New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-27
THE OUTLOOK.

What is the DrOSpCtp' -
who say that the Republican 'i0ne' I'D
weakest that could have been nohnnat ~ -
that President Cleveland will have VAIN -
II was to be expected that TINS ihioinl"..o
would he given out, no matter "na' hoNn
ions were made. For SIX weeks inc sai'o
democrats were saying that MI. Diaiho VIC.
~ 90. lest Republican candidate to beat. Ihao
.-,os ,,ben his nomination was expected. lheh
no Same men confessed that he would nave
hoon the hardest, in their opinion. that was
,,.hor his Paris letter seemed to make his nolhi-
no,;on ;mpossible-as indeed his persistent dec-
i;,,.t;on finally did. No one will be much
;mnyessed by these campaign fictlons from
mon who have illustrated their veraclty SO
well already. But the natural disappointment
of some Republicans, who had expected I'LL
ferent nomination, makes it worth whiie 10
consider the prospect seriously. -,
There were many Eastern men who could
not understand what sense there was In the
nomination of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, or
Of Governor Hayes in 1876, or OF General Oar-
field in 1880 Indeed, there was more us
appointment in Eastern States at the hepup-
lican nomination in 1860 than there mas peeh
at any nomination since. The world mas coihe
70 recognize the fact that there was no blunder
when the lawyer of Illinois, comparatively
unknown, to Eastern statesmen, was selected
60 the men who thought Governor Hayes
cinber came to thank him profoundly Tor re-
sumption of specie payments. General uar-
field seemed dreadfully weak candidate 10
MANY Eastern men at first, but he was de-
nrived Of the vote of any Northern State only
Inv an infamous forgery. These Western he
publicans have way of selecting candidates
who grow stronger as the campaign goes on
and their painstaking elaboration in this IN
ctance has shown that they meant to make no
mistake.
Before the final break came in convention'
General Harrison had received the soma Votes
of Newly ork and Indiana, two great doubtful
States, majority of the votes OF NeW-Jersey'
and rart of the votes of Connecticut, eight
ont of fourteen from Minnesota, twenty out OF
twenty-five from Wisconsin, and fifteen out OF
sixteen from California. Thus he received on
the seventh ballot SO votes from States called
doubtful, sixty-six from other Northern STATES
and ffty-four from Southern States Nothlng
could make it clearer that he was the deliberate
choice of the delegations from States IN which
the fight will have to be won or lost On the
final ballot he received the votes OF majority
Of the delegates from every Northern State eX-
cept Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Maine, which
are safe in any case, and except seven Southern
States which are certain to vote for Cleveland
In months time the powerful tide Of en-
thusiasm from the West will be felt. Then
it will be seen that there is no longer doubt
full Northern State except Newly ork, New
jersey and Connecticut. If the Republican
candidate were to lose all these, he might be
elected with the votes Of either Virginia or OF
| North Carolina, which were carried last year,
or of West Virginia. But he who thinks that
Mr.. Cleveland is to have an easy fight in these
| Eastern States has not studied the situation.
If 81 the sheep will vote" throughout the West
after the Oregon fashion, the woollen factories
will vote at the East.
This campaign has been wisely shaped to
meet the great issue between Protection and
| Free Trade. On that issue, with a candidate
eminently worthy of public confidence, strong
in irreproachabe private character and in an
| honorable record both as soldier and as states
man, the Republican cause ought to render sue
| cess certain in every Eastern State. Let
! those who hesitate remember that fortnight
before the election in 1884 Mr.. Clevelands
defeat was confessed to be certain in every
Eastern State, by all Democratic politicians Of
capacity, unless he could break the force of
the protective opposition to his party, and
therefore it was that his deceptive speech at
Newark was dictated by party necessity. No
words that he or any other man can speak will
now deceive voters as to the intentions Of
President Cleveland and his party. The cam
paign will be one Of argument. Voters will
be asked to consider their interests and the
interests of the country, and to vote for
American rather than British interests. If
the Democrats suppose that it is to be a one
sided fight let them nurse their deusion as long
as they can.
THE DESCENT or The COON