Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-24
n ..oaher Guess at the Great Tn.
known.

The political prognos tications by the cor
= SpQrdents Of the New York Times, In
srious parts Of the country, have been in
ust years rather noted for shrewdness, or In
way OF lucky guesses. The following
en- the Ohio correspondent of that paper
ray therefore be worth puttiug a pin in as
Int towards the color OF the Great Un-
o. own:
There is another element In the political
s,fuation, and IL has the great merit OF
J.t hness. Ohio has candidate thus far
announced, and in certain contingencies
III present him, In the person of Hoo. Al
} JoDsO Taft, the present Secretary of War.
I nat this notion Is something more than a
iy the fact that IL IL entertained by gentle
Len not only in this state, but In many
. her states. There are a great many people
no believe that Blaine. Morton, Bristow
"a d C~nkling, whom all admit will lead on
q first ballot, will succeed In killing each
O her of with neatness and dispatch. Then
tie convention will have nobody but Hayes,
Tor these prophets surmise that long before
this interesting epoch Pennsylvania will
lave succeeded in barteriDg away Hart
Ianft, and that the whole lot of favorite
sors, with the single possible exception OF
Hay es, VIII have disappeared from the pub
lie gaze For the reasons which have been
stated, Hayes also may suffer eclipse about
The sane tine. Then the convention will
be without candidate, and IL must have
one on the instant, for Ii cannot suffer itself
70 get into the sad plight Of the poor indie
RNANShtc ~ w Ito sQAlI De
thrust into the breach and ill the void?' ask
these DISCOVERIES. They ans wer their own
Question by saying, Why Secretary Taft,
they are Lot altogether absurd. The
dilemma they foresee is by no means
Impossible, although 1t is not proba-
BILE; bat should Ii come, there is
force In their advocacy OF Mr.. Taft
They argue that although little while ago
Secretary TAFT was wholly unknown to the
public st large, recent events have brought
him TO the attention of the nation as m an of
great ability, high character, intrepid hon.
esty, and rare aptitude for executive trusts
That Secretary Taft has had nothing to do
with this scneme, or more properly dream, is
absolutely certain, and he will probably hear
OF IL for the first time as q matter seriously
contemplated by any one, when be reads this
letter. II may be added that in such an event
IS the nomination Of Mr.. TAFT, everybody
says ne Will sweep the state, but for that
matter nearly all republicans say that since
Inc awful laundering of the democrats on
wednesday, any candidate Of the Cincinnati
cid indeeAsay that Mr.. Conklin could not
do IL because of what he called his "yiudic-
tive opposition to all western interests;D but
he was a solitary exception. Everybody else
agreed that Ohio can be carried both in Octo-
Der and November with any one. With
Blaine, or Morton, or Conkling, they said IL
will be ralher tough work; with Bristow,
Hayes, or Taft IL Will be easy. Gov Moves
put the prevailing opinion when his said To
me: Haul Ohio right out of the list OF
doubtful states; the democrats have made il
more surely republican than we could ever
have done ourselves"