Show AN ANOMALOUS CONDITION 1 admitting what hardly permits of much less of contradiction that cleveland and blaine will be the candidates of their for the presidency it is safe to awa that the one who loses the election wi have been defeated not bybia enemies but by his friends or at least those whose avowed aff illation with his party should make them his poli supporters this Is a does not often occur in politics but the activity of americast Ame ricart life brings about many peculiarities and this 0 o more startling than many other things In 1894 blaine wl defeated and clevel a nd elected by the active defection of the ung bump element and the passive appo sli tion of certain stalwart gans this year in a more marked I 1 airee similar causes will tend to produce the same or an exactly opposite result certain men in the democratic parta who were wont to exercise great power and possessed alm ost unlimited patrona gep donot View with any considerable sid erable favor the election reelection re of a man who keeps hoille without their advice on the other band the appo within his own party to blaine comes largely from republican as opi rants who do not view with the which lie arouses in itis party and who have some fish of their 0 wit 0 fry which of thew two recreant elements li the stronger the opposition to blaine cad be measured with some degree of assurance it existed in 1 81 and continues adil now with bly soda slight accessions or modifications zhe opposition to cleveland Cley eland is neve and I 1 ita unknown quantity its decry and estimate it his ene mies no doubt exaggerate it an accurate measure cannot be made un til november when unless we are greatly mistaken the country will am this prediction that aia owe his defeis to defections of his 0 VM party aff x I 1 a san franchow Fran clow ar awas r t a bas ball game foul ball struck her knee and she muot her bedfor a month ladles should ear movable bustled bustles to ball gaines so that they may sit easier and at the same time protect thear bimbi |