The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-15
THE N. Y. nERALDs OPINION.


Laid Out, ExtlnguIshed-That IL Thur
man aud Ewing-"sIy sammy" moi
Likely 10 Iaaker After Leading a
ForloFn liope-SOme PrognOsti ions
Special TO the n.Gl,ig'ncer.
NEW York, October Is, 1870.
The Herald says: This decisive Repub.
lican triumph is Of National interest. De.
sides disposing of several prominent Ohio
gentlemen, it will inspire ,es1sARe and
hope in the Republican party through.
eSt " the United States. Even 10.
cally it is of considerable import.
ance 1t extinguishes Senator Thurman's
chances OF reelection and puts an end
to any lurking aspiration which Mr.. Ew.
ing may have had to be Mr.. Thurman's
successor. But these local consequences
are as dust in the balance OF the great
significance of the Ohio election. It lies
in its influence on the national politics,
and Its bearing on the selection Of the can.
didates and the success of the par.
ties in the great Presidential con.
test OF next year. 1t makes it
impossible for the DemocratiI candidate
to be taken from Ohio, and iavors Mr..
Tildens chances of nomination by put.
ting some of his principal rivals out of
the field. Butin proportion as it improves
MIR. TiIden's chances of the nomination it
dlmlnishes his chances and the chances OF
any Democratic candidate for an election.
Mr.. Tilden is a shrewd calculator
and it may turn out that he will
not covet q nomination after the
smoke has lifted from the preliminary
battles OF the present year. II New York
should follow the example of Ohio, Mr..
Tilden would simply lose his labor by in
trIguing any further for the Democratic
nomination, and he may prefer that some
other candidate should lead a forlorn
hope. The result in Ohio tends to a Re.
publican success in New York, and should
this be the actual effect Mr.. Tilden
may bid a long farewell to his
Presidential hopes. 1t is hard to
say whether this victory in Ohio
simplities or complicates the internal
situation OF the Republican party, while it
seems TO insure the election Of a Republican
President. 1t ditiicultto to say how it will
affect the chances OF particular candidates.
1t is tolerably clear, however, that the
party will not nominate Gen. Grant from
mere encouragement and despair; it will
no longer be thought that he is
the only man that can save the
party, after 1t has become evident that
the republicans can succeed with any rea.
sonably popular candidate. Ohio will 90
into the National Convention strong
Tor MIR. Sherman or Mr.. Hayes. Mr..
Blaine will be encouraged, and he has
troops OF friends in several of the West.
ern States. If New York shall follow in
the wake OF Ohio, there will be vigorous
pushing OF claims on the part Of the
republican candidates throughout the
winter and spring, and in this prelimina.
ry canvass General Grant has precluded
himself from taking any part. II at the
time the Convention meets, the contest
should narrow to a struggle between Mr..
Blaine and an Ohio candidate, there
would be no possibility Of deadlock,
and no opportunity for bringing
in dark horse, whatever the chances
General Grant may have to depend on
the inability OF the Convention to make
choice among several candidates, but II
only two names should be presented at the
outset one or the other will carry of the
prize on the first ballot. The Ohio victory
certainly strengthens Secretary Sherman
unless Mr.. Blaine should be a candidate.
JAS. GORDON BENNETT,
Editor of He Herald.