The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-01-20
A GLANCE ATqHE PRESIDENTIAL
SITUATION IN ONO FROM AN IN
DEPEND ENT SOURCE.
From the Cincinnati Post. J

The Commercial intimates that the as
sumption that Senator Thurman will be
the Democratic nominee for President is
unwaranted by, facts. Well now let us
see about that, There are two things
necessasary to make a man successful
candidate before convention. First
there must be necessity for his nomin-
ation,, and second there must be a com
bination of circumstances is his favor.
The necessity of Thurman's nomination
is obvious. He is the only man who
can carry Ohio for the Democratic party
next year. The result of the late election
in this State has renewed the confidence
of the people in his ability as apolitical
manager and has reasserted his claim to
supremacy in the party councils. That
combination in our State politics which
created the false issue of the last cam
paign is no longer potent outside Aug's
Club House. Mclean, Pendleton, Ew-
ing and Cary are no longer masters of
the situation. Their defeat under false
colors brought Thurman prominently
forward as the man, who two years pre-
viously, had carried the State when there
was strong effort made to disorganize
the party. He has the prestige of success
and will carry Ohio if any Democrat can
do it.
That Ohio should be carried is neces-
say to the success of the party in the Ma
tional election. 1t capnot hope to elect
a President after having suffered pre-
liminary defeat in Ohio in October. Here
is where the contest must be decided, as
it is here that liberal ideas in politics are
most encouraged and party independ-
enCe most strongly established. AS il
was trueism few years since that "As
goes Pennsylvania so goes the Union"
so it may be said of Ohio in her State
election next year, 1t will virtually de.
eide the later contest and we know of no
other man who combines all the ele-
mentS of strength in himself sufficiently
to decide it in favor of the Democrats.
The name of Tilden at the head of the
Democratic ticket will be a source of de-
moralization to the Ohio Democracy,
which looks upon him as an enemy rath-
er than friend. That of Hendricks will
all be the cause of more or less disorgan-
ization that of Bayard will drive away
the Independent Republicans who are
not yet ready to see Southern States
man in the White House; while that of
Pendleton, in view of the result of the
last October election, would create dis
trust and cause that result to be repeated.
Thurman, the man who, while express
ing his convictions, did not desert his
party in the hour of need, is the only
man who can harmonize all of these dis
affected elements. His nomination is
necessary if Ohio is to be carried by the
Democrats.
That there is a combination of circum-
stances is his favor arises from the OBJ
servation of the two-thirds rule in all
the National Democratic Conventions
The strength of neither of the prominent
candidates is great enough to secure
two-thirds vote, and the hostility among
most of them is such that there will have
to be a man presented upon whom they
can all concentrate, as a choice compro-
mise. Thurman will be that candidate.
He will 60 into tie convention with an
almost solid Ohio delegation. Bayard,
whose friend and COnfrere he has always
been, will, if he is compelled to with
draw, do so in Thurman's favor, and Til
den will take him up to beat the other
Western candidates. This will probably
secure the two-thirds desired, but as a
last resort Hendricks will endorse Thur
man to beat the Pendleton- Mclean COM
bination, and his nomination will be Sc.
cured. This conclusion, at least, is the
result of a close and earnest study Of the
political situation, and that is practicable
and not inconsistent with the natural
order of things no one can deny. Argu-
ing from the logic of events and the eter-
nal fitness of things, Thurman will be
the next Democratic nomi nee.