Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-05-21
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Capital: -
In little over thirty DAYS more the
Demecrstic 0cnycntion wflf-meet az
Cincinnati, and while the Republican
quarrel engages the public attention so
entirely that their opponents are almost
forgotten, the Democratic are NOT 1die-
There have been constant informal com
ferences here between Eastern, West
ern and southern men, and several con-
clusions seem 10 be LARRY well estab-
lished out OF these interchanges Of oPin"
ion, !, ......f g+ Egffrr. = La cor.
r. First-Tho Western and Southern
men agree that the candidate ought to
be An Eastern man. a. sslr-.
Second-They favor either Governor
Seymour, il he will accept, or Senator
Bayard, for whom il is understood that
Massachusetts, will AJAX. senator Ran
dolph, OF New Jersey, is regarded by
good many Western and Southern men
as the next man 10 Bayard, il the latter
should not carry. Judge Church was
highly thought oil, and his sudden death
is generally incurred here.
Third-Itis taken for granted that Mr..
Tilden will not be 4 candidate.
Fourth-A military candidate finds
little favor A prominent Western
Democrat said to your correspondent:
81 like Hancock, and think him a
great man, but his country wants civil
ian, and not military rulers.
Fiiih--An Eastern man for the head
OF the ticket suppOses the Western
man for the second place, and there is q
very general feeling that Mr.. Morrison,
Of Illinois, would be the best man Tor
this place. He has been consistent
and unfinching hard-money Democrat
He has served with honor IN the army
and Is very popular in this State, and
Illinois is one OF those Skates which, II
the ex-PresidenI is nominated, the Dem
ocrats will hope to carry.
Finally, the Democrats are not quar-
reling among themselves, and they see
clearly that TO succeed they must nomi-
nate ticket which will secure at once
and without argument the confidence
OF the best sentiment OF the country.
"What we need is 10 nominate ticket
which shall deserve the support OF those
Republicans who do not want TO vote
for the ex-President," said a Western
Democrat 10 your correspondent to-day,
"and most OF our people areagreed upon
this" This is the Democratic situation
in brief, as il appears here.
There are two features OF the political
situation, as regards the Presidential
contest on the Democratic side, that are
specially gratifying.
The first is the marked and general
absence OF any bitterness between the
friends OF different aspirants, and the
almost universal disposition to name a
man at Cincinnati, as the prime and SUI
preme object, "who viii at once and
without argument, command the conf
dence OF the best sentiment OF the cOun-
try"
The second is, that the only bone Of
contention that has heretofore inter
tered with the entire harmony OF the
situation-that OF the denomination OF
Mr.. TnDEN-has been so far eliminated
that there remains only the very prop
err desire in the party to treat his candl-
dacy with that high degree of respect
which il deserves, and then let pruden-
tial, impersonal aud paramount cons;d-
erations prevail.
These considerations have lately so
Tar taken hold Of the convictions OF the
most enthusiastic friends OF Mr.. TILDEN,
that they have gradually, without muir
muring or complaint, been letting
20 their interest il not their desire for
his nomination.
The most conclusive sign OF his weak
ness is the confession Of the Louisville
C0uir,J0Urndl, that he cannot obtain
the vote OF Kentucky in the Cincinnati
Convention. WATTERsoS, the editor,
has been TILDEE's most devoted and
confident advocate all along. Not long
agO he announced through his paper.
that thirty days before the assembling
Of the Kentucky Convention, he would
place at the head.oft the Jo'radi, aPreau-
BILE reciting the situation aud a resolution
instrncting the delegation to vote rs a
unit for Mr.. TILDES, and which would
be submitted to the State Convention.
But now the COHrier-JOURal comes
out editorially and says: 1--WE shall not
ask the Lexington Convention to in
struct, but in the meantime we shall not
be deferred from appealing to the Demo
cratic people al Kentucky to send no
body to Lexington who does not 20
there to meet the seli-sacriticing spirit
Of this grand old man with a kindred
spirit; TO send nobody there who shall
carry with him heart full OF bitter
preiudices or mind full Of schemes and
devices: anil TO send nobody there who
is not capable of apPreciating the mag
nitude OF the occasion, and applying to
it sound temper and sober discretion
The opponents OF Mr.. TILDEs claim that
this is an open acknowledgment OF his
defeat in Kentucky.
histurning from Tu.DES Is through
no disrespect TO the man.. or, his claims
to consideration in this connection. Ii
is simply recognition OF the fact that
the situation is not the same As IN 1876
~ recognition of the necessity OF nom
mating q man, as expressed in the
Washington correspondence, who will
not only command the confidence OF
the Democratic party, but of al pa r'ies.
The nomination OF Mr.. rtLpxS would
make the support OF independent voters
a factor Of no value whatever in the
campaign. lie rs she one Democratic
nominee who would put GIANTS elec'
ton within the line OF political possibili-
ty. All his signal ability as political
leader would avail nothing against the
bhghting FAC, that under his candidacy
the Democratic party could make no
converts. and would receive no rein
torements.