The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29
BLAINE is BEATEN!
From the Philadelphia Times.

we DeiteVe tnat Blame is Dea,en. Inc
popular tide as developed by the import
ant October elections is an unerring index
of an adverse current against Blaine and
an adverse Blaine tide in the middle of
October, means a Blaine Waterloo in
November
The Ohio Blaine victory is the victory
of death 1t makes plain the truth that
on the largest vote ever polled, with the
most lavish expenditure ever known in
any state, with federal officials called from
their public duties to work for the party
in nearly every precinct, with Blame Lead
ing the battle in exhaustive personal effort
for a fortnight, and with the prohibition
vote going nearly solid for the Blaine
ticket, the thoroughly republican state of
Ohio falls fully one-half below the vol
untary majority Of October, 1880, and
twoNthirds below the Garfield majority
II is an unerring index that Ohio, with
her overwhelming republican majority for
an acceptable presidential candidate,
must be fought over again in November,
TO assure her electoral vote for Blaine
1t assures Indiana to Cleveland without a
desperate struggle, and it is noticed that
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin must be
contested as at least remotely doubtful
states 1t is notice to the leaders of !he
Pmmed Knight that this battle henceforth
is against fearful gale and tide; that just
when he and his resources are eX-
haustcd. the Cleveland leaders take the
field with fresh resources and growing
popular sentiment in their favor. We be-
hcve, therefore, that Blaine is beaten.
West Virginia was regarded by Blaine
rs a hopeful state when he entered upon
his campaign of desperation in Ohio. The
republicans grccnback fusion had been
perfected there under the immediate in
Spirauon Of Blaine and the immediate lead
of ElkiaS The battle was opened with
the regular Blaine flourish of trumpets
and the regulation eXtravagant claims OF
organs The narrow Democratic margin
Of from 1000 to 5000 against the com
bined republican>0rccnback vote, was re
gardcd as within the reach of lavish eX-
pcnditurc and hnmming campaign.
Blaine opened the canvass IN person for
several days, and nothing was left undone
or unpromiscd or unclaimed, to break the
picket state of the south But West Nir-
ginia has largely increased her democratic
vote, largely increaced her democratic ma
| jority; swept every congressional district
from the Blaine coalition and almost rivals
Ohio's reduced republican majority with
her increased democratic majority. A
solid south and broken north now con-
front the republicans, and we, believe that
Blaine is beaten.
We believe that Blaine is beaten for one
reason and for that reason he Justly de-
serves to be beaten. He has been hearJ
IN Maine. in New York in Pennsylvania
in nearly every chief center in Ohio. in
| West Virginia and in Michigan, and he
| has yet to utter the first word in favor OF
honest government, of reduced taxation, O
repeating the hundred millions of surplus
and of restoring the national authority tt
| public integrity and economy. He ha;
/ not uttered one word that could Offend
| the jobLcrs of the land; not one word tt
chill the hopes of banded plunderers; no
one word to give assurance that Sta
| route thieves shall cease to mock justice
under the shadows of the capitol; not one
word to recall the nation to an honest
ballot and to honest administration. Ohio
tottcrs under the hunger for such nourish
mcnt from the republican candidate
West Virginia, with her frugal sons of thu
mines, the field and the forest, demand
reduced taxes and frugal government, anG
north and south promise to make common
cause to restore the national authority tC
the integrity of Abraham Lincoln WI
believe that Blaine is beaten.