Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-18

ministration of public affairs, should
be the paramount object Of both parties
in selecting their candidates. In the
reflections Of Blaine and the nomination
of Hayes, the Republican party has
evinced an appreciation Of the fact that
the people will not At this time permit
. party cry to drown the voice of rea.
som; and it is to be hoped that the
Demccratic- National Convention will
indicate its appreciation of the same
fact. That A. q. Thurman possesses
all the requisites for q first class presi
Dental candidate for the times is con
coded by a large majority of the mem
bers of both parties, whom WI have.
heard express an opinion upon the sub
ject; but the fact of his losing the dele
CATION of his W State, virtually strikes
him of the list of available candidates;
therefore we present some of the con
siderations which lead us 10 the belief
that Governor Tilden is the best noml-
nation that can, under the circum-
stances, be made at 81. Louis. That he
Is . man OF eminent ability and unim
~peachabIe integrity. no candid person
will deny. That he is popular with the
people of his W State is evident from
tho fact that he was elected Governor
over General Dix. the most popular
leader in the Republican party, by fifty
thousand majority.
There Is n good reason why the
members Of the Democratic party
proper should not support either Til
den, Bayard, Hendricks or any one of
q dozen other prominent members OF
the party that might be named; and it
Is safe to calculate that the great body
Of the Republican party will support
the nominations made at Cincinnati
day before yesterday. The only rea-
sonable hope then OF the Democrats
for aid outside of their organization is
in the Independent voters.
Who among the Democratic states
men named will be most likely to se-
cure the Independent vote? We have
carefully noted the current Of express
sion among Independent leaders and
Independent papers and We have yet
to find the first one of either expires
sing q preference for Bayard, Hen
bricks, or any other Democrat over
Tiiden.
The class of men represented by Carl
Schurz, VIM. Cullen Bryant, ex-vice
President Foster and Charles Francis
Adams, Jr., invariably express a pref
erence for Governor Tilden. on the
Democratic side. The independent
papers, such q the New York Sun,
Springi cid Republican, Cinciannti
Commercial and Boston Herald, are
o~utspoken in declaring him to be their
choice as q reform candidate on the
Democratic side. Can Democrats who
prefer Bayard or Hendricks point to a
single leader or paper representing the
Independent vote of the country that
has not expressed a preference for Til
den Z IT they then desire the Inds-
pendent ote to aid them in electing
their nominee, is it not the part of
wisdom to present the candidate that
will be most acceptable to those whose
aid they seek
Nearly all the Independent voters
have af1liated with the Republican
party in the past. The Democratic
party has not been in power, has not
siisnated and driven off its supporters
by corruption and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
and hence the candidates and sur-
rounding circumstances being equal
on the two sides, the independents will
naturally fall back and act with their
former political associates. This ten
dency IL apparent in the action of the
Independent Conference held at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, under the lead of
Carl Schurx. sIf the Republicans
nominate Bristow we shall support
him; II not, and the Democrats NOM
inats Ti;deN we shall support him."
was the sentiment that cropped out
everywhere In that meeting. There is
not = purer. nobler or safer statesman
in the country than Senator Bayard.
He would make q most excellent Pres
ident, but IL nominated the Demo-
Gratis have got to labor to convince the
people, especially the Independents,
upon whom they will be compelled to
rely, Of that fact, while, as to Tilden,
they are already convinced and com
mitted. Governor Tilden's position
and opportunities have been such that
he has made an impression or the
popular mind and Q record that
draws the friends Of reform to him,
and If the Democrats take another can
didate they throw away the great adj
vantage thatthis tide OF popular feeling
aud tendency affords them. That the