The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-09

again receive attention from me, save
Is 81 citizen of the republic. "-Er-
rqes from CRAFTS last message to
Correct, general, correct.
The AGONY is over. That is to say,
the Chicago convention has nomi-
mated 9 candidate for president The
struggle has been one Of Cha hardest |
in the history OF republican con-
venlious, and the result the most IS.
tonishing. Il is true that Eow and
then man Wolld be heard TO say
that Garfield was the coming man,
but he said so only because Of the
general belief in Ozark horses" and
the distinguished gentleman was the
darkest CT the horses. and the
surface chances for his success
the least promising. Nobody
really believed Garfield would
be nominated, and he certainly did
go SO think himself. He did not
come before the convention as 3 can
di1ate, but was there rs the speciel
champion and friend OF his brother
Buckeye, John Sherman. Ga the
second ballot some edmirer cast a
vote Tor him, and stuck TO him petty
closely til the last, now and then
inducing another delegate to join
MIN. Up to the thirty fourth
ballo! there was little change
frona the fret. The Grant,
Blaine, Sherman and Washburne
men showed no signs OF weakening.
But on the thirty-fomth, there was a
slight break for Garfield, who scored
II votes, drawn from Sherman and
Edmuuds. On the next ballot Gran;
reached bis hi hest number, 313.
while Blaine fell to 257, Sherman
to I01, Wsshburne TO %, ard Win
dom to 8, and Garfield rose t. 80.
This was the signal for 8 general
break, and on the next and lasI
ballot it occurred, the almost entire
following of all the candidates except
Grant, focking 10 Garfield, nominal
ing him with a hurrsh. He received
S99 votes Of the 755, or fifteen more
than The number which nominated
Hayes four years ago, 43 more than
the aggregate opposition, 20 more
than was needed and SO more than
Grant received on the fna! bal
lot. The nomination, as a MAJ
ter OF course, was made unanimous,
and amid the Wild confusion, the
gentleman iIom Ohio suddenly found
himself transformed into the enc
parson on whom the eyes and
thoughts OF The whole nation were
centred. Greatness was literally
thrust upon him and with a sudden
ness that must have dazed him. As
to the nomination, It is perhaps the
best that could have been made ioI
the party. Garfield is a strong man
with the party and strong with the
people. He may be no abler noI
better man than Edmuads, but he
will carry greater influence in the
section where the republicans are
most in need Of votes than the former
would have done. New England
cannot elect q President. and is GER
tain TO vote !oc the republican nomi-
nee; but it is possible for the west,
aided by the support that it will
obtain from the east, TO choose
the man. Garield's nomination pro-
badly removes Ohio from the list Of
doabtful states, and puts her in the
republican column. Tue only way to
make it deta'able ground is fer the
democrats to nominate an Ohio man
for president, and this will probably
not be done There ere only Two
persons there who might be called
available, namely, Ger. EEing and
Judge Thurman. The fret OF these
could not carry she state las. year
against a republican. and the dem
ocrauic party will not dare lake Thur
man, for though he might carry
OHIO, his unfortunate ideas concern
ing money would surely lose New
York and the two neighb0;ing states
of New Jersey and Connecticut, all
three CT which viii probably be neces-
sary to democratic success. The last
named patty may as we'll abandon
Ohio to the enemy, and make up for
the loss by putting a strong western
man on the tickle, for vice-pres. dent,
WITH Tllden, Seymour, or some
other good man who can
hold New York. One thing
IN their favor is the republican nom
inee for vice.p1esident, Collector
Arthur, OF New York. II the repub-
licans can carry New York at all,
they must do so by the machine"
that is TO say, through the efforts of
Conkling, and it can hardly be ex-
pected that that able and distin- |
guished politician will work very |
snergeticaly for the success of |
Arthur, a man whom he despises
politically and socially. Arthur is the
nan against whose confirmation BY
he Senate ConkliDg worked so sue
,sssfully Two or three years sgo. and
,Yer whose appointment to the Office
be senator and Mr.. Hayes split. As
)hio is now made comparatively |
.srlain for the republicans, so is New
York sure to 60 for the democrats.
Though Garfield was a very Clark
lorse," ne Is nevertheless one of the
,bless and most distinguished men
4 the nation. His record in