The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-03-03
GOV. II. B. HAYES FOR THE
PRESIDENCY.
Newspapers on lie Situation

The conversation had with Governor
Hayes brought out the man in bold re-
lief Concerning his candidacy for the
Presidency, he said it was matter with
which he had not bad, and did not in
tend to have, anything to do. 1t was an
Office, he thought, which no citizen
should seek. His name, he believed, had
been canvassed In the newspaper for the
reason that it had been mentiont d from
over-zealous personal friendship and
reasonable State pride, not only within
the State, but in many other States, by
"Ohio boys" who had removed to other
places, but had not ceased to be Buckeys
in feeling. He did not, as did some OF
his friends, say that he was the only
man who could carry Ohio for President
On the contrary he said that while the
State is constantly becoming more close
politically, he believed -''a - ~" who
had been NAMED r,t.. carry az ,nss year.
The practical reTrogr~ssiou of Ohio, he
said, was due TO eni"ra ion aud inIni-
gration-the Republicans are going to
the new territories OF lie West, and the
immigrants generally are of a class which
naturally affiliates with the Democrats.
After n while, if things go on a they
have for the last few years, Ohio must
become Democtatic State, but there is
no danger of it this year or next. The
long talk had with Gov Hayes led to
the general conviction that he believes
the next President will be Republican,
no matter who may be nominated; that
he is not seeking the office for himself,
but that he does not despise it, and if
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his lot he would gratefully accept it, not
so much as the highest possible honor to
him personally as to his tate.-Col,tm-
bus Correspondence " Y Times.
Tie editor of The ohio State Journal
has been to Washington and taken a
survey of the Presidential field. He an
nouEces in the first place that 'Grant is
not now, never has been, never will be a
candidate for a third term" The editor
regrets that he cannot without breach of
confidence quote the Presidents ''digni-
fled and noble language on this subject"
1t is thing to be regretted, especially
as every other person who has made sim
liar announcements has also been unable
to quote the Presidents words. As for
the various Republican candidates the
editor thinks Blaine is gaining strength
more rapidly than any other candidate,
that Bristow has strength but not much
hope, that Conkling has twice the
strength he is usually credited with. that
Morton is strohg in the South and has
the most active and personally devoted |
friends, and that Gov. Hayes as a COM
promise candidate has an excellent pros |
pect, since no one of the other candi- |
dates is likely to be able to carry the |
against the field. The State |
Journal, unlike some other Ohio papers,
seems to be really in earnest in its |
for Gov. Hayes as a candidate.
Its editor, Gen James NJ. Comfy, served |
as Lieutenant Colonel of the 23d Ohio
when Gov. Hayes was its Colonel, and
afterward succeeded him in its COM
Y Tribune
George Alfred Townsend writes to the
New York Graphic that "Hayes has no
in Ohio; all his peers there are
'or him Garfield, Cox, Matthews, Taft,
md Sherman. Excepting Morton, he is
he only Western candidate before the
with any substantial SUD-
bort. He is General and represents
he war. He made the currency fight
which apparently settled that issue. He
las respectful relations with President
irant's Administration, but is under no
PERSONAL obligation to it. and, therefore,
epresents nothing of its continuance.
lie is young enough to appeal to the
generation which has grown up since the
var, and is in habits and citizen charac-
er typical of the Northern hearthstone.
lie is rich, sensible, well balanced, dis
rect, and sincere Efforts will no doubt
'e made by other candidates to absorb
Hayes by offering him the second place
IN the ticket, and in that point of view
e is, to day, the most available Vice
PRESIDENT in the country. But he is
ow Governor of Ohio, with the oppor-
unity to make good record on mis-
axes, and he would be even q foolish
to swap such strength for
mailer fiddle"