Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-11
A DIscouRAeINo OUTLOOK.
Not for tho Democracy. but for the G. O.
p, Which Is Preparing for Its Last
Grand Struggle for Place and Power.

Not for tho Democracy. but for the G. o.
p, Which Is Preparing for It's Last
Grand Struggle for Place and Power.
Lo, the moons have waxed and waned
since the publication Of Mr.. Blaine's letter
Of withdrawal as a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for the Presidency, and
yet Mr.. Blaine's chief organ, the New York
Tribune, will not be comforted. 1t seems to
be able to detect no sign Of cheer in the po-
htical sky, and bemoans that there is so lit
tie interest in the canvass among the Re-
publicans Individuals" it says, "who
strongly desire the nomination of this or
that candidate, have kept up discussion,
sometimes in a more or less perfunctory
way, and the number Of favorite sons who
are mentioned appears to be on the in
crease. BUTT must have occurred to every
observer Of public affairs, says the Louis
vile Co1rier-JoHrHdl, that the great body Of
Republican voters have as yet shown no
strong and enthusiastic preference for any
OF these candidates.
1t is not observed that kind of apathy
has prevailed for some time past, as if most
!, Republican voters, not seeing as yet a candi-
date who quite fills their requirements as a
representative of their beliefs and wishes,
were visibly indifferent Us to many worthy
men whose merits they do not dispute, but
ton at this time they are not convncedr'
There may be change, our New York
contemporary picks up courage to optim-
istcally venture; Indeed, there must
be great change" it adds, "if the
full strength Of the Republican party is to
be brought OUT Notwithstanding the
many "favoritc sons" whose claims are
urged upon the party, the Tribune is forced
10 tho melancholy conclusion hat the voters
DO not manifest any zeal for any Of these
gentlemen, and "of earnest, enthusiastic
preference for either of the thirty or forty
candidates who have been suggested since
Mr.. Blaine's letter of withdrawal ap-
Peared," 1t Is sure that "there are scarcely
any signs" "Should it not be remem-
oered," Is the dolcful warning with wh ch
II ENDS IT'S reflections on this state Of affairs,
THAT the absence Of definite and warm
preference for a candidate before the con-
vcntion assemblies is in itself sign of some
| consequence!''
This Is al particularly unfortunate, &C
cording to the views of our New York con-
temporary, because every thing else is so
auspicious for Republican triumph this year.
The Democrats have prepared the way
beautifully for the return of the G. o. p to
power, the Tribune explains. The fishery
treaty, We are told, has excited a strong
feeling against the party in power and the
Tariff bill has provoked an opposition which
bids fair to ovcrwhelm it. The wool men
are up in arms; the cotton goods producers
OF the South have joined them; those en-
gagged in the production of iron, glass and
pottery wares, OF salt, lumber, zinc, copper
and many chemicals, are all anxious to re-
0uke the Democratic party by turning it out
OF power, the Tribune declares; even the
raisers OF hemp and the growers of potatoes,
we are assured, are impatient to join In such
crusade. With such an army sprung up
against 1t, the Republicans, with any thing
like zeal among themselves, ought to have
an easy road TO travel this year, the Tribune
agues, never seeming to tako into account
the fact that the consumers of the articles
mentioned above might be ablc to participate
| somewhat in such a contest themselves
And yet, notwithstanding all this In its
favor, Mr.. Blaine's lieutenant is not san
guine concerning the outlook for the Re
publican party this fall. Mr.. Blaine has left
such vold that there seems no hope of fill
ing it with any other man. The Republic
ans are as much at sea as on the day after
the publication of the Plumed Knights let
ter, and give no evidence of improving their
condition in this respect. What is there to
do, fellow-citizens of the Grand Old Party,
but to put aside all minor differences and
unite on the one man who can command
nearer than any other tho strength of the
party, and more than all others, arouse its
enthusiasm!
=. Il. D., as we have remarked once or
twice before, lately, concerning these enter
tanning articles in the Tribune