Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-26

EASTERN NEWS.
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Opinions Of the Press.
LOUD AND LONG THE ECHOES RING.
WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY ARE SAYING.
IBy Telegraph to the Sentinel

IBy Telegraph to the sentinel.l
New YORK, June 25.-The general opin-
ion among Republican and Democratic
journals, and the people is, that the DEM
ocratic ticket is one of the strongest that
could have been named. The idea COM
monty expressed is that the ''bloody shirt"
and personalities have been taken out of
the campaign, and that the battle must be
fought on better and wider questions. The
Sun wheels into line, saying the nomina-
ton of Hancock presents the same great
issue which would have been presented by
the nomination Of Tilden, although we
had hopes that the latter would be nomin-
ated by the convention. Every Democrat
ic paper, Tammany and a~nti-Tammany, is
elated, and they declare that the ticket will
carry all the States that Tilden did and
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and possibly Wiscon-
sin as well. The Times says it is a peculi-
arly constituted party which sends rebel
brigadiers to Congress because of their re.
bellion, and which dominates a Union gen.
eral as its candidate for President of the
United States because of his loyalty.
LOUISVILLE, June 25. The Courier
Journal says of the Democratic nominees:
Winfield Scott Hancock is the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency Of the United
States. The South takes him and will
give him her undivided vote. He fought
the South, but when the smoke OF battle
rolled away he as earnestly fought against
the imposition of despotic measures upon
Southern communities in the military di-
vision Of which he was the head. He I'M
derstood the war to have been fought to
maintain the supremacy of the Constitu-
ton over the Southern States, and when
the conflict ended he knew that logically
these States were under the Constitution,
and that the substitution Of the sword for
civil government was but a new phase of
the rebellion against the constitution for
which the Union armies fought. The De-
mocracy accepts a military man; they ac-
cept him because they believe he will close
the Janus temple Of sectional antagonism.
The nomination Of Hancock means the de-
termination Of the people of the United
States to remove the old sectional issues
out Of American politics. The nomina-
ton Of any Southern Democrat would have
opened the way for Republican vitupera-
tion. They have nothing to say OF the
nomination Of Hancock. He is the peer
Of Grant in military talent; he did more
fighting than Grant; he was always at the
front; he was a soldier Of soldiers during
the years Of the war; he was scarce OF age
when he received his baptism Of fire in the
Mexican war; he was ever loyal to the flag,
more loyal than Grant to the flag and to
the constitution.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The report Of
the recent examinations at West Point is
made public. In the case Of Whitaker
the report recommends that as he was
foundd deficient in his studies, and having
haan fun - a u, %ha ~ a oloao ha he Ala
charged.
ST. LOUIS, June 25.-Harden Brown,
who murdered his wife's mother over a
year ago, was hanged at Huntsville, No.,
this afternoon, in the presence Of a great
crowd. This is the man who attempted
suicide at Kansas City some days ago, in
accordance with . plan between himself
and wife to kill himself at 0 certain hour,
but who was prevented from carrying out
his part Of the agreement by the officers,
who, by choking, forced him to disgorge q
heavy dose OF morphine. His wife was
more successful, she having shot herself
with a pistol, as was reported from Kansas
City at the time.
The Republican, after paying General
Hancock a very high compliment as a man
and soldier, speaks of the ticket as follows:
The ticket is built to run and win. 1t
uuitcS ali eleafeuts OI popularity anu ali
elements OF success. It has not q flaw in
its armor, and the shafts Of partisan mall
ice will find no weak spot to touch. 1t will
require neither apology nor defense, and
it is entitled to our Endorsement and com-
mendation. The Democrats at Cincinnati
have done their work wisely and well, and
the people will do the rest.
The Times says: The Convention at
Cincinnati yesterday did its work promptly
and we'll. If it had deliberated q week II
could not have made a stronger ticket, an
ADLER one, or a more acceptable one to the
party and to the mass OF the people. Its
action had the rush Of 9 cyclone and the
wisdom of an inspiration. General Han
cocks nomination was in the highest de-
gree spontaneous. He had no following
of o~bsequious partisans. He was sur
rounded by no coterie Of trained politicians
who have q right to claim q reversionary
interest in him and his campaign. He had
no literary bureau disseminating exagger-
compliments and eulogies Of him.
His campaign was entirely without the
agencies that are ordinarily considered
to success. and as a consequence.
he is without political complication and
engagements, and stands for the best ele-
ments In his party and the country.