The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-09
Campaign Notes.

Rev Fl. l. Wayland, an eminent Baptis:
clergyman of New York, has written letter in
which we find this passage: Gas for Blaine,
there arc three things-his past relation to civil
service reform, his position as the choice of the
INSCRIPTIONS gang of which Gould and the
Star-routers are representatives and his letters.
1t Is my deliberate conviction that, if any lead
ing public man in England-Mr Gladstone
Mr. Brand the late speaker of the house of
commonsl Lord Cairns, late Chancellor, or
Lord Selborne, the present Chancellor-were
accused of the things which are certified over
the signature of Mr.. Blaine, and if the charges
were notrepelled beyond the possibility of sus-
plclon, he would never again raise his head In
public, and would die in an agony of grief and
shame"
1.-The prohibition act with its cruel penal
ties, has caused Is per cent of the Germans TO
abandon the Republican party in Iowa." said
Congressman Jerry Murphy of that state.
Ninety weight per cent of the Germans" he
continued, have come over bodily to the
Democrats. In itself, l believe this great
change will give us majority, but add to this
81, 900 or more Greenbaci votes and think we
are certain to carry the state. If we get eco
majority we will be satisfied AS to the con-
gresslonal districts my own district (the Sec
ondJ will this year give 1900 majority for
Cleveland. We expect to carry the First, Sec
ond, Third, Fourth and Sixth districts beyond
doubt, because these are all German districts.
In the Fifth and Ninth there is fighting chance
for both parties. If the Democrats don't carry
it they will have black eve, and they will
have to turn to New York to save themselves"
The New York Times reporter says: Mr..
Cleveland would find in the office of president,
and particularly in the pow ers with which the
reform law clothes the president, the oppor
tunity to carry out the principle of public
position as public trust to which he has
shown himself constantly faithful While Mr.
Pforn l. Ia .1r~
would be helpless to clear the service of the
corruption which his most ardent supporters,
like Elkins and Dorsey represent, Mr.. Cleve-
land would have the strongest possible mo-
tive for entering activity and firmly in the work
of publication. And what is of the highest
Importance IN the changes necessary to
be made the country could trust him to apply
to his appointments the standard of i'm
partial fitness In this regard he is the one
candidate whom the democrat party could have
presented who could be relied on to enforce
successfully the spirit of the civil service re-
form. Nor will he lack in this the support, al
ways SO valuable, of an intelligent and earnest
public opinion among those who sustain him at
the polls. He will enter on his Office as he did
on that of governor, with the full conscious
ness that he owes his election to the independ-
ent vote of the country, given to him for the
express purpose of securing reform"
The Boston Herald publishes the following
eAtIdcb lfoiu iue private letteT OF gentleman
travelling abroad: "The national Republican
committee sent circulars to the consul general
and secretary of legation here asking for con-
tributions, and fixing the sum he was to give.
He did not know whether he should contribute
or not, but was evidently afraid to refuse. I
understand that demands are made upon
every American minister consul general con-
sui or officer of whatever grade abroad This
Is civil service reform"
Bishop Huntington of Syracuse, N. Y. indie
pendent of politics, touching upon the scandal
concerning Gov. Cleveland's private life, said
with emphasis: Believing, as do, that this
is thing of the past, and no part of his pres
ent character / shall certainly vote for him
He does not look with eomplacency on the
past, and is not living as a dissolute man.
According to the Christianity which I teach,
we are to forgive, and as [ understand that he
is living an honorable life in the present. see
no reason why should not cast my vote for
the reform governor, Grover Cleveland.
Commenting on Blaine's story of his mar
rage, the Boston Herald caustically remarks
''To repair the omission which rendered
the early ceremony of no effect, he went with
his wife to Pennsylvania. and was married to
her in legal form at Pittsburg in March, 1851
Three months later his eldest child was born
at Augusta, Maine That is Mr.. Blaines story
and We must say of it that it fully justifies the
doubts which he expresses regarding the wisdom
and prudence of his conduct If he had ex-
tended those doubts to the wisdom and prud-
ence of making such a story public, we CEN
not but think that he would have displayed
sounder judgment than he has done in giving
an explanation of the indiscretion into which
he was led by ''the ardor and the inexperience
of youth"