The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-10-24
OUR NEXT VICE PRESIDENT.
We take the following sensible nrti

pennsylvania has, without doubt.
earned, at the hands of the Republican
party, a noble recognition in the com.
ing national campaign for President
and Vice President. Grant will be
renominated. That's fixed fact, and
he will be reelected if the party is
true to itself and those who wear its
honors are true to it. The candidate
for Vice President unquestionably be.
longs to Pennsylvania. The national
hepnollcan party owes the honor to
the keystone State. Who shall it be
VINO is our strongest man p
The remarks of the Journal with
respect to the consideration to which
our State is entitled from the Nation.
al Convention of 70, will meet an ap-
proval all over the State. Our recent
emphatic endorsement of the admins
tration and of the Republican policy,
places Pennsylvania among the first In
the list of positively Republican States,
and makes her reliable, in the coming
PRESIDENTIAL contest, for her full elec.
torlal vote for the election of Grant
fer President, and, for Vice President.
any good man the Convention NAV as.
sociate with him. But, as the infiu-
ence of the October elections in this
State 60 far to determine the result of
the later election, it is rot only impor.
tant that we carry the fall elections in
IL but highly important that we do so
by the largest possible majority. 1t is
needless to urge so evident proposi-
ton as that we can do this most effec-
lively BY having Pennsylvania up.
on the ticket This would greatly
strengthen US. 1t would add to the
general party feeling a local enthusi-
asm that would carry the State in Oc-
toher by an overwhelming majority.
and secure, beyond doubt, a favorable
result in the general election. But to
do this the Convention must act with
discretion. We want no man who
would sow discord in our ranks. We
want no man who is wanting in states.
manship, learning, integrity of char
acter, or Republican convictions: Our
candidate must be one whose name
will call to his support the men of the
party in every section and of every
eharacter-a man who is great in
himself, and whose political character
rs not made up by the practices of
cunning that elevate so many men to
place, but which never carry respect
wlththem. A statesman, gentleman.
scholar, man of reputation and
political experience, familiar with the
laws, Republican in principle, an earn
est worker, and man with a private
character above reproach. That is
the man we want, and that man is
none other than u. S. Senator John
Scott, this day the foremost man of
the United States Senate, and the
strongest man in our State.
Mr.. Scott is a young man, in the
prime of life, being now forty.seven
years of age. He has filled several
public stations, and has always sue
ceeded in retaining the confidence of
those who elevated him to place. By
n close application to the study and
practice of law, he has become one of
the first lawyers in Pennsylvania. In
deed, it is doubtful if the bar of this
or any other State contains better
lawyer, in the highest sense of the
word. In 1869 he was elected to U.
S. Senate, and Immediately took rank
among the foremost members of that
body. He has held prominent place
on various committees, and during the
present year has been particularly con-
spicuous as chairman Of the Ku Klux
Committee. The duties of that posi-
tion he seems to have made particular
ly matter Of conscience, and, while
other Congressman were spending,their
vacation at home or at summer resorts,
Senator Scott has remained in Wash
ington, performing the laborious duties
devolving upon him as chairman of
that Committee, with zeal and deter
mination that are characteristic of but
very few men. His success has been
perfect, and it will tell on the peace of
southern society for years to come,
while it has already made Mr. Scott,
with the prosecuted loyal men of the
South, the most popular man of the
country.
When John Scott was elected United
States Senator, he was not the candi-
date of any faction. In the absence
ofany one man of the older politicians,
upon whom all parties could unite. a
new man was found necessary, and he
was selected with great unanimity
The satisfaction with which his elec
tion was hailed by the people has in
creased as they have learned more O
him from his public acts, and those
who were hostile to him at first. be
cause Of their failure to secure the elec
tion Of a tavorite, have become his
warm admirers and would support hin
for any office, even for the presidency
itself.
At home, Mr.. Scott is known as {
pure Christian man, whose most init
mate acquaintances entertain for hin
the highest respect. Indeed, amid al
the turmoils of political contcs
through which he has passed, his mos
bitter opponent has never dared i'm
peach his private character. He i
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