Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1884 — A Cleveland Bolter. [ARTICLE]

A Cleveland Bolter.

The Hon. Edward F. McDonald, who was nominated for Presidential elector by the New Jersey Democrats, and declined, publsihes a card stating his reasons for declination. He says that under no circumstances could he vote for Cleveland, because he considers him mentally, politically, and otherwise unfitted forgthe office of President. He would have supported Bayard, Thurman, Randall, or Butler. Availability was the only qualification the Democratic convention sought, he says, and they have not found it. Mr. McDonald is in for smashing the Democratic rings in New Jersey. The ballotbox staffers must go before the Democrats will have any chance of success. Mr. McDonald predicts that Blaine will carry New Jersey by 29,000 majority.