The Republican journal., 1888-06-14
Political Points.

Political Points.
West Virginia Republicans have elected Il
Blaine delegation to Chicago.
The Tennessee republicans, in State conven-
ton, declared for Blaine and elected Blaine
delegates.
There are now two Presidential tickets in
the field. They are Rcdstone and Colvin. and
Lockwood and Love.
The republican territorial convention of Da-
kota, chose delegates to Chicago. Thursday
All are in favor of Blaine except one
A democratic Congressman from lndianaeN
presses his conviction that if Mr. Cleveland is
to be elected this fall it will have to be without
the electoral vote of Indiana.
Judge Kelley of Pennsylvania thinks Judge
Gresham is likely to be nominated at Chicago,
and that Levi p. Morton of New York may lie
given second place on the ticket
In the Virginia Republican convention a
heated contest arose and John ID. Wise and
$50 of his followers withdrew. Quiet then
reigned and delegates to Chicago were chosen.
The Cumberland Valley republicans in Penn
Sylvania whOop it up for Blaine in great style.
They have already INDUCED in a torchlight pro-
cession at Carlisle. composed of nearly all the
republican clubs in the valley.
With free whiskey. tobacco, sugar and hm-
Der in its platform and almost everything else
taxed, the Equal Rights party seems to have
been wrongly named. The lumber and sugar
men will be asking where the equality comes
in.
When Gen. Malone called to order the re-
publican State convention of Virginia. at noon,
Thursday. he was greeted with cheers, but be-
fore he could speak a word. some one cried
''Three cheers for Blainc,' and the delegates
yelled Justify.
Tennessee is in good condition to be made the
fighting ground of a vigorous republican cam
paign. The protection sentiment is strong.
the republicans are better organized than in
most southern states. and the recent democratic
state convention developed such rancor that
300 delegates refused to vote for Gov. Taylor
on the final ballot.
The united labor single tax convention,
Thursday afternoon, nominated Robert ii.
Condrey of Chicago for President of the
United States, and w. II. I. Wakefield of
Council Grove, Kansas, for Vice President.
and is editor of the ''Druggists Journal He
left the republican party in 1876 Wakefield.
who is Il LAWYER, was born in Kentucky and
was one of the original Kansas pioneers.
Leopold Morse incidentally served to Illus
trate Il powerful point on McKinley's tariff
speech this afternoon. Mills had asserted that
it was necessary for a laboring man to work
twenty days ut a dollar 4 day to buy an all
wool suit of clothes which he ought to be able
to buy for $40. Mr.. Mckinley therefore drew
from under his desk and exhibited suit of
clothes exactly the same that Mills described,
and read Il receipted bill of Leopold Morse a.
Co. for the suit. The bill was $40, retail price.
The House was convused with laughter, and
Leopold Morse, who stood in the area fronting
the Speaker, much confused, said ''The bill is
correct So Mr.. Morse, who will support the
Mills bill, no Goubt furnished Il strong practical
argument against it. Washington Special to
Boston journal.
At Il reception rendered him by the Republic
can National League in Washington last week,
Senator ingalls, said ''rhe democratic party
has fatigued public contempt and condemna-
ton. 1t is not party or an organization, but
an aggregation of vice, ignorance, imbecity,
cowardice and disloyalty. Slavery, secession,
State rights. the rag baby and free trade and
whatever the American people have got done
with are the main features of the democratic
platform. 1t is not strange that Il party thus
constituted should have such leader as it pos
sesses. The election, or ratheralleged election,
of Grover Cleveland in 1884 was strictly logi-
| cal, but it is without parallel in American his
tory. That a man without recorded opinions
Oh any known subject of public interest should
have been selected as a leader of this aggrega-
ton, however. is not so very surprising after
all. Nor is it believed that even up to this dav
his opinions upon any political subject are more
than matters of conjecture, even to his most
intimate friends. if he has any such. | do not
blame anybody for getting angry when they
are called democrat"
Chairman b. f. Jones was interviewed Fri
day on arrival at Pittsburg from the east. He
said: ''Mr. Blaine has not appointed residuary
legatee nor expressed 4 preference for any
candidate. His wishes are that the best man
may win. Mr.. Blaine will not write another
letter affirming or withdrawing his decination.
That was intended as final. ! believe Mr..
Blaine would have been nominated bv acclama-
ton if he had not withdrawn. do not know
what Mr.. Blaine would do if he should receive
the unanimous nomination by the convention.
| should think it would be hard to resist the
demand of party which had SO highly honored
him. | think these questions are not for me
nor even Mr.. Blaine to answer, but for the Re-
publican party, in assembly met. There is no
truth in the report that few of Mr.. Blaine's
close friends had taken concerted action for
the purpose of putting him forward again as a
candidate, nor any truth in the report that Mr..
Blaine had reented and would now like to
have his name 90 before the convention. |
have had conversations recently with Whteaw
Reid and Mr.. Elkins, and no mention was
made of forcing Blaines name upon the con-
vention, nor was anything said relating to his
, possible candidacy, except the expression of
wonder at the remarkable uprising in his favor
| in spite of his letter Of Withdrawals