The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-06-10
The Nomination.
What the Newspapers Say.
boston Herald

Boston Herald
General Garfield is a representative Ameri-
can citizen of the best type. >. He is one of
ablest men in the country, and he represents
the liberal and progressive wing of his party.
He will unite the party with less of jealousy
than any other candidate would have aroused.
Every Republican vote will be cast for him.
Few men would better satisfy the requirements
of those independent voters, generally Repub-
lican at bottom, who protested against the
nomination of Grant or Blaine, and many of
whom alsNplaced Sherman in the objectiona-
BILE list Garfield is as clean as Edmunds, and
much broader man, though perhaps not so
able. His administration, if elected, will not
differ materially from that of President Hayes
on the questions of Southern reconstruction,
the currency and the civil service. He ought
to run we'll in every northern State, including
New York and Indiana. Even with the best
nomination the Democrats can make, General
Garfield's name will be tower of strength
with all classes who recognize that law, order,
stability and education are essential conditions
to our prosperity as people.
[Sprngfeld Republican,
The Republican party, after it's manner, has
rescued itself from defeat by close shave. 1t
has nominated for President James A. Gar
field, the best man Of all its liss of candidates
next to Edmunds. A patriot, scholar, an ex-
perienced statesman, a man devoted to public
service, and of good repute. He is not of the
stainless and irreproachable integrity of Ed
munds nor of his searching mental insight,
but of broader sympathies, and the spots upon
his career are so overbOrne by his general char:
acter for uprightness that he can be well de
Tended.
IN. Y. Times.l
The Chicago convention followed sundry
familiar precedents in failing to select the
strongest of the candidates presented to it, but
from the second rank of available Republicans
it has made an excellent choice, and one
which has the great merit of uniting all Sec
tlons OF the party for a harmonious, aggressive
and probably successful campaign. James A.
Garfield has been too long in public life to
have escaped injurious allegations against his
personal character and bitter attacks upon his
political course, but he is strong in his free
dom from intrigue to gain the nomination, and
to be able to accept it absolutely free from dis
reputable alliances or embarrassing pledges
There are no boilers, scratchers or indepen-
dents who bear the Republican name who
cannot earnestly work and honestly vote for
General Garfield, and there is no thorough
going Republican who will not accept him as
fit representative of party principles, and q
faithful depositary of the party trust.
philadelphia Press.l
The Chicago convention has done: a good
work. The nomination of James A. Garfield
is not only strong and wise one in itself, but
is singularly well calculated to harmonize the
various factions, and thoroughly unite the Re-
publican party The supporters of Blaine,
Grant, Sherman, Edmunds and Washburne
can each support Garfield with all the zeal
and interest that they would have given their
favorite candidate. The independent voter,
who thinks little of parties, but great deal of
candidates, will find in GARFIELD one who
comes up. even to his exacting standard, as,
owing to the composition of the convention,
and the divided state of public feeling, it was
demanded that personal preferences give way
to the best interests of the entire party. We
regard the nomination of Mr. uarfield as the
most fortunate one which the convention
could have placed before the country. With
his name at the head of their ticket, the Re-
publican party will again, as in 1860, carry
every northern state. The spectre of a third
term has gone down, and with it has dsap-
peared all trace of the fears which calm OBJ
servers everywhere felt of a Democratic tri-
umph next November.
[Cincnnati Gazette.]
This decision, although quickly executed,
was the most rational and in .our view, the
most successful conclusion of the situation. 1t
was no blind impulse, no source of reckless
disappointment, no effort revenge, no blind