The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-07-01
The Presidency.


its work and the record thereof passed
into history. On the seventh ballot, on
The third day of the session, Rutherford
b. Hayes, of Ohio, was nominated as
President, with VIM. 4. Wheeler, of
New York, for Vice President. In
the last issue of this paper Will be foud
the details of the proceedings and the
result of each ballot, together with
few extracts from the platform as adopt
ed. These nominations will be received
with approval by the party generally
throughout the country. Gov. Hayes
has good war record and has made a
record as a statesman, being well vcrscd
in political economy, sound upon the
currency question and other issues of
vital Importance to the people of the
country. Supported in the convention
as he was by the noblest and purest ell
ement of the New York politicians, by
the Bristow element, which was pccu-
liarly earnest in its desire to fix upon a
statesman above suspicion, and by the
sober second thought of the intelligent
majority of the convention, he stands
before the country to-day, the repre-.
sentative of that body e the republican
party which demands honest money,
equal rights for all before the law, and
IL true and faithful administration of
national affairs. Backed up by the
moral force of such a constituency, and
being the statesman that he is, he can
know ''no such word as fall" and will
succeed General Grant rs President of
the United States. The nomination of
Secretary Bristow seeming impossible.
Gov. Hayes was the next choice of the
Independent, or liberal element of the
rank and file OF the party, and was de-
clarcd by the representatives of that
element to be the nominee of the con-
vention. There is q three-fold signif-
canoe in the nomination. First, the re-
form wing ct the party have been salts
fed in the convention, thus obviating
the possibility of break in the party
ranks in the contest before the pcopc of
the country in November. Second, the
mass of loyal republicans of the coun-
try in refusing to accept Conkling or
Blaine as their nominee, have refused
to risk another lease of power to the CO.
horts of the present administration, or
the possibility of having to support
candidate who was found bcsmirchcd
with the very evils which the party is
cndeavoring to cast ont. Third, that
as the lcavcn of reform, introduced
into republican politics, has so far leav-
cncd the lump as to control the great
dcliberative assembly of the party and
dictate the men and the measures that
are to have precedence in the ccnten-
NAL campaign, it is therefore conclusive
that the party contains the germ of
progress and can still further be trusted
with the rcins of government.
The result OF the convention an
nounccd MIR. Blaine, is, in all probabili.
ty laid upon the shelf forever as pres
idential aspirant; but there remains
useful sphere of action for him in other
departments Of the public service. The
country cherishcs his ability and patrot-
ism anG cannot well dispense with his
services in the halls of Congress, where
he has done effective work in the main
ienance of the principals for which SO
many lives We're sacrificed on the field
OF battle and a debt incurred that is an.
nnally drawing millions from the pub
lie treasury.
Mr.. Wheeler, the nominee for Vice
President, is prominent member of
Congress from New York, and, it is
thought, will carry as much strength to
the l cket as amy man who could have
been nominated.