, 1888-06-21

appointed and the various contests proper.
ly referred. Il
Yesterday was devoted to the work oi
organization.
To-day the convention Is ready IN make
the platform and nominate the candidates
How lons this will take no one can say
But 1t can be predicted, that all the
time necessary to 90 'uo
work wise and thoroughly, VIII
be taken. Nobody Is In hurry. As Mr.
LINCOLN said to the dissatisfied south on
the eve of secession, no god thing Will be
gained by haste; no good thing will he lost
by taking time for consideration. 80 iar
the BLAINE men have vsdeveloped the fact
that they have a majority at hand READY
for use "if 1t IL to be-" Cen
eral MAHoNE's proposition to seat
his delegates pending a contes', naturally
appealed strongly to the sympathies OF the
convention. Malone Is the greatest ara
strongest of the southern republican lead
ers. He has done what none ofthen have
been able to do--carried his state and
gained the senatorship by the votes OF the
native whites. 1t was hard to deny this
man any request however unreasonable
But MAuosE was not then asking favors
for MAuoSE. 1t was not simply ques-
ton OF coui tesy to him. He was there
as the representative OF JOHN SHERMAN
asking what he did ask, In the interest OF
OF SHERMAN. The BLAINE men wouiu
not have 1t that way. They sent the ques'
ton whore IL belonged to tue committee
on credentials.
Again, although the defeat OF EsTEE for
temporary chairman was not AN anti
BLAINE Triumph. yet when his success
full opponent, Mr.. THURsToS attempted
I'm his speech to make 1t so appear, the
BLAINE mon would not have It that way.
In order that there might be no mistake
about it, they elevated MIR, EsTEE from
the position of a defeated aspirant for the
temporary craftsmanship, to the
permanent presidency OF the
convention.
The BLAINE men are there in the major
ity, They may not use their power to
nominate their fsvorite, but they will not
allow any step to be taken or any man to
be nominated upon the distinct ground
that he is anti BLAINE. Whenever man
pops up with "that kind of a layout they
quietly shit him on the head"
In the opinion of the REVIEW, whenever
the forces of the other candidates leave
their favorites and consolidate on some
one in sufficient numbers to indicate that
they are looking for the proper man to
nom mate, the BLAINE men will then step
to the front and nominate that man. Un-
less that happens they will nominate
BLAINE.
But they will be in no hurry, they will
give the other candidate all the
time and all the show they
want or need to gather strength
and increase in strength. If the
other candidates fail to develop strength,
of course the BLAINE men will not pick
one OF them out and nominate him. Sup
pose for instance SHERMAN receives 25O
votes of whom 100 are BLAINE men, and
DEPEw 100, of whom so are BLAINE men,
and ALLISON $50, of whom 125
are BLAINE men, and HARRISON
$50 of whom 100 are for BLAINE. should
all these BLAINE men go in a body to
SHERMAN or ALLISON, or HARRISON or
DEPEw2 Ifso why? And to which one?
Would 1t not "set better on their stom.
achs" for number OF the ALLISON SHER-
MAN, and DEPEw men to go to HARRISON,
for instance, and then let the BLAINE
men say: "It seems that HARRISON
Is the choice of the SHERMAN, DRPEw
and ALLISON men, we will get
in and nominate him2 AS the darkey says
there is some "farity" about that kind OF a
proposition. Nothing gives the country
stro onger assurance of republican victory
this fall, than that the great national con-
convention OF the party is moving with
due deliberaton. Gentlemen you cannot
make haste too slowly.
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