The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-01
UaavaiIsie AvailsN>r.

the guiding star. The single p1s}
The recent Democratic C~osvcnsios- IL
ayowed aim Of the usanagers was 70
adopt . platform which would allow
discussions snsi nominate atek et which
would Z I no animos.ties. Cieveland
was forced upon the convention as the
nost available candidate for President:
Hendricks was added 70 cosc,iiaie those
who would be dissatisfied with Cieve-
lsnd. and thus complete the arsilsblli y
programme. New York aad Ind n were
TO be carried by TAX ng the c,ndidl'cs
from those States; the votes of the In
dependents were TO be captured by
Cleveland. and the m~ossbacks we're 10
be held in the party ran6 by Hen
bricks: every quest on Of pr ncipie. OF
craftsmanship. and party service was
subordinxied to expedieucy.
Is the ,icke. finally adopted ~calcula,-
ed to work out the purpose to which 1t
Is dedicated?
Take CIeveland's case. He was the
one candid tie before the convention
whose nom nation would make q
serious breach in the Democratic ranks
In New York-she State which is admit
ted TO be absolutely indispensable to
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Bayard, Thurman.
Mcdonald. or Randall would have re-
eei'ed the cnt re party vote OF New
lork. Cleveland will not. The most
earnest protests against his nomination
came from New York. ard he was only
nominated by depriving the anti-Cleye-
ianu OF that State from re-
Presenta ION n the convention. He
whl De openly opposed or secretly knitted
oy me Iammany organiza ion. the
Irish Cathol cs. and a very large pro-
portion OF the labor vote. Is il reason
able to regard as an element of avail.
ability the party discussion in New
FORK which Cleveland's name repre.
sents?
Take the case of Hendricks. He w>s
the one candidate whose nominatinn
would be resented by n LARGE part al
the Democratic party in Indiana. Nc.
Donald was the ~favori,e son octhat Stste.
and he was sold out by Hendricks. Tho
Indiana delegation actually refused %
give Hendricks its support for the sec
Ond place. and only consented IN make
the nomination unanimous after al the
other delegations had voted. We think
there was never before q Ease whore N
entire delegation held out against shs
nomination of q man from their ovn
State. In this case it was natural in
dignation at the treachery which Her.
bricks was guilty o! in abandoning Nc.
Donald the moment, his W name Vas
suggested. Is it reasonable to regard
Hendricks as especially availablS In
Indiana under these conditions?
Take the combination Of Clekeland
and Hendricks. The old-time ,hsmo-
Gratis are disguised because al thi.;r d;..
tinguished leaders were pushed sside IN
make room for an obscure man -
doubtful Democracy. Many OF ther,
contend that the names should he r..
versed. and that Hendricks should have
the first place on the ticket, not 6ec,uae
they preferred Hendricks Originally.
but because they feel that his jcisims Ia
q Democratic nomination and 10 Demo.
cratic support are vastly greS4sr than
Cleveland's. Is this feeling cahcp,ated
to make the ticket available IS It now
stands?
The Independents are still more en-
barrassed. Cleveland was nominated
TO please them. But thew arc asked to
swallow Hendricks in the same dose.
1t gags them. No man in the Demo-
cratic party is more obnoxious than
Tom Hendricks to men who have acted
with the Republican party in the past.
He vas fully identified with Indiana
Coppe-headism during the war. and
since the war he has attracted to him.
self the disgust of intelligent citizens by
his stumbling demagOsism. The In
dependent Republicans who had about
made up their minds to vote for Cleve-
land on accoWnt of some hazy AMI ILL
defined hostility to Blaine stand aghast
at the specter of Copperhead;sm and
demagOgism thrust forward in the
person of Hendricks. They would have
accepted Mcdonald, Thurman or Villas
rs a candidate for Vice-P.esident, but
the great majority of them will not SO
far stultify their past record or stile
their political conscience as to vote the
Presidential succession into the hands
Of Tom Hendricks.
Where. then, is the availability to be
found for which the late Democratic
AGOuvention sacrificed every other con-
s~tcerA.i0n? II is not in New York.
WHARF Il is most needed. for the nom:-
nati0ls Of Cleveland has excited the bit
ter opposition Of some Of the most
iniuentisl elements of the Demo-
cratic pArty Of that State. 1t is
not in indians, where it was almost
as imp0rtant., a in New York. for the
nomination of>Hendricks for Vice-Pres-
ident and the xkanner in which tha.
nomination was brought about have Of
Tended the friends Of Mcdonald and
disguised all men vIo believe in fair
play. 1t is not among the old-time
Democrats of any State for they resent
the indignity put upon ire leaders Of
their party to bring . nex.;pan 70 the
front concerning whose ability and
party loyalty they have no Information.
l. is not among the Independents Re
publicans, for any comfort theyfpig4
have found in Cleveland wilIte&
stroyed by Hendricks; they askedtN
bread, and they have been 9iven 4
stone. Availability il generally 90
igpi; fatuus. A political patty which
Is willing to sacrifice Its principles and
leaders to mere e~xpediency Is usually
doomed to disappointment and popular
rebuke. Certainly in this case the ss-
tempt 70 conciliatc 3 number of factions
has resulted IN the dissatisfaction Of Ma.
and the ticket which was meant to -
the most available has proved to be the
most unavailable-C6ica9o zSs6uns.
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