Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1884 — All for Blaine. [ARTICLE]

All for Blaine.

The popular sentimefit toward Blaine is clearly shown in the comments of papers reflecting different shades of Opinion. We select at random front the vast bulk ofopinion extracts from three papers representing three phases of political opinion. 'The Ben ver Pepub-

lican, a Republican paper, aptly says: Blaine’s nomination is the result of the growth of the American sentiment. There is extant a feeling that we have been retrograding as a nation in thc eye&of the people of the world, that our rulers through fear or ’ policy have been making no efforts to secure redress for affronts to the American flag and American people, and that James G. Blaiue is the man to bring about a change. Then, too, the pre-eminent ability, wise and, extensive statesmanship, and unquestionable loyalty of Mr. Blaine have forced themselves upon Qje people and made their impression inion Mr. Blaine stands to-day the embodiment of the American idea. He is the ideal statesman of the young American. He is without a peer in the land and the idol of the people. He is the incarnation bf intelligence, push, vim and enterprise. The Republican has hit upon the real secret of Blaine’s popularity > his Americanism and his embodiment of the American idea. The Evening Journal of Detroit, an independent paper of Democratic tendencies, gives us the views of another political class in the following extract: James G. Blaine is the most tiu'y representative Republican in the nation, never and never faltering. It has been his goo(l fortune to keep pace with the best thought of his party and give tone to its demand for sound finances, industrial protection, and political as well as personal emancipation, with a courageous and forceful championship which has centered the eyes and hopes of the party upon him. 'His candtdaey means something ;more than the availability which is the prime consideration with spoilsmen. To the old guard it is a revival of the golden days of their party, a resurrection of its greatest achievements. To the young it is a promise that the honors joLiufiincaLlife. are not all reserved idity and obscurity. Surely more unqualified praise could not have been expected even from a Republican party organ. Wo follow these up with the following extract from the Rocky Mountain News, which is the leading Democratic organ of Colorado: There can be no doubt that in Blaine and Logan the Republicans have nominated a hip-hip-hurmh ticket. The pendulum has swung forward from the namby-pamby cant and cowardice of the last eight years of Republican rule, and the leap from such spineless leaders as Hayes aud Arthur to such fearless fighters as Blaine and Logan is a long one. The present administration, like that of Hayes, has gone on all fours to every foreign power that took the trouble to twirl its thumb at this country. The next administration, if the fates decree that Blaine and Logan shall be elected, will stand on its hind legs and show its teeth to the whole rest of the world. The views of these three papers, Republican, Independent, and Democratic, may be fairly taken to represent the views of the people of varying political tendencies and indicate the pride and enthusiasm with which the nomination has been received among all classes.