Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-06-28
The Ticket.

The action of the Cincinnati Con-
ventlon was something of a surprs.,
but 1t will command the approval Of a
large majority Of Republicans, and the
ticket will have the cordial support of
the whole party Gov. Hayes is
man OF whom it is impossible to say
word of evil Personally be is not
only above reproach but above suspic-
lou. There are no dark corners in
his history which need investigation
or have ever set the tongue of scandal
wAgglng. He has been distinguish
ed soldier, an incorruptible Congress
man, and an able and popular Gov
ernor. Outside of Ohio he has been
almost unknown until very recently;
but the high regard in which be is
he'd by his own people is the best
testimony to his private character.
The Tribune certainly, which support
ed him so strenuously when he was
fighting his gallant fight for hard
money against the Allen and Cary
madmen last year, can find no fault
with his nomination now. The Libe-
rails and Independent Reformers who
lent all their strength to his canvass
in 1875 will sustain him in the trials
of broader but easier field. The re-
torm element of the party will feel
that its just demands have been con
suited IN his nomination; aud those
who belle 7e in good money will see
in his name better pledge for speedy
resumption than any resolutionss Of a
Convention could give, and an ample
compensation for the vagueness of the
platform.
Mr.. Wheeler, like Gov. Hayes is a
sound Republican from conviction
and not from the love of Office. Like
Gov. Hayes, also, he is thoroughly
and conspicuously honest man, to
whom investigation can bring no EN-
barrassment, but only brighter credit
While he is in full accord with his
party, he is remembered with honor
by the Independents for his admirable
conduct in the Louisiana investigation
and the digni6ed and temperate re.
port in which be rebuked the errors
of the Administration in dealing 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 of
the most formidable that have been
suggested on either side, and although
| it can not be said that the course is
entirely clear while the Democracy
have yet to be heard from, it seems
almost certain that Hayes and Wheel
er are to be the officers iuaugurated
next March. Mr.. Blaine has made a
magnificent fight aud has developed
| qualities of leadership of which no
other candidate has shown sign.
Convinced that be had been mostly
unjustly attacked, The Tribune sup
ported him, and the extraordinary
scenes when his name was mentioned
at Cincinnati showed that he control
led not merely the support but the
sympathies of a very large section of
the Republican party. But his most
ardent friends must now admit first,
that he had better enemies in his own
party; and secondly, that his campaign,
if he had been nominated, would of
necessity be defensive one. There
are no such objections to Messrs.
Hayes and Wheeler. They represent
conciliation and cordiality within the
party. They will unite all the hither
to jarring factions, and enable even
Brlstow men and Conkling men to
march to the polls together The con-
vention moreover has shown great sa-
gacity in considering the question
locality. :The nomination of Gov.
Hayes secures the largest Of the Octoss
ber States, whose vote must infuenc
all the rest in November, and the Sc
lection Of Mr.. Wheeler does all that is
possible to appropriate the vote of
New York. The Democrats will find
it almost impossible to make a more
popular ticket, We shall be glad to see
| = tsy TO .n,' better one.-Neso
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