Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-28
BLAINE IN The CONVENTION.

A Distinguished Observer Gives His
Conclusions After the Battle is
over.
George O. ,Gorhem in the Chicago
Times: The republican national oon-
yention happily escaped yesterday from
the tolls OF lite would be masters. and
asserted its common sense. Out OF the
nettle, danger, it plucked the flower
safety. IL buried in the deep bosom of
the ocean all the clouds that have for
years lowered about our political house.
L demonstrated the fact that the many
are wiser than the few. The loud roar
of faction was silenoed, and men who
claimed to be able to use the conyen-
tion for their own personal ends were
put to ahame. The delegates friendly to
the several candidates vindicated them
selves from the charge that they were
Blaine men In cowardiy disguisea, yeaay
TO stab the men they professed to favor.
The ruse OF the great leader who sought
TO capture the convention by retiring
from the field and allowing the rival
candidates to slaughter each other in
order that free field might be Left 10
him was unsuccessful. The n nomination
could not be obtained by stealth.
Grown men could not be frightened out
OF their adherence to avowed candidates
by the false olamor OF Irresponsible men
that the majority favored man who
protested he did not want IL, while his
nearest friends wore straining nerve and
pocket to obtain il for him.
Trlckery and chicanery were at dis
count. The convention could not re-
coneile the attitude Of Mr.. Blaine's
friends here With the professions of their
CHIEF. The majority was not to. be had
In support OF the confidence game in
politics.
There never has been moment when
Mr.. Blaine had anywhere near majority.
All claims that he had were shams and
failed to create that majority. The
stupid tactics of swearing that he could
DO dominated ct any time, while his
heroic leaders ran at the approach Of
every time for baiioting.were too clumsy
to deceive the most tunsophisticated The
super.human efforts OF the syndicate to
nominate their man were made in opsn
view while they foolishly pretended to
be holding the convention back. When
they could no longer dupe their own
men, numbering in ell iees than $50.
they made q hurried retreat.
It is reported that their fox in the
lions skin was informed on Sunday by
cable that they could not secure for him
the coveted psiget and was advised to
send telegram which would take him
ont OF the way before he should be thrust
out. He responded by pleading with
his friends TO respect his wishes as ex.
pressed in his Paris letter, while we
know that they have been "whoopinR''
him up for ell there was in them ever
| since the letter was sritten. II was Z
very orly.plsyed farce. Nobody be-
lisved in bis sincerity. Especially was
this true OF his nearest friends.
II is perfectly clear now that the Flor.
ence and Paris letters we're written to
put his opponents to sleep while he SOW.
ed tares in the political wheat OF his rivals
His friends who timidly entered the field
as candidates by his iordly permissio1
found that whore it could be done his
stool pigeons had bsen worked in upor
them 81 candidates. Tho convention
was ccnyaned and dismissed by cunning
appeals to allaides under false pretenses
That body YVES on Che verge sof being
made the laughing stock OF the year.
buta hsis was asiIsd as lest. The
4 gascona ding Of Elkfns, Raymond 4 20
ceased to alarm the delegates. The
bluff was called and 10, the hand OF ths