The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1888-03-29
'B'LLAlNETHE MAN.
1sMr. Blaine one Of the Possibilities
- After All?
From the n. Y. Herald ]

esteemed contemporary is still watch
ing Sir, flsine from iit "tall tower u
Mira. Mirawber. when her husbands
atfairs we're tangled, and he was wait
ing ps1iently fT something to turn
mp, remarked 10 Young Copperfeld
witi, great inpressiVeneps, IL never
could desert Mr.. Mioawbei" With
equal devotion the Tribune damns all
other candidates with faint praise. and
clings with the grip of despair 10 the
man from Maine, declination or no
declination.
Its review Of the political situation
il interesting, and its sly iutiination
that, as Mr.. Medill once said, that
party must come round to Jeems "
At las. ie amusing.
Eirst-It warns the Republicans nut
to underrate the fighting capacity oil
the enemy. That iSa good rule. The
Republicans must recognize the fact,
iii they have eyes that are good for
eaEythIng, that the Democratic Ad'
rmisistrtion has a strong hoid on the
YpeoEae, and rs growing in popularity
tavery day. ttis an increasing force,
asndJpoplsar opinion is setting like a
Eo,e,A tide in its favor 1t means re.
form !, lit,means prosperity it means
stability lit means the expansion OF
commercial 0pp0rtunities--matters OF
considerable M,ment to the sixty mill
ions who want chance to make
money and to develop the resources oi
the country.
All the great generals OF history,
from the festive Alexander, who ia
supposed to have fallen asleep i'll the
sarcophagus which Handy Bey has
just discovered in SidOn, To our mod
ern Napoleon, who went to Moscow
during blizzard and was repulsed by
Il Rnow-storm like that which recently
put AN embargo on New York, have
taught us that the party which de-
,ssS;ses the enemy invites defeat. The
l,RNublicaus should be careful not to
tmaka that mistake.
ItHsay he we'll enough as a kind OF
Sside-shGs to playfully denounce Han
eeock and Mcclellan as allies of the
CyNnfederacy, to shake Fairchild'S +
NhEse palsies ih..he ears OF the ground
u, >s and to wave the bloody shirt
with sa.. hope that another President
will dr., ~sue OF it, but wher the Re
publ;cans Nt.Ets down to business they
should roma <tR4s shat while the Dem
ocrats are ri, Nlg fHeir artillery the
other s;d.. m,s, \sRe spmething bet
ter than bunc0mbe.
Second--lt intimat, ~t''e fi''i''s "
putting up candidate ~i"'fE f,'re I"
be beaten. What advice NStatpfRt ger
ter than thats There ia a ufa' pes
OF wear and tear in campai, n' "sss y
the intellectual and financial stl Nn W.
to the last degree exhaustive. ~
would be singularly discoursging %.
60 through the experience of 1884 a
second time to come within one Ut
winning and then to be suddenly
knocked out OF time-left fiat ON y"ur
back painting for breath and gazing
wildly around to find out what hit
you. Therefore the choice 0f cam
Ndidate is II critical point in the game.
Then the Tribune comes to its c'i-
: max slowly, with rather n trembling
utterance, but with determination to
/ get there all the same. Shall it be
. Sherman? An editorial shrug OF the
shoulders. A great man, with Ohio
lin his pocket; q scholar, gentle
imam, but-and that "but" is the stage
trap through which Sherman sinks to
oblivion. Possibly Hiscock? Well,
only possibly, "A mere mention Of
his name, and he disappears like Ban
qdo's ghost. Then, perhaps, Depew2
Yes; Depewis stropg and bis boom
is'as fresh as new laid egg, and it ia
booming boom, bpt--and that par
ticuiar but butts Depew with the
energy OF an enraged goat. .t4t..
Some people still recall--now let the
band strike up Hail TO the Chiei--
Mr.. Blaine. He has declined, but
some people think he could be per-
susded. He is ut present out OF the
fight, but some people hope he will
put his helmet on once more. Mir.
Blaine, 10 1884, drew thousands Of
,voiesi"which- had never supported
republican candidate before. The
uunlberswas 10 large that in spite OF
all defections the party missed victory
only by an accident Now then, il
the party "nominates with good iudg.
ment"-anda At last the secret is out
Oh ho' 4E neighbor; why so coy,
so bashiul, so-modestYi II you mean
Blaine, deClination or no declina.
tion," why not say so9 Come out
frsm under the wood pile and let us
see you.
Bill's Sound LOgie.
Bill NNe writes u q baid.headed