Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-09-29
The Daily Intelligencer.
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That Dead Thing.


Senator Don Cameron makes his FIRST
appearance in this campaign as an advo.
eats OF the election Of Harrison, through
IN interview" telegraphed from Wash
ington. Senator Don has been supposed
70 have heen much disguised with Har.
rison's nomination. He was for Sher-
man, and after him for Allison, and
about Harrison be expressed himself in
vary uncomplimentary language, and was
even reported to have said that nobody
would care to visit him IL he reached the
White House and 1t is this statement
which our senator seems to specially
Desk in the published interview to
conhaiict. He might have saved him.
sslf the trouble. Whether or no he said
it, nobody supposes that he meant it. 1t
y not within the range OF possibility that
the president OF the United States, who
ever he may be, cannot command the
Attendance Of the Pennsylvania senators,
and Of their betters; Of whom there easily
may be many.
But Senator Cameron is not able to
command any enthusiasm for the
candidate of his party. He says
In very fat way and with stale
phrase, that the Republicans will carry
sPeunsylvania that the majority is not
likely to DO greater than Blaine's that
New Yorkisa pivotal state /; that every
thing looks well, and so forth which are
hardly very exciting opinions and state
ments. Senator Don thought he had
better say something, somehow and
somewhere, cheering the nominees, and
let his constituents know that he was
alive and would vote for Harrison and
would visit him II he was elected I; and
- be spoke and said that and quit. Not
being an orator he could not be expected
TO be eloquent +; but perhaps il the spirit
had moved him he might have said some
thing In some degree exhilerating to his
constituents.
But thus it Is with every Republican
speech In this campaign. There has no,
one been made that has stirred the party
to enthusiasm. 1t is the deadest concerr
the country has ever seen pretending Il
carry on an election. The most activ,
man In 1t is the candidate for president
who makes speech or two daily to visit
ing delegations at Indianapolis; but few
Of these utterances are printed and thos
that are amount to so little and are 3,
little stimulating that they might as wei
be buried with the rest In Indianapoli
soil. -
Blaine up In Maine made sops,a al,
there while the state election GA. nsnl
ing, but has not sincs.crss. g.. L.. Ioosa =
a.. Al, ~eOfEo Deen let IOOSo q
.ne country Ssle idea doubtless being ,
Ut The people have q chance to know tn,
Harrison and not he Is running for pres
dent. Chairman Quay shows activity
gathering funds and has secured hk
million dollars in Philadelphia, from y =
manufacturers. .6ps 81 check, ffT Tnsncis, % y, 70
a~s.,.s.! [ a the Republican mind
s ~ the one credited to tn
~ -dent by their newspapers, withou
any apparent authority save that
seemed to them to flt the dignity of hi
position and the liberality of his disposi
tion. $3.50 is all they say they got fror
Harrison; and as 1t Is more than thei
nomination is worth to him, as they wei
kAliorthey are perfectly satisfied.
S'hounere Is no chance of the election O
laoorison when there Is such dullness O
1 feeling In his party as affects and thor
oughly saturates it. Here we are In Penn
syivania, state that is said to have it.
business life hanging on the issue, bu,
nve weeks before the election; and where
does anyone see the sign of grea. Repub
hcan excitement over the result? 1t is a.
dull as church yard In their camp. Busi
ness fourishes notwithstanding its pre-,
dicted collapse; and the only dead thing
apparent In the present or future is tht
Republican party itself.