Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-08
THURMAN.
The Record of a Possible President or The
United States.
Isan Francisco Call. |

San Francisco Call.
Senator Thurman will go into the Cincinnsti
convention with the forty-four votes of his
own State and the twelve of California. The
latter are not instructed, but the expression OF
the convention which elected them was in favor
of Thurman. The Votes which the Ohio seua-
tor will have, come to him unsolicited. He has
no literary bureau to manufacture pubhc
opinion. He has no agents travel
ing about the country to FIX the
delegates to local conventions His entire for
tune would not maintain such canvass as
some aspirants on both sides are engaged IN a
single month. For forty-ive years he has been
a hard worker in private practice or III public
positions, but his work has not made him
rich. Neither is he poor. A writer, who is
painting pen portraits from the White House
gallery, in the Philadelphia Times, esti-
mates his fortune at between $4,000 and
$50, 900. The highest figure does not repre-
sent an annual saving of more than about
1880, an insignificant sum for law
yer of his great practice. Yet Thurman Is
man of simple habits and comfortable, but in
EXPENSIVE manner of life. He has had Oppor-
tunities to make himself rich, but has not
availed himself of them. During his twelve
wears in the Senate, he has maintained the
character of man who wanted nothing enough
to swerve- from the straight line of duty.
He has, from the force of his position, been
a Presidential candidate all this time but he
has not hesitated to antagonize powerful
combinations whose influence in political
conventions is decisive of results. This fact,
however, has not caused him to change his
course in the least. He is before the people,
but if the people do not understand their
own interest well enough to stand by him, the
responsibility is with them rather than with
him. In one respect circumstances have
nj IN National Cap0l-
date of the Democratic party. He was the
first Democrat Id a northern Republican
State to win an important victory. In
1867 old Ben Wade represented Ohio IN the
Senate. The Republican majority the previous
wear had been A, COO. The Democrats not an
ticipatlng success, compelled Thurman to run
for governor. The canvass was spirited and
the contest close. Thurman lost the State by
{, 900 votes, but the Democrats carried the leg
islature The next winter Thurman was elected
in Ben Wade's place, and, on taking the seat,
found but eleven other Senators of his political
persuasion. He remained there until he saw
his side in the majority and him
self the acknowledged leader Of his majority.
The last election IN Ohio retires him TO private
life unless the Cincinnati convention selects
him as its Presidential candidate. There is no
man in the party more deserving of the honor;
none who would carry a greater prestige to the
position; none in whom the nation at large hrs
greater confidence; and yet, from present APP
pearance, no acknowledged aspirant who has
a poorer show of being nominated. The Dem
| ocratic machine is not set for ThuTma The
| powerful interests which he has opposed will
| not permit his nomination il they can help it.
| The people stand back and let the politicians
| fix these things. The chances are ten to one
that both parties will have candidates accepta-
| BILE to the combinations Thurman has opposed.
| When the two tickets are presented TO the poop
| pie, the selfish interests will not care much
which wins. The game will be so made that
they cannot loose. 1t has been found to
be cheaper to control the conventions of both
parties than to carry election against can
didate who in an especial manner represents
The IleOnle.