The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
Blaine and Victory.

The voice of the Republican people
has been heard and needed. From the
pine forests of Maine and the mountains
of Pennsylvania, from the region of the
great lakes. across the fertile fields OF
Illinois and the broad prairies of Iowa
to the rugged peaks of Colorado and
the golden shores of California that
voice has been ringing out the name OF
'.Blaine of Maine" The roar which
shook the vast hall where the Republic
IN Convention was assembled was but
a faint echo of the peoples voice The
immense vote which declared James G..
Blaine the leader of the Republican
hosts in the great struggle of 1884 was
but the ratification of the peoples
choice already made. Not the onven
ton, but the people. made Blaine the
nominee. For the convention to have
rejected him would have been 3 defiance
Of the cleariy-expressed wish of the Re-
publican voters. 1t would have been
at once a blunder and a crime.
Wild as was the enthusiasm which
swept that great assemblage of its feet
at the announcement OF she nomination
of the peoples favorite. it was but q
feeble indication of the tremendous
wave of enthusiastic energy whose re-
s~istless tide will carry ali before it this
fall, and bear Blaine in triumph into
the White House next March. No man
who actually received the Presidents a
nomination since the existence of the
United States had, as a candidate, so
strong = hold on the affections of the
masses of his party as has James e.
Blaine at the present moment. Strong
in his convictions, courageous in MAIN
tanning them; daring in attack and brill
liant in strategy he has won the devO-
ton of his followers and the admiration
of his enemies. His history rs a public
man is that of the Republican party,
the one al not be dissociated from the
other. He is the typical Republican.
His history for the same period is large
ly that of the Nation. He is the typical
American.
1t would have been impossible to
make a nomination that would be bet
received in Ohio. or tina. would exercise
u stronger influence for good on the for
tunes OF the Republican party in this
State at the coming elections. In North
ern Ohio especially Blaine is the popu-
lar idol. He had by his course
in Congress secured the admiration
of the people of the Western Reserve,
whose Republicanism is of the staunch-
type. His intimate association with
Garfield. and the part he bore in the
tragic events of the closing months of
the martyred Presidents life. complete
ly won their hearts. He became the
natural heir to the affection they bore
the deeply loved and cruelty lost Gar
No man named in connection
with the nomination. or who might I'M
der any circumstances be connected
with that position. could so stir the
hearts of the people of Ohio. particular
ly in the Republican stronghOlds. and
bring out the Republican vote to the
man. As can James G.. Blame, the
personal friend. the devoted adherent,
the political other self of the martyr
James A. Garfield. His nom
inatiOn %insures Il sweeping victory in
October and a browning triumph in
From this day the State which has
given four Presidents to the Nation.
and has material for as manvm more. will
with all its might for 1.-THE man
Maine" and from the lake to the
liver it will ring with shouts of .'Blaine
Victory" Cereland CO., Herald.