Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-24
SUNDAY, JUNE "a, 1883.

WHEN the Chicago Convention ad-
journed on Friday against the vote OF
Ohio il meant that John Sherman had
seen the perihelion OF his strength and
was practically out Of the contest. When
II was announced that New York was
about TO cast her vote for Harrison it was
expected by the discerning that the
Hoosier would open this morning with
the leading vote, which proved to be the
case. No people, however, who believed
that the ultimate outcome Of this Con-
vention will be ticket composed OF
Blaine and Harrison thought that the
Indianian would be allowed to reach a
higher vote than Sherman had received.
Yesterday the Convention adjourned
against the vote OF Indiana, which
means, in all probability, that Harrison's
Presidential goose is cooked. 1t will be
observed that Iowa voted for adjournment,
and it need surprise no one ii Allison
shoud on Monday take the place vacated
by Harrison, and this will probably be
the case unless Blaine should be sprung
earlier. Possibly an adjournment on
Monday may be carried, which would be
voted for by the Michigan men, and
which would give Alger place in the
procession. But the probabilities are ex-
treme that no man will be permitted to
get anywhere near enough votes to nomi-
nate him, and that this will be due to the
cunning manipulation of Blaine's friends
and managers. Thus will be produced
the celebrated deadlock" which is to
serve up the Plumed Knight for second
sacrifice to the worth and popularity Of
Cleveland. None OF the 'favorite sons"
can control their own delegations after
they themselves are laid out, and the
undercurrent is decidedly for Blaine.
Foraker's remark that Blaine is very
strong man is quite significant in this
connection.
WHILE the coming campaign will by
no means be free from personalities-as
what American Presidential contest
could be-there will be during the next
four months the m ost exhaustive and in
telligent discussion of genuine political
issues ever known in the record OF Amer
lean politics. On the Democratic side
will be presented the cardinal and living
issues of preventing the National Treas
ury from being glutted with money with
drawn from the channels of business and
the ordinary mediums OF circulation in
order to continue unreasonable and ex-
travagant largesses to monopolies, cor
porations and indi vidual manufacturers
the confinement of the National Govern
ment to its legitimate functions of draw
ing Just so much re venue from the peo-
Pile as will be needed to administer the
affairs of the Nation economically OF a
jealous protection of American labor,
and exclusion of Chinese and other
forms of pauper competition with it;
and OF a continuance of the programme
which gives the country peace with
honor, and which, in practice, has guarded
every acre of the public domain for the
actual settler, and has already restored a
hundred million acres to pre-emption
and settlement. On the Republican side
we have great howl about public ques-
tions, as to every one OF which, if living,
the Republican party has proved itself
faithless, and, if dead, as to which its
record has been more than questionable.
The Republican party has done wonders
in the line of pointing with pride" 1t
points with pride to men who have long
been dead, and keeps up its miserable
pretense OF appropriatlng all the glory Of
the war, and of the past and present
generally. The Democratic party gees
before the people accepting a homo
geneous and prosperous Union, never so
prosperous as now, and confident OF its
ability to guarantee a continuance OF
that prosperity and a perpetuity OF
that Union. 1t is contest OF
living, active patriotism, in possession
of the active departments of the Govern
ment, and determined to maintain an
ascepdancy so pregnant with the public
good against the rowdy and bumptious
pre'ences of men who, during a quarter
Of Il century, have worn out the patience
Of the people by windy promises which
they have never tried TO convert into
honest and wholesome performances.
AS to the decision OF the masses on such
issues no sensible man need entertain
mnch doubt. As between Grover Cleve-
land and any possible nominee Of the
Chicago Convention it is a Drummond
liyht apainst a talloW din