The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-29
Little states 10 tho Front.

ktlfe N9GeStdency or Vice Presidency
yhef 'shR law, written or unwritten, to
hinder any Sha1e. from oherishlng tn,
hope that the highest offices In the
nation may be illled by her favorite
SONS. Here, for instance, js Delaware.
with candidate for tho Democratic
nomination for President In the person
Of Senator Bayard, and the party might
go further and fare very much worse.
And Delaware is not lnrge State ono
of the smallest. In fact. Her electoral
votes have never been reckoned of any
consequences by politicians of IL
statistical turn. who tabuate tho
probable Presidential vote and thereon
inveigle wagers from tho unwary.
Being but three I'm number they are Of
no consequence to anybody, and so the
politicians who "back their opinions"
spurn them, and the politicians who
make Presidents never take the little
State into account. when they arc
searching for the etindidate who will
"strsngthcn the ticket" But this Ia n
good year for small States to put them
selves forward. Both parties are quite
Mt sea I'm the matter or candidates and
there's no telling what 1t will end In.
Lightning may strike Delaware or
Rhode Island, though we confess that
at this writing we do not think of apy
Island mood put up " lightning rod.
Just over the line, however, I'm COnneo-
tieug. great hopes are harbored. There
Is ~ serious impression In that small
but active little Commonwealth that
she will furnish some kind Of n capdi-
date for something or other I'm the
Presidential election. There Is senator
james u. English, for instance. who. in
the Judgment of many sangun6 friends.
is quite liable to be nominated fo,.
President or Vice President by tho
Democracy. He was voted for In tho
National Convention of 1868. and there
bs those who to this day can demon.
strate that in certain contingencies he
would have been nominated. And they
describe the contingencies at great
length. On tho other side there are,
Postmaster General Jewell and OK Unv
Hawley, WHO IRE believed by their
friends TO booked-one or the other
al thgni@ fdr one or tho other Of the two
grtW offices. And 10 Is quite certain
thdt neither OF them would decline
either place.
Both these gentleman ore engaged at
present In patriotic public labors Mr..
Jewell ls occupied with practical reforms
In the Department over which be nre.
sides doing something which strangely
enough had never occurred to nny
" statesman" to wit, trying to applv
business principles and what Mr.. Lin
coin used to call "horse sense to tho
conduct Of business matters In Govern.
ment affairs. Gen. Hawley Ia at tbe
head OF the Centennial Commission.
doing energetic and earnest work for
that enterprise, and leaving nothing
undone that he con contribute to It's s1c-
cess and the honor OF the nation.
rffh hn fntl L. \
only six ELECTORAL votes, and Ia not
u keystone, or keynote. Or
an arbiter of the destinies Of Of
the nation, or any of those other bean-
tiful figures OF speech which Now York.
Pennsylvania and Ohio have appropri,
nted. She offers two candidates, and Is
hopeful for ono or tho other, or both.
Neither Of the gentlemen named, as we
aro told, feels aifronted by illusions tO
the subject. and both may bo consiG
cred as occupying before the country
tho attitude Of the. photographer sub
loct when ne is told to SIT easy and
look natural" Weare glad to learn, as
we do by the way OF Washington. that
the danger Of any misunderstanding or
rivalry. between the two has been
avcrted. The friends Of Con. HawIey.
1t seems, were apprehensive that nr,
Engagements had been made by Mr..
Jewell's friends to "pack =" = that
Is the word used, we belisve-~the
State Convention shortly to be held. SO
as to secure tho appointment Of Jewell
delegates to tho National Convention,
They solemnly protested against it.
The result Is that IN understanding has
been effected between the rival chiefs
fort tho appointment OF mutual friends
OF the two candidates, who shall decide
after the Convention meets and before
u vote Is taken which Of them has The
best chance, and throw their whole
strength for him. part Of this BRO
grammc Is understood to be that s1en
Hawley shall head the delegation. This
Is an excellent arrangement. We see
but ono thing in the way Of its being
carried out Tho Postmaster at New
Haven was not consulted In It. And he
is person who attends caucuses and Ia
Interested in politics and has q large
He may have other
plans.
But however that may be. it is en-
ing to the front with their candidates.
Just as clipper and hopeful as though
they were keystones and all that sort OF
thing. 1t Indicates belief, In the
small States at any rate, that candidates
for President and Vice President nav
be nominated on their merits, ard not
on account OF the number Of electoral
votes they can carry. 1t may 0e a de-
lusion, but IL Is n pleasing one. Anv
one Of the gentlemen named would flfJ
the Presidential office better than~but
comparisons ard odorous. Let the lit
Tie States step up then and act as
though they thought they mad chance.
Mr.. Comstock, wflo for several yeara
past has been engaged in endeavoring
to suppress the traffic In immoral arti-
cles, recently gave some astonishing
statistics before the New York legisla-
two committee on crime. He stated
that In the last three years twenty-five
tons OF indecent books, pictures and
immoral articles had been seized
by him. These had gone among
the. very best schools and semi
naries In the country, and among the
very best families. Very often lists OF
children In all the principal seminarieg
and young ladies boarding schools were
seized, and the manner In which the
dealers had procured these names wag
very ingenious. The dealer would send
to each principal circular stating THAI
he was about To publish United States
directory Of all boys and girls In schools
etc, Offering to pay five cents for every
name. sent to him. These lists OF names
would hnncafnrfh haccyno 9. 70.