The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-31
wEDNFspAY. AUGUST 81. lsel.
rHE arr UHLICAN NouIvArIoNs.

AsaE hNtt BhBAtAN NhNlNA NAbNNs.
The nominations Of the Republican party
for City, State, aud National offices, have been
made. The several Conventions have acted
with singular caution and Judgment, and the
result OF their labors, on the whole, is emf
nently satisfactory. They seem to have been
actuated exclusively by a desire to select for
each position to be alled, the flttest and most
acceptable person, aud where a majority Of
those seeking the several places were so nearly
equal in merit, It required rare integrity and
dlsciimiL alton TO choose the best.
We do notpropose to discuss now, minutely,
the character and qualifications of each par
ticular candidate on the Republican ticket.
That may be reserved for future articles, in
which mere justice may be done to the indi-
Eidual nominees than it is possible to accord
them In general notice Of the whole ticket.
s The Congressional nominations are highly
c7editoble to those who made them. Three o
ir the caudidates-Judge KELLEY, CHARLIE.
O'NEIIL, and LEONARD MYERs-are all tried
men, whose past service in the honorable and
responsible trusts for which they are renomi-
mated afford the best possible claim they could
offer TO the sufffsges of the constituencies
they have so faithfully and ably represented
They have been tried and have not been found
wanting, and they deserve to be rechosen to
I'll the stations in which they have
8 proved their devotion to the cause OF
the Government at moment when
only the purest and firmest patriotism could
Withstand the specious arguments and bitter
aspertions of a perfldious knot of symBathizers
in Congress with Southern treason. Tn
fourth candidate Of the PaEty-Hon. JOHN NJ.
sBUTLER-is well and widely known in this
community, not only rs a citizen of excellent
character in private life, but as one of the
7s9aSfHyest and staunchest Of the members of
that loyal party which has made unques-
tioning support OF the Union and the
! Constitution against Rebellion the very sum
and substance of its political creed. He is a
man of talent, of practical business sense and
capacity, as well as a man Of rare personal
aud civic virtue, and, if elected to seat In the
National House Of Representatives, he will
more than redeem and justify the confidence
OF the voters who may honor him with their
suffages.
The ticket for City officers is quite as de.
serving Of public approval as that for Con-
gress. 1t is headed by HENRY G. HOWELL,
Esq, for the Sherifalty. 1t is seldom that any
politicalparty, in any city, nominates so worthy
citizen for any public station. As mer-
chant, he has, for many years, been dstin-
guished for integrity and intelligence. As
citizen, no one has been mole exemplary. As
a man, in all the relations of domestic and
social Life, we doubt if there is any one who
stands higher in the estimation OF those who
know him for the qualities Of head and heart
which win universal and deserved popu-
hrity. But not the least of his claims upon
the people Of all parties, for the important
place for which he has been nominated is the
fact of his eminent business qualifications for
Its practical duties, taken in connection with
the equally remarkable and singular merit he
enjoys Of not being, and never having been,
an offce-seeking politician.
The candidate Tor Register ofWills is FRED
RRIcK NJ. ADAMS, Esq, a member of the bar,
In high professional standing, and admirably
adap ed for filing the position of the Regis
ter, which requires legal education and
experience to properly qualify the incumbent;
3 fact that has been too often overlooked by
all parties In making a selection.
The nominees for the other municipal
Offices and for the Legislature, are, in the
main, most worthy and competent men, of
whose merits we shall hereafter find oppor-
tunity to speak particularly. We have only
space now to say that the ticket of the
National Union party Is, taken altogether,
one nj the very hest that has for many years
been presented for the sufTrages Of the people
of Philadelphia, and if personal fitness for
public Office shall decide the election, we are
quite confident that every candidate nomi-
mated by the party win be elected by a
triumphant majority.