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Editorial
August 12, 1888
Los Angeles Daily Herald
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
What is this article about?
The editorial mocks the Express's claim that Democrats lack a candidate to match Blaine, highlighting Blaine's corruption via Mulligan letters and a railway deal, while asserting Democrats' honest leaders Cleveland and Thurman will win the campaign.
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Our esteemed contemporary, the Express, says that the Democratic party has no man to pit against Blaine. We admit it. The hero of the Mulligan letters is unrivaled. On that point, to employ a phrase familiar at the card table, we "ante and pass the buck."
We have no statesman in our party, who, in a jobbing transaction in favor of a Railway corporation, in which he was expected to prostitute his functions as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives for gain, "wrote that he would be no 'deadhead' in the partnership." We haven't got them, dear Express, and what is more, we don't want them. We shall win in the present campaign, because we are led by clean-handed statesmen like Cleveland and Thurman.
We have no statesman in our party, who, in a jobbing transaction in favor of a Railway corporation, in which he was expected to prostitute his functions as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives for gain, "wrote that he would be no 'deadhead' in the partnership." We haven't got them, dear Express, and what is more, we don't want them. We shall win in the present campaign, because we are led by clean-handed statesmen like Cleveland and Thurman.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Democratic Party
Blaine
Mulligan Letters
Cleveland
Thurman
Political Corruption
Railway Corporation
Speaker Of The House
What entities or persons were involved?
Democratic Party
Blaine
Express
Cleveland
Thurman
Mulligan Letters
Railway Corporation
Speaker Of The United States House Of Representatives
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Defense Of Democratic Party Against Blaine's Corruption
Stance / Tone
Sarcastically Pro Democratic And Anti Blaine
Key Figures
Democratic Party
Blaine
Express
Cleveland
Thurman
Mulligan Letters
Railway Corporation
Speaker Of The United States House Of Representatives
Key Arguments
Democratic Party Has No Man Like Blaine
Blaine Is The Hero Of The Mulligan Letters
Blaine Wrote He Would Be No 'Deadhead' In A Railway Partnership
Democrats Do Not Want Such Statesmen
Democrats Will Win The Campaign Led By Clean Handed Statesmen Like Cleveland And Thurman