Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-11-17
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

didates for the election which occurs
next November, the matter is exciting
considerable discussion and interest.
The elections this fall have laid on the
shelf several men who have heretofore
been prominently mentioned for the
Office, aud have brought others to the
front.
While large majority of men vote
for party and principles, not men, each
candidate has his personal popularity or
weakness, and the selection of popular
and available man is of great advantage
to either party. The party issues are
somewhat narrowed down by the late
Republican victories, and it is doubtful
whether the greenback, national, or other
odds .and-ends parties will muster
strength sufficient to effect the result of
the next election. Initiation and green
back notions, had been so efectually
destroyed by the great improvement in
remained of them but funeral obsequies,
which were celebrated at the late cleo
ton. So then, apparently, this issue is
dead. The democrats who coquetted
with the greenbackers or went over to
that faction will attend to their own
matters, and fall back into the old fold
now, and the imitation republicans will
find place in their own party. Nothing,
except it may be, desire to create a
third party, to split the election and
carry it into the House, will cause any
large faction to split off from the repub-
lican or democratic party. The battle
will be between the old parties. Just
what the issues will be remains to be
seen. The money controversy ought
to step into the background, as the lead
ing statesmen of both parties are pretty
nearly agreed on that. There may be a
little talk about bond holders and ma
tiOnal banks by those who oppose the
republican party, but we do not think
the presidential contest will be on these
issues. The State rights doctrine that
thrust itself forward last winter, by the
confederates and their allies, has done
the democratic party great harm already,
and it will probably be kept in the back
ground until such time as the south
end of the democracy gets full control of
the government, if this ever happens.
Then, there are the election laws which
one party claims to be so oppressive, on
which there will be an immense amount
of talk, but which do no party or person
harm. The democrats will try to make
great deal out Of this, and may create
some new issues on which they will hope
to win. The republicans will show that
the blacks at the south are denied the
rights of voting, and that the other
party is doing with the shot gun what
it cannot do by the bullet. This party
will show its record and will make its
fight on what it has done, in overthrow
ing rebellion, reducing the national
debt. giving the country stable curren-
cy and other excellent things. 1t must
be admitted by all, in this case. as in
most political battles, that it is greatly
a contest between the ms and the outs.
The republicans have too many prom
inent candidates, and it is very likely
that some of them may take their defeat
in the national convention in such grace
as to do their rivals and the party nc
good.
Prominent, and first, if present indi
cations prove anything, is Gen. U. S
Grant. Somehow, his absence, the
honors shown him abroad, the respect
for his past services and the attitude o.
the solid south, have turned the popular
favor irresistably, if not overwhelmingly
in his favor and as it now looks, i
seems almost a foregone conclusion tina
he will be nominated and elected. Th
next most probable republican candidate
is Senator Blaine. He is to use tina
term, the smartest man in American
politics. In the House, in the Senate
on the stump, anywhere he chooses to b
he is giant. During the last campalg
he won thousands of admirers, an,
there are several States that will proba
bly, vote for him, even if Grant is in tn
field. With Gen. Grant out of the field
Mr.. Blaine's chances seem altogethe
the best at present. Blaine is brilliant
and is wise statesman. We are sorr
to remember that he was rather sou
and ugly over his defeat when Haye
was nominated. Next we mention Sci
retary Sherman, man who has alway
been strong in every capacity he hs
been placed. He made leading Sen;
tor, and his success in the managemeI
of the finance, has been such as to rail-
him high in the esteem of the world, an
especially so in his party. He is homes
and though not so smart as Blaine.
without doubt much safer and wis,
statesman. Senator Conkling of Ne
York, is another candidate. He is
great power in New York politics, b
is one of the rule or ruin sort that max