The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-05
Boiling Blaine.

vi course my duty is plan,
Andrew s. Draper, of New York,
Rep: New Jersey will go Democratic.
Senator Sabin: / was for Arthur,
He was by far the strongest candidate.
Philadelphia Times, Independent,
Blaine is strong with the machine.
A. 8. Hatch, New York banker, Re-
publican, l am very sorry that it il
Blaine.
Westliche Post, German Republican,
Blaines nomination is natural mis-
fortune. .....s
Gen. W. 7. Sherman, Republican,
Don't bother me with your interviews.
] am not in politics.
Henry Clews, New York millionaire,
Republican, am very much disap-
pointed IN the result.
Franklin McVeagh, Chicago, Rep, /
am too good a Republican to ever work
or vote for Mr.. Blaine.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, Re
publican; Blaine is not the strongest
man we had In our party,
Henry Ward Beecher, Republican, ]
would not vote for Blaine for any pub
lie Office in the United States.
Boston Herald, Republican, The
ticket is splotched all over with fraud,
violence, prescription and raseality.
Rochester Herald, Republican, The
nominatiin of Mr.. Blaine cannot be a
wise chioce, for reasons many times
stated.
Boston Transcript, Republican, So
sure as November comes, and Cleve-
land leads the Democrats, Blaine will
lose Massachusetts,.
Chicago Times, Independent, The
old machine got in its work. Every
plunderer in the country to-day has
his ears pricked up.
New York Times, Rep, The combi-
nation stands for everything which
the Republican party must get rid
OF in order to be of any use to the
country.
New York Times, Republican, A
candidate unworthy OF confidence,
and a party too careless Of its own
honor to be trusted with the nations.
Chicago Times, Ind. The Presiden-
tial candidacy of Mr. James G. Blaine
is a mcnancc of evil tothe Republicans.
Hc is the most intense partisan in
America.
Frederick Cromwell, vice president
of the civil service reform association,
Republican, New York, II was bad
day for us when Blaine was nomicatcd.
We cannot carry him.
New York Herald, Ind. The load
cannot be carried. 1t would be ruin
Gus to elect Blaine president of the
United States. He is a corrupt man
and is as unscupulous as he is cor
rupt,
The Anseiger, German, In 1856
Blaine was editor Of newspaper ir
Maine and assisted materially in put
ting the state under strong prohibi
ton law. He worked as demagogue
supporting the temperance movement
only because it was popular, not be
cause he believed it to be right Per
sonally he has never been a temper
ance man.
0. D. Baldwin, president Of the
Fourth National bank, Rep, New
York, lam sorry that Blaine is nomi
mated. Now | shall go back to thc
Democratic party.
Troy, New Y@k, Times, Rep, A
curious feature of affairs is that which
suggests the application of large SUM
of star route money to the promotion
of Blaine's interests His chief bugle
man at Chicago was S. B. Elkins, o
New Mexico, a warm friend of Stephei
W. Dorsey, and the latter is know
to be Blaine man of the extremes
type,
New York San, Ind, The Republican
party as a mass will not vote for Blaine
He can and viii be defeated. AS 70
Logan, it makes no difference on
way or the other. He is mere non
entity.
! Jackson S. Shultz, the largest loatf
er dealer in the United States, Ne,
York, Rep. For quarter of a centur
| have given my vote and influence t
the Republican party. l cannot SUI
port Blaine.
New York Evening Post, Rep. TIL
Republican party had better disban
at once and forever than attempt
to carry Blaine. The country won
stand it.
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