New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-31
SUMMERS SUCCESSOR.

The daily ballotings at Boston 70
United States Senator promise to continu
for some time to come. While none 0
the candidates stand out in such bold re
lief In their opinions and supporters a
the deceased Senator on his first election
yet they are sufficiently diverse as t.
mark sharp contrast. No one of then
represents devotion to supreme idea a.
did Charles Sumner, and the election @,
either would not present such contrast
to him and his course, as his '.Barbarisu
Of Slavery" did to Websters speech on the
fugitive slave bill
Mr.. Dawes is understood to be the can
didate most favored by the administration
and the National Republican party. Ex-
cept on one occasion, on financial cues
tons, he and they have never been a.
variance, and were it not for the strong
antipatby, Of long standing, between
many Massachusetts, politicians and Gen
eral Butler, there would be no question of
his election. This consideration aside he
is the strongest candidate.
The almost life long opposition of Judge
Hoar to General Butler has made him the
leader OF that division of the party which
desires to prevent his success. As an able
Jurist and conscientious statesman, Asso-
ciate Justice Of the Supreme Court, At
torney General and Representative, he
has won reputation, and though his man
ner has never gained him friends, be has
the support of that portion Of NIassa-
chusetts Republicans who claim to en-
brace the most wealth and responsibility.
AS the votes he receives prevent the cleo
ton Of Dawes, and as the parties are
nearly equally divided and equally firm in
their adherence to their favo,ite, il is
probable neither will be elected.
Judge Curtis stands next on the list and
polls the entire Dem ocratic strength,
aided by few votes Of the Independents,
and, unless there be change Of policy in
one Of the wings that support Dawes and
Hoar, will continue to command It. But
however DESTROYS the Democracy may be
to triumph with such a canpidate, and |
although he is personally unobjectionable
and his ability recognized, it is not con-
sidered probable that any break will give
him the election.
The supporters of Charles Francis
Adams represent the responsibility and
intellect of the most intense order, that
would rather fail on such terms than
succeed on any other. The name of
Adams, while borne by such men az the
candidate and his sons, Charles, John
md Henry, will ever be prominent in the
Bay State, but it has lost its popularity.
The ideas in politics that they represent
Ire in as strong contrast with those enter
aimed by the people as are the ancestral
states, looking to-day precisely as they
lid twenty years ago, with the busting
own Of Quincy that has grown up around
hem.
1t IS among the remaining candidates
''s S~~S "NSSNooOA Va III. Oul1UeT De |
ought, Or else it will be man who has
OF yet been named. Of these Governor
Vashburn is thoughtto have some chance,
nd Speaker Sanford and General Banks
lore. Mr.. Sanford's strength is not vet
isclosed, and be may be the winning
ian.
But when the break comes those who
ow support Hoar and Curtis will find the
lost acceptable candidate in General
anks. In the language of Republican
aper, she stands, now, just where Sum-
Or did in his relations to the Republican
arty." Men of both parties can con- q
ientiously vote FOX him. In his wide ex- a
'rience as legislator, speaker, member Of b
ongress Governor, General, and again T.
ongressman, he is without rival in the D,
Besides all this, long al
fore the popular heart was stirred by the s.
rglnius outrage, General Banks was a d.
m and consistent advocate of the rights to
free Cuba. 1t is to him rather than to :,
'ams the Democrats will turn when the