Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-27
BLAINE IN NEW YORK.
why the Man From Maine Cannot Garry
tho Empire State.

why the Man From Maine Cannot Garry
tho Empire State.
John Foord, In the April Forum.
Mr.. Baine's denomination has been the
one definite aim of most of the party
managers for four years. Why abandon
it now, even If the candidate himself
should be resigned to such 9 course3 Like
Napoleon the Little, he represents rs
principle, q cause, and defeat" as no
other candidate does or can, and eside
his claims those of all his competitors
sink into insignifcance. Accept the
Blaine premises, and there can be but
one Observation-Disclosures nomination
is indispensable to Republican success.
But are the premises correctf Can the
Blaine advocates point to such gains as
to entitle them to expect that, with q
continuance Of the party management OF
the last four years, they can elect the
candidate Of their choice? Above all, is
there q better chance of carrying New
York for Mr.. Blaine than there was four
years ago? The last question goes to
the heart of the political situation,
at the risk Of seeming to
assume thsc the less includes the
greater, an answer to it must DE held to
| be decisive Of the entire controversy.
"They reckon i'll who leave me out'' is q
statement which may be made this year
more emphsticaly than ever by the voters
OF the state OF New York. There is no
Visible chance for Mr.. Blaine in Indiana,
even if there be in New jersey, and 1t
needs change in the presidential vote OF
both states to leave the political COM
plexlon Of New York matter OF indiRer-
ence.
By DO ingenuity of figuring which does
not ignore the election returns OF the last
four years can it be shown that there Is
any likelihood of Mr.. Blaine carrying this
state. The claim that he can Is very
much of piece with that other assum y
ton of his friends, that, because he re-
ceived forty eight per cent. of the votes
of his fellow-citizens in 1884, the charges
made against his character and public
record may be regarded IS dismissed.
The last presidential vote may be cited
IS a "vindication" of the Republican
party, with some obvious qualifications,
but 1t can hardly be appealed to as 8 vim
dication of Mr.. Blaine. In this state
there was certainly considerable body
| of Republicans who voted for Mr.. Blaine
under protest, and who are net likely to
vote for him again. Tlmid men will be
under no such compulsion as they were
In 1884 to take counsel Of their fears.
Democracy does not spell "ruin" in the
sense that Mr.. Blaine and his advocstes
on the stump said It did. Scrupulous
men will find it easier to choose than they
did in 1884 between the present occupant
of the White Housewife IL the only cor
ceivabIe candidate OF the Democracy
and the author of the Mulligan letter.
Mr.. Cleveland's bachelor life will furnish
no more campaign material, but Mr..
Blaine has not ceased to be the repre-
sentative of certain degenerate tenden-
cies Of American craftsmanship. In the
last resort the Republican party in this
state must appeal to resolute minority
of voters who regard Mr.. Blaine with 8
feeling compounded with suspicion and
dislike. And to these the party will be
less than it WAS four years ago, and the
| candidate more,