The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-06
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One of the ssMagi."
The N. r. Tribune is exceedingly owl
ish in its political wisdom. Its COM
iments under date of April 3, would lead
one to fancy that they were written on
EAu Fools Day, and laid over to the 3d
Iof the month. According to the Tribune
there is really no Presidential candidate
Efor either party who has any chance OF
nomination. The Tribaae's political Sol
onion thus dogmatically disposes OF ev-
erybody, as being of no manner of ae-
count in the coming campaign. He
says:
s1. Gov. Hartranft is in no sense serious
candidate. Nobody either out Of Pennsylva-
mia OF in it has any real purpose Of trying to
nominate him. Gov. Hayes has few friends
who really think he is q candidate; but the
rest Of the Ohio delegation and all the rest of
tho Ohio politicians know great deal better.
Roscoe Conkling is a candidate IN dead earn
est, and means to do his very best for the NOM
ination.
.ss2. Neither Of these three gentlemen has
delegation that has the remotest intention or
expectation of nominating him. The only one
Nho is serious candidate (Conkling) is also
the only one VINO can not get the united vote OF
his own delegation, even for compliment
tary ballot. He is also the only one whom the
politicians know to be utterly incapable, even
II nominated, Of carrying his own State. Hayes
might carry Ohio; Hartranft would pretty GER
tainly carry Pennsylvania; New York would
90 against Conkling by fifty thousand majority,
and it is doubtful if he could carry fifty per
gent OF the respectable Republican vote even Of
this city,"
That disposes OF three prominent Re-
publican candidates, just as easy as
ssrolling off log" Concerning them
everything is simply a solemn Joke. No
body is in earnest about them.
The Titan of the Tribune next tackles
Bristow and Blaine and Morton. and
whistles them down the wind just as cas-
lily as he did the others. Hear him:
ss The most popular candidate thus far is
the one who seems to be securing the fewest
delegates. Mr.. Bristow's popularity in fact Id
Di a kind which can not be made effective in
the conventions. since it does not extend
among the men who control caucuses and
choose delegates. He could very probably get
to-day for the nomination the su1frages OF
more Republican voters at the North than any
other candidate could, command. But his
friends have no hold upon the nominating con-
ventions, and so far as effective strength for
Cincinnati is concerned, it does not appear
that he has made the slightest progress in the
past four weeks"
So that settles BRIsTow; and now for
BLAINE. OF him, this solemn "bird OF
Minerva" that shoots" through the Irib-
2tRe thus soliloquizes:
81 Mr.. Blaine's strength is overrated. He
will get considerable part of the New York
delegation, but, on the other hand, he does not
have New England solid, and recent develop
menrs make 1t clear that his hold upon Penn
sylvania is more than problematical He Is,
however, making some inroads at the South.
lie may probably count on Virginia, and pos
sibly also on fair share of the Louisiana
delegates"
That lays Blaine out; and now there
remains only MORTON. The tribune man
thinks Morton formidable, because of a
corrupt combination between him and
the Cameron clique to make Don Cam.
eron, Simon's son, Secretary OF the
Treasury under Morton; and thinks this
combination will defeat Blaine, unless
he will consent TO the same terms.
Therefore, this "wise man OF the Easp'
concludes thus:
"a real danger, therefore, Of the Republican
party to-day, may be, that while its best mer
are struggling for an ideal candidate in thu
person of Bristow, they may suddenly wake
MP to Andthemselves saddled with very prac-
teal one in the person OF Morton"
And in this wise does this destroyer
20 forth, through the columns OF the
Tribune, to the indiscriminate slaughter
OF the innocents, not even leaving one
single survivor OF the Republican candi
dates to tell the awful tale.
Having cleaned out the Republican
ranks and overturned all their idols, h,
next approaches the Democratic canai
dates, but gets no further than Tflden
apparently not knowing that there !
any other leader Of that party. Afte
saying that the Democratic forces ar
vet unfedged, or s'less devetoped,n tni
writer says:
aTt may safely be said, however, that tn
falk shout taking the New YORK Conyentio
away from Tilden is twaddlc. His friends be
Iiare that be will yet be their candidate for tn