The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-21
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES..
PROMINENT VICTIMS OF TINE pWEsE~
EbEHTEAE FEVER EN TRHE WEST.
Chances of the Bivaa claimants tn the
Eaemnnratte Nominating.

Chances of the Bivaa claimants tn the
Democratic Nomination.
columbus Correspondence n. Z. GraphoI
Presidential material for the Democratic
party has become exceedingly plentiful. in
ohio and the West since the November ete9~
ttons and the Democratic defeats IN the East
ern States. Here in Ohio arc Thurman and
Pendleton fitted to stand on 9 hard q soft or
non n-oom initial money platform. Gen. EW-
ing's friends think the ony salvation for the
party will be to take up some man Of
consistent and uneuuivocal greenhaok
record La such case,. who SO JIG
to lead the Democratic hosts to vic
tory ns General Tom himself? The
sweeping Democratic victory in Indiana,
amid defeat on all sides, advanced the Hem
bricks stock enough to compensate for the
loss sustained by the Hoosier statesman In
Iammany's overthrow. He could trim on
the financial question better than either Thur
man Or Pen0leton, and his personal popular
lty ls fully as great rs the latter Senator
voorhes occupies 2 position similar to
Buckeye greenbacker should carry off the
prize. His colleague, Senator Mcdonald. is
also understood TO have an object In pro-
claiming his old-fashiOned hard-money De
rnocraoy so emphatieally. In his expressed
opinion the party will be forced to discard the
soft money heresies which have crept into 1t,
and enter the campaign OF 1880 ON Q hard
money platform. Tho candidate will be n
Western man. but the leaders who were bit
1t is noticeable that among the DemocratiG
politicians the tide hos begun to set toward
hard money Senator MeDpnald's views are
considered by them to be correct, but his sup
posed conclusions regarding the candidate
excite little comment. There are several
other able gentlemen who would be available,
but their prospects are too prtbIernntical to
be taken into consideration yet. David Davis
looms llp In ths future as q possible national
candidate, his views being generally Gonsid~
cred to agree with those OF the Greenbagkers.
Thurmans managers are holding his claims
in abeyaucs they do not intend that he shall
strength in this way. Politicians at 8 dis
tance who are disposed 10 treat Senator
Thurmans prospects lightly, underestimate
his strength in his Own State, During the
sulked in his tent, and by his attitude during
the canvass helped 10 defeat the ticket. The
rag baby sponsors denounced him roundIy as
| q tool Of the money power and threatened
rural Democracy, the senator retained bis
young aggressive portion OF the party,
backed ~ powerful newspaper, .op--
posed him persistently, and he. remained
under cloud When the campaign opened
this year he surrendered. Under his leader
ship the party was beaten, but as the smoke
OF the battle cleared away the red bnndana
still waved. The majority against him was
small enough to be traced to the redistrioting
iniuuity, aud the redskrlGting iniqnity was
The product of Samuel J. Randall's brain,
and opposed to the Judgment OF leading Ohio
Democrats. Now that tho party is every
whore beaten, whether on bullion or @ green
back PLATFORM Senator Thurman ls no worse
off than several other eminent Democratic
statesmen. He can command the united sup
port OF his own State, y thing heTetofore I'M
possible His straddling the financial issue
| has improved rather than Injured his pros
| poets In the South, and as he hns gained There
Bayard has lost prOportionntely.
| Fendleton would hardly stand In his col
leagues way. With full Senatorial ,1 term q
to veg his soul with the harrassing cares in
cident to Presidential nomination. He prob
ably prefers TO devote bis energies 10 watch
| ing Hendricks, and by thWarting his plans re-
| pay the Indianians trick in 1868. There are
other reasons why he would not prove an
available candidate as representative Vest
| ern man-hs eonser Vatism and lack Of sym
pathY with the masses. and above all, bis con-
| It was the railroad influence that defeated
| two such pronounced areenbaok men as Nor
gan and Ewing, and sent Mr.. Pendleton 10
| the Senate. The Nationals have at least sue
eeeded in drawing public attention to the 20,
| litical influence eKerted by these powerful
| corporations, and no man whose record Is not
| free from all such connections can expect the
support Of the agricultural classes:
| General Ewing, as q regular DemocfaGe
cellent joke, but that is all. He has no hoM
| on the Democratic party, and has never been
| received In full fellowship sipcs his famous
| declaration that the party had outlived It's
usefulness Dstrl1sted by the party press
and leaders, he has, nevertheless done moro
than any other man in the State to force
the party into it's present soft money position.
| This has brought upon him the rDaledichons
of the old line Thurman Democracy, and has
Intensified the feeling against him as q spu--
rious Democrat. II The grssnbhck idea had
won this year. Thurman would have reaped
the glory. It lost, and Ewing 10 blamed &C
eordingly. His feud with french, Hura ana
PendietOn has also worked III TO him. Natu-
rally, then, the great soft money advocate
prefers to look outside his own State for
presidential candidate. He is enthusiastic
for Hendricks, and his inanence is being exer-
| ted to cOunteract and annoy the PendeJon"
Thurman opposition,
In the opinion of shrewd observers the con-
test will lie between the Ohio stradder and
the Indiana trimmer. Tho fell OF Tanmany
tory IN Indiana, so that both gentlemen are
about equally matched. The Buckeye Senator
would be more acceptable to the South, but e.
| widespread Impression prevails through the
West that the Hoosier statesman would com-
roand the strongest support among Eastern
Democrats. The feeling is well nigh 1nlVer~
sol that the candidate must be o Western
man: that the choice will be narrowed TO
Ohio and Indiana, which will mean Thurman
or Hendricks.
This feeling Is strengthened by the expecta~
ton that the Republican candidate will be
| from the East-Blaine or ConkIing, Blaine
would command the enthusiastic support Of
the Republicans Of tho entire West. His
Democratic opponent would necessarily be s.
Western man and the strongest one In the
party. Conkling would find it difficult to
carry several States ordinarily Republican
and would not be 80 formidable. The man on
horseback would develop respectable strength,
but would create no furor.
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