The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-25
The Outlook,
NAY rs, 1916

xllG OuGiCOhs
Ilc action Of the Ohio Democratic Cpnven-
tien, .wl.ish resulted in the adoption of An In
iatcti plat Form, aas, the election of delegates !
to the Uthinrratic National Convention, which |
meets in ST. Iouisnn the sgth Of JUNE, Instruct
cal to vote for ex-{4nveruer William Allen as
the candidate for President, has created quite
u CONSERVATION In Democratic ranks. 1t is &C
kmowledgcl by the press generally of that par
ty, outside niti,e advocates of a vitiated cur
rencyx that Ohio is irremediably lost to the
Democratic party in November, and the pros
poet NOW is that the st. Louis Conv entlol viii
not be able to adjust the hostile and conflicting
sentiments; of the party in the nomination 1t
inny make. 1t is conceded that the failure
of Hon. A. G. Thurman To receive the ell
torsemcnt of his own State. is fstal to his cali
tlidacy, and that the nomination OF Allen as
the Democratic standard bearer, will be fatal
to the party. In fact it is recognized that the
party is FtopeIessly split, and there is no prob
ability of any reconciliation of the antipodal
ec.nsnts.
W; are not surprised ut this state ct things.
The fact has been AS patent heretofore as 1t
is NOW: that the Democratic party has no de-
fine&l governmental policy upon any important
question: 4he FhisteFyof tile lower branch Of
Congress the PIT sent session demonstrates that
it cdr !haralloalizeupon nothing affecting gov
erumental policy, and that the entire session
9 has 'hpen consumed in efforts to manufacture
public sentiment adverse to the Republican
party by the number of the investigating COM
mttces appointed and the Investigations insti-
tllted. The very fact of the appointment
Of the committees has created the impress
ion it was designed to do, that there were
vast corrhrtions to investigate. But the
result has demonstrated that it was biusier and
ilrstian. With the exception of the apparent
abuse of his official position, without directly
duplicating the government by the late Sec
rotary of War; there has been nothing devel-
opcd that compensated for the expense and la
Dor the committees have. incurred. There has
been. no developments that will serve the des-
priate purposes of the Democratic party. In
deed, the very fact that the session of Congress
has been consumed by fruitless Investigations,
aida. false notion of economy, that if carried
into effect will paralyzed The government, will
constitute the strongest campaign argument
against the Democracy.
All the indications point to the triumph OF the
RepIllican party ip November next by an nn-
precealehted majority in the electoral college
File probability is too, that the complexion OF
tte:lower branch of Congress will be radically
Obliged, anil that all the departments of the
government will be again under the control Of
the Republican party.
Tie Republican Convention that assemblies
in Cincinnati ON the Nth of june. will have
the grave duty to perform of meeting the ex-
pectations of the country in the selection of a
candidate whose record and character will at
once inspire the confidence of the people. The
clamor about official corruption, while there
hrs been nothing developed to justify it, has
afullsetf the people to the Importance OF select
ing statesman of tried integrity and fidelity
one who is in full sympathy with She popu
lar instincts, both as TO the purity of govern
ment, and fidelity to the laws and Constitution
as they are. This wearing of the masses vii
be cordially and freely responded to in the mar
that will Jbe chosen, and with this accomplished
his election is sure, because the Democracy i:
divided on all questions, and the Republicans
united Oh all the essential issues affecting the
,pollcy of the government. Sc