Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-26

~ H. National Republican Convention
IT chicago means q good many things.
) Is means. first of all, that some things
c1n b. done as well as othcrs-if one
Xoes about them the right way. Twice
defeated 1T conventions where he earn
e8tly stroxc for and anxiously desired
the nomination, defeated. too. without
any serious impeachment of his fitness.
blaine has at last captured the honor
under bitter attack and without any
apparent anxiety ON his own part to
secure it. OF course, his indifference
was only apparent. Men do not per-
form the quantity and especially the
kind Of york that was done in his be-
half without assurance that it is
wanted and will be rewarded But, for
all that, the show of indifference was
admirably simulated, and the apparent
triumph is heightened by it.
The nomination means, also. that the
district system of choosing delegates is.
so far as the Republican party il CON-
cerned, a failure. There is not the
slightest reason TO suspect that Blaine
is, or ever has been, the choice Of the
Republican parry for President, though
he came near being so eight years 400.
Aside from the question as 10 his
purity, his foreign policy Is not In bar
mony with the views Of his party; or.
rather. it is much in advance of any
policy that his party hasssever been
ready to adopt. Yet, under the, new
system. he has been able, by NICHOLS
with which party experience has made
him familiar. to capture a majority of
the partys representatives in conven-
ton. - -
lhe nomination means, too, that
large numbers Of Republicans, as we
lntlmated few days since, like the
Presidential meat little tainted. OF
all the candidates before the convention
Blame alone has been attacked as an
impure and corrupt politician. 1t was
In this respect mainly that he differed
from his competitors. The inference,
therefore, is unavoidable that he was
selected because of his record, or it
would be unavoidable if it were not
known by what kind of s'infiooence"
some portion of his support was secured
Most OF all however, Blaine's nomi-
nation means Republican humiliation
and defeat. The partisan swallow is
eapacious and well-nigh omnivorous;
but it is impossible that any great num-
Der of the Republicans who have at
tackled Blaine SO vigorously should swal-
low him now. Some of them undoubt-
eddy WILL The Chicago Inter Ocean,
which said before the nomination that
the secret of the enthusiasm for Blaine
was ''unorganized appetite" and that
Blaine was merely ga powerful magnet
to every man who is an unplaced peg
looking for q hole, will undoubtedly
fall into line at an early day. So win
other recalcitrants of similar CALLER. |
But it is impossible to conceive of the
New York Post or Times doing SO. And
it would be impossible to conceive of
the Independents doing so if they had
not on one or two previous occasions
shown their capacity for ''eating crow"
One thing we sincerely trust the nom-
lnation does not mean, though we con-
fess to.some misgivings. We trust it
does not mean a dirty, mud-slinging
in continuation of the war
which Blaine's opponents have been
making on him since he was first sug-
gested for the nomination. Blaine is
we know, in respect to his
record. The temptation to the New |
York Post and other Republican Jour- |
nails OF that character to continue their |
assaults upon him will be very strong.
Wesdo hope. however, that they will re- |
strain themselves within the bounds of |
decent -nIpnsitinn- camnaiun of |
1ASamation and indecent personal attack
S very much to be Deprecated
fa{ 1sec Press.