The daily gazette., 1876-05-13
Prsn the N. T. World. Of Yesterday.
Tho Democracy and its " Trtumvirs

Prsn the N. T. World. Of Yesterday.
There have been times in Democratic
conventions when this was not SO. But
not now. One issue, as matter OF fact,
is overriding every other issue. Admin
istrative Reform is the issue which is not
only forcing every other issue into the
background, but it is uniting the Demo-
Gratis of every State in the Union upon q
common platform. New York and Ohio,
PENNSYLVANIA and Indiana, Massachus-
etts and Missouri may differ upon other
issues, but upon the Reform issue they
are solid phalanx. The Democrats OF
the House of Representatives are doing
their work in such thorough and mas
terly fashion, ripping up the numberlesss
and ramified systems OF organized fraud
in almost every department OF the Fed
eral Government, that they have not on
ly made Reform the dominant issue in
the Democratic party, by convincing its
masses that Reform is the hrst and most
imperious necessity, but they have al
most obliged the Republican party itself
to submit to the domination of the same
issue, and to discuss men as candidates
who would never have been thought OF
but for their supposed capacity to rum
those who look to them for salvation,
and to destroy the character of the party
whose life their election would prolong.
1t is highly improbable that the Repub-
lican party can inhame its virtue to the
pitch of suicide. 1t is even more improb-
ablo that the Democratic party will fail
to grasp by the handle this one weapon,
the Reform issue, SO sure to be fatal to
its enemy.
But, further, it would be an assunp-
tion on the part of either of the trlum-
virs,' or of all of then together. thus to
anticipate or super sede the choice which
it belongs to the Democrats OF the Union
to make. There are not three men in
the Democratic party to whom we would
commit with more absolute confidence
the unselfish perfoi nance Of any high or
and Bayard. Their names are dear to
every Democrat. Their characters are
inspected. Their principles are sound
and Trustworthy. Not one OF them but
would dignity and adsrn the Chief Mag
istracy. Not one of them would hatter
Neptune for his trident. But as neither
of them in such conference would push
his own Just ambitions, it is not disre-
spectful to say that we would trust the
Democrats of the United States sooner
than we wsuld trust Senator Thurman
to say whether himself, Senator Bayard
or Gov. Tilden should be our nominee /;
or than Senator Bayard to say whether
himself, Gov. Tilden o, Senator Thur
man were the filter choice or than Gov
Tilden to choose between himself, Sena-
tor Thurman and Senator Bayard. Tc
| be sure neither Of them, nor all three TO-
| gether, could go far wrong; but after all
that is choice which must and should
be left to the Democrats Of the whelt
Union, speaking through their delegates
at st. Louis. The people choice will b'
made before the 27sh of June, and the
delegates will have no need to be " in
structed" as to that choice. Andwhom
soever they thall choose at st, Louis t
carry the flag, the flag will be carried t
victory in November, no matter who !
nominated at Cincinnati. Fer Reform j
the dominant issue, and the country will
intrust the work Of Reform to no Man 0
the corrupt and incurable party whici
has made Reform eur supreme necessity