The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-06-13

substantial reasons for declining to he a can
llate, which are founded in the state and |
condition of his health. He is now an old |
man and OF shattered constitution. But |
there is another reason against his nomina.
ton. Under existing circumstances the
party cannot refuse to nominate Mr.. Tilden
and yet go to New York for their candidate
without such an invidious distinction as to
involve the ticket more or less in the discoid
and dissensions in the ranks of the party in
that State. Besides all this, Governor Sey
mour was heretofore beaten in the Presiden-
damaged by this fact. And there is nothing
to Justify forcing the honor upon him noIens
roiens. Under such circumstances his availa
bility just now may we'll be challenged.
Stephen J. Field, of California, Justice of
the Supreme Court is named and pressed
for the nomination by some. Besides the
fact that serious objections are made to Judge
Field of personal character from his own
State, and that his decided views upon the
currency and against the Thurman railroad
laws are distasteful to majority of the
Democratic voters, there is valid obiec-
ton to a Judge of the Supreme Court of the
United States being party candidate for the
Presidency. 1t would be great misfortune
to the country, and lead to perversions of
Justice if incumbents of the Supreme Bench
should become aspirants for the Presidency,
and its consultation room the scene of politi
cal ntrigues. Any attempt to make a Judge
of the Supreme Court partisan candidate
for the Presidency would be rebuked by the
people as signally as the attempt to run
man for the third term in the Presidential
chair. Public policy forbids it, and public
opinion since the origin of the Government
has been against it, Judge Field has been
a fortunate man, and is an able jurst, but
he has no claims upon the gratitude of the
country, and has never endangered his life
for its safety. He is understood to be the
candidate of Jay Gould and his railroad
monopolies His nomination would be cer-
tain defeat.
Samuel j. Randall of Pennsylvania,
an aspirant to the nomination. But his
| hopes have rested heretofore mainly on the
promise of Mr.. Tilden to make him the
| egatee of his votes in the Convention after
or in the event of his demise. But this
promise turns out to be invalid and fallacious.
And Mr.. Randall has no strength with the
people and is wholly unavailable. He has
no claims upon the score of great public
services And his discharge Of his duties as
Speaker of the House of Representatives has
been very unsatisfactory to the country
He has sought to control and has controlled
to a great extent the business of Congress
and i'll doing so has prevented or defeated
legislation essentially required by the best
interest of the country, for which he is re
sponsible.
Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio, is candidate
and the Ohio delegation is instructed fol
him. Thurman is good lawyer, but not 81
to his availability is one which applies Il
Senator Bayard. He is objected to by the al
herents of the extreme dear money advocate
on the currency Just as Bayard is 10 tn
silver and greenback advocates. But Sena
tor Thurman is a man of conspicuous abilit!
and well-tried integrity, and is recognized
all over the country as the peer OF an,
statesman of the time. Ii found availabl
he would make an eminently respectable can
iidate, and if elected would make goo
President.
Ohio is fruitful in candidates for the Presi
dency. Henry B. Paine, of Cleveland, an,
Hugh j. Jewett, of GAINESVILLE, are also can
, didates. These are clever gentlemen, but a
to availability they do not furnish any in
provement ON the position Of Senator THU
; man, except that they are millionaires an
! railroad men. Senator Conkling is said t
have characterized Ohio as "the pasture
ground for raising and training nags to
+" the Presidential course" Mr.. Jewett is
: railroad king, and yet so patriotic that he
p willing To give up railroad salary
| $sj 900 year to become President of til
I United States. This is generous, but whi
= kind of figure would the Democratic part
cut before the country with such railroa
monopolist at the head Of the ticket
There are several dark horses entered, {
e expecting to be entered for the race at Cii
cnnati but whose records will become bett
1 known in case of nomination.
e Last but not least, the name OF Gener
r ". s. Hancock will be presented TO the Co
e yenton as candidate, but with no unde
a handed wire-w0rkipg or disposition to int
e OF other candidates. Hancock has recoi
- well known to the country. He is an Oh
= fashioned Democrat, has won high distin
II ton as a soldier, and has shown elevate
G and comprehensive views as a statesma
If lie would be am available candidate, and
It nominated he would be elected and won
y bring the Democratic party into power in
e pristine vigor and purity.
IS But the nomination Of General HancoC
II would require discernment, foresight, al
= tact, which the Democratic leaders have nev
,, shown, and which they are probably incap
d BILE of appreciating, and TO which, therefor
d they will probably never attain.
l. That which has kept the Democratic par
,f down in the Northern States has been Il
n incapacty OF its leading politicians to apr
: ciate fully the extent OF the soldier elemen
and the actual state of the popular feelir
II produced by the war in the Northern State
l. The Republican politicians have taken a
y vantage of this, and by the argument of "'tl
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