The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-06-27
OUR S. F. LETTER /!
CLEVELAND AND THURMAN
NOMINATED )!
The latest from the Republican Con-
YentiOn.
BIaine's Prospects !
SAN FRANCISCO. Juno 10.


you already know the Democracy
have nominated Cleveland and
Thurman, and by an eccentric freak
of political humor, have also select
ed red bandana handkerchief as
the campaign banner of the party.
Whatever may be said t; The con-
trary, the grand old Ohio democrat
dwarfs the President in this cam
paign. The New York "Tribune,"
which is seldom happy but always
bitter, had happy hit at the Pre-
sident in a recent issue. 1t said
that in 1884 the cry was Cleveland
and Reform; now it is Cleveland
and Thurman, but in each case the
tail of the ticket was greater than
the head.
Nevertheless, Cleveland is strong
man, who has the courage of his
opinions. He has forced the issue
of tariff reform versus protection.
No more straddling was possible
unless the Democratic National Con-
vention had repudiated the Admin
istration and denounced the 9th of
December message, condemning the
tariff. This the Convention did not
do although there were weakened
trimmers in plenty in it; but there
was enough stifening around to
keep them straight, and really adj
mifable platform was adopted, the
Presidents message being made
part and parcel of it.
The Republican National Conven-
ton meets to-day at Chicago, and
there is no unanimity ia the party.
Blaine's withdrawal from the fight
disconnected the managers. His
name was a good one to conjure
with. lie is able, audacious, we'll
informed, practical, splendid plat
form orator with enough Scotch
Irish blood to quicken his fighting
| qualities, generous to his friends,
INSCRIPTIONS in his methods while
making success his objective point;
"a man loved and feared, not spe-
cially clean-handed, but one of
whom the worst had already been
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James G.. Blaine. The bitterness
of death" has long since passed in
his case, and therefore he was just
the kind of leader needed to rally
the Republican hosts to storm the
citadel of office and distribute the
spoils.
But James G. Blaine said "No,"
and went ON a coaching expedition
through Great Britain with IRON
trust Carnegie on coach-and-four.
Indeed, he has said "No," twice al
ready, but it looks as if the Conven-
ton would nominate him anyway.
The truth is, Mr.. Blaine is the Re-
publican party, that is, he is the in
carnation of Republicanism, with its
glaring faults and conspicuous blem-
ishes, but with It's splendid qualities
as we'll. He has no equal in that
party now. The only man who not
only equalled but who lowered
above him in intellectual stature and
moral grandeur lies still in death.
But Roscoe Conkling had neither
the art nor spirit of Demagogue,
and he had Withdrawn from the pol
luted field of politics leaving the
management of affairs to meaner
and less able men.
The fight against Blaine will be
bitter, yet l almost fancy he will
win. Creed Raymond, attorney of
the Southern Pacific Railroad and a
delegate to the National Convention,
declared in speech at Chicago,
that it would be treason TO nomin-
ate any other man than Blaine, and
that it would also be treason to vote
for Cleveland and Thurman. That
is an exaggeration; but as Ameri-
can politics is an exaggeration more
or less, it serves to show the prevail
ing opinion.
Blaine's nomination would be
fatal to the party, and lead to re-
construction. This is probable in
any case owing to the movement of
the Anglo-American party which
has resolved to become naturalized
citizens and exercise the influence
which their social position, wealth
and numbers entitle them to. Sew
enty thousand Englishmen and
Scotchmen will cast their votes in
Massachusetts for the first time at
this election. They are registering
all over the country. 1t is about
time there was an awakening, when
Swinton's history is ruled out of
public schools in New England, be-
cause it speaks of the sale of indul-
gences. Native Americans have
been unable to defend the birthright
of their children-the public schools
against the organized assaults of
political eccleciasticism in Boston
itself, and the men of Anglo-Saxon
stock who have stood apart for SO
many years, silent spectators of
Yankee decadence, are now under
taking the duties of citizenship,
one OF which is the maintenance of
secular education against all Corners
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