Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-07
g.aneaster fnteIligeneer.
EVENING, AUa. z. 1894.
The Fourth Candidate.

nominations of the Greenback and
laborinp men, and the anti-monopolists, |
and he hopes everybody will vote for
him who thinks IL best to do 80 !" he will
give them the reasons in detail why they |
should, after he has read Cleveland's
letter of acceptance and finds out Just
where he differs from him. We too
hope that everyone will vote for General
Butler who thinks 1t best to do SO but
we do not know what sensible person |
can think 1t best, when the general
show of election is so poor. There are
many men who will vote for the man
who represents most nearly their views,
regardless of the prospect OF their
opinions being enforced by his
election. But they are a very
small minority of the voters. Generally
it IS thought best to vote for a candidate
whose election is possible. The general
needs to persuade the voters that he has
a chance, to have a reasonable hope of
big vote. He might employ himself in
this way pending his receipt Of Gov.
Cieveland's letter. But he can hardly
demonstrate anything more than that
there is possibility of his throwing the
election into the House of Representa-
tiyes how he is gong to come out of
that body with an election certificate in
view of its strong Democratic majority.
he will find it difficult to show. Probably
he will be content with that much of a
victory. But IL is not he who is to be-
satisfied, but the people whom he asks to
vote for him. While they are persuaded
that the contest is between Cleveland
and Blaine, they will not be likely in
great numbers to throw away their votes
on Butler.
We do not know why the general
awaits Cleveland's letter to write his.
His own nomination antedates Cleve
lands, and his own letter is first in
order. 1t is true that after he was nom
mated himself, he went as u delegate to
Chicago to nominate a candidate for
the Democracy, and this is a
little variation from the Ordi-
nary practice of presidential Candi
dates which General Butler might
profitably employ himself in explaining
pending the publication of Cleveland's
letter. He can hardly need to read that
letter to tell why he has wobbled SO
much as to his own candidacy, since he
has determined TO resume his position as
candidate without having seen the
letter. lie would have been more logical
agood deal if he had deferred his an
nouncement that he was such candi-
date until Cleveland's letter had appear
ell and no doubt his delay in proclaim.
ing himself has been caused by his desire
to make the proclamation on the heel
of the Cleveland letter. His announce
ment probably has bsen ready for some
time, ready to follow Cleveland!
acceptance. He now announces hi
purpose in advance of the letter
because he fears he will be smothereC
out of the canvass by its late appear
ance. His followers want to know how
they are to govern themselves. His great
organ, the Sun, and his little organs
want to begin to attune their chords tC
their work. The Greenback men, y
the " laboring men and the "anti-
mOnOpolists," want to know whether
they have q candidate, aud can no longer
wander rs sheep without a shepherd.
General Butler appears the fourth
man in the field, as the candidate of the
rag, tag and bobtail leavings of the othel
parties. He repre- sents those whose first
love is neither Democracy or Republi.
canism or Temperance. They are de
iointed lot who have nothing particular
in common, and whom it will need all o.
Buffers versatile genius to gather unde
one banner. Anti monopoly principle
have nothing in common with currenc.
views, but the currency is not livini
issue any more, and the general, in mass
ing his party, will put the Greenbacl
division in the rear as a reserve. Ii
will make his fight to win the labor ant
anti-monopoli3t vote, which will run yer,
well together. How he is going to shov
that he will do more for labor an,
against monopoly than the Dmo,
cratic party, is the difficulty that con
fronts him. If the Democratic party /
not devoted to the intert SIS Of the labor
ing man ard the enemy of the scheme
OF monopolists, 1t has no position at al
Defore the country, Tor 1t has aimed tC
make this its distinctive policy. Gen
Butler will not be able to wrest from
this solid ground on which b
has planted himself. About tn
only open ground left for hin
Is to run as the representativ
OF all the virtue and the poets in tn
land, with Mr. Charles a. Dana throw
in who has made this claim for hin
ana stands ready to back it with hi
pen. The general will have to wear
coat of many c0lors to make himsel
attractive to all the sentiments that hav
been left out in the cold by the other thre
parties in their nominations and plat
forms; but be Is Just the man for sue
an exhibition, and he will give us
canvass with plenty of bright hues in il
Carlcature In the Campaign.
The New York Tribune has reache
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