Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-30

he committee In appointing a sub-com- N
littee to take care of The campaign on d
he Pacific coast, and Mr.. De Young was Il
,ade Chairman of this subcommittee" h
'hus Mr.. De Iourg was placed in position p
7here he could personally see to it that n
lis prediction 6zs not fulfilled There is o
peculiar political astuteness in this ar @
angement. TIE gentleman who said the t
Republican, nominee could not carry Cali
ornia is placed in charge of the cam s
aaign, thus proving that in the judgment ;
Of the National Republican Central Com {
mittee TIE man best qualified to accom-
plish result desired, is he who declared
it could not be accomplished. But Mr.. De
Young has acquired stiR higher dis
tinction. According to Mr.. De Youngs
own paper, and perhaps Mr.. De Young's
OWE words, we are told that on the "eve of
the assembling of the National Republican
Convention MIR. De Young came to Chicago
with the California delegation in special
train from the city'of the Golden Gate |
he was one Of the leading spirits |
in the movement to nominate Mr. |
Blaine, and had full charge of the
Blaine campaign in Chicago" We have
brought TO bear the most serious purposes
of the mind to solve the mystery Of this
new ssarce Of distinction. Mr. Blaine de-
clared himself outof the race in a letter
written from Florence, whereupon many of
his friends and supporters, by arrangement
with him, entered the campaign on their
own behalf. There is more foundation
than mere guess that these gentlemen
were present rs candidates at Chicago by
arrangement with Mr. Blaine himself
The understanding was that Blaine, being
sincerely and honorably out of the way,
the field was open to them. A remote
contingency remained that the Convention
might not unite upon !. candidate, that all
| candidates might withdraw, leaving the
field open to Mr.. Blaine. This was the
only possible contingency under which he
could accept the nomination honorably,
| and if the nomination had been rendered
to him and accepted by him under any
other condition, he could not have carried
half q dozen States. Still, we find Mr.
De Young saying in his own paper that
there was Blaine campaign at Chicago
Of which he had full charge The blaine
campaign referred to was the immediate,
direct aAd sole cause Of NJ Blaine's ulti-
mate defeat. The Blaine movement was
the grossest possible violation of the per-
sonal agreements between Mr. Blaine and
the other candidates. 1t placed him in
the position of acting in bad faith and find
ing his houor thus compromised before the
nation, it became at last necessary for him
totelegraph his unqualified disapproval of
the course pursued by his self-appointed
and pretended friends, and thus James q.
Blaine, as a Presidential candidate, became
a cold, disagreeable and clmamy political
corpse. When, therefore, Mr.. De Young
tells us that he had full charge of the
Blaine campaign in Chicago, he is boast
ing of matters of which any ward politician
of more than one campaigns experience
would be ashamed
Notwithstanding all these things, it re-
mains true that Mr.. De Young is at the
head of the Republican party, that
he comes with a mission from the National
organization to manage the campaign in
California, and we are disposed to think
that he carries in his pocket more cabinet
and diplomatic appointments than any del
egate who has yet returned. We, there
fore, await with no common interest the
announcement Of new names which shall
serve the purpose of elongating the tale of
the Presidential kite.
Aside from all this, we are highly gratifed
that at last an authoritative announcement
has been made as to just who managed the
Blaine campaign in Chicago, and we now
have from the very highest authority
namely, the gentleman himself-the state
ment that Mr.. De Young managed that
celebrated political fiasco We are equally
interested in knowing who was to manage
the Harrison campaign in California, and
We have the same high authority for saying
that the manager Of the Blaine campaign at
Chicago and the coming manager of the
Harrison campaign in California are
identical. We have at times INDUCED the
hope that party organized for the es-
adjustment of great governmental princi-
piles might be conducted with due regard
for the full enfranchisement of its men,
bers, but recent developments are rapidly
convincing us that political bossism is al
most inherent in political organization
at all events, We are ready to admit that
on Its National plane bossism presents its
most contemplate, revolving and disgust
| ing features