The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-24
THE CONVENTION.

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making that estimable gentleman, able
statesman and pure patriot, Ex-Governor Ste
venson, Of Kentucky president, with an etIi-
cient corps of assistants IN the shape Of vice
presidents and secretaries, and by adopting
| the report of tho committee on credentials
without protracted struggle over contesting
delegations. Tammany, of New York,
was there contesting for Il representa-
tion, but majority Of the com
mttee, thirty-two in number, to minority
of only five reported adversely to their de-
mands, and the convention, after only one
hour and forty minutes debate, sustained the
majority report, Away from the scene of
action as we are, and being ignorant of all
the circumstances, influences brought to bear
and immediate facts in the case, it is impos-
sble for us to have any conclusions as to the
matter that we would be justified in giving
expression to. The convention is made up
of able representative men of the Demo-
cratic party in every state in the Union,
gentlemen who have gone to Cincinnati
in the interest of the Democratic party
and Of the entire country, and it is safe to be-
lieve that they are acting for the best ac-
cording to their judgments and the lights
before them, so we are content to accept
their decision in this matter, as In all others
that may come before them for adjudication
and action, without question on our part.
The balloting has commenced and the result
of the first ballot known. General Hancock
leads, and if there is any significance in this
ballot it will be seen that he is nearly as
strong in the Northern as in the
Southern states, nearly half Of his vote COM
ing from the North, although it has all along
been commended that his only stronghold was
in the South. That the South will rally al
most unanimously 70 General Hancock's
standard, il 1t become apparent that
he can command reasonable
amount of Northern strength, we
do not doubt. The reason for this is that |
the South has tried General Hancock, and at
a time, too, when civil law was nearly in
allegiance in this entire section of the coun-
try. General Hancock was virtually military |
dictator over Louisiana and Texas, with the
Federal power atWashington at his back and
soldiers with glittering baycnets all around
him to obey and carry into effect his behests.
But he chose 10 recognize the supremacy and
the majesty of the civil in preference to the
military law, and for this he endeared himself
to the people of the South and of the en-
fire Union, who love the constitu-
tuition and who respect its mandates.
While there are q number of scattering votes,
many of them being only complimentary,
yet other gentlemen, notably Bayard, Thur
man, Payne, Field and Morrison, have
received goodly number of votes, Mr.. Bay
ard being next to General Hancock. 1t is
hardly reasonable to suppose that this first
ballot is an index TO the feelings of delegates
1t is only the firing along tho skirmish line,
to a great battle. The horses
have only passed under the string and
reached the first quarter, and the test of bot
tom and speed on the home stretch has not
yet been reached. Representations would
be idle, for even the wisest and best informed
gentlemen on the ground cannot safely con-
lecture as to the ultimate result. OF one
thing, however, we feel assured, and that is
that there is a determination on the part of
the delegates to the convention, speaking of
them as whole, to sink mere personal pref
erences and favorites, for the general welfare
of the party and Of the country. With op-
ponents 10 meet on the Republican ticket |
smirched all over with fraud; corruption and
sectionaism, the Cincinnati convention will |
put ticket in the field, pure, clean
and above reproach, or even the
breath of suspicion both rs to
public and private characters. They will
select gentlemen whose regulations like
their characters have never been assailed, and
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what the party needs, and we believe the
convention is alive to this fact We believe
that the lAmerican people, the honorable,
honest thinking portion of the people, those
who love the country and its institutions
better than they do party; who love liberty
aud constitutional government better than
they do mere partisanship and the behe.ts of
party leaders, are tired of the corrup.
ton and domination of the Republican lead
ers, and that they will as one man support
clean ticket. We do not believe that the
people of this country are SO lost to sense
of fairness and justice, and right to as give
their votes to such as Garfield and Arthur.
Able, honest, pure, upright, available men
on the ticket is what the Democratic party
and the entire country needs.
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