Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-05-03
COVERED WITH INSECTS.
Weak Spots in the Careers OF tho CIR
of Republican Favorite Sons.

the Republican nomination for the
Presidency. The crop of favorite sons
was large to begin with. and grows
larger every day.
When the National convention meets
in Chicago it will be embarrassed by
the number and variety of the big
booms and little boomlets that will
there and then rival and compete with
each other for the headship of the
ticket. In spite of the fact that within
the past three months more eminent
Republicans have declined to allow the
use of their names in this heretofore
much-coveted connection than are re-
corded to have run away from posi-
| bility of a Presidential nomination in
the whole twenty five preceding years.
| there still remains host of available
men ready and eager to have the
mantle of Blaine descend upon them.
Blaine's mantle is that not one of
these expectant statesmen appears to
have shoulders to which it can be fitted.
Some of the Republican brethren are
only just waking up to the fact that
Blaine was, after all, a large-sized
man politically, with an ample chest
measurement and quite spacious be-
tween the shoulders, and that the hole
he has left in the leadership of the
party by standing on one side is too
big to be filed up by any of the am
bilious gentlemen who are volunteer
ing for that service. Now that Blaine
is out of the field they are able to
realize that there were certain popu-
lar destinations about his remarkable
personality, and certain political
weights and values to his peculiar in
fuence over large classes of voters,
which it is difficult to duplicate and
reproduce in naming his successor. It
may prove by and by that it is not
only difficult but an impossible thing
to do. AS the weeks slip by and the Re-
publican National convention ap-
proaches it grows to look more and more
as if there was not single leader left
in the party whose name, let it be shout
ed never so loud and doomed never so
zealouslv, could arouse it to half the
enthusiasm or stimulate it to half the
effort which it put forth in 1884.
There is John Sherman to begin
with, who is industriously picking up
delegates all over the South, and
threatens to turn up at Chicago as the
first choice of all the States which have
not a single electoral vote to give any
Republican nominee. eve like John
Sherman" say the friends of other
candidates, 'but he has no magnetism
and can not carry New York" True,
enough, he can not. John Sherman is
covered with flies. but this one is
enough to settle the matter. He is
not available.
Senator Allison has a well-devel-
of the other aspirants have found the
flies on him. He is identified with the
Iowa Prohibitory policy. and the big
German Republican vote would be
alienated by his nomination, There
are other flies on Mr.. Allison, but this
one is enough. He can not safely be
taken.
General Harrison, of Indiana, looked
at one time like judiciouss selection.
but Indiana is not united for him to
begin with, because of the Gresham
men, and besides that it is now re-
membered that Harrison has bad
record on the Chinese question, and
would certainly lose all the Pacific
States. The flies are on Harrison. too.
Indiana's second entry, Judge Ores
ham, is a man with strong points, but
he has f1y-blown record in the mat
ter Of the historic shindy between the
stalwarts and half-breeds. Gresham
was stalwart of the stalwarts, a
Grant, Conkling and Arthur man.
This is not the kind of man to rally
united party, three-fourth's of whose
rank and file are worshippers of Blaine.
The flies on Gresham can not be
brushed off,
Ohio has another am bilious son,
Congressman Mckinley, a man of solid
parts and snowy orator into the bar
gain. But Mr.. Mckinley is one of the
highest of high protectionists and it is
now developed as positive feature of
the situation that the Northwestern
Republicans will not swallow high
protection of this radical type any
longer, and can not be relied upon to
support candidate of that complex
non. So that Mckinney is another case
of flies.
Senator ingalls,, of Kansas, is bril-
liant man in many ways, sharp de-
batter, a flowery orator, with a rough
and ready tongue which the Repub-
lican faithful both in and out of Con-
gress have on various occasions great
ly admired and enjoyed. Mr.. Ingalls,.
too. had promising boom. Where is
that boom TO day? Killed by that un-
fortunate speech aspersing the memo
ries of Mcclellan and Hancock. There
are more flies on ingalls, than ever can
be brushed off.
Coming East the sad story of flies is
continued. Chauncey M. Depew APP
pears to be prime local favorite in
New York. A right smart man he is
too, with abilities second to none of
the men already men toned, and SUI
perior to most of them. But the Re-
publicans outside of New York, and
many of the more thoughtful of them
inside as well, are feeling and saying
that it never will do to make the Van
derbilt power, and all that it repre-
sents, the standard bearer of the party
in a National appeal to the masses of
the people. The point is we'll taken.
The time is not well-chosen for chal-
longing the popular verdict in favor of
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