Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-13
Tn, po,,,,ca, HORIZON.

is beating at fever heat and speculation
is rife as to whom the Republican party
will materialize upon as their Presiden-
tial speciaties. Almost any one can
ponder upon the probabilities; and, as
the employment is fascinating and costs
nothing, we may as well take a hand in
stirring ingredients into the witches
broth. Bubble, bubble, toll and
trouble" are SO much the keynotes at
the Lake City that outside provision is
liable to be more exact than that which
is formulated in the midst OF the excite
ment. The possible outcome seems to
group itself thus as to the Republican
Presidential candidate.
a. A dark horse. This development
Of the equine species is always to be
taken into the count in the deliberations
Of party that is out Of power. 1t was
the outcome of many Democratic and OF
some Republican National Conventions.
(2.) Jim Blaine. You can never
know when the Plumed Knight is earn
est or only shamming He is the Presi-
Dental 'possom, and is very live when
he seems most dead, Democrats are
justified in distrusting his utterances
when his own followers treat his
declarations as mere leather and
prunella, and bawl for him notwith.
standing his repeated declarations.
In politics, as in love, it is not always
the willing Barkis who gets there.
(3) Ii Blaine is really in earnest he
has probably made Allison his residuary
egatee, and the ticket will then be ALI
son, OF Iowa, and Morton, of New York
This is probably the strongest ticket the
Republicans could put up.
a. Gresham and Depew are in all
likelihood equally balanced, with the
chances that the corporations will beat
Gresham and the anti-corporation infu-
enee OF the West and Northwest will
| beat Depew. Ii Blaine has really trans
ierred his partiality from Allison to
Depew this would materially strengthen
the New Yorker, but this is not probable
(5.) Last and by no means least comes
the doughty John Sherman. He will
appear at Chicago environed by the
efusive friendship of the Southern
descendants of Senegambia. The col
ored man and brother from the States
lately in rebellion will rally to the sup.
port of the iciele with great unanimity
and will invest him with black nimbus
so to speak. Wall Street will probably
not be averse to quiet demonstration in
favor of man who, from having been q
fanatical Greenbacker turned up as the
champion gold bug of the age.
Three nominations would be specially
agreeable to the Democrats, and in abopt
the following order: Blaine, Depew anG
Sherman. The two last would be es
pecially weak in California, and at time
when the Republican party itself is weak
in this State. 1t is claimed for Blaine
that he is strong in California, but We
doubt it. No intelligent man who ha.
had opportunities for observation viii
say that the Plumed Knight has not lost
much of the strength here that he had in
1884. II any one desires to test the mat
ter he has only to make personal can
vass to be satisfied that Blaine has be
come much weaker than of old on the
Pacific Slope. Thousands of Republi-
cans have no hesitation in avowing then
intention to vote for the Democratic can.
didate in the event of his nomination.
As for the rest, they have no strength
on the Coast, while Sherman is notably
weak in all the Pacific States. The
Ohioan, as pronounced gold bug, would
be showed under SO deep that it would be
far into the summer OF 1889 before he
could be dug out.
On the other hand. Cleveland and
Thurman are overwhelmingly strong on
the Coast. This remark applies to both
1t may be questioned as to whether the
President was popular here two years
ago. The character Of the man, his per
feet poise, his infexible devotion to his
delicate and responsible trust, was not
then fully realized. To-day he has con
quered the recalcitrants of his own party
by simple force of patriotism, and hosts
of Republicans admit that he has made a
good President. The splendid honesty
of Democratic administration in matters
relating to the public domain will OF itseli
give Cleveland thousands of votes which
he failed to receive in 1884. Added to
this is the nomination of Thurman-a
name which stands on the Pacific Coast
for every civic and private virtue, and as
the bulwark OF the masses against the
exactions of corporations. This makes
for the Democracy tower of strength
and between the two unexampled attrac-
tions it will be hard for Pacific Coast Re.
publicans to refrain from voting the
Democratic ticket.
AS for the Eastern States, that is a
very sanguine Republican indeed who
thinks that New York, New Jersey, Con-
necticut and Indiana will fail to vote for
Cleveland second time. Instead Of
indulging in such hopeless vagaries. he
would do well to fix his eyes upon the
wavering lines OF his party in Michigan,
Wisconsin and other States which have
been made doubtful by the nomination
of Cleveland and Thurman.
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Mr.. WooDBURNE, of Nevada, seems to
have forgotten the old adage that whom
the Gods would destroy they first make