The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-06-29
HAYES AND WHEELER.

HAYES AND WHEELER.
How The Cincinnati Ticket is Received
by the Country.
From the New York Herald.
Tire ticket is fair one. It is not such
ticket as Washburne and Logan, Conk-
ling and Hayes or Morton and Hartranft
would have been. 1t means nothing but
mediocrity. Governor Hayes is good
man. He defeated Thurman and Allen
in Ohio, which shows how strong he is
at home. His personal character is
stainless. His record, if he has any, is
calm, placid, uneventful. He has been
quiet, sensible Congressman, a modest
general and a fair governor. If elected
he will bring these qualities into the
White House There are, we have no
doubt, ten thousand Republicans any one
of whom would make as competent a
President rs Hayes. He has no such
hold upon the country as Blaine or Nor
ton, Conkling or Washburne. He hap
pened to have fewer edges than any other
candidate, and the party took him. 1t
may be a choice as wise as that of Lin
coin or as foolish as that of Tyler. Time
must determine this. Mr.. Wheeler, the
candidate for the e-Presidency, stands
we'll in this State. Hayes and Wheeler
will poll the party vote. They will call
out the solid, hard working party men,
As ticket Hayes and Wheeler represent
the average common sense, sober-minded
classes. When we see the. work of ST.
Louis we can then estimate at its true
value the work just achieved at Cincin-
natl.
From the Mea0 York Tribune.
The action of the Cincinnati Conven-
tion, yesterday, was somewhat of sur.
prise, but it will command the approval
of large majority of Republicans, and
the ticket will have the cordial support
of the whole party. Governor Hayes is
a man of whom it is impossible to say a
word of evil. Personally he is not only
above reproach, but above suspicion
The Liberals and Independent Reformers
who lent all their strength to his canvass
in 1875, will sustain him in the trials of
a broader but easier field. The reform
element of the party will feel that its
Just demands have been consulted in his
nomination; and those who believe in
good money will see in his name better
pledge for speedy resumption than any
resolutions of a convention could give,
and an ample compensation for the vague
ness of the platform. The combination,
indeed, is one of the most formidable
that have been suggested on either
side.
From the .New York Times.
History does repeat itself after all. In
1876, as in 1860, the Republican party
has found its Lincoln to lead it on to VIC
tory. The struggle has been long and
bitter one, and triumph has been won in
spite of the plots of Machine politics, the
cabals of those hungry for place and
power, and the glamour which geat
though tarnished name had thrown over
men of simple minds and honest impul-
ses. The foremst of the candidates is a
man of plain, unobtrusive manners, un-
impeachable honesty, keen intelligence
and robust common sense. The second
place on the ticket has been given to one
whose ability as a legislator, and whose
influence as a clear-headed, far-seeing
statesman are worthy of the noblest era
of our history and the highest standards
of our public life. The confidence Of the
Times has been amply justified that the
weight of character, conviction and Of
earnestness will tell in the National
Convention as elsewhere, and that "no
honest and sincere Republican will have
any reason to be ashamed of the result" "
The Convention has given the Republi-
can party a ticket and platform on
which it can and must win.
[Fron, the New York World.
The nomination of Governor Hayes
of Chic is collapse and not compro-
mise. Had it been brought about by an
harmonious convention seeking for a
standard-bearer to lead its party into a
great Presidential conflict on question
Of principles, it might have been fairly
enough regarded as clever political stroke
For Governor Hayes personally, is a man
of respectable abilities, of excellent pri-
vate character, and in steady-going un-
demonstrative way has been a consistent,
if not an influential member of the Re.
publican party formany years. It would
be absurd to compare in point of intellect
with President Lincoln; but if the Re
publican party stood to-day where it
stood in 1860, sufficient striking analo-
gy might be established between the Chi
cago nomination of that year and the
nomination now made at Cincinnati, to
warrant great expectations on the part
of his supporters from this curious stroke
of lightning. But Administrative
Reform has not only been negatively put
out of the canvass by the defeat of Bris'
tow. It has been positively kicked to
death by the nomination of Mr.. Wheeler
Mr.. Wheeler was Mr.. Blaine's adjudant
and aid-de-camp in carrying through all
the most Objectionable Republican subsi-
DIV legislation on our statute-books.
From the Nsw York Sun.
The Cincinnati Convention had among
its nominees strong men like Morton and
Conkling, who stood for the power, poll.
cy and history of the Republican party
it had a practical Reformer in Bristow
who possesses the capacity for valuable
work; it had in Washburne one of the
earliest champions and old time leaders
of the Republican party; it had in
Blaine q notorious jobber and trickster
but it selected man unknown to states.
manship, unknown to reform, and
unknown in party traditions; it took him
as the only hope of averting the triumph
of the great corruptionist, with whom the
party would have whirled to the ruin in
any event. Though he stands neutral
and secondary position, Governor Hayes
is far from being an inferior or unworthy
character. He is man of talent; he is
a gentleman; he is rich and independent
2 ,o-vo5 with credit az a soldier in the