Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-06-28
THE TICKET.
N. =. Tribune June 20.

The action of the Cincinnati Con.
ventiOn was something of surprise
but 1t will command the approval ol
large majority of Republicans, and
the ticket will have the cordial sup
port of the whole party. Gov. Hayes
is man of whom it is impossible to
say word of evil. Personally he IL
not only above rcproach, but above
suspicion. There are no dark corn
ers in his history which need investi-
CATION or have ever set the tongue of
scandal wagging. lie has been a dis
tinguished soldier, an incOrruptible
Congressman, AN able and very
popular Governor. Outside of Ohio
he has been almost unknown until
very recently but the high regard in
which he is held by his own people is
the best testimony to his private char.
acter. The TRIBUNE certainly, which
supported him so strenuously when
he was fighting his gallant fight fol
hard money against the Allen and
Cary madmen last year, can find no
fault with his nomination now. The
Liberals and Independent Reformers
who lent all their strength to his cam
vass in 1875, will sustain him i'm the
trials of broader but easier field.
The reform element Of the party will
feel that its just demands have been
consulted in his nomination; and
those who believe in good money will
see in his name better pledge for
speedy resumption than any resoln-
tions of a convention could give, and
an ample compensation for the vague
ness of the platform.
Mr.. Wheeler, like Gov. Hayes. is a
sound Republican from conviction
and not from the love Of Office. Like
Governor Hayes, also, he is thor
oughly and dconspicu0usly honest man,
to whom investigation can bring no
embarrassment, but brighter credit.
While he is In full accord with his
party, he is remembered with honor
by the Independents for his admir-
able conduct in the Louisiana investi-
CATION and the dignified and temper
ate report, in which he rebuked the
errors of the Administrative in deal
ing with that unfortunate State. His
name is the very strongest that could
have been chosen for effect upon New
York.
The combination, indeed, is one oil
the most formidable that has been
suggested on either side, and alth O
1t cannot be said that the course is en-.
tirely clear while the Democracy have
yet to be heard from, it seems almost
certain that Hayes and Wheeler are
to be the officers inaugurated next
March. Mr.. Blaine has made mag.
niticent fight, and has developed quail.
tiles of leadership of which no Other
candidate has shown a sign. Con.
vinced tha1 he had been most unjust
ly attacked, the TRIBUNE supported
him, and the extraordinary scenes
when his name was mentioned a
Cincinnati, showed that he controlled
not only the support but the sympa
thies Of very large portion of tn,
Republican party. But his most ar
dent friends must now admit, first
that he had bitter enemies in his owl
party; and secondly, that his cam
paign. If he had been nominated
would, of necessity, been defensive
one. There are no such objections Il
Messrs. Hayes and Wheeler. The,
represent Cancellation and cordially
within the party. They will unite al
the hitherto jarring factions, and en-
able even BristOw men and Conklinf
mon to march to the polls together
The Convention moreover has showl
great sagacity in considering the ques
ton of locality. The nomination o
Gov. Hayes secures the largest of th'
October States, whose vote must in
duence all the rest in November, ant
the selection of Mr.. Wheeler does al
that is possible to appropriate tn
vote of New York. The Democrat
will find 1t almost impossible to max
. more popular ticket; we shall b
| glad to see them try to make bette
IOne.