St. Paul daily globe., 1885-08-20
POLITICAL BUBBLING.

AotNiluSldllullS lnlS IS al on Year
there is going to be some political ami
nation. Ohio, which is famous for its po-
litical battles, is going to indulge the usual
amount of political excitement, and perhaps
little more than is ordinary. The triangu-
lar feature of the fight will invest it with
interest, and in addition to that il is pretty
well understood that so far as certain cam
didates are concerned the Ohio battle is q
preliminary skirmish to the presidential con-
test of 1883. In Iowa will be the first real
political contest since the war. Heretofore
the immense Republican majority of from
seventy-fve to eighty thousand has forbid
den the idea OF contest. The Democrats
have hung together and preserved their
party organization until now they find them
selves on deck ready for contest for the
mastery of the ship. And what is more,
they are going to win. The people
of Iowa have at last awakened to the fact
that the war is over and its issues are dead.
They discover that their best interests lie
in direction different from what they have
heretofore conceived. The strong ReDubIi-
can majority in the state, which has always
made Republican nomination equivalent
to an election. has had q tendency to cor
rupt the Republican organization, to divide
it into factions, and now it is dying from
its own inherent weakness and wicked
ness. But New York is the state which
will attract the most attention. 1t is the
pivotal state in national politics. The con-
test in New York will be watched with un-
usual interest because il is the state from
which the president comes and because of
the anxiety to know how the administra-
ton stands in the estimation of the Inde-
pendents, who hold the balance OF power.
Peculiar influences are at work in New York.
BOssism has always been prominent
feature in the politics of the Empire state
The bosses are Spoilsmen and do not take
kindly to the conservative methods Of the
administration in relation TO the distTibu-
ton of offices. They have set their heads
together to capture the Democratic state
convention and compel The president to
yield to their demands, or in the event of
his failure TO do so TO knife the adminstra-
tion by defeating the Democratic ticket. \
political boss is selfish being. There is
no sentiment about him. He is attached to
no creed or person longer than it pays him
to be. He betrays friend to-day and does
not hesitate to betray his party tomorrow
if he can make it profitable. The New
York bosses are no exception. They are
determined on running the Democratic
party in that state even If the party has 10
be wrecked TO accomplish their purpose.
Mr.. Cleveland is demonstrating his
backbone qualities by refusing to ac-
cede to the demands of bossism.
His friends understand that the president
wants ticket nominated which will repre-
sent the decency, intelligence and anti-ma-
chine methods in politics. 1t looks now
that notwithstanding the vigorous efforts
made by the bosses, the administration
forces will control the convention, and will
make the nominations. A ticket will be
nominated which will command the active
and earnest support of those who are at
tached to the principles of the party and of
those who see in the new administration an
honest effort to better the condition Of the
republic and purify, vindicate and estab-
lish the Democratic party. 1t is expected
that the bosses will bolt or sulk, with the
purpose of defeating the ticket. for the sake
of reyenging themselves on the president,
who will not consent to hand over to them
the spoils they professionally trade in.