Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1884 — Newspaper Comment and Opinion. [ARTICLE]

Newspaper Comment and Opinion.

The Hawkeye cheerfully acquiesces in the decision of the party. The Republican party has made its choice, the Republican party will support its choice, and the Republican party will • elect its choice. The “plumed knight” and the “black eagle” will lead the party to glorious victory, anti the proud record of the past twenty-four years will remain , unbroken.— Bu r ting ton Hawkeye. Columbvs (Ohio) Journal: Probably no two men could have been assosociated together who combine, in themselves; such varied and powerful elements of personal popularity as James G. Blaine and John A. Logan. But they are not only popular men; they are men of brains, men of public experience, men whom the Democratic party may be challenged to match. The ticket and the platform are invin : cible. Points in Blaine’s favor: 1. He was not an officeholders’ candidate. 2. He has intellect, and is a typical American —neither a dude nor a fool. 3. If, in the fortunes of the political race, Republican rule shall be prolonged, we prefer it under a Blaine than with an iceberg like Edmunds, a sham like Hawley, a son-of-his father like Lincoln, or the hypocrite like John Sherman, or the military candidate in Gen. Sherman.— Keokuk Constitution (Dem.). The Rev. J. H. Ecob, a leading Presbyterian minister of Albany, N. ¥., who was pastor of the church at Augusta, Me., which the Blaine family attended for ten years, speaks of the Republican Presidential nominee as a man who stands loyally by his convictions, whose word had always at the back of it a clear purpose; the soul of geniality in his household, a generous friend to the poor and lowly, a man of brilliant gifts and great magnetism, one whose election will be an 1 honor to the whole American nation. Gen. Logan received many dispatches from prominent Republicans all over the country congratulating him on his nomination to the Vice Presidency, and thanking him for accepting it out of loyalty and devotion to his party. His acceptance, it is generally believed, will unite all sections of the Republican party and put an end to all bickerings among Republicans. His course is highly praised on all hands, and calls forth the admiration and respect of the people, irrespective of party. Gen. Logan said that he expected to take part in the campaign.— Exchange. From the convention hall James G. Blaine will go to the people, and we look to seeing no less enthusiasm among the masses than was exhibited in the delegate assembly. His name and hia influence, hia magnetism, will sweep the country from the rock-bound Atlantic to the sunny and golden-tinted sands of the Pacific. The campaign will be one enthusiastic uprising of the people—a second and greater edition of the logcabin and hard-cider days of Harrison, when, “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too,” swept the country like a whirlwind. With other men iw could have won; with no other could there have been such enthusiasm as will distinguish the present campaign.— Peoria Transcript. The significance of the Oregon election is, that it removes that State from the doubtful list, and that this result was achieved even before the nomination of Mr. Blaine. Had the nomination been made before the election the victory Would have been even greater, so far as numbers are concerned. As it is now, the nomination of Mr. Blaine will increase the ltepul>lican majority next November. The two parties in Oregon have been so close in past elections that Oregon has always been ah exceedingly doubtful State. In 1880 Garfield had a majority of only 671 votes over Hancock in a total poll of 40,567 votes. In 1876 the Republican majority was only 1,057. In 1878 the Democratic candidate for Governor was elected by 1,151 majority. In 1882 the Republican candidate for Governor, Moody, was elected over Smith (Dem.) by 1,412. The general elections in that State are biennial, and thisyear there is every indication that the Republicans have not only increased their majority over 1882 but have elected a Representative in Congress and secured not less than fourteen on joint ballot in the Legislature, which secures the election of a United States Senator to succeed Slater (Dem.), whose term expires next March. The general result clears away all doubt from Qregon, and it will not be surprising if Blainfe carries the Republican majority up to s,ooo.— Chicago Tribune.

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