The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-11-05

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The tone Of the Blaine Republican
press since che Maine election shows
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-As 80 p.,.,:--..
sHonSy P.s.ea ~ '.c nP"'
nomination ID le5s- u can mot %
doubted that he desires IL, because
nothing could Be more distasteful 70
h;r 81, - c,o-e he ruh,;c III. 9TH
s-s-. ,eas 1900
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que % PERSONA ana not - party fsa'
sons lie Was not defeated because ms
party had lost public confidence. out De-
cause ne Was - candidate nut : great
many earnest Republicans who disap-
proved Of his nomination Tor various
reasons we're yet 90 persuaded tnas
Republican opposition TO Republican
nomination was KIND Of treason 20 inc
country and % human liberty that they
have come 10 think the election OF 1lr.
Blaine Indispensable 20 the vindicatfon
Of the party and 70 the proper Punish-
ment Of such offenders. and more than
one Of them has been heard to say thae
he now lived 20 secure that result a
candidate who in addition 10 this kind
Of support has the aid OF the party ma
chine and the prestige which enveiopS
the chief party leader enters the con-
! test with great advantages Il seems.
however. impossible that the wise
heads Of the party should think Mr.
| Bla;ne's nomination 10 be judiciou4
Many Of the leaders who supported
| him most strongly upon the stump in
| 81. and who most bitterly denounced
the treachery Of MugwumPery. had
been most strenuously opposed TO his
nomination They knew that tho
campaign would be necessarily pro-
longed and desperate personal defence
and apology and explanation. - Is
was They have seen that all did NOS
avail. and they know that nothing
whatever has occurred to make Mr..
Blaine more acceptable candidate.
while much has happened which would
make il easy for MANY who voted for
him in "a 10 decline 70 vote for him
IN So
1t Is useless 70 urge in his favor that
nothing new can be said against him
What was said in 1884 was enough to
defeat him. and il Was Of kind which
does not lose its force with : came
paign- II the transactions OF which
the Mulligan letters were the proof to
the public mind made him in the pub
lie estimation unfit for the presidency
in 1884. they will make him equally
unfit in 1883 IL the explanations and
apologies and dcfenscs were fruitIess
then. thew will be equally fruitles1
again II was then said that he had
been indicated by his election ~
senator. But. BY the same reasoning.
he has now been condemned BY his do.
feat for the Presidency The personal
arguments are unchanged There IS
no reason 10 suppose. and. 90 TAR -
We know. there Is no evidence what
ever. that the voters who held him g
be personally unfit in 1884 will
believe him 20 b any more
1T in 1883 II this b 60 vii
the party argument bc strong
er thens Undoubtedly . was the par
~ argument and the !rish Democratic
vote which enabled him q contest ~
result 90 closely IN - brt few intel
ligent men can suppose that the mer'
/ party appeal against Democratic success
rs a public danger can Be - strong II
'sS - il Vas IN - In = thousands 2
honest Republicans believed that IN
election Of Mr.. Cleveland meant pay
ment Of the rebel debt and ecmPensa
ton Tor slaves and oppression o. col
cred citizens and control o. the Gov,
eminent ~ IT, enemies ana radical
financial disturbances. ana > genera
panic and Prostr.f'on q INDUSTRY ane
enterprise In view o. sucn caiamiue'
to follow the success OF the Democratl<