The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-05


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fstxer a4.sske H. Mr. Elaine and OF BIZ
s<r resentment AGAINST The party which
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every esfamny against hifa- srrepss
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over whxs IL calls his defeat- II ssAxh
an article had appeared IN "a Afstri-
can tsarrzzf aieszt Mr. giassfoEse TIE
sssadrsaaixn press 10 Eagsafsd might
ueH haze arefsd il A. sa example OF
ruafess.ienf ignorance. The iszsiy MR.
sel.5fssn intelligent about American a.
fairs. accepts zsfh e1sY indifference
the accounts sent by It's Sew YORK
correspondent. who dates alternately
from ysx York ard thlcsgo- Whsa
Nf. Elaine biantsy Described theSs chs
T.zxrh~a ~ snArveis of faend.effy aad
malice be hal ;s9t seen them all Let
me give yoss sample % what rassss
here for American news. fsu VII
then be able To gauge the vaiiie e.
English opinion formed on such festi-
mony. foz issay also lss interested 70
read By the dry hight OF sstaai knorf
edge Some Of she statements Enscn
this correspondent thinks no tax on
English creduIisy. lie teieg.zphesi
SUNDAY
Harrison has been beaten BIZ ihe
Tiafs@ influence. The Blaine man
ayers then attempted a coup esat-
This va. defeated beeause Harrison
and others were inceuss-d with the
obvious frsekerv Of Elaine and refused
20 aeauiesce l., the Jiot. The Blaine
manager bee1Iue alarmed and we're
afraid - persesere. The Whole eoan-
try 4 laughing at the spectacle the
convention presents, especially 81 the
i trirfery part ,iayei By Ar. Blaine.
The general comment l. that he has
brought not only himself but the party
into contempt. Whatever acton The
convention takes makes little differ
certain than ever
Nonday's dispatches ignore these
uniueky predictions. bus repeat some
Of tsse fIfeioHs inuenaoes which this
patriotic American supplies 10 the
English market. Mr.. Blaine's feie-
grains reiierating his refusal to be a
candidate we're, i teens, laughed at
Many things are laughed at. though
on which side OF the ianghter's face IL
not always clear. When Mr.. Godkin
filters ia the editorial sanc,um Of the
Es<asag Poet his <ubsitern cables TO
A AT fa IL
vuf.ed. s'Gen. Harrison, he explains.
was nominated because Mr. Blaine's
nomination otherwise than by acrla-
nation would have been a suicidal
bIunder. Gen. Harrison is man of
mediocre ability, hut the choice OF him
In preference 10 Mr.. Blaine is a great
gain for decent politics. and viii en-
aide the Republicans TO present the
protection side Of the tariff issue re-
specially and give the country an or
DERBY campaign. Yet the prolonged
wrangle OF the convention has brought
the Republican party into general
ridicuie
This interesting narrative finds its
support in other dispatches. None of
them, indeed, are friendly TO Mr.,
Blaine. bat their authors at least try to
state facts IL is. on the whole. aston
ishing TO find out how much wiser
some Englishmen are about American
affairs than Americans themselves.
There Is a radical Journalist who in
forms his readers that Harrison has as
much chance of becoming president
as becoming king OF Prussia. The pro-
vincial press is mostly silent. So i the
Tory press OF London. Almost all the
kicks come from our candid friends.
Mr.. Morfon's nomination for vicc pres
ident gra,ifies many personal friends
in England and France. He is better
liked perhaps in France by the French
Republicans than any living Amer
lean. No American minister to France
OF recent days has made more reputa-
ton or done better service in that diff
cult position.