Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-21
WHAT Will the DEMOCRATS

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The Democrats have u In their power
10 make ,htkrsat national struggle VI
lsso an easy Republican victory, rea'
scnahly cerssla fAsmecra,ie victory OF
mes, desperate, doubtful and probably
revolutionary contest, just a. they shall
choose when they NEE, In council at
Cincinnati The Republicans, by their
action at Chicago, have given over To-
their adversaries the power 10 mould
the character Of the struggle aud
% dictate iis hnal Judgment II
Mr.. nlleu shall be nominated at Gin
cinuau Gcueral Garfield will hc elected
hy the solid vote oi every Northern
State, with Virginia. North Carolina aud
possibly two or three more u, the ~
constructed States added, The assaulted
recoId 1T the Republican candidate
would he made more than respectable In
COMPARISON with the rcorl cI his Dem
ocra,ic competitor, and the certainty ct
Republican sacceSs trom the start would
make all the doubtful streams ir,hnIa'
rirs ,o the Garfield llood.
II lIoraiio Seymour can Ia persuaded
or compelled ~ sNcp, the Cincinnati
nomination with the cordial assent aud
positive support OF Mr., nticn, he would
star, in the race with the solid south
assured, with New Work, New Jersey,
CS,nnrc,,cut aud Indiana reasonably
certain To- vote Tor him, aud with Ohio,
California aud Oregon ,lchalahlc, l g
has the stNngcs, popular elements vt
any ii the men named icr the nom,na
tlon; he has the unhlcmished
public aud private reputation that
Is necessity 10 successful conIras, With
Garfield, he is one oi the oUmnst vt
cur living statesmen, aud he IL known
as about the only msu Thought ut mr
the Presidency who neither seeks ner
desires the position. Tho latest NlNiccs
irom hun Indicate h,s positive unw,l'
RugurSs Io aurpi the honor and II -
not clear that his uom,nstion would
command tho aggressive support tNm
the pemnoraIiC organization {" No"
Work that Is essential ~ victory IN the
pivotal State Ut the contest,
Next IL Mr Seymour, the strongest
popular clrmcpis aC rtccn'ed III
Henry a. rayuc, at ohio tic has maoN
III the rclcemiue qualities ut ScNm"nT
including that grSudrsl ot all the at
scucc vt all political schcm,nS lot pcr'
annal prnmoIiou. It's rCcNrl IN Ohio Is
much like that ut SEYMOUR IN New
York Neither has made politics PM
frOsiou, aud both have stoI cut s'nelc
lrnm their fellows IN the contests Witch
have been thruSt upon thcm, N"'h
gave a Cnulial support I" the govern
urnt during the WI, auj haV" rerrc
scntcd the mrst patriotic aud CHuscrva
tive silc 1T the Democracy II Is moro
than prIhah'c that raync would
carry ohio against the Garfield
state ticket ~ October aud thus
sud the contest hy repetition vt the
Grant hurricane that followed the Urcc'
lev u,tohcr disasters vi lSjs, hut the
possibility Ut losing OHIO IN the rrCl'm
iuary struggle Is the peril that raNncs
nomination would my,tr. With him AZ
tho candidate, the contest would ut ne
q ss,ty tc madc Ia Onto ~ October,
where there ~ last Ncar's Republican
majority at twcutN thousand to- over.
,rmc, aud the prestige at Garfield vie
tory thcrc over rayuc, m,ght settle the
dchaIahlr States IN laVor vi the Ecrnh'
ltcaus With ANY othcc aNcrtahlc can
L,datr than ravuc, Ohio would To- an
absolute ucccssity e. the Republicans
hut not at all u necessity to- the hcmo.
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