, 1874-03-17
SENATOR SUMMERS SUCCESSOR,

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. SENATOR SUMMERS SUCCESSOR.
4 week from to-day the Massachusetts, LeglH-
laturo will elect, or begin trying to elect, suo
cessor to Wobster and Sumner. The mnn who
follows two such statesmen should DO states
nun himself. If tho Legislature appreciates TINT
patent fact thoroughly aB the Stasopr seen,s
to do, two.thirds Of tho candidates now in the
fold might Us we'll save themselves from great
trouble and certain defeat by publishing cards Of
withdrawal. Dutlor's rotircmont receives this
unkind notice from the Worcester Gazette:
Gen. Dut1ur ia kind enough to promptly inform
broathess country TINT he docs not propose to stop at
once Into the sloes Of Senator Sulnner. We should
like to eco him try.
The Gazette will doubtless have itn wish
granted when the next vacancy occurs. Butler's
frionls say ho will be elected Governor noxs
November Tin spite of all tile deacons and devils
in tie State" 1t is sometimes Al easy stop from
Governor to Senator, as Og'esby has shown us
aud as Doyeridgo hopes to show US. II q Butler
man, or man who will keep the peace with But
Ter, stops into Summons shoes now, those ehoos
will DO apt to be fitted on his patrons foot next
March. If Ruch man is chosen, the respectable
Republicans Of Massachusetts,, who have bceu
f1orcey saying that If Republcanisn means But
lorism they will surely bolt, will DO called upon
to fulfill that direful promise. The party press,
howovor, dooa not mean to suffer that dreadful
if to ripen into fact. The Boston
Advertiser thinks tho choice will bo
confined to throo men;-Charlea Francis
Adams, Judge Hoar, and nlr. Dawes.
Other Republican papers add tho na,nos Of tho
trio Of Governors, Waahburn, Bullock, and Olif-
ford. and DR.. Loriug, Robert @. Winthrop, who
flllod Webstor's unexpirod form and was de-
fcatod for. recollection by Sumner, Congresa-
man Piorco, Con. Danks Joshua 3. Smith, John
Francis Adams, Jr. By collating a numbor OF
editorial opinions, we tlnd tlat tho choice Is
beloved to lie between Pierce, Hoar, Dawes,
Sanford, ind tho AdamBos, father and son. OF
these, all but Dawes arc pronounced anti-Butlor
mon. The Boston correspondent Of tue Spring.
fold Republican Bnys that tho causeH which
dofoated Dawes last year, Plus his singular
silence during the Simmons Bquabble'
will defeat him now. He could Ill DO spared
from tho House, though it would be q gain to
the country 1t his transfer to tho Senate should
fros him from his unfortunate subBcrviency to
tho politician Of the evil oyo. He cannot but
feel that ne Ii HOW out OF placo In tho leading
BtringB Of that demagogue. Apparently the one
thing lacking to mako him statesman is manly
independence. A sent in the Senate might give
him this or something that would pass for it..
The Republican thinks that piosco'B support will
be absorbed by Judge Hour. 1t is argued against
tho latter that he would ontor the Senate
with bitter feelings against tho men who
kept him OF tho Supreme Bench, and would
thus be prevented from heartily cooperating with
tho party. Ho ia = scholar, gentleman, and q
moderately independent man. The State might
20 farther and fare worao. john E. Sanford is
young man, which is q strong point in his favor
There is mood OF young blood in the Senate. uo
ia pronounced foo to Butler, which ia prima
jfacie proof Of honesty. Ho ia better known thnu
Sumner WIS when Massachusetts asked: "Whc
| is the new Senator, anyhow 2" Tho two Ad,
| amses need no oncomium. Both lavo nation
al reputation, the elder IN intonationa
one. Both hayo studied craftsmanship
Both are original thinkers. Both aro Of that
high typo Of culture which has made Maaaachu
Botts the only State to Bivo lta namo to schoo
| OF thought. Probably neither Of thom is sub
soryiont enough 10 party ties to bo al available
candidate. Tho elder Adams and ex-prosiden
Woolgoy aro the ableRt international juristB il
the country. Tho younger Inns the advantage o.
being the younger. II he were elected to tn
Senate now. his career there might bo as lon1
and as honorable aB that Of either Of lis pre-
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