law which it had mo-
the courage to enforce. Then again 1t
has aChinese plank which the democrats
have forced down their threats. Take
the question of public lands for a mo-
ment. A plank declares opposition to
giving lands to corporations, while the
facts are that the party has surrendered
everything in that line to the corpora
tons except the barren mountain tops
and blank deserts. 1t is really laugh
able. Look. too, at the plank declaring
in favor of the forfeiture of unearned
lands, which has been inserted in the
face of the fact that the republicans
have vigorously fought every attempt
on the part of the democrats in
laanerass to hrias jastv soh "s'o"t'
In a word, the party has taken up af-
frmatively everything it has heretofore
resisted. 1t has made IN artful bid for
votes, but it will be unsuccessful, for
the reason that the voters will pay no
attention to it. 1t has, in other words,
set a trap for democratic gudgeons,
and its hope lies in the idea that. in
II platform, we will oppose
everything they have favored. But
we'll be too Smart for them" OF Blaine
he added:-"Well l regard him as a
dangerous man. l do not speak from
a party standpoint, but believe | repre-
sent, to some extent. u certain class of
the sober business men of this COM
munity at least. He is regarded as dam
gerous because the idea prevails that
he is a man calculated to do most any
thing to advance his personal ends and
crafty his overweening ambition. l
believe of him, for instance, that if it
was necessary and it was in his power
he would involve the nation In war
in order to be elected the second
time. If the democrats put up a good
man, and they will, and a good plat
form, we can beat Mr.. Blaine easily"
tsTilden or Cleveland 2" {" W. can beat
him with either of Them" "Who is
your choice 2" 81 am for Tilden."
"You spoke of Blaine's statesmanship?"
eyes, what eau be said of him can be
said of few men. He has been in pub
lie life for years. You cannot put your
finger on a single thing he has done or
a living law or. idea that he can lay
claim to the authorship of. The only
thing l can remember of him just now
is the move he made last winter in favor
of dividing the internal revenue of the
country among the states according to
population. The idea fell stillborn and
met nothing but public contempt. l
liken the mans %pertinacity to that Of
Henry Clay, of whom he promises to
be the imitator in N respect. Clay
sought the presidency twice without
success, and SO has Blaine. The third
time he won with his party as Blaine
has, but he was beaten by the people,
as the gentleman from Maine will be-"