Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-08-14
lRrom the New York Herald.l
The Next President.

the four years following March 4, 1885.
In the meantime, no doubt, both
candidates and both parties will have
several ups and downs. On some days
it will look as though Mr.. Blaine,
with the help of star reuters, dynami-
tiers, flibusters and speculators of the
jay Gould class, would sweep the
country On some other days it will
look as though the people were, after
all, determined TO elect Mr.. Cleveland
and leave Mr.. Blaine and his follow
ing tout in the cold," where they
ought to be left. Until the people
have spoken all elections are uncer-
tain.
For the present the canvass cannot
be said to have begun. The cam
paign of mud finging on which the
Blaine people have entered with such
zeal is Of small account. It only shows
that they have found themselves Sc
verely pressed by the exhibition to the
public of their candidates malodorous
record. Their retort is weak, but it is
evidently the strongest they can make.
They have fred their heaviest, and it
would seem their only heavey, gun at
the beginning of the battle.
To the demonstration that Mr..
Blaine not once but repeatedly sold his
influence as legislator and Speaker to
corporations for money or moneys
worth, they retort that Governor Cleve.
land once had trouble with a woman.
To the demonstration that Mr.. Blaine
disgraced himself as Secretary of
State by secret relation with the
Peruvian Company" and by misusing
his of official authority during the
disability of President Garfield to in
terfere IN South American affairs, to
the country's interests and honor, they
only reply that Governor Cleveland
once had trouble with woman. To
the demonstration that Mr.. Blaine was
nominated by the efforts of star -outers
and other Treasury plunderers, and
that these are now the chief managers
of this canvass, thee again have no
other reply to make than that Gov
ernor Cleveland once had trouble with
woman
When it is shown that neither Mr..
Blaine nor those who stand forward as
his managers and moneyed supporters
can be safely trusted with power, the
Blame men only reiterate that Gov
ernor Cleveland once had trouble with
a woman. When the Blaine managers
are reproached for their violation ol
law and of civil service reform princi-
Piles, in demanding political subscrip
tions from the poor government clerks,
they have still no other reply, but bra
zenly jingle their plumber under the
public nose and cry out that Governor
Cleveland once had trouble with wo
man. And so on to the end Of Ions
chapter.
The people of the United States
have elected a good many Presidents
some good, some bad, as they turned
out, and some Indifferent. But the.
have never, so far, elected to that higl
Office proved and confirmed jobber
the ally of well known Treasury plum
derers and of spectators and schem-
ers. whose object is to use the NAM
and power of the Union to feathe
their own nests. Mr.. Blaine's mana
gers, the star reuters and Jay Goulc
spectators, assert that their frient
and ally and candidate, Mr. Blaine
is to-day the most popular man in th'
country. They may be right, but W
do not believe it. Three months from
now we shall know and they will kno,
what the people really think Of MI
Blaine.
We speak Of the people, because W
believe that the coming election wi
be decided, not by the money Of tn
Blaine spectators and peculators, mot b
stsoap," not by "a great number Of ne,
two dollar bills,' but by the unpur
chasable votes of honest voters. w
do not agree with that one of tn
Blaine managers who is reported re
Gently to have remarked that ''i:s is on
ly q question of money! If it wer
really 'sonly question of money" tn
Blaine people would sleep easily, fo
they have the money. They ar
blackmailing and plundering the poor
ly paid Office holders, but that is onl
small part of their money resources
They are able to draw on the man
millionaire Spectators to whom th
election Of Mr.. Blaine would insure
hundred for one of the thousands the
will give. They have the big purse {
unconvicted star reuters to draw up
on. They have the other and eve
longer purse of Millionaire monopo
lists to draw upon.
No, if the election is "only ques
ton of money" the democrats who ar
not rich, might as well give it up a
once. But we prefer to believe ths
the people will not be bought; that th
evil gang who seek to buy notoriou
iobber into the Presidential chair de
ceive themselves and needlessly insu
the mass Of American voters
We prefer to believe that the Anne
lcan people, who have forgiven the
public men many things but ha,
never forgiven dishonesty in them, wi
+h;s +;ma chow at the nolls their resen