Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-03
Political Probabilities.

The Washington Critic ssys: sIt is probable that Mr. CleyeIand's friends will succeed in re-nominstIng him, but it will not be nomination without 6 contest; and, ss in the case of Mir. Blaine, whose cause was hopeless with out the united support of the New York delegation, SO will Mir. Cleveland need the united support-much greater unAn- imity than was recently developed st Albany-so make his calling sure
 "Wheuever a great party is willing to admit that any one man is essential and indispensable to its success it is prepsr- ing 10 go out ot business. When Lincoln was hrst nominated there were several candidates more prominent than be vas Steward, Bates, Osssius Clay and Chase. There was a great principle which made 6 party and found 6 candidate to fit it. Now many democrats are insisting that the nomination of Cleveland is essential to success, and many republicans are as- serting that there is no hope without Blaine. This is not to the credit of either party. It shows that politics has degenersted into personsl hkings and dIslikings. and the absence of any esrn- est, serious. underlying principle about which men gre willing to forget csndi- dates and to think only of measures for which they are willing to forRet or to die.
 l. is said that Mir. Blame could have had the nomination if he had desired it, and that If he did not wish It himself be could name the nominee. Nothing more uncomplimentsry could have been sad of the republican party. nothing more damaging to Mir. Blaine. There is very much Independence Left in the republican party yet. It owed Its exis- sencs to it's independence, and the fsct that It dared to undertake what seemed to be hopeless war. without any con sideraiion of honors oriprofits. The party that could afford to nominate sn almost unknown western lawyer over such men ss Seward and Chase ought never to forget the teachings of its day of trisl and youth. Where now IS the grim, de- liant earnestness that dared to fight the world in arms with leader stiamstized ss a bsbooD by his enemies and regard ed ss an accident by his friends? Plot ters, managers, rings designed and fgur- ed then ss now, but the people scattered their card castles with the rirsl shout NAos kACctC1 1AuCOAAs tnC 1OA1AuCC VI o hitherto despised, defeated party. He was borne in on wave that to the poli- ticisns was tidal.
 Cleveland will be renominsted, not be- cause he is a fsvorite of the leaders of bis party. or even 6 majority of its sd- herents, but because they io not dare to nominate anyone else. He knows enough to know that 1t IS not love for him. but something very different that secures his nomination. He is by no means magnetic, whatever that may be. If he is il IS evident that be oftener ten ders the negative that the positive pole to the politicians. They do not love him with burning love, but they fear him, some of them, with burning hate.
 Mir. Blsine's withdrawal IS of more consequence to the the democratic party than the republican. It disooncerts the schemers. the great men who have hith- erto assumed to manage both parties, There is DO telling what may happen now, The story that Senator HIscock of New York is to be nominated by Blsine's consent shows that the managers are managing still. But suppose that old spirit that once made the republican party SO powerful should awake again and take the reins into its own hands without consulting the learned political pundits that hang about Washington, what then? Suppose 1t should somin- ste Q western man of splendid civil ssd military record and confessed integrity and ability. what then? Much of Cleve- lands luck was due to the fact that the republican party nominated a candidate from the east, SD old politician with 6 long record in and out of congress and sreputstion for brillisncy and smsrtness. The conditions might be reversed. II the republican candidate IS taken from the west, Mir Cleveland will need all his luck, even in his own state"
 The above able article is from the Chicago Tines, and the western dark horse referred to IS DO doubt Judge Gresham. Judge Gresham will be 6 strong man in the coming convention and should be succeed In getting the nomination, his election is assured.