The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-21

We showed that no poetic genius could Crap
pie with Hartanft, and that any attempt to
attune the name of the Attorney General
would drive rhyme daft. We had already
shown the embarrassments attending the
name of Conkling. And we are informed
upon good authority that one reason why
''our great American poet" MS one of the
colored brethren happily designated Mr.
Curtis, did not support Mr.. Conkling was
because he could not tit him into ballad
We recognize the right of any poet to OPP
pose candidate he cannot rhyme about, and
we are surprised that Mr.. Curtis, Mr.. DAM
or Mr.. Lowell did not see the peril involved
in Hayes and Wheeler. Gail Hamilton
caught the situation of it when she said that
Straw would be good partner for Hayes.
Gail Hamilton in the Convention would never
test. AS to Wheeler the case is even worse.
The poetic mind at once reverts to ''heeler"
and ''squealer," and although there were
heelers and squealers enough at Cincinnati
no loyal poet will dwell upon the TACT in
campaign verses. 1t may do for the demo-
Every hcclcr
Goes Tor Wheeler,
Hurrah for Wheeler.
The bully sluealer.
But these are not the tones Of victory. They
might make capital with the temperance
folk by calling him ''reeler," although this
is suggestion that will work both ways
Whatever we may say about Mr.. Wheeler, we
must not call him double-dealer
We are so anxious for harmonious Cen
tennial that we should be willing to join in
subscription to raise million dollars to
indemnify the poet who will rescue the
republican party from the poetical abyss
into which Hayes and Wheeler have thrown
them. good ringing campaign song, like
'Tippecanoe and Tyler too, or Heres to
you, Harry Clay" would help the canvass.
We trust that the democrats will be more
prudent 1t might be well for the Conven-
ton to appoint o committee on euphony to
select names which would fill the trump of
Fame. If such names cannot be found then
it is only proper that the Convention should
change the names of its candidates. The
idea is new one but this is a free country
and we see no reason why the Convention
should not, after selecting the candidates.
give them musical democratic names
Anything to win, is the true motto for .
Convention. When the missionaries convert
a heather their first Office is to call him after
some good holy saint. Why should not the
Conventions do tho same? Why should not
Tilden be compelled to drop the unlucky
Samuel-the name of evil omen, the most
unfortunate name in our political history,
name always defeated-and take one that
had assurance of victory? Why not call
him Andrew Jackson at once? II the demo-
Gratis would take hold of this question and
nominate Mr., Tilden by the name of Andrew
jackson they would carry Pennsylvania.
Take Uncle Bill Allen. The generation
which has read Macaulay and rejoices in
Longfellow and Tennyson will never sing
Bill Allen into the White House. They
might as well be expected to sing Tommy
Dodd" or 1.-THE Ham Fat Man" Bill Allen,
like Bill Wheeler, belongs to the comic vocalist
school of poetry, and Byron himself could
not rescue them. Think of Childe Harold
apostrophizing the Ex-Governor of Ohio
The stirring memory of a thousand years,
And Bill Aliens lame rings IN each cansman's
Or think of his Tyre addressing the repub-
lican ticket thus
Honor to Hayes and Wheeler! DER whose carly
tomb
Tears, big tears, gushcd from tho rough soldiers
The thing is impossible. And yet, if Mr..
Allen could be nominated under the name
of George Washington or Thomas jefferson,
how different a canvass we should have!
The more this matter is considered the
more important it will become The DEM
ocratic Convention does not have poets like
Lowell, Dana, Curtis, to whom such ques-
tons could be referred, but it has great
orator and student of Demosthenes in Mayor
Wickham, a profound Shakespearian critic
in ex-senator Pierce, of Brooklyn, and q
biblical scholar of rare attainments, whose
familiarity with sacred things never deserts
him even in moments of high anger, in
Alderman McMullin, of Philadelphia. If
the Convention will only submit this whole
question to Wickham Pierce and McMullin,
they will mature plan which will outAank
the republicans, take advantage of their
monotonous, prosaic, commonplace candi-
dates, and open new departure. The Hon.
orablc John Morrissey is not a member of
the Convention, but he will be present AS
a good democrat, fine Greek student and
thoroughly acquainted with time and meas
ure and feet and other necessary elements
in prosody, the councils of Mr.. Morrissey
would be invaluable. Let the democrats
give us q harmonious ticket.
The TIME FOR MAGNASIM1TY. Mr. Curtis
is go valuable quality in politics that we
do not like to see him spoil his record as an
eloquent and courageous man by anything
that looks like unfairness. As soon as the
Convention was over he proclaimed that for
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