The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-03-15
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WITHOUT LEADERS.
How His Party fs Affected By the Planes
knights Retirement


taken with several grains Of salt IL
is a feat OF political Workmanship
which seems intended. like the famous
shot of the farmers boy, to "hit if it's
a deer and miss il it's a CALI" Should
any thing turn up between now and
the middle of June to convince the
famous letter-writer that he has agood
fighting chance to be elected, he will
doubtless ooutrive to make bis letter
miss the mark
But should the politicsl situation re-
main unchanged. it is easy to believe
that Mr.. Blaine is sincere. The
strength of President Cleveland before
the country is so great the popularity
of his policy so undeniable, that the
Plumed Knight may well and wisely
decline to enter the lists against him.
Mr.. Blame has something to lose and
nothing to gain by encountcring a
second defeat We see no reason to
change our opinion, expressed immedi-
ately after the Novem ber election, that
Blaine can have the nomination II he
chooses, but that 1t is by no means
certain that he will desireit.
It becomes, therefore, a very inter-
esting question who will be the Repub-
lican candidate In case Mr.. Blsine
keeps out of the fight And it is
striking fact that among all the polis
ticians who have been mentioned for
this distinction. not one arouses any
warm enthusiasm.
John Sherman is now In the lead,
because he has been expertly pulling
the wires, but his following comprises
but a small fraction of his party. His
long and intimate connection with
banks and bankers. speculators and
corporation magnates, has secured him
certain following among the "busi-
ness interests" But nowhere does
his candidacy arouse any thing like
popular enthusiasm. Much is said OF
his record as q fnancier. but this,
while it includes some fortunate incl
dents, is so full of contradictions in
consistencies and blunders that under
the fierce light of Presidential cam
paign it would prove great dlsao-
yanta os to him rather than help.
Assuming that Blaine is out of the
field, New England can not be said to
possess any formidable candidate.
Hawley, of Connecticut and Ed
munds, of Vermont, have until lately
monopolized the favorable mentions;
but quite recently our own Hoar, OF
Massachusetts. has had a puff or two.
The latter need hardly be considered.
1t is enough to say of Senator Ed
munds that he is scarcely as strong
now as he was when he was rejected
, by the conventionsOOf 1880 and 1884.
Senator Hawley may turn out to be
strong candidate, but he comes from
a small State, and even if he could
save the Republicans it would not
avail unless he could carry other States
\ which his party failed to carry in 1884
New York presents Depew and Ev-
. arts, with Hiscock in the background.
> Depew would be very strong candi-
,, date in some circles, but his intimate
t relations with the Vanderbilt monopo-
s lies would tell heavily against him with
the people. Senator Evarts, though a
9 great lawyer, has proved TOO lhslgnin-
n cant a quantity in his brief career as a
Q statesman to have gained any strength
= whatever with the masses.
II PENNSYLVANIA, in Suggesting George
= w. Childs, has probably named a
stronger man than any yet mentioned
Universally respected, his popularity
J among the laboring men would prooa-
L blv draw to him many Democratic
e votes, especially in his own State. He
: labors under the disadvantage, how
= ever. of coming from a State certainly
and overwhelmingly Republican; and'
:. besides, Mr.. Childs is said to be
10 strongly disinclined to public life.
K Allison, of Iowa, is believed by many
/. to be Mr. Blaine's legatee. He is little
.e known and has no personal strength
4. in the East, while his prohibition views
~ would hurt him badly among the Ger
n mans of the West.
p Robert Lincoln seems to regard the
r Presidency with some disdain. and
s. while his name would arouse some
., sentimental enthusiasm. there is just
IN ly a very strong objection to the
80 principle of hereditary succession IL
70 American politics. and it coud scarce
ID ly be pretended by Republicans tha
re he would ever have been thought o
N had he not been the son of Abraham
" Lincoln.
IN The gallant soldier, Phil Sheridan
Q, would arouse all the military enthusi
~ asm there is left in the Republican party
IN and draw not few Democratic votes
a But it would be hard to find candi
$. uate more untitled for the civi
C. cares of the Presidency, or one t.
whom they would be less cOngenial
- Moreover. the Republican party is too
10 well saturated with Know-Nothing
d ism to be held solid for him if he wer
" nominated. Burchard is not lionel.
- type of Republican by any means
Is The best place for the brave and gal
u liant Sheridan is the place he fills s
s. well at the head of the army.
o The retirement Of Mr.. Blaine. II
W be fact. leaves the Republican party
81 so far as can now be seen. absolutel
- without strong leader Boston GIo6t
IN in a single article the New Yor
ht Tribune calls the Mugwumps e. unmit
or igated idiots" unspeakable dor
ey keys" "driyeling IDIOTS" "ofense