The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-03
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| Ohio and New York to DO Conciliated-1,,,.
don and Sherman Opposing Icebergs--
Why Sammy Doesn't Speak Out--Goyernor
Bishop ss n Possible Candidate.
Cor Chrobice and Constltutlonaiist.
WASHINGTON, March 26.-In this
part Of the North it is felt that doubt
ful States, floating votes, arc now
masters Of the situation. On the re-
cognized political principle of taking
care Of your cnemies-for your friends
VIII take caro- Of thcmsclvcs--the
States that are sure to go Democratic
or Republican need expect no fayors ;
nor can the strict party man who
never scratches, bnt votes q straight
ticket, hope to have his wishes or
prcjudiccs regarded. Neither tho
"great unwashcd" nor "the party of
morality and ideas" is to decide who
shall be nominated. but the Indepcnd-
cnt voter is to be placatcd. The
doubtful States, Ohio and New York,
sit back upon their easy dignity and
say upon what terms they will help to
elect tho nomincc-ifhc is their son.
The fact that these two great States
must be satisfied is bugaboo to both
parties. No man is so unpopular in
| the abstract as tho Ohio man: no State
so feared by Democrats and Rcpubli-
cans rs New York. Yet the national
feeling Of hate and jealousy must re-
press itself in Cincinnati and Chicago.
and totally disrcgarding the great mass
or tliospcoplc, nominate men acccpta-
bic to the Buckeyes and IImpcrors.
Consequently, in looking for the
would-bc Presidents, we can't hclp
seeing the two American iccbcrgs-to
catch floating votes probably--rildcn
and Shcr nan. Perhaps, excepting
Conkling, no two men arc more I'M.
popular. They arc living commcntu-
rics upon the rapidly vanishing idea
that personal popular ity-a gTacinus
manner, winning ways, and capaci-
ty to bc h*l5 follow we'll met-are
necessary to success in public life.
Hhc men who arc most powerful in
political affairs have their force in
and of themselves, and rule in spite of
public opinion, and not by it. This
is not SO true Of the South rs of the
country from whence came Conkling,
Tiidcn, Cameron, Sherman, IIamlin
and now Grant, and the result is that
III this contest no ono claims that cith-
or sherman or Tildcn would be iniur-
ca by the absence Of smiling faces or
winning ways. 1t is impossible to
clcctlonccr among forty five million by
hand-shaking, and herein is one clc-
mcnt Of Blainc's weakness. Tic is de-
pending Oh hip, hip, and hurrah, to
carry him through, and is met by the
cold wiics and icy ways of Sherman
and Conkling, in his own party: bv
tho "bar'P' and wires and oryanizcd
Democracy of S. j. II. Besides, there
is stronger reason than all this why
he cannot be President; Blaine is from
n State that since
1t went, HI bent,
For Governor Kent,
has been Gibraltar Of Republican,
ism, aud the law and order party is in
too bad fix to nominate man from
n certain, safe and secure State. Alas
Tor the plumcd knight. he is not from
New York, neither Ohiol
Grant hasn't excited tho tremendous
enthusiasm expected; the people don't
inll into line quite as rapidly rs the
leaders want; the iloatcr, above men
toned, VOWS and swcars-principally
by "ponner and DliZcn'-that nc
will not vote for third term; and
these Germans hold the balance of
power IN Ohio. Then, too, the North
crn leaders were greatly disappointed
70 learn that Grant wasn't rs unpopu-
iar Mt the South rs they had supposed.
NO Republican nominee has any show
OF success, that who isn't abused and
villificd by the Southern press, and
the indications for a boom for Grant,
small though they wcrc, have fright
cned tho North into tho support Of
Blaine and Sherman.
AZ tho present writing Thurman
aid DayaTd arc practically out of tho
race; Hancock has no shadow of
chance; Hendricks is opposed by the
lllden interest, and, of course, hasn't
The ghost Of a show; David Davis has
received death blow in the action
OF the Illinois Convention for Morri-
son; Palmer is working for Tildcn:
seymour swears by the ninc gods that
ho wouldn't be President to save tho
nation or the party; Randall, with his
specs, can't discern any signs Of being
called Your EXccllcncy in exchange
for his present title Of Mr.. Speaker.
Dark horses innumerable speed hithcr
and thithcr, but all, including Jewctt,
arc but the playthings Of Uncle SAM
my, and as for him, why kcepcth he SO
silcnt-w why doesn't he say that he will
be candidate or not? Of course, the
probabilities arc that he will-not
many men refuse n position of the sort
but it is hard to think Of him as
making mistake in his own cause.
and he recognizes that he is acting for
the best. But heard n member of
the National Democratic Committee
say that if Tildcn would only spcak-
say the word-oxplaim why .hc kept
peace before the forces Of Grant and
prevented war, that al enthusiasm
would be created for him, that he
would deserve the thanks of the peo-
pie aud get them. But ho sits in
moody, digniiicd, unpopular silence,
and refuses to say word, and after
all he has the greatest chance Of being
nominated at Cincinnati. TO offset
his unpopularity there is growing
regard for the Ohio mixer. just BE.
hind the small form of Uncle Sammy
looms up the tall Whito beaver and