Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-06-19
THE CINCINNATI NOMINATIONS


Everyone must feel messurably
relieved now that the agonies OF the
Cincinnati convention are past and
soscuiations IS to the coming man
are at an end. All our guesswork
and all our conclusions, drawn
from unerring figures. have gone
for naught. The man least men
toned Of all the candidates. and
considered by the leading ones as
the least to be feared as a compeh
tor. has been nominated. The par
tisaa politicians who were SO clam
orous for Blaine are disappointed
and chopfallen. Bristow's adher-
ents are better satisfied, because
they think they have a man who is
honest and capable. There were
many Republicans week ago who
thought that Blaine was the only
man in the nation who was entitled
70 be President, because he was
war-horse of the party and man
OF sparkling parts. Certain papers
were also unwilling that 1.-The tan
should wag toe dog" as they said,
and gave out as much as that they
would not be comfortea if Blaine
were not made the choice OF The
convention. What will these In
tansely partisan papers and persons
do now, since honesty has tri-
umphed and stock-iobbing politi-
clans have been declared as unfit to
preside over the country: We re-
gard the nomination OF Governor
HAYES, SO far as his history Is
known to US, for he cannot be
said to enjoy widespread reputa-
ton, as the best thing that could
happen to the country second to
the nomination of Bristow. The
latter would have been the stron-
cest man the convention could have
put before the people. Blaine
would never have been elected had
he been made the choice. He |
might have been 4 strong man four
years ago, when there were no !
frauds charged upou the admins
tration, but the man to-day whom |
the people want is one who gives
assurance by his personal and po-
litical history that he will maintain |
an honest and brilliant cabiue; !
and be himself check upon /
Hrong-doing in ali the departments !
Of the Government. Honesty in /
administration is what TIE coun I
try asks for, aud unless that is
assured no party will be given the
control of affairs. According to 1
what the gentleman said who intro
dueed Governor Hayes to the con-
vention, he is o man much after the
style OF the great Lincoln-plain,
unassuming, honest to scruple,
unobtrusive, and with the addi-
tional advantage which Mr.. Lin
coin did not possess, of having al
independent private fortune. Such
. mana student of the old school
of business moral,ty-is les. likely
to be corrupted in Office, it is fair
to presume, than q scheming specu-
lator. ambitious of fortune as well
as fame, and tho oughly imbued
with the modern spirit of getting
along. We believe Gov. Hayes to
embody those qualities which alone
are hereafter to be the antiseptic OF
the Republican party. We regard
his nomination instead of the NOM
nation Of Blaine or Conkling rs
pssce OF goo I rum 10 the coun
Try. William 4. Wheeler OF New
York, the candidate for Vice Presi-
dent, is highly spoken of in the
criticisms of the press. He will
no doubt fill the office of His Su-
pertaous Icellency" very well
1t IS q comparatively unimportant
once any way, except in case OF
tue death or Impeachment OF the
President.
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