The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1880-05-01

saving grace of the Constitution
lies in the fact that however pop
ular or powerful the President
may be, he must be reelected
every four years or go into retire
ment. And this is supplemented
lagainst despotisin ny that rule of
the Government which declares
lhat no President shah serve more
than two consecutive terms Of
four years each without giving
away to another man. Thus forti-
fiet against the One-man power,
the country is entirely safe. and
the talk about C8sarism is idle.
The Caesars held for life. cOntrOll'
ed the Senate and appointed their
successors without consulting the
wishes of the people.
In both parties candidates for
the Presidency are numerous this
year. On the Republican side We
have Grant, Blaine, Sherman,
Wash brrne, Edmunds and
"dark horse" On the Democratic
side Tilden, Randall. Hendricks,
Bayard, Hancock and Thurman
have been most named, and
about in the order in which
we have presented them; and
they have. also their clark horse"
The Republican National COnven-
ti0n will have 754 votes for the
States and Territories. If it re-
Etains the rule of nominating by
majority, 37S votes will nominate.
| Whoever can control 37S votes
will be able to defeat any attempt
| 20 establish the tWO-thlrdS rule
and carry away the prize. It is
now claimed for Grant that he
will have every Southern State
but North Carolina, and that he
will be able, by the aid OF Wash
burne to secure Illinois as a unit.
and through Cameron and COnk-
ling, the solid votes Of PennSyi.
vania aud New York. If his pO-
siti0n is as strong as this, his
nomination is assured. The
Southern States will have 276
votes; without North Carolina,
256. New York will have 20; Penn
sylvania 50, and Illinois ~. These
figure ap 1876 votes-a majority of
40. The man who can secure that
many votes on a first ballot is sure
TO be nominated by acclamalion
and this is the Interpretation Of
Senator Cameron's latest an
nouncement on the subject.
While it is pretty clear that
Ti!den is the strongest man in his
party and will probably get more
votes on the first ballot than any
other man, it is by no means Ger
| tain that he can be nominated.
For nearly forty years il has been
an established rule of the Demo
cratic National Conventions that
| the nominee must secure two
| thirds Of the votes. He will be
antagonized by Thurman in Ohio,
by Hendricks in Indiana, by Sty-
m0ur in New York, by Randall
il Pennsylvania, and he will be
far from securing the Southern
States as unit. Thurman list
prestige by his defeat for the
Senatorship in Ohio; and, in
resentment for his efforts against
the schemes OF the Pacific Rail
way Companies, they will use all
tn cir power of combination to de-
feat him. The strength of Hen
bricks lies exclusively in his own
State-Indiana and in certain
Southwestern States, where Han
COOK is still stronger. He has 90
party either in New England,
New York or Pennsy lvania. His
position in the struggle promises
to be that Of Il partisan, welding
Il certain amount of force, which
he may use lis {! balance Of power
between superior candidates
Neither Randall or Hancock have
as set developed much positive