The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-07-20
THE LULL IN THE CAMPAIGN.

Nearly . month has passed since tho NOM
ination Of Harrison, much longer since the
nomination Of Cleveland, and neither has
yet written the formal Letter Of Acceptance,
which custom has established u u e.
sential part Of the programme. There 10 no
danger of either declining, but the Letter 10
kind Of supplemental platform into which
the candidate infuses his individuality, and
in which he usually gives his Interpretation
Of the Convention platform and signifies his
attitude on VI more salient features. These
little epistles are not "dashed of" like con.
tributions for country papers, but require
consideration and are matters Of serious
psrtizan Interest and concern. We rather
suspect that it is to submit . draft Of Cleve-
lands letter that Dan Lamont threw himself
into the arms of tho Democratic executive
committee At New York the other evening be-
fore it got organized, and after q few days for
alterations, repairs, adjustment to the status
Of the tariff bill and verbal substitutions,
it will be showed gently out upon tie current
of American politics. .."-..
Harrison's is not likely to be any more
hastily written. Up to . week ago he had
devoted twenty hours . day to receiving del
egations, making speeches, answering letters
and extending Inequalities, when his strength
failed, and by his physicians orders the
hurrah had to be temporarily suspended.
Unless this unreasonable demand upon the
energies of the man have cessation, be will
be thrown into the canvas exhausted, and
his friends should see that it abates-that he
has rest and retirement to write his letter
and prepare for the campaign. That letter,
it Is probable, will not be issued hurriedly,
but when 1t is, We will have = clear expires.
sion of his personal views on the subject Of
. protective tariff, Chinese immigration and
other subjects that have been prematurely
troubling the Democratic mind. In this
letter he will be found fully in accord with
the best American sentiment on oil issues
now before the American people.
Pending the issuance of these letters, there
is 4 lull in the National campaign. The
newspapers are on picket duty; the managers
are establishing the lines and arranging the
forces ; aspirants for Office quietly %reconnoi.
tering or examining their ammunition chests ;
but the great mass of the armies are hav-
ing the usual breathing spell that comes
after the Convention stage of the campaign,
and the orators are In secluded retreats whet.
ting their battle axes for the fray, which
Providence and the Statutes fixing election
day mercifully provides shall not rage in its
fury until the summer sun rides further
south. A month hence the elaboration and
preparation period of the contest will have
ended, the bugle notes will echo the signal
gun, the lines will form, and thenceforth to
November the average American will devote
himself exclusively to saving his beloved
country from the diabolical machiDations of
that fiend incarnate, his next-door neighbor
and lifelong friend, who belongs to the
other party. In the meantime he will keep
eye on the gun, but take life comfortably
as the season will permit.