Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-06-24

that ne usually KNOWS Ills uleIl,Se-
lected Mr.. Wheeler as the chair
man of the committee on Pacific
railroads."
The New York Sun (ind.) says:
"The Cincinnati convention had
among its nominees strong men,
like Morton and Conkling, who
stood for the power, policy and
history of the republican party; j.
had a practical reformer in b <fcs
tow, who possessed the CO .oe oitv
for valuable work /: &c had IN
Washburne one of Ire earliest
champions FAD all old-tima lead
er Of tne republican party :it had
in Blaine a notorious jobber and
trickster but it selected q man
unknown to craftsmanship, un-
known to reform, End unknown
in party traditions, it took him as
the only hope of averting the tri-
umph o the great cerruptionists,
with W ON t,Ae party would have
been Wnlriea 10 the ruin which
awaits 1T III an EVENT.
The N ew York Journal of Com
merce Says:
"Ine nomination of Governor
HSyes for the presidency is a vir-
t'dal avowal that the republican
f, party prefers not to challenge the
Judgment of the country to any Of
its members who has been hither-
to known in connection with ma
tional affairs. EGov. Hayes is an
admirable example of the avail
able candidate-one of whom the
public knows no harm, and of
whom q devoted little band of sup
porters assure US they know much
good.'
The Philadelphia Times (inde-
pendent) says:
"Expediency has come again
with mediocrity as its handmade,
to extricate the once proud repub-
lican party of the nation, and R.
Is. Hayes is its candidate for the
most important and responsible
trust of the civilized world. The
party that of all others was the
offspring of patriotic conviction !;
that commanded the first intel
lects of the country as its cham
pions, ard that has achievements
to point to in mans noblest strug-
giles for man, which are as richest
jewels in the diadem of enlighten-
ed liberty, has just CROPPED and
crawled through eight years of
stubborn incompetency, and now
makes the confession that its high
est councils must take refuge iu
littleness again to save it from it.
self"
The Philadelphia Press (repub-
licanl says:
"Governor Hayes lacks Mr..
Blaine's positiveness. Expediency
has come again with mediocrity
as its handmade. He will not be
a pillar,of fire by night or a cloud
by day to lead us, but we be-
lieve he will be a trustworthy
guide. He was gallant soldier,
an excellent Congressman and has
made a good governor. His adj
ministration will be respectable if
not a brilliant one, and in its
quietude and negative qualities
recall the days of Polk, Fillmore
Pierce"
The Cincinnati Commercial
independent says:
"The convention has uot made
the strongest nomination possible,
but perhaps the best of which the
party is capable. Hayes is not
the ideal candidate, but he is, for
party purposes, a good candidate
He has not the aggressive energy
of athoroughgoing reformer, but
he has the instincts of an honest
man. He will probably not pur-
sue thieves through the land like
an avenging fury, but he will not
gather them about him and shell
ter them as a hen her brood under
her wings.
The Chicago Tribune (repub-
lican) says;
1.-THE convention won a double
victory for the country in nominal
ting a ticket that will be heartily
accepted and Endorsed by the re-
publicans and reformers in all
parts of the country. The conven-
ton has earned the thanks of the
American people for the courage
and devotion which it brought to
the selection of a ticket entitled to
the respect and confidence of the
nation, and for the manner with
which it rejected the others. The
nomination is the triumph of re-
form, the triumph of the popular
demand for the pu~rifcatson of the
pnblic service, the restoration of
responsibility and accountability
in the administration of the gov
eminent. Mr.. Hayes, in all that
pertains to the great principles
and policies of reform and re-