The Portland daily press., 1876-06-19
The Newspapers on the Nomination.

With such man upon the Cincinnati plat
form the victory of the Republican party in
the coming election is assured. He is the
just and proper complement of the principles
announced by the Convention. A soldier
and a statesman; residing in the very heart of
the country; known and esteemed by his own
people; in the very prime of life; this nom-
nation has come to him without any effort on
his part, and his whole past is guaranty of
a wise and patriotic future.-Prouidence
Journal.
The Republican Convention took middle
course yesterday. 1t might have done better
and it came near doing great deal worse
The nomination is just good enough to take
the wind out of the sails of third party, and
and rot too good for the stomachs of the
bummers. Hayes will poll the full strength of
the party and divide the independent vote.
His canddature will excite no animosty, and
he is a clean man whose reputation cannot
be "assassinated," as John Hogan says, ''by
investigation" Mr.. Hayes will, if elected
purify the political atmosphere of the White
House, for he does not like thieves or row.
dies.-Boston Herald.
From the Democratic standpoint the op-
posing forces seem to have the form of a row
of en-pins-broadening toward the rear.
"Compromise" Wheeler is visible on both
sides of Hayes. He is known through the
famous Louisiana compromise, which was so
skilfully drawn that the Conservatives in
agreeing ito it not only yielded the hons
share, but pledged themselves not to COM
plain on the feigned issue of the Pope's toe.
Hayes beat Bill Allen, the latter being
handicapped by an idotic platform. And
that's about all the masses know about them.
Our Republican friends would present bet
ter front if they would back into the contest.
Worcester Press.
The giants having strangled each other at
Cincinnati, the pigmies came finally to the
front. Gov. Hayes, of Ohio, and Mr.. Wheel
er, of New York, who were chosen for the
first and second places, respectively, on the
Republican ticket, are gentlemen who have
done comparatively little to make themselves
known, and hence occupy an envlable posi-
tion among the multitudes Of investigated
statesmen of their party. Gov. Hayes has
served without distinction, good or bad, in
Congress, and has been three times elected
Governor of Ohio, on the last occasion max
ing his canvass on the anti-Catholic issue
which the National Republican platform now
undertakes to present in muddled fashion.
Mr.. Wheeler now represents the Seventeenth
New York District in Congress, where he has
held seat for seven years, making few
speeches, but voting always with the party
Boston Post (Dem.)
The Sixth Republican National Convention
has done its work nobly. 1t has given Us a
ticket which every Republican in the land can
support with pride and heartiness-a ticket
suggestive of at once the great princi-
pies of our organization and of its
heroic achievements both in peace and
in war aticket clean aud pure, free from all
rings, combinations and things needing expa-
nation--a ticket which has come to the front,
spontaneously, as it were, as embodying the
best that could be done under present cir
cumstances to meet the demands of the best
sentiment Of the Republican masses of to-