The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1890, 1888-06-23
POLITICAL EXPRESSIONS.

Comment OH the Nominations Made
at st. Louis.-Discussing the
Thurman Surprise.
If the St. Louis platform fails to meet
President Cleveland's approval he will
probably veto it.-Chicago Journal.
st. Louis platform in concise form:
ave favor the Cleveland Idea-free trade
and the offices. ."-Philadelphi Enquirer
How would it do to tie the bandana in
!; hapgman's knot? Then the one emblem
would do for both candidates.-Omaha
Republican.
"a do-nothing Dictator is what they
call Boulanger in France. "a do-every-
thing dictator" is what we may hereafter
call Cleveland in Notwithstanding
Wisconsin.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat speaks
of the nomination of Thurman as an
apology for the nomination of Cleveland
and the use of his name as serving the
purpose of deodorzer.
1t would have been more honorable in
the St. Louis convention to have COM
pleted its platform before nominating its
candidate. What if Cleveland, when he
comes to see it in all its hideous deform-
ity, should decline to run on it?-Pioneer
Press.
Democratic reasoning is next to sub.
lime. They think man fit for the vice
presidency whom four years ago they de-
clared to be too old to he put ON the
1l, ,ot ND xr,ho Nu
few months ago pronounced too old for a
position as supreme judge.-Burlingt gton
Hawkeye.
If the declaration in favor of woman
suffrage is made by the prohibitionists in
good faith-and of that we have not the
slightest doubt-it means that prohibition
must be henceforth the minor ISSUE 1t
is great job that the third party has un
dertaken. Can it hold its voters on the
woman suffrage issue?-New York Sun.
Does the movement in behalf of Thur
man indicate despair of democratic sue
cess in Indiana rs against G.e>;.am; or
is it due to the bitterness of democratic
factions in Indiana and Illinois? Or do
both these considerations 'onSpire to
make the boom for the grand old Roman?
Fort Worth Gazette.
The democrats have taken their stand.
They are committed irrevently free trade.
The republicans have now only to deal
honestly with the people. There is very
little free trade sentiment in the country.
There is 9 eat deal Of tariff reform sen
timent ev rywhere.--Minneaoplis Even
ing Journal.
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therefore he can be elected again." is the
incomplete democratic syllogism. But
it is impossible to supply the missing
that "all men who have been elected
once can he elected again." and that is
notably untrue.-Ku1ls;ls City journal.
The comtemptus treatment accorded to
Mr.. Thurman four years ago by the
Cleveland following is in sharp contrast
with Mr.. Cleveland's extreme solicitude
to have him on the ticket now. The anx-
iety of the administration upon this
point indicates Il conviction that the ticket
will greatly need the prestige Of Mr..
Thurman's name.-BostOn Journal.
Mr.. Cleveland cannot escape from his
message and the democratic party cannot
its records in congress and conventions.
The country will not be duped by false
pretenses. Actions speak louder than
platforms. The republicans will make
sharp issues with the Cleveland party,
and they will live up to their patriotic
professions. The majority of the people
of the country understand this thoroughly
and they be contidentially relied upon to
register their will at the polls.-Baltimore
American.
The Tribune wastes no time in profess
ing to regard Mr.. Cleveland as a weak
candidate. Morally he is weak. In ex-
ecutive blunders, in the selection Of bad
men for office, even when he knew them
to he bad, he is weak. These things
would have made him weak candidate
if the fanaticism Of free trade were not
more powerful with large class of voters
than regard for personal fitness, personal
integrity, or genuine refOrm.-New York
Tribune.
1t was an insult to Allan Thurman to
ask him to accept this humiliation at the
hands Of the party which owes him so
much; and it is a sign that lie has lost the
spirit of his younger days when he con-
sents to forfeit his rghtful rank in the
democratic party and serve,as a tender to
the schemes of the administration. SO
general will be the view of the matter
among democrats that the presence Of
Thurman's name upon the ticket will
have Il tendency to weaken it rather than
add to its strength.-Albany On. " Ex
press