The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-09-29
Mr.. Gorham for Cleveland.


Mr.. George C. Gorham, brilliant and orig.
inal Republican, one Of the stern, unintruding
stalwarts who never left the banner of Grant,
the intimate friend aud counsellor of the late
Roscoe Conkling, has avowed his preference
for Mr. Cleveland. Mr.. Gorham's opinions
are worth reading, even by those who do not
agree with him. And they will have this inn
portance, that, living, he speaks the words
that Roscoe Conkling would speak if he were
alive. In an interview with the Washington
correspondent of the New York Herald Mr..
Gorlam said tina; as a stalwarl Republican,
who had upheld Grant and Conkling as
against the Democratic party and its dough.
faced Republican serving men led by Blaine,
he could not and would not aid in restoring to
power the petty dynasty which ruled briefly
under Garfield and in four months organized
the defeats of the following seven years solely
to slaughter Roscoe Conkling
"Mr. Harrison's most effective leaders at
Chicago, outside of the State of Indiana, he
said, 'have publicly stated that if elected he
will appoint Mr.. Blaine Secretary of State.
To this comes no word of denial. The cam
paign is being made as Blaine campaign,
not by the National Committee, but without
reference to it. We are told that there is but
one issue, and that is the tariff. Upon that
subject Republicans are asked to sustain dog
mas which are as repugnant to good sense as
they are 10 all previous acts and declarations
of the party. A tariff for trusts, with inciden-
tai protection was never before made party
test.
Gas to the negro, he was betrayed into the
hands of his enemies by Mr.. Blaine and his
coterie in 1875. The attemptto Repulicanize
the South by coalitions with ex-Coniederate
dissenters from the Democratic party was COM
menced in Virginia in 1881 and succeeded
1t was defeated by Mr.. Blaine and his news
paper calliope in 1888 after two unsuccessful
previous efforts.
THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE.
'The Republican contest this year repre-.
sents mainly Mr.. Blaine, and he represents
only his own appetite and that of his insatia-
bic millionaire clients. The Democratic party
represents Mr.. Cleveland, who is charged
with no unmanly crime or tendency. He
never knelt and begged for letters he had writ
ten. He never combined with opponents to
defeat the measures of his party. He never
perilled the peace of the country to secure
guano beds for his friends. If elected he will
not make an assignment of his administration
to anybody. If Mr.. Tweed were living, and
if his sub-chieitains were hauling him about
the country and exhibiting him as the next
Secretary of the Treasury, some Democrats
would revolt and wait for better days. In
the same frame of mind Republicans who do
the government placed in the hands of Blaine
will not cease to be Republicans but will re-
fuse to further the programme.
II am one of this class-and therefore, un-
less General Harrison gives the country an
assurance that he will not, if elected, place
the author of the Mulligan letters and the po-
litical assassin of Roscoe Coukling at the
head of the State Department, my feeble in
Auence will be cast in favor of the election Of
Mr.. Cleveland.
81 find that the opinion ] express as to Mr..
Harrison's intentions toward Mr.. Blaine is
strictly in harmony with that of Mr.. Walter
Q. Gresham, whose nomination | favored.
After an interview with a representative of
the Paris edition of the Herald of August 81,
that gentleman said TO a Democratic friend
who was present, and also being intervieweds
"'Speaking of Mr.. Blaine, remarked Judge
Gresham, with smile, you are leaving out
an important part of your interview. If
were Democrat talking TO newspaper
man--which | AMI would say:-"But see
here, you Republicans, this whole campaign
of yours is a piece Of inconsistency. In your
Convention you could not agree upon Mr..
Blaine and nominated Mr.. Harrison. Now ii
appears that Harrison is sort of fgurehead,
while Blaine practically controls the policy of
the contest
Furthermore, it is generally understood
that as Secretary of State Mr.. Blaine will di-
rect the policy of the next administration
should the Republicans win. In other words,
Mr. Blaine is to all intents and purposes the
candidate. But this is palpable absurdity.
For if Mr.. Blaine is unfit to run in person for
the Presidency he is surely unfit to be the
manager of the man who was nominated in
his place. The people of the United States
will not be deceived by any such ridiculous
device of the party leaders, y