The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-12
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES.

at Chicago next month seemed to
| be foregone conclusion. To-day
| there is doubt abou. it. The agencies that
have been at work IN opposition to him,
quiet rs they were, have seemingly done
good if not effective service. Blaine is tire
less and his friends, devoted to him and his
course, have made many inroads upon the
strength Of the silent man. Sherman, too,
has not been asleep and has made his innu-
ence felt hero and there. What the
result will be at Chicago, at this writ
ing, seems to be couded over with
doubt. Illinois was supposed to be one OF the
Grant strongholds. Conkling and Cameron
and Logan have all along been the great
leaders and moving spirits in behalf Of
Grant. Conkling delivered his State, New
York, all right for bis MASTER Cameron, by
a hard struggle and master juggling, brought
Pennsylvania into the fold, but Logan, the
tail end Of the triumvirate, is having trou- lie
in his bsiliwick. The goods are not 50 easy
Of delivery, Cook county, of which Chicago
is the capital, has apparently kicked over the
traces. The Grant men bolted the regular
| convention and started a something OF their
own, sending solid Grant delegation to the
State convention. In this they have
the advantage of the regular convention, for
its delegates are divided between Washburne,
who is not in the race unless il be rs n dark
horse, and Blaine, with one clone fisherman"
for Grant. We take it that the fate of
Grant nj Chicngo will DO decided by the Hi
nois State convention. 1t is known that
Washburne is Grant man, without aspira-
tions for himself, unless it be
impossible to nominate his great ideal Off
strong ruler, when he would have no objec-
tons to being named MS the compromise
man. He may bring an influence to bear on
his Cook county friends to make them
withdraw from n contest with the Grant
delegation for seats in the State convention,
or he may Influence them to hold on that he
may thereby strengthen himself for the dark
horse role. There is no telling. 1t is
simply politics, and there is no telling what
political aspirations and ambitions will in
huence men to do. If Washburne was sure
that he would be Grants choice next to him
self, his action could easily be anticipated :.
but the signs do not look that way. At any
rate, we shall be able to determine almost
definitely whether or not Grant will
be the nominee in the next two
weeks. If he should, who then will
be the Democratic nominee in opposition to
him. Wisely the Democrats called their
convention to meet after that Of the Repub
licans, that they might be the better guided
in making the selection of standard bearer
after seeing who was chosen by the Republic
cans, 1t has been and is still urged by some
of the wisest and best informed, that is, most
experienced Democratic leaders and
statesmen, that if General Grant
was the Republican nominee, civilian, a
Democrat renowned for his craftsmanship,
his serv e in the civil callingsand ranks oflife
Democrat from the North of course, who,
by his tealty to the principles of his party
and his devotion to the Constitutions the I'm
ION and to 1.-The material and best interests of
the country commanded the entire confidence
and respect of his party and o the whole
country as well, should be nominated at
Cincinnati. In support of this proposition
they urge that defensive warfare can be
forced upon the Republican party, for not
only all the errors and misdoings of General
Grant two terms AS President can be hurled
against him the Bclknap frauds, the whiskey
crookedness, the Babcock corruptions Black
Friday, and the hundred other things of
less dimensions perhaps, but of equal Grim
inality and shamefulness, but the further and
equally forcible objection can be charged
against him that he is q military SSndidste,
misrepresentation Of military taS'and power
over the civil law, the impersonaton of
centralized form of government, seeker for
a third term OF Office in the
face of the great uuwritten law
to the contrary, in violation of the customs
OF the country, the wishes of the founders of
the government. These are all strong posi-
tions in fact, they are invincible. They are
as the heaviest siege guns that can be
brought to bear. They are positions that,
being unsnswerable, will arouse the great
masses of the people to thinking; will make
them weigh in the balances their love of
country, the perpetuty of the institutions
of the country, the maintenance of the con-
stituton and government under it, and in
accordance with It's behests, its safeguards
and guarantees, with the mere elevation to
position third time, man who has already
been honored for the services he has rem
dered, by his countrymen rs no other man
has been honored. The Democracy will
only have to say: Here we offer to
you for your suifrsges, for the most
exalted position nyour gift to administer the
affairs of our country, man who isa civilian,
who loves the civil law more than he does
the military law; who believes in civil tribu-
nails, not courts-martial; who respects more