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us thoSc ol NcnluCkN are on the other
She gave Grant sixty thousand ma
Jority. The Republican plurality of
thirty thousand this time has no siw-
niticancc.
The Republicans have cause for con-
graduation over the result in Ohio.
Everybody except Il few sanguinc
Democrats expected Foster to beat
Ewing. AS Hayes beat Tildcn over
seven thousand votes in 1876, a plu-
rality for Foster Of less than ten thou
sand would have shown very little
either way. But the Republicans
claim fifteen thousand majority, which
is gain OF several thousand. The
chief disappointment to the Democrats
Is the election ola Republican maiori-
ty in the Legislature. II had been
hoped that Thurman would be able TO
sccnr" Il Democratic minority on Joint
ballot as he has on one 0rtwo previous
occa >ion&. But Cincinnati went Re-
publican, and her clcvcn members
throw the balance against Thurman.
The rhicftruture Of this victory IS that
the Republicans will gain Il United
States Senator, and that Thurman wi
be rrlrGaird to private life. This is Il
deadly blow TO his Presidential aspira-
tons. Having failed to carry his
State this year, no one will consider
his chance of carrying it next year
worth consideration, and his availa-
biIitv as Presidential candidate has
gone. lilo is another political Moses
who has como within sight Of the
promised land, but will not be allowed
to enter in and possess. Apart from
the bad effect Of reducing the Demo-
cratic majority in the Senate, Senator
Thurman's loss will be felt by his par
ty. lie has been for years the Demo-
cratic leader in tho Senate. and he is a
finc old gentleman. Ills personal in
tegrity is unquestioncd. This election
in Ohio will also dispose Of other
western Democratic aSpirants. In
diana alono of all the Western States
can be counted in the Democratic col
umn, but Hendricks is tlvoritc, but
is obnoxious to the Eastern Democrats
and his nomination would insure the
loss of New York, Il State even now
dcbatublc through Democratic STU
pidity. Hendricks can hardly hope
for the nomination, for the Democrats
will hardly be so foolish rs to invite
defeat in tho East. No Southern man
Will he thought of, so that again the
candidate must come from the East
This narrows down the circle, No
New Yorker except Tildcn is at all
prominent, and his nomination Gle.
pcnds on tho very unlikely contingent
cy OF his bcating both Cornell and
Kelly this year. Governor McClclla
of New Jersey, will not be selected
again, rs his former defeat would
hurt him. General Hancock, Of Penn
sylvania, is periodically mentioned,
but rs constantly forgotten when the
convention meets. PENNSYLVANIA is
hopclcssly Republican, so that no
claim can be made in his behalf on the
possibility of carrying the Keystone
State. Connecticut might be of im-
portancc in close contest, and en-
Governor English or Ex-Governor
Hubbard might be mentioned, though
they are not made Of quite heavy
enough timber. The best man in the
United States for the position is Thom-
rs II. Bayard, but Delaware has only
three votes and is as surely Democrat
ic as Kentucky is, and this would
initiate against him. Besides this he
Is not the choice Of the wirc-pulcrs
that control the convention. The
chief weakness of Bayard as a candi-
date before the North is that he WINS
coppcrhcad duli,g the war. Ills
manly stand in behalf of the South
during and since the war makes him
inrinciblc Oh this side of Mason and
DlN"n's line. But the North is getting
very stalwart again, and Bayard might
lose votes on this account In the
doubtful States. Another argument
sometimes used against him is his firm
aud almost defiant stand in behalf OF
hard money. In the present crisis
this is an element OF strength. Specie
resumption and tho revival of trade
have about put an end to Grccnback-
ism. General Ewing failed. after a
most gallant fight on this line, even in
Ohio. No soft money man stands tho
ghost Of q chance in the East. New
YORK, Now Jersey and Codnccticut
are swaycd as much by money as by
sentiment, and Bayard would sui,
{othcm in this respect. His Democracy
Is unquestioncd. His independence OF
spirit and purity arc recognized by ali
parties, and he ought to poll full
veto. AS to his financial viows, the,
would not initiate against him in tho
South in the face of his other strong
points. Altogether, we consider Bay,
ard as the most available man at tho
present outlook. . If ,Tildon should,
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