Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-09-18
POLITICAL POINTS.

POLITICAL POINTS.
Albany Journal: Mr.. Hendricks did
not write as well as he could in order that
Governor Cleveland should seem to have
written well. Greater love hath no man
than this"
Cleveland Leader: "A man good enough
to be at the head of Garfeld's administra-
tion. is good enough to have an administra-
tiOn of his own," said Judge Foraker in
his Brooklyn speech. And so say the
American people.
Salt Lake Tribune: We think most
Democrats will agree with the New York
Herald that the letter of Mr. hendriclo.
on the withdrawal of Mr.. Cleveland. v ;
unfortunate. 1t is bad thing for pron
inent candidate to admit that he ever
thought of the withdrawal of part of his
o vn ticket
The Democratic party cannot to-day in
scribe single motto of achievement on its
banners from the dark days of 1860 to the
present which will inspire it's followers
with enthusiasm, says the Inter Ocean.
What can it say to the young men Just
coming into active life and duty? The
less the better. If it could blot out the
past OF history the present and the future
would give larger promise.
st. Paul Pioneer Press "Who is this
Grover Cleveland, anyway" said a Mis-
souri, delegate to the Democratic National
convention at Chicago. 1t was perfectly
natural question, under the circumstances,
for Democrat of average intelligence. Ali
we know of him is tina. he was not long
ago Sheriff, and afterward Mayor, of pro-
vincial New York town, who. some two
years since, was accidentally lifted from his
local obscurity to the Governorship of New
York by one of those political cataclysms
which cOnfound all ordinary calculation.
Buffalo Times (Ind): 1t will not be de-
MED that Mr.. Cleveland's candidacy is at
tended with unexpected embarIassments
The detection of Democratic workers who
felt that some better known partisan should
have been nominated, the opposition of
the working classes, the hostility of Tam
many Hall, the candidacy of Gen. Butler,
and last, though by no means the least,
the scandals concerning the Governors
private character, are among the things
that have created this embarrassment and
are the causes that induce the Sun and
other papers to advise change of front in
in the presence of the enemy.
Fort Benton Press The Democracy all
over the country are trying hard 70 swallow
IN, v<>f ~,
opments he is becoming bitter pill. AL
ready dissension is at work in their ranks,
and if it continues they will have but a
poor following in November One faction
is strongly advocating his withdrawal from
the contest, while the labOring men are
swarming to swell the Republican ranks OF
to help the Butler movement. Tammany
is uncertain, and certainly the outlook for
Democratic success in the coming election
is lessening every day. The abuse which
has been heaped upon Blaine only tends to
increase his popularity, and as result, af-
ter election there will be funeral and the
Democratic party will be the corpse.
New York Independent: What a strange
spectacle such law-breaker, if elected,
would present in the parlo1s of the White
House What an opportunity it would
give to Mormon pOlygamists to sneer and
laugh at the efforts of the General Gov
to suppress the monstrous abomi-
nations in the Territory of Utah What a
barrier to the successful teaching of mo-
rality from the pulpit or political platform,
or in the halls of Congress! All decent
people, not to say Christian people, would
have to hide their heads with a profound
sense of shame and disgust No, no! The
majority of the voters of this country will
not and cannot approve of any such beast
ly and heathenish standard of morality.
James Redpath: The detection of Irish
from the Democratic party this fall will be
on scale unparalleled in the history of
the Irish in America. The feeling of dis
affection is widely spread, and they will
vote not as Republicans, but as Democrats
protesting against the nomination of "a
man whom they do not regard as the
friend of the working classes The Irish
NatiOnalists are especially displeased be-
cause of Cleveland's action in the Dewey
case. These men are not dynamiters.
They believe in separate nationality for
Ireland, but they also believe in prose-
cutting civilized warfare and waiting
until there is some chance to fight Eng
and effectively. 1t is a powerful Organi-
zation and generally bitter against Cleve-
and for his refusal to pardon Dewey when
ne was sent to the penitentiary for alleged
libel against Belmont. / think Blaine will
win mainly through the Irish-American
7otes withdrawn from the Democratic