The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-11
The Republican Ticket.


The President secured a denomination by
very satisfactory majority. 1t will be
charged that the Office holders nominated
him. and there will be good deal OF truth
in the charge. Mr.. John C. New came from
/ London. where he is consul general, to act
as his chief manager, and a very good one
! he proved himself to be. Probably third
| Of the delegates who voted for Gen. Harri-
son are office holders.
The Harrison forces were confident from
the beginning of the convention. They did
not permit the display Of enthusiasm for
Mr.. Blaine to disturb them. Their leaders
were quiet and alert and were quick to avail
themselves of every advantage that pre-
| sented itself.
The Blaine leaders talked too much and
depended too much for success upon the
enthusiasm which Mr.. Blaine's name Gre
ated among those who were not delegates.
Their Boosting indicated weakness and gave
their opponents confidence.
1t is difficult TO see how the presentation
of Mr.. Blaine's name to the convention can
be reconciled with the February letter, in
which he said he was not a oandi-
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be presented to the convention. Messrs.
Clsrkson, Platt, Quay, Miller and other
leaders could hardly have been acting with
out an understanding with him. 1t is true
Mr.. Blaine has said nothing since he wrote
his February letter to indicate he was
candidate, but his resignation from the
cabinet on the eve of the convention was
significant, to say the least of it. Nothing
that be or his friends can say can disabuse
the public mind of the belief that he would
have accepted the nomination il he could
have obtained 1t.
It is possible that Messrs. Clarkson, Quay,
Platt, Miller and the other disgruntled re-
publican leaders were only using his name
with the hope Of breaking the Harrison
column and then nominating Mckinley,
or Reed, or Lincoln. The large vote cast
for Gov. Mckinley seems to indicate some
such purpose.
Mr.. Blaine's political career is ended and
the ending was not particularly glorious.
1t was not of a character to make his
reflections during his remaining years
especially pleasant. His abrupt severance
Of his relations with the President and the
permitting Of the use of his name in the
convention, after stating he was not
candidate, will in the minds of many, de-
tract from his fame.
It is doubtful il he would have been a
strong candidate if he had been nominated.
Those who admire him admire him greatly,
but be hos many enemies, and there are many
things in his public career that cannot be
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nomination would have given more salts
faction than Gen. Harrison's does, for two
reasons He could have been beaten more
easily, and, if elected, he would have had a
more liberal southern policy. He is against
the force bill and favors generous appro-
priations for rivers and harbors
Gen. Harrison is not going to have the
hearty support of his whole party. The
men who nominated him will have to CON-
duct his campaign. The men who opposed
him will not take off their coats in his be-
half. They know il he should be elected he
would not give them a share of the official
loaves. The prospect that he will be re-
elected. therefore, even from a republican
standpoint, is not a promising one
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, the nominee for
Vice President, does not strengthen the
ticket. He is a man OF ability and has the
faculty of making himself agreeable to
those with whom he comes IN contact. but
he is not favorite Of labor organizations.
His paper, the New York Tribune, has the
reputation of antagonizing organizations of
that kind. President Harrison appointed
him minister to France and in that
position he made considerable reputa-
ton. He resigned recently with the view
probably of assisting the President to Sc
cure a denomination. He has never taken
an active part in politics, and is known to
the public almost wholly as the editor and
proprietor Of the New York Tribune.
There is no reason for thinking that he will
help the ticket in New York or elsewhere.