| Show NO YES that jamrs G blaino is a man of brilliant abilities il quite generally conceded in this respect he ranks among the brightest lights of the nation he is a man of fine personal appearance and polished a good orator ind a fair writer his retorts arc culling and ready of ut terance tera when lie starts out to handle an opponent his sarcasms end irony arc withering it is loo often alie case perhaps that these are the weapons that achieve his triumphs we have never regarded him n being the most solid mental power of alic nation but rather that he glides most elegantly over the surface of things without delving down to the very depths lie is out and out a politician and of that class that are us willing to grasp after subterfuges as to grapple with solid facts it they the present purpose though his talents are dazzling through the exciting turmoil of n political campaign yet it is questionable whether his popularity larit would endure were he to stand as the leader of an entire nation the american people best like and rev crenco ano man who speaks what he means and means what he speaks ai fi or tor announcements that smack of intentions different from those expressed in the proper construction of language there is an old aaning that the end jus liGus the means but the st of this nill admit of sor ious doubts it is ground to occupy when we say it io proper to obtain benefits of any kenil upon fiille pretenses pretences and it is wrong to say that in politics every thing that alic largest amount of political favor the franchise is the dearest right thai can be exercised exorcised by SL free people tub people have the right to use their franchise according to their own volition siut it is to deceive them by the false auses ruses of the wily trickster to come to tho point intended mr blaina seems to be playing ali bolc of the farseeing far seeing political ct it is patent all over america and in the european world clial ho has au inordinate desire to be seated in the presidential chair at the nations capitol lie has been working hard for that honor or years he lias overacted over acted his part to that degree that now everybody smiles an expression that indicates disbelief at his announcement that he does not to be the nominee of the republican party for the coming four years lie says no but he really means lie wishes liis party to have on intuitive understanding thai it they will only make a demonstration and call him out that ho will be willing enough to accept n candidacy but do let the call come in n way that the honest yeomanry will really believe he is the only man of his party with popularity enough to secure the success of their ticket fetch lim l im out as the savior of his party and tho country and then lie will waive nil personal inclinations disinclinations dis and suffer his bamo to be made use of what infinite condescension hiis non candidacy is now the topic of excited conversation in and about the capitol and it talk will only en re long enough mr blaina will doubtless seize upon some happy moment to announce his love 0 country to be so powerful thai no per he loo groat for him to make in order to advance a cause so patriotic the nest campaign will doubtless cje ae and a any that has taken place in our country alo democrats arc la power and abc arill bo ibo of thai parly flioy mil ban to confront all tho well known of the republican Ee publican lac tho power of rhetoric aarl arf w ni alic honest people who will lie enticed from their shops nod rurel duties to see and listen to the silver tongued experts pronounce their curgio in an fn vor of the standard berrois of the two great parties who battle for the supremacy of political power millions of money may be spent in alic contest for neither party will for abc con so victory perches upon their banner at beat can lie but lillic doubt but what alio llio contest will bo close whichever parly is will not have a large mn bority to boast of so far ns alio people of utah arc concerned we shall lie only lookers on nl alic recurrence of every such election that lakes dunns the of our territorial condition were we now in alic compact of slates of course our electoral votes would tell a for or the other of the national carlies par lies which arc now making stupendous preparations for abc coming struggle until we aro admitted of course we cannot vole for and arave to wail our lime until the scales drop away and alio llio libbl of reason chases the shades of prejudice from though we at present have not much to do with elections abill we ns citizens wish for the prosperity of the country and think it would he just as well for be man who aspires lo 10 lie to eny al once ami frankly that he is willing to become the nominee or clial nt least he would accept ot alic if regularly made by a convention of liis party we woultz like to sec our statesmen controlled a lillic more as were the early patriots choso whoso souls were with sincere motives to promote the general good anil prosperity of the nation is certainly more lovo of self advancement and personal fame now influencing the brain power of aur politicians than is really necessary to qualify lliam f r real philanthropists speak out squarely Mr blaine like a true little man and don t saying no when you really mean yes |
