The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-27
PUBLIC OPINION.

This ID the issue, and the party In powe
onall be held to IL and to no other. B,
adopting Tilden Il IL held to rs firml!
a II II were grasped In wise. II Bostol
Post (Dem.)
The Issue should bo clearly and defin
(. itely made at st. Louis on the repeal
the resumption bill. Then to place
beforo the country standard bearers o
( national reputation, of sp0tless integrity
aud tried st9tesmanship, and the victory
~ ours. Indianapolis Sentinel tDem.
The st. Louis Convention has but te
bo governed by the spirit Of patriotic
harmony, presenting to the country q
ttatesmanlike ticket and platform, to
igtfAtiop. Tilden and Hendricks, Oh
Hancock and Hendricks, or Hendricks
and Bayard can win. Lexington (Ky.)
Dispatch fDen.)
Tlldcn will In NIL probability start In
y tho convention with "a clear majority of
all the delegates from Northern States
II Will then be In the power OF the South
t. name the candidate by voting for
|SY SYs| Mn I of aE's
course I. q . w,sdoin sn'i mind and good policy. =
The Southern delegates will come TO
~. Louis prepared to offer assurances
that li6 electoral votes will be given the
nominee or the Convention, and they
propose to allow the representatives OF
the party who are only required to
assure Its success by carrying enough
states to cast sixty-nine votes. to name
the candidates aud construct the plat
form upon which the contest must be
fought out. The Southern Democrats
are In earnest this time, and they pro-
pose to make any sacrifice OF their own
predictions In order that victory may
be assured. Little Rock Ark Herald
Don Piatt says he has "seen HAYES
blush like girl at some word Of praise
uttered Ia his presence. II he adds to
this remarkable un-Amerlcan oharac-
tertstlc that OF reading the papers Of his
party, what dear, rosy-fnced old gen.
tlomen he will most likely be.-until the
coming election. News and Courier
dem.
while preferring Bayard or Thurman,
we have always been inclined, as our
readers well know, to acknowledge the
strong points ia favor OF the gallant
Hancock on the score Of availability.
and contemplated contingency In
which the Democracy would be shut up
TO his nomination. That contingency
seems to arise with the nomination Of
Gov. Hayes. Il Richmond Enc. (Dem.
We see no ALTERNATIVES for the West but
TO support tho ticket nominated at ST.
Louis. The. greenback cause has no
hope without the aid Of the Democratic
party, aud we do not see how greenback
Democrats can do any good by desert
ing the Democracy In this contest. But
neither do we see how the Democracy
can succeed In this contest without the
aid q the grecnback sentiment. Il Kan
eas. City (Mo.l Times (Dem.)
Who and what Is Hayes? Well, Il is
rather hard to tell. He is tho fellow
that got elected to Congress from Gin
ctnnatt by votes thrown ny u regiment, |
Qf which he was member, somewhere |
down In Virginia. He Is the chap that |
E0t ahead OF roaring old Bill Allen In |
tho last race for Governor OF Ohio. The |
rHCe was won by about a length. He Is |
near enough to nobody to he let alone,
and near enough to nothing to be good
candidate for the Republican party
Chicago Times (lnd.
what the course OF the Ohio delega-
Iion Will De, after giving Allen q compli-
mcntary 4 vote, is not known; but 1t Is
my opinion that 1t will be anxious to
lake Hancock as compromise. The
truth Is that the Ohio delegation are
only keeping up. their gresnback fight
now In order to find good opportunity
10 get out OF what thcy recognize to be
: bad scrape. There never were but
lew. crazy tnflationists In Ohio. The
OF the Democratic leaders were
to the resumption act. but they
we're not IN favor OF imitation. A few
men who had o particular spite at Thur
nan have been running the party in
)hios and have run 1t into the fix it Is In.
rhe sober, level l-headed people want to
ret back to solid ground again, and they
vorld be glad to do 1t by going for Han
,ock. It would be too great a surrender
o so for Tilden, or Bayard. or Thur
nan, because they are pronounced hard
money men; while Hancock, who Is
equally hard, has made no record on
bis question. .--[Courier-J Journal (Dem.
Grant has given the Hayes ticket his
hearty Endorsement and turned the Ad-
over to his support. Grant