Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-10
SUNDAY, Sa0n q, 1888,
ss,er IlIalno, NMoT


SUNDAY. SaiNE ~, 1858.
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After blaine, wnof
To the above query some one Witty II
se,narks with his mental vision on The III
saving Of the French King, "the delugp
offayorite soug." But wit does not ana. !
wer Tho interrogatory TIE Rat Of tho1
matter which we want 10 get al 10 which !
pop in this delugc viii succeed Mr- (
Blaine. not as the choice Of a particular i
state, but Of the party 10 all the states. |
For this is what Mr. Blaine VAS and y
IL 10 this really unanimous vote Of p's
,arty that the Maine Statesman, whether
We regard him as the magnetic knBt
of the White Plume, or the fiorentln7
Mosaic, said no. II Is upon this great
popularity within his party that he
turned his back.
We may have different views as 70 I
why he did so but il is hard 70 ind
n logical reason which will leave out
the premise that Mr.. Blaine feared his1
fate too much TO chance It.
We'll, he is out Of the race, and even8l
should himself or any Of his friends aeek
TO put him in again, he would he barred.
This gives an opportunity to one oi the
"delupe of favorite aons' TO rise supeT
rior 10 State boundaries in the estimation
OF their party and to win the nomination
which no one had any chance Of obtainsl
ing 30 long as their oyertopping rival
might take IL. Mr., Blaine playN
the rolo Of Paris anong}
the Olympic gods, and casts q beautiful
apple OF discord into the Republican Com
vention. AS il stands to-day the field is
the proper bet, for IL is anybody's race.
In New York State there Is very large
following for Mr.. Chauncey Mitchell Don.
pew. He is popular in Maryland and
also in Maine. So far rs preferences are
vet developed Senator sherman COMES
next TO the President Of the New York
Central Railway by virtue Of being tho
son-in-law Of Mr.. Vanderbilt. Depew
married his millions Of easily gotten
gain, and Mr.. Sherman made his
while holding public office At such
meagre salaries as this Republic pays.
Both are milhonaires; both are the cloac|
allies of milionaires; both are friendly]
to all the trusts, rings, mouopolies ssnd|
corners which millions delight TO work.
their schemes through, sherman haa|
the Southern Republi5 Ssnt his back "A
a rule. Their desirere non likely to-
have much weight at ConyeN5n 11l1a
they have nothing TO for what u
ask. They come ailitical paup
into the Chicago Contion. Mr.
pew comes with thelirty-six va
of the Empire Status a posi-
bonus to offer for = nominati
He would, besides, himuch supp
from the friends OF tepiired but 4
potent man from MSse. spew is vd
weak in thS We -NNaS <rpl saa-wou' 49,
seem to be weak nearly every where
where strength is an exigent demand to
secae success. 1t may be Depew; but,
N spite OF a large following which the
Ohio Senator will take into the Conven-
tion, it is hardly possible that the Ohio
Arctic iceberg will be able to develop
sufficient sensible heat to draw out
enough enthusiasm to win the nomina-
ton.
In the West two other narnan
are written high above all or
in this list Of competitors.
are Allison and Gresham.
are both much better men ironiV
points Of view than the railroad kim \ NJ.
the millionaire ex-Secretary OF the Treas
ury. Allison would have the support Of
MIR. Blaine and of many OF his friends.
Gresham is really the choice OF the Re-
publican party. The mass OF the people
OF that political bias would like to have
an opportunity to vote for the Chicago
judge; but it is very debatable
whether or not the machine which
uns the practical politics" of the
party Of great moral ideas win
allow the party rank and 4 Gle
.he privilege Of doing as they desire.
These machine grinders have done a
good deal of laughing at the expense 81
he Democracy, for the simple reason
that our Convention obeyed the behests
OF the people and nominated the twol
men whom above all others we wanted.
1t looked as il these machine manipulate
ors did not intend to indulge their own
people in any such manner. Judge
Gresham has some advantages which
would tell in the race. He has been on
the bench for some years, and therefore
"out Of politics. His views are
for the most part forgotten on the
burning issues OF the day. In fact he is
not man who has heavily afflicted tho
world at any time with his views. He
is not OF that ineisive, aggressive typeyuf-1
man, such as Blaine stands s.ths head |
OF the class Does any one 1how what
Gresham thinks about CHinese imrni-
grafton? Has he ever enlightened the
world with his silver viAws? He has
rendered some decisions which would be
likely to arouse the ire OF the monopo-
lies, and would have their opho-
sition quite in as large ratio \
as Sherman or Depew would have
their support. He has also hand. (,
cd down from the bench decision upon
the 'drive-well" question, which cost
Western farmers untold thousands, and
which has as greatly enriched great !,
paferf luunn1 GiaI taasa are i.-..uua ~
gIlnulng nOnopoliee cs o., ~ se1-