The Morning herald., 1875-08-23
SHAPING a SLATE.

A TICKET BY THE SOUTHERN DEMocRAcY-
| BAYARD OR cLYNER FOR THE VICE PRRsI
DENcY-THE PRESIDENT TO CONE FROl
THE WEST.
Editor Aorning Hsrald. - Politicians ol
the kind who take very strong interest In
national affairs, like certain species Of birds
have certain places to flock to at certain
seasons Of the year. In the West during
the summer months, St. Louis, or Cincin-
natl, appears to be their resting place. In
the East, the White Mountains or the Coast
of Maine. In the North, Saratoga or Long
Branch, are the places, where the tickets
are shaped, but bere in old Greenbrier, is
the Mecca of the southern politicians hap
piness. We have here this summer all the
representative southern politicians who are
as busy at the present time shaping slate
for the next Presidential election as It is
possible for them to be without trespassing
too much opon their rest. In the lead arc
Pinkney Whyte, Senator from Maryland,
and General Gordon, Of Georgia, both of
whom are recognized as leaders in the DEM
ocratic party of the South.
Whyte is man of profound learning, he
Is deep thinker, an eloquent and logical
speaker and graceful writer. Gordan was
q gallant soldier in the confederate army and
has shown himself an able debator. In the
private meetings held It has been determin-
ed that the next candidate named for the
Presidency on the Democratic ticket must
come from the West. The reasons stated
for this are: That all the candidates that
have been named by the party since the war
have been from the East. Mcclellan, Sew
mour and Greeley, were all from New York,
and In order to secure the favor of the Wes-
tern Democrats, some one of the able men
they have In that section must be the next
choice. Who that able man is to be has not
yet been determined. But with good man
from the West for President, and popular
man from the East or South as Vice Presi-
dent, the ticket would be undeniably strong.
In connection with the Vice Presidency two
names have been mentioned, both of which
it Is thought would prove very popular in
an election. Their names are: Hon. T.
=. Bayard, of your own State, and Hon.
Hester NJ. Clymer, of Pennsylvania. Of
the two men, Mr.. Bayard is the most favor
ably spoken Of, and the only thing that
moves in favor Of Clymer is that he comes
from State that has so many more cleo
toral votes than Delaware.
But this is counterbalanced by the indis-
putable fact that Mr.. Bayard enjoys more
general popularity than Clymer and is, by
far, the ablest man of the two. Clymer Is |
very popular with the Southern people, as
he mingles freely with the representatives
ffr0r, tbat Ian III Congress and is thoy-
oughly III sympathy with them. Mr.. Bay
ard is equally as much favorite with the
Southern people and would command a
large vote among them. To whom the
preference will be given has not assumed
such shape as can lead to any conclusion,
but all with whom have conversed state
that the chances are greatly in Bayard's
favor, and that his popularity will COM
pletely over balance the objections raised on
account of the small number of electoral
votes Delaware has.
...s. IvANHog.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w. VA,
August 10Th, 1875.