St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-03
TIE Outlook.

raE Presidential campaign of this year Of
grace is now fairly opened. The prelimin-
aries have all been adjusted, and the work
has begun with an earnest zeal that promises
hot work the canvass progresses. Four
presidential candidates are in the field, stand
ing on their respective convention platforms.
the letters Of acceptance are all in. positions
are taken, alleged virtues are spread forth
Officially" and more or less solid ground
has been reached, and the area widened for
the fray.
The preliminary slirmishes of the cam
paign were deeply impregnated With the
mCphitic odors of assaults on personal char
acter, but the assailing ghouls of one caadi-
date soon found that the mephitism of malo-
dorous exhalations enveloped the front door
of the other; the locomotives Of slanderous
nth, collided, and the high assailing parties
were PCT horS de combat in the disastrous
downfall OF jlngling glass houses, and have
changed their tactics for the proper work of
Il political campaign. Only the incon sequen-
tial nincompoops are left to wallow in the filth
of private character inculpation, reaping moth
ing but contemptuous scorn, and exerting no
influence on the main questions OF the hour.
The silly cry of withdrawing presidential
candidates from either party, put forth by
crank politicians and soiled moral purists.
never received countenance in any infuen-
tial quarter, and is now clamored for only by
idiotic weaklings, whose impracticabIe silh-
ness, fails to enlist public consideration.
The issue is joined, an Honest government
against corrupt dynasty. On this vital is
sue the two great parties have locked horns.
and the earnest struggle advances. The
gigantic corruptions of the party in power,
are shown in the publications of the press
daily. beyond The power of successful refu-
taton The crookedness Of the candidate of
flat party, in accommodating fortune while
Speaker Of the House, by more than cues
t;unable trans2ctsons has been clearly estab-
lishcd. calling forth the severe utterances of
bribery and corruption On the other hand.
the candidate of the Democracy is shown be-
yond all controversy to be officially unassail-
abe, and to be infexihly and courageously
honest ia opposing every suspicion of corrup-
tien, and resoIutely protecting the interests
Of the people, the taxpayer and the working
Ter looms up as disturbing clement in the
canvass. Himself mouopolist, and the
very champion of monopoly for long years,
he now blossoms out as the Presidential can
dictate OF the Anti-Monopolists. He has
been and is consistent only in inconsistency.
He was u JET Davis Democrat, then Re-
publican, then mongrel Democrat, and as
such reaching the gubernstorial chair of
Massachusetts, and now "People's psrty''
leader, a monopoly anti-monopoist The
Blaiu cites hail his nomination with euthusi-
asm, deeming that he will weaken the De-
mocracy, and that his candidacy will inure
to the benefit Of Mr.. Blaine.
Charles A. DINA, OF the \. Y. S,n char
actersti"aily inconsistent, claiming to be
Democratic, but true TO no party measure,
and reliable for no party support, having at
first supported is now assailing Cleveland,
coaching Ben Butler, and thus fartiVely aid
ing on the Blaine canvass. Dana dimes and
wines Butler at his own mansion, and to-
gether they lay their plans to defeat the De-
mocracy, doubtless with full understand
ing with Blaine and his managers The
columns OF the n. Y. Sun are characteristic